For 127 years, Young Moms Together (formerly Florence Crittenton) has been a refuge for young women, most recently at our longtime home on St. Margaret Street. But as buildings age and needs change, so must we. That’s why we decided to sell our historic home and create something more flexible, dignified, and aligned with the lives of today’s young mothers.

Young mothers today don’t need institutions—they need connection, opportunity, and access to housing, healthcare, childcare, and emotional support on their own terms. Young Moms Together reflects the heart of who we’ve always been: a community walking alongside young women with respect, trust, and love.

Speaker At: March 18th Exchange Club Meeting

Young Moms Together Website

The mission of St. John’s Fire District is to foster a safe and resilient environment through education, prevention, and effective emergency response.

We will meet the changing needs of our community through a proactive approach. We will move the District forward through an inclusive, family oriented, and customer service-based culture. This will be accomplished with open communication, innovative technology, high professional standards, and a team-based approach.

Speaker At: March 4th Exchange Club Meeting

St. John's Fire District Website

The Angel Oak Preserve will become a 44-acre passive park that provides additional educational, interpretive, and recreational opportunities to the nearby suburban and rural communities. The design prioritizes the health of a treasured state landmark and fundamentally changes the visitor experience at the iconic tree by incorporating interpretive features that highlight the layers of history, culture, and ecology living within the land.

Envisioned not simply as a park, but as a living museum, the Angel Oak Preserve will share untold stories and invite learning through place. Guiding objectives are to connect all people to nature and conservation; to interpret South Carolina’s Indigenous and Civil Rights history through the lens of the tree; and to provide urgently needed, publicly accessible, connective green space for recreation on a rapidly developing sea island.

Lowcountry Land Trust and its partners have conducted extensive community engagement, historical research, archaeological surveys, and ecological analysis since 2022. The process revealed discoveries that significantly expanded the project’s scope and importance, including early 19th-century records of enslaved communities, 5,000–8,000-year-old Indigenous ceremonial tools, oral histories of civil rights leader Septima Clark recalling teaching beneath its branches, and the presence of endangered bat species in its wetlands.

The Preserve will include a carefully designed parking area that removes cars from the Angel Oak’s massive root system, a new welcome center with clean facilities, a gift shop to showcase local makers, and opportunities for discovery around every corner, with over two miles of ADA-accessible trails and boardwalks, an outdoor classroom, and a nature play area. Interpretation will be embedded throughout via signage, maps, former building footprint frames, a healing path planted with medicinal plants, and a Commemorative Walkway offering space for reflection.

Speaker At: February 18th Exchange Club Meeting

Angel Oak Low Country Conservancy Website

Founded in 1824 and located in Charleston, the university is a public institution of higher education comprising six colleges: Medicine, Dental Medicine, Health Professions, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Graduate Studies. More than 3,000 students who reflect the diversity of the community MUSC serves study for degrees at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. Academic programs employ both traditional and distance education methods. MUSC leads the state in biomedical research and is in the top 20% of health science institutions nationally for funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Speaker At: February 4th Exchange Club Meeting

MUSC Website

At Lowcountry Veterans Home, our mission is to provide safe, stable, and supportive transitional housing for homeless United States military veterans in the Charleston area. Through our partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are able to serve approximately 60 veterans each year, offering a drug- and alcohol-free environment that fosters healing, stability, and growth.

In addition to lodging, we provide daily meals, transportation, and wrap-around support services,while also connecting veterans to educational opportunities, employment resources, and community volunteers. By the end of their stay, our goal is to help each veteran secure permanent housing and lasting stability. Every contribution makes a difference. 100% of every tax-deductible donation directly supports our mission, helping us continue to serve those who have served our country.

Speaker At: January 21st Exchange Club Meeting

Lowcountry Veterans Home Website