COLA Gives grant and award pictures/events

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Columbia, South Carolina
COLA/Gives ,a community based philanthropic
organization, is the first African American
Giving Circle in South Carolina.
A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved

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Starting Up
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Senior Citizens
Daycare Center
Brookland Baptist Church
1203 Summit Pkwy
Columbia, SC 29229
COLA Gives Donations to Senior Center
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Senior Citizens Daycare Center
A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved
COLA Gives Donations to Senior Center

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Reid Chapel AME Church
Instruments
of
Praise
COLA Gives
Grantees

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"South Carolina is the
eighth most obese
state in the country —
30.9 percent of adults
are obese, and the
combined obesity/
overweight is a
staggering 67 percent".
A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved
COLA Gives
Grantees

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A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved
COLA Gives provided
time , design, skilled
labor, and funds to
build urban garden
“plots” for Gordon’s
Garden.
The Gordon’s Garden Program was created to teach
kids about healthy living habits. Gordon, an original
Auntie Karen character, is an overweight, purple
Jamaican Yam. The Jamaican Yams are used to teach
healthy living skills to youth via music, books and DVDs.
The fear that Gordon’s weight and eating habits are
putting him at risk for developing diabetes was the
inspiration for the garden.
COLA/Gives Donor
COLA Gives Grantee

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A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved
COLA Gives Grantee

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COLA Gives members gather to
distribute Christmas Food
Baskets to needy families in the
Richland 2 School District.
A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved

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A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved
Thank you for helping us celebrate this moment!!
Golden
Wedding
Anniversary
Donor
Options
COLA/Gives nominates and awards non-profit groups with unsolicited gifts of
time, talent, and treasure to recognize and support projects that benefit the
community;
OPTION NO. 1
In lieu of gifts, we invite you to "Bless"
one of our favorite charities listed below
Jones Memorial Community Development Corporation provides educational,
nutritional and spiritual programs for the underserved and disadvantaged in the
communities served by the Jones Memorial AME Zion Church, Columbia, SC; includes
summer camp and feeding programs for children.
OPTION NO. 2
Merciful Hearts Foundation, Inc. provides preventive healthcare services to poor
pregnant women, infants, children under five years, and elderly citizens of rural
Imo State, Nigeria-Africa.
OPTION NO. 3

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Hand Crocheted Baby
Blankets and Caps
Hand Made by COLA Gives Member
Nigerian mothers
and infants
A Columbia, South Carolina Giving Circle - CIN 2014 Pecha Kucha Presentation - Dr. Benjamin Dixon © 2014 All Rights Reserved
COLA Gives Grantee
Merciful Hearts Foundation

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Invitations/Notes
Brochure
Communications & Marketing
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