ACTS

Area Churches Together Serving provides temporary and emergency aid to local residents who need food, clothing or help paying for utilities, medication, house wares and furniture.

Aiken Board of Realtors

Whether you a local resident searching for the perfect home, relocating to the area or just looking for investment property, one of their real estate professionals are glad to you.

Aiken Center for the Arts

Since 1972 the Arts Center has worked to bring the arts to Aiken through partnerships, and educational and cultural activities. The Arts Center is truly a community entity that offers programs and events for all ages, often at little or no cost to participants.

Aiken Choral Society

As Aiken’s oldest performing arts organization, Aiken Choral Society performs a range of musical styles. The society has performed by invitation at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival for more than 10 years and in 1992 was selected, by audition to perform with the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

Aiken County Animal Shelter

The Animal Services Division of the Public Works & Engineering Department operates and maintains the County Animal Shelter and enforces County Ordinances regarding animal control.

Aiken Department of Public Safety

The function of the City of Aiken Department of Public Safety is to protect and serve the citizens and help protect property within the City of Aiken. The city utilizes Public Safety officers for first responder aid, law enforcement, and fire suppression duties. The Department’s divisions are: Patrol and Fire, Traffic and Maintenance, Investigations, and Records. The Department administers various crime prevention and outreach programs. The Director of Public Safety is appointed by, and responsible to, the City Manager.

Aiken Elementary School

The Mission of Aiken Elementary School is to meet the educational needs of our students through a challenging, innovative, standards-based curriculum in a safe environment supported by parents and the community.

Aiken Equine Horse Rescue

Cares for horses and other animals that have suffered neglect, abuse and abandonment. Its goal is find ‘”forever homes” for as many backyard pets as possible.

Aiken Fall Steeplechase

The tradition of steeplechasing continues in Aiken with the 19th renewal of the Aiken Fall Steeplechase on Saturday, Oct. 30. It is a nationally sanctioned event that annually brings some of the top riders and horses to Ford Conger Field. Each year the event kicks off with a coat-and-tie party to raise money for the Hitchcock Woods Foundation and the Aiken Rescue Squad.

Aiken Golf Club

In 1912, a group of Aiken businessmen formed the Real Estate and Fidelity Company to develop a resort hotel for winter guests. The hotel was named The Highland Park Hotel after an older hotel was destroyed by fire in 1898. In 1912, several of the investors in the Hotel issued stock to build a golf course as an amenity to the hotel and a real estate development surrounding the course. The course opened with 11 holes in 1912 and in 1915 was completed. The principal developers were I.W. Fowler and E.J. Egerrton, who served as club president and treasurer.

Aiken Horse Park Foundation

The mission of the Aiken Horse Park Foundation is to promote Aiken’s equestrian way of life and to encourage the community’s civic, educational, and charitable endeavors.

Aiken Horsepower

When formed, the Aiken, SC area was in dire need of an organization for vehicle aficionados to meet to converse with others about their accomplishments and catastrophes concerning their pride and joys. Aiken Horsepower Association was the answer to this problem. Aiken Horsepower Association is open to anyone who has the desire to be a part of a club that hosts monthly cruise-ins and an occasional special event. A charity is chosen each year. The club collects items and contributes funds that have been collected just for that project.

Aiken Lions Club

Aiken Lions Club provides help to financially needy individuals obtain glasses and hearing aids. Once individuals meet guidelines for assistance, our club sets up the doctor appointments for the individuals and assists with scheduling and funding needed for eye surgeries.

Aiken Training Track

The Aiken Training Track, with its banked turns and soft straightaways, was considered one of the best tracks in the country upon its completion in 1941.[2][3] Notable surrounding buildings include a stable, shed and grandstand. The track and supporting structures, as well as other (non-historic register) structures may be enjoyed and viewed from the quiet roads that border the large district. The Aiken County Training Track, located in Aiken, South Carolina, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1985.[1]

Aiken Palmetto Kiwanis Club

Serves the greater Aiken, South Carolina, area by volunteering for a variety of service projects and organizing community fundraisers. The primary focus of the club is to make a difference in the lives of children in our area.

Aiken Land Conservancy

A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of open, undeveloped space in Aiken County. The ALC has preserved more than 1,300 acres of land.

Aiken Midday Lions Club

The Aiken Mid-Day Lions Club was chartered in April of 1995 by the Aiken Evening Club. Since that time, we have grown to become one of South Carolina’s most active and involved clubs. Through proceeds from our many fundraisers, we address needs on local, state, national and even international levels. Our support goes beyond the financial, offering our time and talents in many hands-on ways.

Aiken Newcomers Club

Representing true southern hospitality and charm, the Aiken Newcomers’ Club (ANC) provides a valuable service to the residents of Aiken, South Carolina and surrounding regions. ANC does not limit its members to actual newcomers to the area, but rather offers an opportunity for women to socialize, represent Aiken, and give back to the community.

Aiken Polo Club

The Aiken Polo Club is one of the oldest and most historic clubs of its kind in the United States. It held its first game on Whitney Field in 1882 and joined the United States Polo Association before the turn of the century. Over the ensuing years, the Aiken Polo Club became the winter playground for many of America’s polo legends, including 10-goalers Tommy Hitchcock, Harry Payne Whitney and Devereux Milburn.

Aiken SPCA

Established in 1935, the Aiken SPCA has placed thousands of needy animals into loving homes. This success was achieved through the dedicated efforts of employees and volunteers. It also hinges on commitment, support and responsibility from the community. Contact the Aiken SPCA today to learn how you can participate in its continued success.

Aiken Symphony Guild

The Aiken Symphony Guild was founded in 1986 to bring exceptional music to our community. We do this through our partnership with Aiken Symphony Orchestra (ASO). The Guild is responsible for seeking Sponsors and conducting Special Events that raise funds for the Guild’s music programs for students and the ASO concert series. The Guild’s student programs include the Youth Concert Series for all fifth grade students in Aiken and Edgefield counties and the Concerto Competition for students eighteen years of age and younger. To date, more than 35,500 fifth graders have attended these concerts. In addition, advertising in the ASO concert Program is a project of Aiken Symphony Guild in support of Aiken Symphony Orchestra.

Aiken Technical College

ATC is one of 16 schools in the South Carolina Technical College System, and it has served the community for more than 30 years. Its rich history, commitment to higher education and state-of-the-art facilities provide residents with a first-class, affordable education close to home. Each year The Willcox proudly supports Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Held Oct. 1, the fundraiser benefits the Aiken Technical College Foundation Scholarship Fund.

Aiken Technical College Foundation’s Family Giving Campaign

Raises money from private sources to provide scholarship assistance, instructional equipment, and continuing education for faculty and staff.

Alzheimer’s Association

The leading, global voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care and support, and the largest private, nonprofit fundraiser for Alzheimer’s research.

An Earth Day Event

EARTH DAY began in 1970 and is celebrated annually on April 22nd to promote responsible use and conservation of the planet’s resources. Global in scope, this event is celebrated in over 190 countries. Some nations and communities celebrate Earth Day for an entire week, staging parades and scheduling other events that promote a green theme, conservation and sustainability practices.

American Cancer Society

Dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem.

American Heart & Stroke Association

From humble beginnings, the AHA has grown into the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. A shared focus on cardiovascular health unites our more than 33 million volunteers and supporters as well as our more than 3,400 employees.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Our mission: Save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. We’ve set a bold goal to reduce the annual suicide rate in the U.S. 20 percent by 2025.

Athletic Booster Club

Interscholastic athletics, offered to students in grades 6 through 12, are an important part of the educational program at Augusta Prep. At the varsity level, Augusta Prep is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association and Region 4-AAA where we compete in 18 varsity sports, to include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

The Augusta Ballet

Augusta Ballet is on a mission to foster a culture of dance appreciation and support across a diverse audience of all ages in the Augusta community and across the CSRA. We achieve this mission by presenting high-quality classical and contemporary ballet performances, offering free (or low-cost) educational opportunities to local youth and offering unique events aimed at cultivating the next generation of ballet and dance audiences.

Augusta University Donate Life Month

National Donate Life Month (NDLM) was established by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003. Observed in April each year, National Donate Life Month helps raise awareness about donation, encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation.

Augusta Gay Pride

The Primary Mission of Augusta Pride is to promote visibility and pride and to provide cultural unity and diversity education for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Ally (LGBTQA) communities of the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA). A Secondary Mission is to initiate and support efforts to raise awareness of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in the LGBTQA community of the CSRA and to contribute to efforts to provide resources in support of those living with HIV.

Augusta Red Cross

Baire the Ride for Marcia

The Barracuda Foundation

The Barracuda Foundation is dedicated to creating equal opportunities in sport for women, minorities and adaptive sport athletes.

Belmont Childcare Association

Belmont Childcare Association provides early childhood education to the sons and daughters of backstretch workers at Belmont and Aqueduct racetracks at the Anna House, an on-site center at Belmont Park. Children who leave Anna House are ready for kindergarten, have computer skills and can speak fluent English.

Boys and Girls Club of Aiken

As an offshoot of the Salvation Army and the Boys and Clubs of America, the local chapter has served the city for more than a decade by providing an after-school program and summer day camp for children who normally would be home alone.

Boy Scouts of America

Camp Gravatt

Established in 1949, the Gravatt Camp and Conference Center is an Episcopal summer camp and conference center located near Aiken. It offers an outdoor Christian youth camp, hosts conferences, meetings, and retreats, and serves other churches and nonprofit groups.

Charles Hartline Memorial

Annual Charles R. Hartline Memorial Golf Classic

Child Advocacy Center of Aiken County

The Child Advocacy Center is Aiken’s only comprehensive program for the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse cases. A nonprofit collaboration among more than two dozen public and private agencies, the center provides the specialized forensic interviews and medical evaluations needed to assure a child’s safety and establish the facts of an allegation. The CAC also manages a team of professionals that reviews each child’s case and makes recommendations for further action.

Children’s Place

Treats children with significant developmental and behavioral problems by providing speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and mental health counseling in a licensed pre-school setting.

Children’s Trust of South Carolina

Strengthen and support public and private prevention efforts that keep South Carolina’s children safe.

Christ Central Ministries, Inc.

Provides food and clothing to Aiken County’s underprivileged.

Community Medical Clinic of Aiken

We exist to serve the uninsured in Aiken County, making certain that each and every citizen who walks through our doors receives the quality care he or she deserves.

The Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons

The Cumbee Center provides free, 24-hour emergency services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, along with crisis and long-term counseling, temporary emergency shelter, legal advocacy, referrals to social service agencies, support groups, emotional support and community outreach programs.

CSRA Society for Human Resource Management

We welcome HR and business professionals and those with a vested interest in the field of Human Resources and encourage your attendance at our meetings. We are certain you will find them professionally and personally rewarding!

Danny and Ron’s Rescue

Rescues abused, abandoned and starving dogs in the Camden, S.C. area.

Dean Scarbeary Memorial

KronotexUSA has renamed and dedicated its employee golf tournament to honor Dean Scarbeary, a recently deceased employee. Scarbeary, former receiving lead at KronotexUSA’s Barnwell, S.C., laminate flooring plant, worked at the facility for nine years and was one of the organizers of the annual employee golf tournament.

Diann Shadow Foundation for Tremors

The Diann Shaddox Foundation for ET will lead the way to bring awareness, find a cure for Essential Tremor to make the world Tremor free.

Dream Equine Therapy Center

Dream Equine Therapy Center, headquartered in York, S.C., provides emotional support and wellness to the terminally and chronically ill through rescued and rehabilitated horses. Volunteers visit hospitals, nursing homes and rehab facilities, or patients can ride at the farm with a doctor’s referral.

Ducks Unlimited Aiken Chapter

DU got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows. Determined not to sit idly by as the continent’s waterfowl dwindled beyond recovery, a small group of sportsmen joined together to form an organization that became known as Ducks Unlimited. Its mission: habitat conservation.

Episcopal Day School

The Episcopal Day School is a mission of the Church of the Good Shepherd and exists to guide children to discover their place in God’s world for lives of wisdom, love, and service. Informed by a Christian perspective, we offer an education that attends to the nurture and development of the whole child, so that each may form a sure foundation for life.

EZ-GO Golf Classic

The tournament benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Augusta, which offers after-school centers for more than 3,000 at-risk children and their families.

Family Y of Aiken

The Family YMCA of Aiken County strengthens your physical health as well as your spiritual health. In addition to this location functioning as a Family YMCA that opened in 2012, this branch is also the home of Cedar Creek West Church.

First Tee of Aiken

The First Tee of Aiken was established in August 2009 and is a locally owned and operated nonprofit organization. The First Tee of Aiken is located at Houndslake Country Club and features a 9-hole course, practice range, putting green, and clubhouse/teaching facility. Students enrolled in The First Tee of Aiken receive quality life skills and golf instruction, free use of golf equipment, supervised practice privileges, tournament opportunities and more. Special emphasis is placed on recruiting low to moderate-income youth, minorities, girls, at-risk youth, students with disabilities and youth that might not have otherwise been exposed to the game and its positive values. No student or group will be turned away based on their inability to pay.

FOTAS

The Friends of the Animal Shelter – Aiken County (FOTAS) is a nonprofit, volunteer organization created in 2009 to supplement the resources of the Aiken County Animal Shelter in the care of approximately 4800 homeless and abandoned animals consigned to its care each year. FOTAS helps promote successful adoptions, spay and neuter programs, and transfers pets to no-kill shelters. FOTAS is wholly funded by private donations.

Georgia Regents Transplant Center

Based in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta University Health is a world-class health care network, offering the most comprehensive primary, specialty and subspecialty care in the region.

Goodwill Retail Stores

Goodwill® strives to enhance the dignity and quality of life of individuals and families by helping people reach their full potential through education, skills training and the power of work.

Gulf Coast Humane Society

Our mission is to provide humane care for surrendered animals by offering refuge, providing medical care, and facilitating an adoptive home. Each year we take in more than 1,000 animals in need of compassionate care.

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School cultivates creative and critical thinking, develops leadership and social skills, and promotes service to others over the pursuit of self-interest through a rich academic and extracurricular program in a supportive community of talented educators and engaged students.

Helping Hands, Inc.

A United Way agency that serves as a 24-hour emergency home for abused, abandoned and neglected children in South Carolina. The annual Chef’s Extravaganza is one of many charitable events The Willcox takes part.

Historic Preservation in Augusta and Richmond Counties

The Historic Preservation Commission is given its legal authority through Title Seven, Chapter Four of the Augusta-Richmond County Code.

Hitchcock Healthcare

A not-for-profit group that provides medical and rehabilitation services to residents of Aiken and surrounding communities. Children and adults receive physical, occupation and speech therapy.

Hospice of Tri-County in Orangeburg

Hospice Care of Tri County helps individuals and their families as they deal with a life-limiting illness. The focus is to provide support and comfort-oriented (palliative) care to reduce the fears of pain, losing control, being alone and being a burden to others.

Joye in Aiken

Joye in Aiken is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the best in the performing arts available to our citizens, and especially our students.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

JDRF is the leading global organization funding promising T1D research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications.

Kennedy Middle School PTO

The goal of Kennedy Middle School is to provide young students an opportunity to develop intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically in a safe, positive, student-centered environment in order to become productive members of society.

Kiwanis of Aiken

Kiwanis is an international service organization serving the youth of the world. It was founded in Detroit, Mich., in 1915.

Knights of Columbus Aiken Chapter

The Knights were formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.

Leadership Aiken County

Leadership Aiken County is operated by volunteers, and each year a diverse group of residents learn about their community, participating in field trips related to local government, education, health care, law enforcement and social services. Each class completes a project that benefits the community, whether it is a fundraiser for a local charity or lobbying for changes to legislation or budgets.

Life Choices Pregnancy Care Center

Life Choices promotes the pro-life message and God’s design for love and sex for young men and women.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

The world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer, finding a cure and improving the lives of patients and their families.

Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History

The only black history museum in the Central Savannah River Area. Opened in 1991, it is the former home of Lucy Craft Laney, who started the first school in Augusta, Ga. for black children. The school opened on January 6, 1883, in the basement of the Christ Presbyterian Church, then on 10 and Telfair Street with little money and only six students.

The Lydia Project

Lydia provides free services to women who are coping with cancer. This support includes ongoing correspondence and monthly encouragement for at least 12 months. Women in Aiken (South Carolina) and Burke, Columbia, McDuffie and Richmond counties (Georgia) also qualify for rent, utility and prescription drug assistance.

Mead Hall Episcopal School

Mead Hall has served the Aiken community for over 50 years and emphasizes a rigorous academic curriculum rooted in God’s truths and in Christ’s love. Beyond academics, students are expected to set high standards for personal character and integrity. The Strawberry Festival held in April is the school’s annual fundraising event.

Mead Hall Upper School Director and Student Lunch

For many years Mead Hall has been developing the hearts and minds of children, giving them a strong foundation on which to build their lives. Our tradition of academic excellence, spiritual inquiry, and high moral standards has enabled our graduates to become capable and confident leaders in their communities — their professional successes and their personal lives attest to this.

MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson Cancer Center focuses exclusively on cancer and has seen cases of every kind. Our doctors treat more rare cancers in a single day than most physicians see in a lifetime. That means you receive expert care no matter your diagnosis.

Megiddo Dream Station

Megiddo Dream Station makes an immediate and eternal impact by providing intensive, effective bible-based job and personal skill training. Megiddo offers evening classes for people who are underemployed and want to find better jobs or get promotions.

Memory Ride Hunter Show

Each year the equestrian community comes together to make an indelible imprint while raising money for Alzheimer’s disease. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of South Carolina and supports programs for those with Alzheimer’s, their family members and caregivers.

Mental Health America of Aiken County

The mission of Mental Health America of Aiken County is to serve as an advocate and a community resource by promoting positive mental health in Aiken County.

Missions Program

MOMS Club of Aiken

The primary purpose of the MOMS (MOMS Offering Moms Support) Club is to offer all mothers an opportunity for networking within a community. We hope to provide you with a chance to find other moms, like yourself, facing the same challenges. Another bonus is that this club welcomes children!

The Morris Museum of Art

Located on the Riverwalk in historic downtown Augusta, the Morris Museum of Art, the oldest museum in the country that is specifically devoted to the art and artists of the American South, is noted for its multifaceted permanent collection of 5,000 works of art and a rich variety of continually changing special exhibitions and public programs. The Morris is dedicated to the continued interpretation of the culture of the South in all its forms.

National Wild Turkey Federation

Dedicated to the conservation of the wild turkey and the preservation of America’s hunting heritage.

Neonatal ICU at Children’s Hospital of Georgia

The Children’s Hospital of Georgia’s Level IV (highest level) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit offers some of the most advanced technology and skilled physicians in the Southeast. As a leading regional perinatal center, the unit treats patients who need highly specialized care that many other regional perinatal centers cannot provide. Its staff gives the tiniest patients a fighting chance at life by delivering skilled and coordinated care to meet the complex needs of premature babies and their families.

North Augusta Junior Women’s League

The North Augusta Junior Women’s League is an organization that empowers women to serve the community in a positive way. This group of women strives to combine their time, talents, and energies to meet the needs of the schools and families in North Augusta. The NAJWL makes a positive impact on the children of North Augusta through fundraisers that help to support North Augusta schools and the needs of the children attending those schools.

Opera Carolina

Opera Carolina is the premiere professional opera company in the Carolinas, presenting three main-stage productions and education and outreach programs that reach more than 65,000 people each year in North Carolina, South Carolina and northern Georgia.

Palmetto Animal League

One Love Animal Rescue, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization so all donations will be tax-deductible. We rely solely on donations, fundraisers, and often times, our own money. Only through your support and generosity are we able to rescue and care for many abused, neglected, injured and abandoned dogs and cats. In some cases, extensive medical treatments are required in addition to the routine spay-neuter, veterinarian care, grooming, and day to day expenses. We understand the choice is yours in supporting your cause and we are grateful and humbled by your generosity.

Palmetto State Teachers Association

Palmetto State Teachers Association was organized in 1976 as an alternative to the union and has become the fastest growing teaching association in the state. PSTA is governed by a Board of Directors who volunteer their services.

PAR for Parkinson’s

An estimated one million people in the United States and over five million worldwide are living with Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s affects one in 100 people over the age of 60. While Parkinson’s is a movement disorder, it also brings non-movement related symptoms. There is no known cure for Parkinson’s. We are fortunate to live in the CSRA which is home to one of the National Parkinsons Foundation Center’s of Excellence, the Movement Disorder Program, at GRU in Augusta, GA.

The Parkinson’s Foundation

The Parkinson’s Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. In everything we do, we build on the energy, experience and passion of our global Parkinson’s community.

The Preservation Society of Newport County

Great Houses connect people to a nation’s heritage and open windows to another age. The Preservation Society of Newport County is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes in one of the most historically intact cities in America.

Rally for a Cure at Cedar Creek Gold Club

Money raised at the tournament supports the American Cancer Society and its mission to reduce the risk of cancer, provide free programs and services for cancer patients and fund groundbreaking research.

Ronald McDonald House

Savannah River Cancer Foundation

The Savannah River Cancer Foundation provides help to anyone affected by cancer in our communities, the South Carolina counties of Aiken, Edgefield, Allendale and Barnwell, and to promote the early detection and prevention of cancer.

Saratoga Warhorse Foundation

Saratoga WarHorse Foundation, a nonprofit organization offering veterans a three-day experience that has proven to be effective and invaluable for those struggling to adjust to life after military service, will be participating in the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium organized by the Retired Racehorse Project (RRP).

Self Regional Healthcare Foundation

Self-Regional Healthcare is a not-for-profit regional referral hospital that provides care to residents of Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens, Saluda, McCormick, Edgefield and Newberry counties. Services include prevention and wellness, acute care and tertiary care services including cancer care, neurosurgery, heart and vascular surgery, NICU, orthopedics and genetics.

Shepeard Community Blood Center

To collect, process and distribute blood and blood products.

Sheriff Roger Garrison Charities

South Carolina State Office of Veteran’s Affairs

The mission of the Division of Veterans’ Affairs is to be the advocate for the state’s 420,968 veterans in all matters that pertain to veterans.

Special Olympics of South Carolina

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.

St. John’s United Methodist Church of Aiken

St. Mary’s Help of Christians Catholic School

St. Mary’s on the Hill

In a Christ-centered atmosphere, the mission of St. Mary on the Hill Catholic School is to teach, to learn, and to become faith-filled servants of Jesus. By having Christ as the center of our school and in partnership with parents, we are teaching our students to become the next generation of Christian leaders.

STAR Riding and Driving

Equestrian therapy (also known as equine therapy or Equine-Assisted Therapy [EAT]) is a form of therapy that makes use of horses to help promote emotional growth. Equestrian therapy is particularly applied to patients with ADD, anxiety, autism, dementia, delay in mental development, down syndrome and other genetic syndromes, depression, trauma and brain injuries, behavior and abuse issues and other mental health issues.

That’s What Friends Are For, Inc.

Have you ever seen a homeless cat or dog and wished you could do something about it? Now you can! Join That’s What Friends are For, Inc., a network of caring and compassionate people.

Tri Development

A not-for-profit organization that coordinates community activities for Aiken County residents with autism, head and spinal cord injuries, and intellectual disabilities.

Toys for Tots

The U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program collects new, unwrapped toys October through December and distributes them as Christmas gifts to underprivileged children.

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation

Our mission: To promote research and education for the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of mitochondrial disorders and to provide support to affected individuals and families.

United States Equestrian Team Foundation

Established as a not-for-profit organization, the USET Foundation helps fund the High Performance competition. Money is provided to America’s elite and developing athletes and horses to pay for training, coaching, travel expenses and educational needs.

United Way of Aiken County

United Way of Aiken County is a volunteer-driven organization that raises and distributes funds for community needs. Volunteers from all walks of life work in partnership with private businesses, governments and nonprofits to pinpoint and address critical community issues.

University of South Carolina Aiken

Founded in 1961, the University of South Carolina Aiken (USC Aiken) is a comprehensive liberal arts institution committed to active learning through excellence in teaching, faculty and student scholarship, research, creative activities, and service. In this stimulating academic community, USC Aiken challenges students to acquire and develop the skills, knowledge, and values necessary for success in a dynamic global environment.

Wardlaw Academy

Wardlaw Academy is a private Christian school which promotes differentiated learning in a small Christian environment.

Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Gordon

Government Organization · Fort Gordon, Georgia

Welvista

Founded in 1991, Welvista is a 501(c)3 organization that helps uninsured and underserved South Carolinians gain access to essential health services while reducing the long-term costs of health care that result from untreated conditions.

Westminster Schools of Augusta

Westminster seeks to glorify God by providing an excellent education that equips students to live extraordinary lives for Jesus Christ.

Women Beyond Cancer

Women Beyond Cancer hosts free retreats for women who have been diagnosed with cancer. Several are held at a local horse farm, where the group is headquartered, and a few are organized in national locations including Maine and Utah.

Women of Woodside

Raises money for charities and helps members of the Woodside golf community connect with volunteer opportunities. Over the past 25 years, the Women of Woodside have contributed more than $500,000 to local charities and combine give 25,000 hours to the community each year.

Woofstock Sponsorship

The Friends of the Animal Shelter – Aiken County (FOTAS) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) (Tax ID #27-0609272), volunteer organization created in 2009 to supplement the resources of the Aiken County Animal Shelter in the care of approximately 4800 homeless and abandoned animals consigned to its care each year. FOTAS is wholly funded by private donations.

Wounded Warrior Project

Began when several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took action to help others in need. What started as a program to provide comfort items to wounded service members has grown into a complete rehabilitative effort to assist warriors as they recover and transition back to civilian life.

Wreaths Across America

Wreaths Across America would not be successful without the help of volunteers, active organizations and the generosity of the trucking industry, which offer invaluable support to WAA’s mission to remember the men and women who served our country, honor our military and their families, and teach our children about.

Yahweh Wilderness Expeditions

We are building relationships, with people, with God, with families.

First Presbyterian Preschool

“The Church does not have an education program, it is an education program”. We the members of First Presbyterian Church take this charge very seriously. We see our involvement with First Presbyterian Preschool as a vital part of what the church is and who we are all called to be. With special care and developmental encouragement offered to each child, we are a wonderful resource for young families in this community.

Charleston Animal Society

Our Vision is one where all healthy and treatable animals are saved. It’s a vision where all people and animals are treated with respect and kindness. And it envisions a world where cruelty is not tolerated. Businesses help make our lifesaving work possible, through philanthropy, product donations and corporate volunteer programs.

Palmetto Cheer Elite

Palmetto Cheer Elite is a competitive cheer gym located in Aiken, SC. Your support helps us offer a higher quality experience for all participants. Raising dollars for extra curricular activities is very difficult to do but is vital for our program.

Pediatric Brain Foundation

A leader in the brain tumor and childhood cancer communities, PBTF's mission of Care. Cure. Thrive. reflects our commitment to curing all pediatric brain tumors and transforming how children and their families are cared for. A world without childhood brain tumors is possible when we stand together to effect real, meaningful change.

Town Creek Christian Academy

Our goal is to educate the whole person. We stress experimental learning. Our small class sizes allow for frequent field trips to area businesses, natural environments, museums, learning centers and other places of interest. These experiences increase the effectiveness of learning by engaging students in critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. We also teach Life Skills. Our students get hands-on experience with skills like gardening, raising chickens, sewing, cooking, car maintenance, and managing finances.

Sara Collins Elementary

Sara Collins Elementary School is an urban school located in Greenville, South Carolina. With its school motto, "Our students are our world," it provides quality education to students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. Sara Collins is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme school. The school has a long-standing tradition of excellence and volunteerism. The students, staff, and parents have been recognized for their achievements and accomplishments on local, state, and national levels.

Masonic Home for Children at Oxford

MHCO exists for one purpose — to help children who need a stable, caring and loving home. We do not replace a family — we provide. We teach, guide, nurture, and share, focusing on life both at and after MHCO, so we can help a child determine his or her own path for the future. Our state licensed and nationally accredited home uses a family-living model that provides our children with individual living spaces, essentials needed for daily living, support if they have special needs, and a promise for full development and learning, from infant to young adulthood.

Gateway

In 1983, Greenville’s Community Planning Council and the United Way of Greenville County together conducted a community-wide Needs Assessment Planning Study. The results demonstrated the dire need for day services and housing for adults with serious mental illness in Greenville County. To address the problem, the Mental Health Association established a task force. That task force went on to establish a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the mission of improving the quality of life for adults with mental illness in Greenville. That nonprofit is now known as Gateway. Gateway has served more than 1,400 members and trained more than 2,200 colleagues on the Clubhouse model. We’re proud to be a pillar of hope for people with mental illness in our community, and continue to help affected individuals regain purpose and joy every day. Today, Executive Director Randy Redlinger continues to expand our program.

CanHope

CanHope provides help to anyone affected by cancer in our communities, the South Carolina counties of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, and Orangeburg. We promote the early detection and prevention of cancer. As well, financial support is available to cancer patients that meet designated criteria.

Greenville Area Parkinson’s Society

Our organization is non-medical and non-research, focusing on individuals with PD and the people in their lives. We know firsthand that they all have unique experiences in living with PD. “Our vision is to maximize the quality of life for families affected by Parkinson’s Disease.”

Great Oak Therapeutic Riding

Great Oak provides equine assisted activities that promote the physical, emotional, and psychological health of individuals with special needs. At Great Oak, we change lives. Our programs are the catalyst for unbridled personal growth and awareness. We share our knowledge to empower individuals and their families.

Paradise Farm Aiken

A 110 Acre Complete Training Facility for Eventing, Foxhunting, Dressage, & Show Jumping. Events for riders & horses of all levels that include a Jumping Derby, Hunter Trial, Combined Tests, and Recognized Horse Trials.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancer. We are the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers. Since 1949, we’ve invested nearly $1.3 billion in groundbreaking research, pioneering many of today’s most innovative approaches.

Anna Crawford Children's Center

Since 1989, this nonprofit, community-based organization has worked to break the cycle of child abuse through prevention and intervention services.

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy fights to end Duchenne. We accelerate research, raise our voices to impact policy, demand optimal care for every single family, and strive to ensure access to approved therapies.

Habitat for Humanity - Woman Build

Since 1991, Women Build volunteers from all walks of life have come together to build stronger, safer communities. Our Women Build events provide the opportunity for women to take a proactive step in serving their communities. Women Build opportunities are available across the U.S., and any woman who wants to learn how to build and construct a home is invited to join us.

Kid's Chance of Kentucky

Founded in 2003 by a group of workers’ comp professionals, the tax exempt charitable organization is devoted to providing scholarships to children of Kentucky workers who have been killed or suffered catastrophic injuries in work-related accidents.

Heritage Christian Academy

Heritage is located in Lexington, South Carolina and is only minutes from the capital city of Columbia. Heritage is a distinctively Christian school offering an accelerated curriculum to capable students in Kindergarten through High School. Founded in 1996, Heritage is over twenty years old.

Make a Wish Auction for Wishes

For children diagnosed with critical illnesses, a wish come true can be a crucial turning point in their lives. A wish can be that spark that helps these children believe that anything is possible and gives them the strength to fight harder against their illnesses. This impact is why we are driven to make every one of these wishes come true.

Heathwood Hall Auction and Fundraiser

This event is an opportunity to celebrate the students, parents, faculty, past parents, grandparents and alumni of Heathwood Hall School. This fun event brings us all together virtually for a night of celebration and fundraising. The Auction is Heathwood’s largest parent and community-driven fundraising event, with profits from the last 37 years reaching well over $3 million. Your potential donation help support Heathwood from the classroom to the athletic fields, the stage, and beyond. We all play an integral role in continuing the success of our school that inspires students and creates future leaders.