July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

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News & Upcoming Events

  1. Family Connection of SC - Hopes & Dreams Conference

    Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 8:30 AM
    Richland Two Institute Of Innovation (R2I2), 763 Fashion Dr, Columbia, SC 29229

    Save the date; more details to come. 

  2. Recurring Events

    • Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center Farmer's Market - Every Tuesday from 4-7 PM
      Location: Brookland Baptist Church Northeast Campus
      1203 Summit Parkway, Columbia, SC 29229
    • The StoreHouse SC - Weekend Produce Distribution Program - Every 4th Saturday of the month from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
      Website: https://themeljohnson.org/the-storehouse-sc-1
      Location: 7330 Monticello Road, Columbia, SC 29203
      Phone: 803-766-6799

Celebration of Agency - Palmetto Place Children and Youth Services

Join us in congratulating Palmetto Place Children and Youth Services on the selection and hiring of the new Executive Director, Damien Talley, and the promotion of the Interim Executive Director, Heather Turner, from HR and Operations Manager to Deputy Director! 

Full details can be found here.

Board Service & Development Opportunities

Quality, committed volunteers are crucial to a thriving nonprofit sector. Here are some links to opportunities to find new board members or develop existing volunteers.

Blueprint for Leadership
Family Connection of SC

We are looking for volunteer leaders to serve on development committee. This committee will help plan and implement Family Connection's key fundraising events. Roles include sponsorship/donor recruitment, communications, and logistics. 

Reach out to Jacki Garbinsky for more information.

Career Opportunities

Submit your job openings here!

Together SC Job Listing
United Way Careers Page

Collaboration Opportunities

Feel free to share ways that your organization is looking to partner with others from around the community.

Goodwill SCSEP Program

The Goodwill SCSEP Program (Senior Community Service Employment Program) assists Mature Adults 55+ to find suitable host agencies to complete on the job training, for 20-hours per week at no cost to the agency. The grant, provided by Goodwill, pays the participants salary. Our Participants have a variety of skill set such as Administrative, Production, Janitorial, Data Entry and Food Service to name a few.

We are looking for partner agencies! Our potential partner agencies must be non-profit or government organizations. Please review the brochure for more information and if you are interested, please contact:

SaTonya Bryant-Bradley, MSW
SCSEP Coordinator
c 803-743-3808
e [email protected]

SC DEW Connection Point Collaboration

Brookland Center for Community Economic Change wants to collaborate with housing agencies, food agencies, workforce development training and career placement agencies, academic tutoring agencies, academic programs.

WellPartners Dental and Eye Clinics

WellPartners is an organization dedicated to providing preventive and restorative dental and vision care to children and adults in the Midlands.

Website: https://www.wellpartners.org/about-us

Virtual Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYtHSqKh4yA&t=3s

Grant Funding Opportunities

Check out upcoming grant funding opportunities!

CCCF Grants
City of Columbia
United Way of the Midlands 2025-2026 Impact Grant

Thank you for your interest in applying for the UWM 2025-2026 Impact Grant. Applications are now closed. If you applied for funding, awards will be announced for competitive funding by June 30, 2025.

In-Kind Needs

Are you collecting donations or looking for specific items for your organization? List them here!

Brookland Center for Community Economic Change

Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment center is looking for clothes, monetary donations for gift cards for clients, shoes, books, toys.