Last week I had the pleasure of spending the morning at the Greer Soup Kitchen with the seven Lyman Elementary fourth grade classes, their teachers, parents and volunteers.
The children — about 140 of them — read books in order to collect cans, similar to other pledge drives.
About fifty musicians will take the stage in next month at the J. Harley Bonds Career Center to bring traditional Christmas music to life.
And for the first time, they’re hoping to spread the Christmas cheer even further. This year at the annual Christmas concert, the Foothills Philharmonic will collect toys for Toys for Tots.
Education has not always come easy for Brooke Culp.
When the 23-year-old Greenville Technical College student was 14 years old, she was diagnosed with epilepsy. At its worst, Culp had 20 seizures a day.
Come Thanksgiving evening and into the night, I will be spending time with family, snacking on leftovers and probably doing some napping in front of a TV.
That is not the case for everyone.
Some will leave their families and head to various retail stores to work. Some will leave their families for (supposedly) amazing deals.
Operation Christmas Child is a charity that provides shoeboxes filled with needed items for children in poverty-stricken areas of the world, and drop-off centers for donations will open on Nov. 18 - 25. The Greer area drop-off is at Joshua’s Way Inc., located at 1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer.
Brian Braddy began his career as a florist 40 years ago, and last September he celebrated his business’s one-year anniversary. Sweet Grass Floral Company is a floral design studio that creates arrangements for funerals, wedding and events.
“It’s been really amazing,” Braddy said.
Brian Braddy began his career as a florist 40 years ago, and last September he celebrated his business’s one-year anniversary. Sweet Grass Floral Company is a floral design studio that creates arrangements for funerals, wedding and events.
“It’s been really amazing,” Braddy said.
Brian Braddy began his career as a florist 40 years ago, and last September he celebrated his business’s one-year anniversary. Sweet Grass Floral Company is a floral design studio that creates arrangements for funerals, wedding and events.
“It’s been really amazing,” Braddy said.
Let’s continue getting to know each other, shall we, Greer?
I’ll continue telling you about myself, rambling on and sharing. In this issue, we’ll cover three Katie Jones topics. Why three? I don’t know. It seems doable? Read on!
