From staff reports
Beaufort’s Larry Mark and his wife Robyn, owners of Beaufort furniture store FWDG, recently made donations totaling in excess of $30,000 to 24 Beaufort County non-profit charities and organizations in the “spirit of birthday giving” at an event honoring the Larry Mark’s 70th birthday.
“Turning 70 is a milestone,” FWDG President Larry Mark said in a release. “In the spirit of birthday gift giving, Robyn and I gifted area charitable organizations, with the hope that through our donations they will be able to more easily accomplish their goals. We are very grateful for FWDG’s success and when we can we want to honor as many wonderful organizations as possible.”
Beaufort County non-profits that received donations include:
Alzheimers Family Services
American Red Cross – Lowcountry
Beaufort Water Search & Rescue (Port Royal)
Beth Israel Congregation
Bluffton Self Help
Boys and Girls Club – Broad River Club
CAPA
Coastal Conservation Association
Deep Well Project
First Scots Presbyterian Church
Friends of Caroline Hospice
Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail
The Furniture Hall of Fame
Help of Beaufort
Hopeful Horizons
Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity
Jacob Kits via the Burton Fire Department’s FAST Program
NAMI Lowcountry (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Pat Conroy Literary Center
Port Royal Sound Foundation
Radiance Women’s Center
The Penn Center
United Way of Beaufort
Volunteers in Medicine.
