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<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>“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.”</p>
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<p>Beaufort County non-profits that received donations include:</p>
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<p>Alzheimers Family Services</p>
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<p>American Red Cross – Lowcountry</p>
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<p>Beaufort Water Search &amp; Rescue (Port Royal)</p>
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<p>Beth Israel Congregation</p>
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<p>Bluffton Self Help</p>
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<p>Boys and Girls Club – Broad River Club</p>
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<p>CAPA</p>
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<p>Coastal Conservation Association</p>
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<p>Deep Well Project</p>
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<p>First Scots Presbyterian Church</p>
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<p>Friends of Caroline Hospice</p>
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<p>Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail</p>
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<p>The Furniture Hall of Fame</p>
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<p>Help of Beaufort</p>
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<p>Hopeful Horizons</p>
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<p>Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity</p>
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<p>Jacob Kits via the Burton Fire Department’s FAST Program</p>
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<p>NAMI Lowcountry (National Alliance on Mental Illness)</p>
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<p>Pat Conroy Literary Center</p>
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<p>Port Royal Sound Foundation</p>
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<p>Radiance Women's Center</p>
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<p>The Penn Center</p>
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<p>United Way of Beaufort</p>
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<p>Volunteers in Medicine.</p>
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