Weekly historic tours available at Fort Mitchel
Join The Heritage Library for weekly tours at 10 a.m. Thursdays of the Civil War battery on Skull Creek built to protect Port Royal Sound and the Seabrook Coaling Station. The cost is $12 for adults and $7 for children.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit bit.ly/FtMitchelTours.
‘Clybourne Park’ explores race relations
Local theatre company Coastal Stage Productions, CSP, one of this area’s top producers of quality short-run theatre projects, returns to area venues with the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning production “Clybourne Park.”
The production is rated PG-13 for adult language.
“Clybourne Park” opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 26; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at The Shed Event Venue, 809 Paris Avenue, Port Royal.
A catered Dinner Theatre option is available at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26.
“Clybourne Park” will also be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, and Saturday, Sept. 9; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, at Main Street Theatre, 3000 Main St., Hilton Head.
General admission tickets are $20. The reserved Dinner Theatre is $48.
For tickets for all events, visit www.brownpapertickets.com, the box office or for more information call 843-717-2175.
Hopeful Horizons to host volunteer training
Hopeful Horizons will host its third and final volunteer training for 2017 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26; and from 5:30-9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, Monday, Aug. 28, Tuesday, Aug. 29, and Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Volunteers who complete the training will learn basic crisis intervention skills, gain an understanding of the dynamics and forms of abuse and discover how they can use their talents to help end abuse and change lives in the Lowcountry.
Anyone who is interested in becoming a volunteer must fill out a volunteer application at www.hopefulhorizons.org.
Potential volunteers will be interviewed by a volunteer coordinator and must pass background checks.
Hopeful Horizons volunteers will be trained to take crisis calls, accompany victims of sexual assault to the hospital, interact with adults and children affected by trauma, and to otherwise assist staff to ensure Hopeful Horizons’ ability to meet the needs of our community.
Visit www.hopefulhorizons.org.
History Museum to provide docent training
The Beaufort History Museum is offering docent classes to train volunteers who lead museum tours and serve as community liaisons.
In the classes, directed by docent educator Lorrie Burleyknoles, participants learn how Beaufort shaped America from the early European settlements, its involvement in the Revolutionary War and dramatic role during the Civil War to the Reconstruction Era, the complex transition to the 20th century and its current-day prominence as a major tourist destination and site of military training and defense.
Classes will be held at the Beaufort Branch Library at 311 Scott St. and at the Arsenal at 713 Craven St.
Space in the class is limited and those interested in attending the five-week session are encouraged to register early.
Classes are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 24; 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31; 9:30 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 8; 9-11:30 a.m. Sept.15; and noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22.
Contact lburleyknoles@beauforthistorymuseum.com or call 559-362-3237.
Friends of Fort Fremont to hold fall fundraiser
The Celadon Club will host The Friends of Fort Fremont Fall Fundraiser from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8.
Thre will be beer, wine, appetizers, music by Beaufort DJ Steve Curless and an auction. The Celadon Club is donating two family 6-month memberships and two spa packages (facial & massage) to the auction. There will be many other items to bid on too.
Tickets are $30 per person and must be purchased by Friday, Sept. 1, at www.fortfremont.org.
Proceeds from this event will help continue the maintenance, preservation and conservation of Beaufort County’s Fort Fremont Park. The Friends of Fort Fremont is a 501(c)(3) corporation.
The Celadon Club is at 61 Celedon Drive on Lady’s Island.
In 1898 Fort Fremont, on St. Helena Island, was the strategic defense for Port Royal Sound & the U.S. Naval Base at Parris Island.
Beaufort County and The Friends of Fort Fremont are working to preserve this historic landmark.
Except for August, free docent-led tours are offered at 10:30 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of the month at the St. Helena Branch Library.
Visit www.FortFremont.org or call the library at 843-255-6540.
Riverfront park topic of lecture at museum
The Beaufort History Museum will present a lecture as part of the popular historical series co-sponsored with the Beaufort County Library.
The lecture, “Politics, Pilings and Playgrounds: Henry C. Chambers Riverfront Park,” will include a panel discussion moderated by Edie Rodgers.
Panelists Henry C. Chambers, Ed Duryea, Harry Chakides and Duncan Fordham will discuss the trials and tribulations of creating Beaufort’s signature waterfront community space.
The event will be held from 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall at the corner of North and Church streets in Beaufort.
Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested.
Registration begins Monday, Sept. 4, for the 100 available seats.
Pre-registration is required at the BHM website at www.beauforthistorymuseum.com.
Print out the ticket and bring it to the event. Lectures sell out. Those with tickets will be admitted first.
Alzheimer’s fundraiser coming to The Shed
Dueling Pianos, Alzheimer’s Family Services of Greater Beaufort‘s 10th Annual Dinner Theatre, will be held on Friday, Oct. 8, at The Shed in Port Royal.
The evening will offer music, dinner stations provided by local chefs, a full open bar sponsored by Gilbert Law Firm, both a silent and live auction and a retro photo booth to record your memories of the night.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for cocktails and the silent auction.
Tickets are $65 in advance and $75 at the door.
For more information or to order tickets, visit www.afsgb.org or call 843-521-9190.
Pan-African group seeks volunteers
The nonprofit Pan-African Family Empowerment & Land Preservation Network Inc. is seeking volunteers for multiple positions.
Among other things, the Beaufort-based public charity provides financial and technical assistance to help Gullah-Geechee, and other African-descent families save their ancestral homes and land for current and future generations.
They have an immediate need for an experienced webmaster, grant writers and administrative assistants.
Also needed are committed fundraising volunteers; community outreach presenters; and office clerks willing to assist landowners with homestead exemptions; tax rate reductions; installment property tax payment qualification; and referrals to various heirs’ property and/or land use programs that generate income to pay property taxes and create generational wealth.
Training for all volunteers will be held at the Pan-African Family Empowerment Network’s office in the Landmark (Regions Bank) Building, 69 Robert Smalls Parkway, Suite 3B, Beaufort.
For more information, call 843-592-6076, or email volunteers@panafricanfamilyempowermentnetwork.org.
Hospice in need of volunteers
Friends of Caroline Hospice Thrift Store is seeking a variety of volunteers to assist in the overall operation of the store.
Store hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.
For more information, contact Sara, volunteer coordinator at 843-525-6257 or visit www.friendsofcarolinehospice.org for an online volunteer application.
Habitat for Humanity in need of volunteers
Wondering how you might be able to help LowCountry Habitat for Humanity?
Attend their Volunteer Orientation held at 10 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at 616 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort.
Volunteer opportunities exist in every area of operations at LowCountry Habitat; there is a need for all types of abilities and skill levels, from construction to volunteering at the ReStore to serving on various committees and more.
For more information, contact Lee McSavaney, volunteer coordinator at 843-522-3500 or email info@lowcountryhabitat.org.
Christian theater performances offered
Music of Forever, a Christian theater production, is being held at 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Grace AME Chapel on Charles Street in Beaufort.
According to Hillary Lathan, who puts on the show with her husband, Alan, the show puts Jesus on a personal level that everyone can relate to.
“People that may never walk into a church will come to the drama and experience the gospel in a way that is real and fresh to them,” she said.
The show includes seven characters and seven pieces of music. The irony of the number is intentional, as seven is a biblically significant number, according to Hillary Lathan.
For more information, visit www.musicofforever.org. The performances are free, but donations are accepted.
Library to offer curbside service
In an effort to expand customer service, the Beaufort County Library System will test a new Curbside Hold Pickup Service at its branch in downtown Beaufort.
The service will be available only to Beaufort Branch customers who have a previously reserved item (considered a “hold”) and have been notified by the system that the item is ready for pick up. To all library cardholders, the online catalog sends an automatic message (via text or email) that a reserved item is ready for pick up at their branch library.
With the new curbside hold pickup service, Beaufort customers call the branch prior to arriving and library staff will confirm that their reserved item is available. Upon arrival, customers call the library again at which point a staff member will deliver the hold to the vehicle.
The pilot will run for two months with service beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Second Helpings volunteers needed
Second Helpings, a nonprofit that rescues food from area restaurants and grocery stores and delivers the food to local agencies to stop hunger, is in need of volunteers.
Shifts are available on Hilton Head, Bluffton and Beaufort. Volunteers can sign up for one day a week or month. Also needed are on-call, last-minute volunteers for a SWAT team to help on the truck for special runs.
For more information, contact Lili Coleman at execdirector@secondhelpingslc.org or call 843-689-3689.
Visit secondhelpingslc.org.
