Our Community Was the Big Winner with Extreme Canned Food Drive.
With the announcement on January 20 that the Extreme Canned Food Drive had actually exceeded its goal to collect 100 tons of food, an extraordinary moment of celebration, pride and gratitude was shared by thousands throughout Horry County. Our final weigh in is 200,736 lbs = 100.37 tons!
Held in conjunction with the Extreme Makeover Home Edition build, this monumental project to restock area food pantries received overwhelming support from folks in every part of our community. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all those that stepped up to help make this one of the truly remarkable charitable events of the year. Some 170,000 meals are the result of your efforts.
On behalf of United Way of Horry County, I'd like to extend special thanks to all our partners, which include Sterling Homes, Horry County Government, Wal-Mart, Transport Police, emediagroup coastal, Mike Jones, Low Country Food Bank, and LHWH Advertising & Public Relations.
To all the various media outlets that serve Horry County, we also owe a huge round of applause for the exceptional news coverage provided throughout the event.
Our United Way organization is all about working together in our community to improve people's lives. To LIVE UNITED means going the extra mile, giving a little more than expected, and feeling good about working for the common good. The Extreme Canned Food Drive is the perfect example of how together, united, we can inspire hope and create such remarkable opportunities for a better tomorrow.
Sincerely,
David DuRant
President of the Board of Directors for United Way of Horry County
Vice President for Prestwick Country Club
This drive would not have been possible without the help of so many businesses that served as drop-off points or held food drives within their organizations. These include:
American Cancer Society
Barefoot Community Church
Barefoot Landing
Barefoot Resort & Golf
Beach First National Banks
Belk – Coastal Grand Mall
Best Buy
Best Buy Mobile at Coastal Grand Mall
Big Deals Carolina Forest Flea Market
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
Bridgewater Academy
Brittain Resort Management Company
o Bay View Resort
o Beach Vacations / Myrtlewood Villas
o Breakers Resort
o Caribbean Resort & Villas
o Compass Cove Resort
o Dunes Village Resort
o Long Bay Resort
o Paradise Resort
o Ocean Reef Resort
o Sea Captain’s House Restaurant
Broadway at the Beach
Burroughs & Chapin Company
C.B. Berry Community Center
Carolina Forest Community Church
Carolina Forest High School
Carolina Forest Rental Properties
Carolina Regional Cancer Center
Carolinas PGA Section
Christ United Methodist Church
City of North Myrtle Beach
Conway Chamber of Commerce
Conway Christian School
Conway Elementary
The Crepe Myrtle
Celebration Presbyterian Church in Carolina Forest
Dillards
Divine Dining Group
o River City Cafés
o Ultimate California Pizzas
o Bubba’s Fish Shack
o Divine Fish House
o Divine Prime
o Roy & Sid’s American Kitchen
Enterprise Rental Car
Fairfield Inn at Broadway at the Beach
First Palmetto Savings Banks
First United Methodist Church in Myrtle Beach
Food Lion Store - Hwy 501 Conway
Forestbrook Elementary
Forestbrook Middle School
Goodwill Industries
Goldfinch Funeral Home - all locations
Gordon Biersch at the Common Market
Grand Shores
Grand Strand Virginia Tech Alumni Association
Growing Tree at First Presbyterian Church (FPC)
Habitat for Humanity
The Horizon at 77th
Horry County Government
Horry County Solid Waste Authority
Horry Electric Cooperative
Horry's Restaurant
IMAX Theater
Indigo Creek Golf Club & Island Green Golf Club
Liberty Tax Services at the Gator Hole and Galleria
Loris Elementary and Middle Schools
The Jackson Companies
KA Diehl & Associates
Kingston Plantation
Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant
Long Bay Symphony -- Bring a canned item to the Jan 31st
Concert.
Loris High School
Little River Chamber of Commerce
Loris Chamber of Commerce
Lowes Food in Myrtle Beach
Lowes Home Improvement Stores - all Horry County
Metglas, Inc.
Milliken's Hidden Reef
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Myrtle Beach Indoor Flea Market
Myrtle Beach International Airport TSA
North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce
North Myrtle Beach Christian School
North Myrtle Beach Schools (Primary, Elementary, Middle, High)
North Strand Optimist Club
Nexsen Pruet at Market Common
Oasis Trading Post
Ocean Lakes Family Campground
Olivia Beauty Salon
Peoples Underwriters
Plantation Storage in Carolina Forest
The Reserve Golf Club of Pawleys Island
Rotary Club of Little River
Rotary Club of North Myrtle Beach
Salvation Army
Sandhills Banks
Sam’s Club
SeaGlass Tower Resort
SeaSide
South Atlantic Banks
South Conway Elementary
Sparks Toyota
Steeplechase Development
Strand Development Company
o Hampton Inn at Broadway at the Beach
o Hampton Inn at North Myrtle Beach
o Hampton Inn at Northwood
o Super 8 at Market Common
o Quality Inn at the University
Strand Storage Center - Horry County
SUNHOUSE Hwy 378 (Formerly G&B Discount)
Swash Park Ministries
T.G.I Friday's in N. Myrtle beach, Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet
The Sun News
Tidelands Banks
Tidewater Development
Trinity Episcopal Church in Myrtle Beach
Towers on the Grove
Vista Resort
Waccamaw Bank of Little River
Waccamaw Bowling Center
Waccamaw Middle School
Walgreens – all Horry County Stores
The Wellness Center at Conway Medical Center
Wells Fargor Advisors
Windjammer Village
Thanks to businesses that donated towards food drive:
Food Services, Inc.
Lance Incorporated
Outback Steakhouse in North Myrtle Beach
PBV of Conway, SC
Target
Transport Police
Sysco
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