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Helping Hands of Georgetown: Youth Empowerment Program
For more than 30 years, Helping Hands has been forging brighter futures for Georgetown County. As a vital resource, this nonprofit helps those faced with poverty and crisis by providing assistance and opportunities that make real change. Since 1989, their…
Cover Artist: Michelle Green
Michelle Green’s passion for art and marketing started with her high school magnet program. She continued her visual arts studies at Florida Atlantic University and after graduation, she opened an online art gallery and continues to grow her business while…
Sasee Gets Personal with Leigh Simmons: Surf Unlimited Mercantile Owner
Q: Why should locals and visitors explore your shop this summer?“Our shop is a treasured gem that has evolved into an integral part of the Island. Overflowing with local quality brands, it is such a fun boutique to explore. We…
Camp Like A Girl
The past two years have taught us so many things in life. Everything can be turned upside down in the blink of an eye. Jobs can be lost. The housing market has astronomical prices. Food shortages have caused empty shelves…
Kitti Baker: Turning Accidents into Adventures
Although Kitti has lived on the Grand Strand for over 50 years, her first taste of adventuring abroad was at a very young age. Her time spent living in Germany from age ten to twelve put her on the trajectory…
Sasee Gets Personal with Roger Hudgins: Define Wealth Financial Group Owner
Q: What is the history and mission of Define Wealth?“The business was originally opened in the mid-1980s, but it wasn’t until 2021 that we decided to create our own logo, brand, and marketing campaign as Define Wealth Financial Group. After…
Travel Transforms
In my essays about travel, I mostly reminisce on present day trips or about ones not too distant in the past. Having said that, I want to tip my hat to my parents and other parents from past generations or…
Reborn a Runner
It’s been ten years since I laced up a pair of sneakers and went for my first run. I was oblivious to the fact that running could change a person. But all those miles and minutes I clocked on city…
7 Benefits of Adventure
When the airplane my husband and I were traveling on to Haiti suddenly aborted the landing upon touch down on the small island, it was a moment of epiphany for me. Even while still in the air, the plane rocking…
Mare Weston Stewart: Grow Everywhere You Go
The first traveling memory my Aunt Mare recalled was at the age of ten when her eldest sister (my mother) took her to Mexico for a month. She remembers being shocked at how vastly different life was from her South…
Cover Artist: Sharon Holzer
Twelve years ago, during a stay in Chile, Sharon Holzer experienced a period of mental, artistic, and cultural flourishing alongside a 40-year-old crisis that led her back to her passion for painting. Her artistic message voices the importance of how…
July Berry Picking
Recently I cleared out my mom’s shed. There were so many memories in that little building. On a shelf, I discovered the best memory of all. I found two handmade buckets fashioned out of tin cans. Each can had two…
Summer Souvenirs
When I was in elementary school, the thrill of the last day of the school year wasn’t ever about the last day of school. The excitement wasn’t about time away from homework, books, tests, and the wool skirts we had…
The Fern Getaway: Relax & Revive
As soon as I stepped onto the beautiful seven-acre property, I instantly felt a sense of peace. I noticed the enchanted entrance to the wooded forest bursting with intrinsic character. As I made my way through the trails, guided by…
Sasee Gets Personal with Erik Hanson: The Mole Hole of Myrtle Beach Owner
Q: When and why did you move to the Grand Strand?“I moved here when I was 8 years old with my parents, Sybil and Everett Hanson, to open our family’s business 50 years ago. At the time, it was known…
High Art in the Lowcountry: Muzika!
Twenty years ago, Kalin and Sharon Tchonev created a nonprofit company of true art to ensure aspiring and professional musicians the opportunity to grow in their skill and passion for presenting classical works that transcend time and culture in meaningful…
The Mermaid’s Inn
The beckoning coast of South Carolina summoned my family every summer. The call was urgent and decisive. The green-marbled Samsonite, circa the 1950s, heeded the command and prepared a place for swimsuits and books alongside last year’s sand and the…
Heirloom or Junk?
“No more tacky souvenirs for me!” exclaimed the woman in front of me as we waited for the tender to motor us to our ship. There was a time in my life or several times when I thought this way,…
Cover Artist: Kathy Womack
Kathy Womack’s inspiration for the Women and Wine series was not originally with the intent to capture girlfriends in fits of laughter, enjoying the said company. She explained, “As an artist, I am drawn to the dramatic or emotionally provocative…
The Waccamaw Market Cooperative: Spice Up Your Shopping
“Every time you visit the market, you will have a new experience!” Executive Director, Samantha Tipton continued, “The harvest changes day to day so you’re really getting the freshest local product you can, picked at the peak of freshness (and…