For several years, Friends of Hunting Island members have been working on a way to “pay our privilege forward,” by bringing more underserved children to the state park. Covid-19 delayed the launch of the project, but now, with support from the Coastal Communities Foundation, Friends of Hunting Island will begin by bringing families to Hunting Island State Park through The People’s Park Project. 

Entering its fifth year, March Forth is a signature annual program of the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center, commemorating the anniversary of Pat Conroy’s death (March 4, 2016) with educational conversations about storytelling, conservation, social justice, and inclusivity—major themes of Conroy’s writing and teaching life.

I have observed that during these isolating times; times where we spend a lot of our days and weeks at home, that the more time I have available to do something, the less likely I am to do it. Have y’all been afflicted with that particular malady, too?

In the past Facebook was to me a black hole that I could tumble into like Alice down the rabbit hole. I could log on for a peek at a particular page and not emerge until an hour or so later, overstimulated and curious as to where the time had disappeared. Because I value my time, I’ve finally learned to stick to a FB schedule, so I can keep up with things I deem important, without spending time on frivolous minutiae. May it last!