Children’s Charities of the Midlands to Gift $139k to Help Children In Need

May 7, 2025
2025 CCM check disbursement

Children’s Charities of the Midlands are proud to announce fundraising efforts for the 2024-2025 year.  They have raised $139,000, demonstrating their commitment to supporting the community and aiding local children in need. 

Funds are raised throughout the year during multiple events: a corn hole tournament in the Spring. A golf tournament and 5k Turkey Trot in the fall, and then the popular ChippenWhales Plunge Team Brunch Party in conjunction with The Lake Carolina Polar Bear Plunge in January.  The organization also benefits from the Lake Carolina Oyster Roast, and the Lake Carolina Wine tasting, which have also become amazing events in the Northeast community.

“We are thrilled to have continued to increase our total amount of funds raised each year,” said Gary Matthews, founding member of the Chippenwhales and head charity volunteer. “The beneficiaries are all incredible folks that dedicate their lives/careers to helping children with special needs or are undergoing poverty conditions.”  Gary continued by saying, “We love seeing how funds are impacting these children through these great organizations.”

The donations will be presented on April 28, 2025, at 11:30 a.m. at the SC Statehouse (1100 Gervais St, Columbia SC) to 18 non-profit organizations that have a focus on assisting children in need. 

This year’s recipients will include:

  • Prisma Health Midlands Foundation (Champions Society for Children’s Hospital)
  • Family Connection of SC
  • Unumb Center; Epworth Home
  • Limitless Purpose
  • Breakthrough T1D (formally JRDF)
  • Ram Foundation
  • Family Promise
  • Victoria’s Place
  • Game Changers at Rivers Edge Retreat
  • Beta Chi Sigma (Scholarship Program)
  • Camp Discovery
  • Hydrocephalus Association of SC
  • SC Youth Advocate Program
  • Homeless No More
  • Dickerson Children’s Advocacy Center
  • Screaming Eagles Special Needs Athletics
  • Camp Cole

Children’s Charities of the Midlands is a nonprofit organization founded in Lake Carolina in 2000 that focuses on bettering the health, education, inclusiveness and general welfare of local children in need. All proceeds fundraised at Children’s Charities of the Midlands events benefit selected causes with no portion being withheld to fund administrative costs of the organization.  They are a 100% volunteer organization.