For the second time this week I have seen a child under the age of 10 "drive" a golf cart down the street where I live. On one occasion, I saw one of the carts finally come to a stop in the middle of an intersection, presumably because the child’s legs were too short to reach the pedals and the adult with them was too busy on the cell phone to notice.

Police cannot regularly patrol neighborhood streets so chances are slim they will ever see children at the wheel of these motorized vehicles., I believe the driver of a golf cart on a city street is required to possess a valid driver’s license and be over the age of 10. Today I saw a young boy being towed on a roller board by a golf cart "driven" by another youngster.

The golf cart is a marvelous invention that has already taken the exercise out of golf and now has become some kind of possession or toy adults must have because, as they reason, the high cost of gasoline is killing them.

Better that than an unsuspecting Daniel Island motorist approaching an intersection and cannot stop in time to avoid an errant golf cart.

You might think, as many do, that Goodwill Industries is simply a place to donate those blue jeans you can’t squeeze into any more or the books your children have outgrown. You figure it’s a worthy place to donate your gently used things so that others might be able to buy them at an affordable price – and you’re right. But, that doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of how Goodwill is changing lives here in the Lowcountry.

Goodwill sells your donations and uses the proceeds to fund job training programs for people who live in poverty, are homeless, or lack education and experience, as well as those with disabilities. Last year, more than 12,300 people benefited from Goodwill’s career programs.

We want to say "Thank You" to the people in the Tri-county area whose continued support allows us to help people find and keep good jobs and enjoy the dignity and power that work brings.

Sincerely yours,