Help for HALOS: DI community delivers!

Daniel Island residents and community members have once again displayed their giving spirit – this time in response to a call from the Daniel Island Property Owners Association (POA) to support the Charleston-based HALOS program this holiday season. All 100 “angels” on the HALOS tree at the POA office were adopted, according to Dani Hermann, recreation coordinator. The deadline to drop off gifts for the POA program was Monday, December 5.

HALOS, a non-profit organization, offers support and advocacy for abused and neglected children and kinship caregivers. Through their holiday initiative, they will deliver gifts to more than 2,000 children in the tri-county area this season.

“HALOS has coordinated this holiday campaign in partnership with Berkeley, Dorchester and Charleston County Departments of Social Services for 19 years,” said Kim Clifton, HALOS executive director. “We are thankful for the sponsors, community partners, and volunteers who continue to make the holiday season brighter for abused and neglected children in our community.”

For those who missed the deadline to take part in the POA’s HALOS tree program on Daniel Island, there is still time to join the campaign, according to Travis Tester, HALOS director of development. Anyone who would like to contribute gifts for a child can deliver them unwrapped to the Charleston County Department of Social Services Annex at 3366 Rivers Avenue in North Charleston. They are in need of generic toys for all ages and genders, added Tester, as well as sporting equipment and gift cards to department stores, Game Stop or fast food establishments.

Gift givers are asked to deliver items by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 9. For more information on the HALOS holiday campaign as well as other initiatives led by the charity, visit www.charlestonhalos.org.