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Happy Father's Day! 

Several Father’s Day activities are planned throughout South Carolina in the upcoming month.  Below are just a few of the many celebrations.  Contact your local program for more information on activities in your area.

Upstate Fatherhood Coalition will host its second annual Father’s Day Gala, “Father’s Making a Difference,” on Thursday, June 18, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Airport Marriott in Greenville.  Tickets are $100.  Please contact the Upstate Fatherhood Coalition at (864) 241-4464 for more information or visit them on the Web at www.upstatefathers.org.  

Father to Father Project - Georgetown has an all day activity planned for fathers and their children at the Wild Wave Water Park at Surfside Beach on Saturday, June 20.  For more information, please contact the office at (843) 545-9449 or visit them on the Web at www.fathertofatherproject.org.  

Lancaster Fatherhood Project will hold its 13^th Annual Unity in the Community Fair on Saturday, June 27, at the corner of Main Street and East Gay Street in downtown Lancaster.  This year’s theme is “Communities Sharing Resources.”  Highlights include entertainment, inflatables, free food, prizes, games, free health screenings and much more.  Sponsors of this event include the J. Marion Sims Foundation, the Springs Close Foundation, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, the City of Lancaster and the SC Center for Fathers and Families.  For more information, please contact the office at (803) 283-3444 or visit them on the Web at www.lanfatherhood.org.

 Midlands Fatherhood Coalition - Lexington will be volunteering on June 27 from 9:00am until 1:00pm by filling food orders for the elderly.  There is a need of 100 volunteers throughout the day.  If you are interested in assisting, or if you would like more information please contact the office at (803) 996-2114 or visit them on the Web at www.midlandsfathers.com.  The Coalition will also host several cook-outs for fathers and children featuring a cook-off by the fathers throughout the month of June.  For more details please contact the office.

Father to Father Project - North Charleston attended an exciting baseball game  on Monday, May 25.  The North Charleston Riverdogs baseball team played “Dogs with a Cause” at the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.  The first pitch was thrown out by Board Chairman Ron Walston.  Waffle House sponsored the event.  For more information please contact the program at (843) 744-2126 or visit them on the Web at www.fathertofatherproject.org.  

A Father's Day Flashback...

Visit the official Barack Obama Website to hear the then presidential candidate talk about the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families during his Father's Day speech in June 2007.  Click here to see more.

The services offered through these programs are available to all eligible persons, regardless of race, gender, age, disability or religion.