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News for the Carolinas
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Most Americans will never know what it's like to live in poverty, but a program that came to the Grand Strand Wednesday was aimed at educating people about what it means to be poor.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
The Church of the Resurrection in Surfside Beach off Highway 17 holds a free food distribution once a month. On past Saturdays, organizers say they have been averaging 115 families who are in need of their services. This weekend, they counted 185 families. They also normally feed 350 people and today they fed 500.
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Monday, November 07, 2011
49.1 million people, or 16 percent of the U.S. population, live in poverty. That's higher than previously thought.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
15.1 percent of Americans now live in poverty, according to new numbers released by the Census Bureau, and our area is not immune to the effects.
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Friday, June 03, 2011
Leadership South Carolina partnered with Walmart to donate $10,000 to Bleheim Elementary/Middle School.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
The governor will hold the third in a series of meetings around the state.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
A little more than a dozen Coastal Carolina students camped out on campus, but not for recreation. They took part in an event centered around Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week.
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Robeson County will be home of the nation's first youth violence prevention center to focus on rural areas.
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Thursday, October 07, 2010
A new documentary film tells the story of a young Wisconsin man who was bullied all through middle school and high school because he was gay.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
The number of people living in poverty has climbed to 14.3 percent of Americans, with the ranks of working-age poor reaching the highest level since at least 1965.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
The COE Summer Institute is designed to provide participants with practical, research-based information focusing on the needs and abilities of children of poverty.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Every child at a South Carolina school beset with poverty has received a new pair of shoes as an early Christmas gift.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A report released by an advocacy group shows 18 out of North Carolina's 100 counties have poverty levels above 20 percent.
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