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Emily Ellison St. Simons Land Trust

The Board of Directors of the St. Simons Land Trust recently named Emily Ellison as their new Executive Director of the Land Trust. Ellison has served as the Development and Communications Director of the Land Trust for nearly two years. Read more

Non-Profit News

Some of the smiling faces at Hello Goodbuy Louisa Nightingale, Wally Mathis, Catherine Manning

Many people think of Hello Goodbuy, the little resale shop on the corner of Highway 17 and Gloucester Street, as simply another thrift store, but it is so much more! This local outreach founded by the community for the community is a BIG giver! Read more

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Nancy Butler, EIL Publisher David Butler, and Karen Manning at the 2016 Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia's Blue Jean Ball

Get Out and Vote

“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” EIL Publisher David Butler suggests we all vote by volunteering. Read more

Sep 28, 2018 7:32 AM Letters from David

St. Simons Spinners Bike MS Team

Who needs to don a cape and leap tall buildings when you have a bicycle? Betsy Albright and her cycling team, St. Simons Spinners, show that superheroes ride bikes too by participating in Bike MS: PGA TOUR Cycle to the Shore 2018 in Ponte Vedra. Read more

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Members of our community actively champion important causes, show their generous character, and are often superheroes for those in need. Learn more about some local champions giving back in the Golden Isles, an upcoming Character Breakfast & more. Read more

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Firebox Initiative

Fire Initiative will provide grants to hospitality industry employees in coastal Georgia, helping those who are in need of financial assistance due to illness, accident, natural disaster or the death of an immediate family member & scholarships too. Read more

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Paul White, Kevin Lokey, Jim Renner

Julie Andrew

Recently the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation and Stewards of the Georgia Coast held their 3rd Annual Conservation Donors Roundtable. "A Tale of Two Turtles" focused on conservation stories of loggerhead sea turtles and gopher tortoises. Read more

People & Places

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Founded in Atlanta in 2008 by Jeremy Turner, Contribute2America has delivered more than 500,000 pounds of food to more than 60,000 men, women, and children. This non-profit is now quietly working to better our community right here in Glynn County. Read more

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Honor Flight War Memorial Phto

Bob Shoreman

When the sun rises on May 6, the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport will be teeming with hundreds of volunteers creating “the best day of their lives” for 95 World War II, Korea and Vietnam veterans, as part of the 2017 Coastal Georgia Honor Flight. Read more

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Augusta native Dorothy Bromley, the new Executive Director of Glynn Community Crisis Center, comes to the Golden Isles after a “30-year detour in Michigan,” bringing with her a wealth of experience in non-profit management and policy development. Read more

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On SSI, veteran Army Ranger Carlos Poysky is quietly taking his passion for our community, the wind and the water, and the brotherhood and camaraderie he experienced in the military and using it to help injured warriors learn, cope, and heal. Read more

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