In the Community..... as Leaders and Volunteers
"We must not only give what we have, we must also give what we are."
- Désiré Joseph Cardinal Mercier
Since our founding, Ellis Lawhorne has made it a priority to be actively involved in our community. Not only do we lend financial support to deserving non-profit organizations, we make it a practice to donate our time as leaders, roll-up-the-sleeves volunteers and pro bono attorneys. The act of giving helps those less fortunate, but it also strengthens the character and esprit de corps of Ellis Lawhorne.
Each year we select several organizations to assist as a firm. In 2009, we are pleased to support Home Works, Trinity Housing Corporation and Midlands Homeless Alliance. Each of these organizations assists individuals and families with either finding or keeping a home. We value the work of these organizations and are honored to be involved.
Individually, Ellis Lawhorne attorneys are actively engaged in over 75 nonprofit organizations as board members, volunteers, youth coaches, Sunday school teachers, and other positions. These activities are vital in helping us grow as leaders in our community. Each act of volunteerism is an investment in our community and in the character of the person performing the volunteer activity.
Community activism is critical, regardless of how it is manifested. Please review the following organizations we are involved in as leaders, volunteers and donors. We hope it inspires you to join us in making our community the best it can be.
(Live Links where possible)
Animal Mission of the Midlands
Animal Protection League of South Carolina
Arbor Day Foundation
Best Friends Animal Society
Brennan Elementary PTO Board
Brockman School Improvement Council
Carolina Children's Home
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Chapter of the Links
Columbia Classical Ballet
Columbia Green
Columbia Kiwanas Club
Columbia Lyric Opera
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia Music Festival Association
Columbia Opportunity Resource
Columbia Pastoral Counseling Center
Columbia YMCA (Soccer Coach)
Compassion International
Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties
Elmwood Park Neighborhood Association
Engenuity SC
Epsilon Sigma Alpha International
Evening Music Club
Family Connection
First Presbyterian Church (World Missions Committee)
Foothills Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Friends of Richland County Library
Hammond School Alumni Board
Hammond School Board of Trustees
Hammond School (Wrestling Coach)
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School Board of Trustees
Historic Columbia Foundation
Home Works
Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina
Junior League of Columbia
Kiwanas Club of Lexington
Leadership Columbia
Low Country Golden Retriever Rescue
Midlands Homeless Alliance
Nickelodeon Theater/Columbia Film Society
Oliver Gospel Mission
Palmetto Baseball League (Coaches)
Palmetto Innocence Project
Pet’s, Inc.
Prescott Glen Homeowners Association
Project Pet
Reading Is Power
Rho Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order
Richland County CASA
Ronald McDonald House
Rotary Club of the Vista Night
SC Delta Housing Corporation
Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church
Second Chance Housing
Senior Resources, Inc.
Shandon UMC Pack 37 Cub Scouts
Shandon UMC Boy Scout Troup 37
Shandon UMC Sunday School Teacher
South Carolina Classic Soccer (Coach)
South Carolina Planned Giving Council
South Carolina Wildlife Federation
Sterling Chamber Players
St. John's Episcopal Church (Youth Advisor)
The Nature Conservancy, South Carolina Chapter
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Various Positions)
Trinity Housing Corporation
United Way of the Midlands
University of South Carolina Alumni Association
University of South Carolina Guardian Society
USSSA SC Hurricanes (Coach)
Washington & Lee Alumni Association
Women in Philanthropy
