SC Campaign Annual Report 2012-2013 December 2013 | Page 3
CELEBRATE OUR 20th with staff of the SC Campaign
T
o describe the first 20 years of the SC
Campaign’s progress in South Carolina
goes beyond amazing and ventures into
the realm of the (nearly) impossible. It’s hard to
believe that since the inception of our
organization, teen birth rates in our state have
decreased by 47%. This is truly one of our state’s
greatest success stories of the last two decades.
The Honorees
BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Suzan Boyd
Forrest Alton
What makes the story all that more powerful is the sheer volume of
people that have played a role in making it happen. I can’t help but think
about the small group of visionaries who sat in a room more than 20
years ago during the start-up phase of the SC Campaign. Beginning with
that group, and continuing over the last 20 years, we have benefited
from the involvement of more than 100 board members, nearly that
same number of staff, and literally thousands of people at the local level
working to protect our state’s young people.
While you will enjoy reading this year’s iteration of our Annual Report
that focuses mainly on the accomplishments of the past 12 months, I
also hope you will help us celebrate the progress and accomplishments
of our first 20 years throughout 2014! Be sure to visit our website
throughout the year as we will be highlighting many of the individual,
organizational and community-level champions that have helped us
succeed. You should also be sure to mark your calendar for May 7th
– the pinnacle event of our anniversary celebration!
As always, my sincere thanks to each of you for all that you do to
support our efforts. None of this would be possible without you.
Joy Campbell
Rev. Don Flowers
Judi Gustafson
Hayne Hipp
SuSu and George Johnson
Michelle Nimmons
Palmetto Health
The Honorable Greg Ryberg
M. Edward Sellers
The Honorable Linda Short
Carol Singletary
Representative James Smith
Kit and Joel Smith
Spartanburg County Joint Funders
The Honorable Molly Spearman
The Honorable Inez Tenenbaum
Charlie Way
Lindsay and Billy Webster
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