Young lawyers to host backpack drive

August 03, 2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Aug. 3, 2011) – The S.C. Bar Young Lawyers Division is coordinating efforts with The Cooperative Ministry and WIS News for the third straight year to donate backpacks and school supplies to various schools and students. Supplies are being collected through Aug. 18 in Columbia, Charleston, Florence and Orangeburg for donation to local schools.

Examples of items needed include new backpacks, spiral bound notebooks, loose leaf paper, composition notebooks, binders, pocket folders, scissors, rulers, compasses, protractors, dividers, mechanical pencils, #2 pencils, highlighters, dry erase markers, crayons, 3x5 index cards, Post-It notes, book covers, dictionaries and large boxes of Kleenex.

Take advantage of the upcoming tax-free weekend, Aug. 5-7, to purchase items. Contact Paul Hoefer at (803) 799-8900 for phoefer@robinsonlaw.com for more information.

Supplies can be dropped off at any of the following locations through Aug. 18:

Columbia
·      Duff, White & Turner, LLC, 3700 Forest Dr., Ste. 404, Lindsay Thompson

·      McWhirter Bellinger & Associates, PA, 1807 Hampton St., Blakely Molitor

·      Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, 1320 Main St., 17th Floor, Shelby Leonardi and Keith Poston

·      Robinson McFadden & Moore, PC, 1901 Main St., Ste. 1200, Paul Hoefer

·      S.C. Attorney General’s Office, 1000 Assembly St., Leigha Blackwell Sink

·      S.C. Bar, 950 Taylor St., 2nd Floor, Kayla Brazell

·      Strom Law Firm, 2110 N. Beltline Blvd., Ste. A, Robyn Madden

Charleston
·      Housing Authority of the City of Charleston, 550 Meeting St., Melissa Maddox-Barnes

·      Rosen Rosen & Hagood, LLC, 134 Meeting St., Ste. 200, Britt Kelly

Florence
·      Ballenger, Barth & Hoefer, 205 N. Irby St., Mallory C. Barth

Orangeburg
·      Jeffries Law Firm, LLC, 1031 Middleton St., Lakesha Jeffries

Berkeley County
·      Miller|Conway Attorneys (124C S. Goose Creek Blvd.) – David Conway

The YLD includes all members of the S.C. Bar under age 36 and those with less than five years membership.

The S.C. Bar, which has a membership of more than 13,500 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.
 
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