Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy

The primary mission of the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy is to provide pastoral care and counseling for employees and families of law enforcement and emergency service agencies, as well as the general public; assist the Coroner in notifying individuals who have lost a family member in an unexpected manner; assist the Mobile Crisis Unit and SWAT teams in hostage negotiations and other local emergency situations; and to provide follow-up visitations in the home or in the hospital for victims of crimes and their families.

The Chaplaincy is a Judeo-Christian organization that works closely with all law enforcement and emergency agencies and personnel in the Charleston area to provide assistance during emergency situations. These include murders, suicides, shootings, fires, including the fire at the Sofa Super Store on June 18, 2007 where nine Charleston firefighters died, and similar critical events. From its beginning with one Chaplain (Rev. Dewey) the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy has grown to its present strength of three full time Chaplains and about a dozen volunteer Chaplains that provide pastoral care and counseling 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Care Camps Program

The KOA system of campgrounds in the United States and Canada sponsors special non-profit programs for helping youngsters stricken with cancer and siblings to participate in the camping experience at an authorized "cancer camp".
KOA Kampground Owners through the Care Camps Program are dedicated to raising funds for children's cancer camps throughout the United States and Canada.  These camps are designed especially for children with cancer, and have on-site medical facilities, specially trained counselors, and professional medical staffs….. almost entirely volunteers.  Care Camps Trust members, who administer the program, are also all volunteers."

For more information:  http://www.koacarecamps.com/

To donate: http://www.koacarecamps.com/Donations/tabid/62/Default.aspx

 

 

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