GRANTS, SPONSORS, AND DONORS
The generosity and continued support from our Grantors, Sponsors, and Donors is what paves the road to the success of our organization. Without their support we would not be able to provide the benefits that we do to the children of Brunswick County living in difficult situations.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
2022 Grants and Donations
GRANTOR AMOUNT DESIGNATION GRANTOR AMOUNT _DESIGNATION
St. James Service Clu $5,000 Unrestricted Sacred Heart Ladies Guild $4,000 Summer Camps
H & C Family Charitable Fund 2,000 Summer Camps
Walmart Community Grant 500 Recreation activities
Knights of Columbus 2,500 Unrestricted
Focus Broadband 2,500 Stuffing Book Bags
Brunswick Electric Members Corp 1,000 Stuffing Book Bags
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR 2022 DONORS !!
INDIVIDUALS
Mary Snead - $100
John Waters - $50
Lorraine & Greg Giffin Charity Fund - $1,000
Augustus Paul Davenport - $5,000
Christine Cavender - $50
Janet Yerger - $100
Howard Cohen - $150
Lowrimore Family Trust - $310
Catherine Lemon - $100
Edward Shafer - $250
Thomas Crean - $50
Mason Dixon - $30
Duke Energy Employees - $194
Memorial Donations - $180
Robert Pichette - $500
Linda Boston - $25
Robert Richmond - $100
Martin Gasper - $50
Eileen Samuels - $25
Harold Lush - $20
Anna Nunez - $100
Fidelity Charitable - $100
Schwab Charitable - $100
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Network for Good - $175
Sacred Heart Catholic Church - $75
Village Point United Methodist Church - $1,000
Knights of Columbus - $2,500
Sacred Heart Ladies Guild - $4,000
St James Service Club - $5,000
St James Service Club - Scholarship Fund - $12,000
Ocean View United Methodist Church - $50
St James Pickleball Association - $976
FOUNDATION GRANTS
Rotary Foundation of Southport - $500
H & C Family Charitable Fund - $5,000
BUSINESSES
Amazon Smile - $25
Brunswick Electric Membership - $1,000
Walmart Community Grant - $500
Southern Charm (Women's Club of Holden Beach - $500
FOCUS Broadband - $2,500
Turn & Burn Farms - $100
2021 Grants, Donations, and Sponsors
Non-Profits
Individuals
St. James Service Club $6,000
Supply Baptist Church 400
Network for Good 235
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation 5,000
Knights of Columbus 1,000
Village Point Methodist Church 1,000
Ocean Ridge Charities Association 1,000
Foundation Grants
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation $5,000
U.S. King Mackerel Tournament Endowment,
a Component Fund of the NC Community 1,100
Gina Poppe $500
Lowrimore Family Living Trust 400
Employee of Adobe Inc 493
Back Porch Rockers 3,400
Rowena Lochner 50
Catherine Lanier Lemon 100
Charles Sites and Holly Nicholson 3,000
Katherine Amber 50
Joanne Levitan (birthday gift for Marcia Leeds) 100
Holly Nicholson and Charles Sites 5,000
Lynn Whitmore 2,000
Nancy Stein 100
Yoga Students at Waterford Fitness Center 300
Kenneth and Deana Smith 2,000
Rodney Bangert 500
Deborah Tucker 200
Businesses
Amazon Smile $30.00
Adobe Inc. Corporate match 493.85
Brunswick Electric 1,000.00
GFWC of Holden Beach and 500.00
The Southern Charm Company
ATMC 2,500.00
On Wednesday October 27 WAVES 4 K.I.D.S. received a generous and surprise donation of $500 from the Womans Club of Holden Beach in collaboration with The Southern Charm Company in Shallotte.
Shown in the photo from left to right are Kelly Imbody, First Vice President of GFWC of Holden Beach, Patty Health, manager of southern Charm, Lisa Varnum, owner of Southern Charm, and John Waters, President of WAVES 4 K.I.D.S.
2020 Contributors
An Update on 2020 - December
Our two major fundraising events in 2020 were cancelled.
THANK YOU to all who helped to support our mission late last year.
* Giving Tuesday $7,420
* The Roof Maker 5,000
* Michael Misiewicz 2,000
* Lynn Whitmore 1,000
* Judith Harper 500
* Lowrimore Family 100
Living Trust
In 2020 ATMC gave us a grant for $2,500 for our Stuffing Book Bags Initiative.
Here's a video they did with us for their own use as well as ours. https://vimeo.com/448584193/5ff1b69e93
Businesses
Jersey Mikes $5,412
ATMC $2,500
BEMC 1,000
Southern Charm Co. 800
Cat On A Whisk 125
Mason Dixon 113
Individuals
Winding River Trivia Charity $1,890
Ron Eckert 1,900
Charles Sites and Holly Nicholson 3,000
Lynn Whitmore 1,500
Hops 4 Humankind 549
Gina Poppe 300
Women's Club of Lockwood Folly 300
Party guests of Marcia and Mark Leeds 260
Deborah Tucker 200
Cynthia Bresnan 150
Mr. & Mrs. Jividen 125
Bruce and Karen Kupper 100
Beth Carley 100
Sylvia Bertz 100
Truist Bank (BB&T)
7 Pack 'n Plays
Non Profit Organizations
St. James Service Club $4,000
St. James Service Club 3,000
Garden Club of St. James 1,000
Knights of Columbus 1,000
NCCF 500
Brunswick County Unrestricted Endowment, a fund of the NC Community Foundation: 290
U,S, Open King Mackerel Tournament Endowment, a fund of the NC Community Foundation 210
Women's Club of Lockwood Folly 100
Ocean Ridge Charities Assoc. 50
Starfish & Pearls Gala Sponsors
Starfish - $1,000
State Port Pilot
Seahorse - $500
Britt's Landscaping & Excavating, Inc
Britt's Steel Building
Coastal Companion Care
Coastal Pediatric Dentistry
Kathie and Ron Eckert
Sand Dollar - $250
Atlantic Internal Medicine
Cotton's Electric
Linda Sharkey
Penny Oakley
Proactive Real Estate
Southport Realty
Susan Riley
Seashell - $100
Broadway Grand Prix
Brunswick Insurance services
Carroll & Elaine Harris
Coastal ERA Real Estate, Debi Dolan-Prince
David & Paula Paxton
David Milligan, CPA
Hobbs Realty
Jean Harwell, Realtor
Jennifer Williams, DDS
Jones Ford
Just For You Florist
Karen & Tom Bowman
Mansfield Brotheres LP Gas, Inc.
Noel & Maggi Nadol
Terry Pieper, MD
2019 Contributors
October 2019
Ocean Ridge Charities Association (ORCA) - $2,000
ORCA has been a generous repeating donor to WAVES 4 K.I.D.S. for many years. Their latest grant much needed grant will be used for supplying the KIDS Kloset. The KIDS Kloset is a room in the DSS building in Bolivia where social workers can get items needed by children under their care. Items that we supply in that Kloset include car seats, pack 'n plays, diapers, onesies, formula, and gift cards to Walmart. The gift cards are used by case workers to buy clothing specific to the children under their care. That Kloset is unique in the world of Departments of Social Service and provides tremendous value to foster families in need in Brunswick County.
2019 Grant
St James Service Club - $5,000
The St James Service Club is a major contributor to the Brunswick County community year after year.
In early 2019 they held a bridge tournament and designated WAVES 4 K.I.D.S. as a recipient of a large portion of the proceeds of that event.
2019 North Carolina Community Foundation
$3,220
This generous donation was designated to be used for the annual Holiday Party. That party is held in early December and hosts all foster children and their foster families. In 2019 the party will be held at the Rock Creek Farm in Leland.
2019 Community Support
Ongoing donation from:
Cat On A Whisk
Southort Animal Hospital
Mason Dixon
One time donations from:
Brunswick County Home Builders
Holden Beach Church Chapel
Spring 2019
ATMC - $2,000
The grant from ATMC was designated for the purchase of book bags for our August Stuffing Book Bags initiative. The generosity of ATMC will allow us to purchase the estimated 120 high quality book bags we'll need for the Fall 2019 semester. That grant allows us to use existing funds to assure that we have all of the school supplies needed to stuff the book bags with all of the items needed by the students.
Spring 2019
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation- $5,000
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation is a private, non-operating foundation located in Wilmington, NC. Its primary purpose is to serve the health and wellness needs of the people of southeastern North Carolina by supporting local not-for-profit organizations.
2019 Contributors
The names below include Sponsorships of money and Donations of goods and services.
Donations include items for the auctions we hold during the year.
2019 Diamond Sponsor: $5,000
Island Way Restaurant
2019 Platinum Sponsors: $2,500
Benny and Pat Moore
Cape Fear Custom Designs
2019 Sponsors and Donors: $1,000 - 2,499
2019 Sponsors and Donors: $500 - 999
Kay Wolf
Ron and Kathie Eckert
State Port Pilot
Bill Rabon for Senate
Blue Green Vacations
Coastal Beverage Co Inc
Paul & Sybil Trevisan
Adams Beverage
Empire Distributing, Inc.
Oak Island Golf Club
Mutual Distributors
Epiphany Wines
US Foods
Anonymous
Margaret Rudd & Associates, Inc,.
Britt's Landscaping & Excavating Inc.
Carpentry & Moore, Inc.
Britt's steel Building, Contractor
Ocean Crest Motel
Juice That Brand
Rearrange with Style
Wade Dunbar Insurance
Ocean Crest Pier
Power Home Solar
Coastal Companion Care
2019 Sponsors and Donors: $101 - 499
2019 Sponsors and Donors: $100
Cape Fear Print Works
Bald Head Island Golf Club
The Clubs at St James
Bojangles
Blue Crab Blue
John Muuss
Coastal Vacations
Coastline Insurance
Grape and Ale
Watertown Hair - Mary Lynn Rehrer
Ricky Evans Gallery
Dr. Al Munn Capital Eye Care
BB&T - Brenda Bowling
Bullfrog Corner
Seaside Framing
CB Carter Home Inspections
Martin's Auto Repair
Carolina Home Goods
Mr. P's Bistro
Coastal Patio & Hearth
Collins Insurance Agency
Maggi and Noel Nadol
Maxine Elliott
Steve and Theresa Lominac
Dr. Terry Pieper
Coastal ERA - Jean Harwell
Crystal and David Fellows-McCully
Tomlin Sharkey & Associates
Watertown Hair - Jason Zeron
Absorb Health
Royal Coach & Motorworks
Singing Spirit Counseling
StrEAT Side
2018 Grant - St James Service Club $5,000
2018 Grant - DaVita Kidney Care Centers- $1,300
The St James Service Club is a major contributor to the Brunswick County community year after year.
In early 2018 they held a bridge tournament and designated WAVES 4 K.I.D.S. as a recipient of a large portion of the proceeds of that event.
DaVita Inc. is an American healthcare company and is best known as one of the largest kidney care providers in the United States. Through their national giving back program the Southport and Shallotte locations choose WAVES 4 K.I.D.S. as their choice for giving back in 2018.
Kay Wolf and John Waters receiving this generous grant.
