Serve & Connect

06/08/2026

As we move into the summer, our partners around the Carolinas are hard at work helping communities in need. 17 departments distributed 87 boxes of Greg’s Groceries during the month of May. Our top agency of the month was a tie between the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and Camden police department! Thank you to our partners for the incredible work you do every day.

06/08/2026

Looking to get involved with your community this week? We have two meetings you can be a part of!
Join us tomorrow for our monthly Decker Collective meeting. This is happening at Greg’s Place starting at 4:30pm.
And on Wednesday, join us for the Uplift Lexington County quarterly meeting.
Reach out to [email protected] for information on how to register.
We hope to see you there!

06/05/2026

We had a great time packing 250 Greg’s Groceries boxes and giving many of them away during a community cookout in Irmo! Thank you so much to the Town of Irmo and the Mayor’s Uplift Initiative for making this event possible. We also want to thank the Irmo Police Department, SLED, Richland County Sheriff’s Department, SC Dept. of Probation, Parole & Pardon and Highway Patrol for partnering with us for this event. 💙

06/04/2026

Happening today! We are partnering with Ju’stice for their anonymous gun drop off. Stop by Greg's Place from 3 to 5pm to surrender unwanted fi****ms. Thank you to everyone helping make our community safer through this important event.

06/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Adopt a Highway Cleanup with the Decker Collective. More than two dozen volunteers picked up 51 bags of trash.
Missed this one? Stay tuned for our upcoming cleanups!

06/03/2026

We were honored to attend the signing of Fargo’s Law today. This is an important step towards protecting K9s and mounted patrols in South Carolina.
Thank you to the advocates, lawmakers, law enforcement officers, and community members who helped make this possible

06/02/2026

We had such a great time at the 2026 PLECET Conference in Dallas over the weekend. Our team presented on our organization’s work to strengthen public safety through trust based partnerships.
In addition to presenting, we were surprised with an award for 2026 Community Practitioner of the Year during the Annual Torch Awards Breakfast.

Thank you to Movement Forward, Reverend Markel Hutchins, Kevin Martinez and their team for their leadership and dedication.
Read more about the amazing conference on our blog here: https://serveandconnect.org/blog/serve-connect-presents-at-2026-plecet/

06/02/2026

We are so grateful for our partners with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department! Check out their blog post about a decline in drug overdoses, featuring our work done through Uplift Lexington County and its partnership network.

Click the link below to read a message from Sheriff Koon about how our partnerships with LRADAC, The Courage Center and Uplift Lexington are making a difference in the community.

A Trend Worth Noticing >> https://joinlcsd.com/a-trend-worth-noticing-a-partnership-worth-sustaining-a-message-from-sheriff-ko/

06/01/2026

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