02/15/2024
Thank you to all who supported Whiskey and Wishes last year! One great organization you helped was the Tamassee DAR School. Your support raised a $16,500 grant for this local organization.
Jason Eller, Development Officer for Tamassee DAR School shared, “We are incredibly grateful to the generous members of Whiskey and Wishes and the Foundation for selecting Tamassee as a 2023 grant recipient. We are especially grateful to Kevin Scott, Executive Director of South Carolina Whiskey and Wishes, and his wife Kathy for their support of Tamassee and the Starlight Program. This amazing donation will be used in support of operational and educational expenses of our Starlight Program for mothers in recovery and their children. This includes utilities, upkeep, training for staff and moms, food, transportation, counseling, life-skills training, parenting coaching, education, and so much more.”
Starlight at Tamassee is a long-term (up to 3 years) program designed to serve both the mother and her children in one of Tamassee’s on-campus homes. Mothers and their children live in community with one another while they receive individual and family counseling that focuses on the mother and child’s unique needs, works to heal from traumatic experiences, develops coping skills, and promotes family restoration and bonding. Jason says, “To empower recovery from substance abuse and other addictive behaviors, our program utilizes evidenced based, therapeutic, and biblical curriculum along with the twelve steps approach and
of course, the love of God, to help mothers reach permanency in recovery.”
Tamassee DAR School and its programs are located in the beautiful Foothills of Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina. For more information about Starlight or any of Tamassee’s programs or how you can help, please visit www.tdarschool.org or contact Bailey Duncan, Communications Officer at [email protected].
