Charity
How to Support The Charleston Emanuel AME Church & The Victims’ Families
People are wondering how they can help support the Emanuel AME Church, the victims’ families, the survivors and/or the Charleston community. The following is a list of ways you can help out.
DONATIONS
Earlier today, Mayor Joe Riley announced the creation of the “Mother Emanuel Hope Fund,” which included $5,000 from the city. The fund will help family members pay for funerals, counseling, and mores. Donations can be made:
- At any Wells Fargo location
- In City Offices
- or by mail:
- Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
C/O City of Charleston
P.O. Box 304 Charleston, SC 29402
- Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- You can also donate directly to the church through it’s website
- Through the City’s website
- You can donate through Bidr
- You can also text ‘prayforcharleston’ to 843-606-5995
OTHER WAYS TO GIVE BACK
(Past events have been moved to the end of this post)
TUESDAY
- Charleston Pour House
- “Don’t Tell Me This Town Ain’t Got No Heart” is a Benefit Concert
- Suggested donation of $10 to attend
WEDNESDAY
- Wild Blue Ropes
- Proceeds from all climbs will be donated
THURSDAY
- 8 pm – Upper Deck Tavern
- The bar is hosting its first ever drag show. Any tips the performers make will go to the Mother Emanuel Hope AME Church Fund
- More information
MULTIPLE DAYS
- Just Eat This! Food Truck
- Collecting donations through Wednesday for the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- Here’s where they will be
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PAST EVENTS
THURSDAY
- Auto-Banh
- The food truck will collect donations at the Charleston Supported Arts Community Party
- Barsa
- Donating 10% of tonight’s sales.
- Bay Street Biergarten
- 10% of all sales will be donated
- Charleston RiverDogs
- All proceeds from tonight’s game will be donated to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- Edmund’s Oast
- All proceeds from tonight’s beverages sales will be donated to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- The Glass Onion
- Donating 20% of tonight’s total sales
- The Terrace Theater
- All profits from tonight will be donated
- Upper Deck Tavern
- Donating half of their sales to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- Warehouse
- 10% of all sales will be donated
FRIDAY
- HoM
- 10% of total sales
- Party at the Point
- Organizers will be collecting donations
- SoCal Block Party
- $1 from each Sam Adams Rebel beer sold throughout the event will benefit Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- Boone’s Bar, Kickin’ Chicken, King Street Grille, Mellow Mushroom Charleston, and Upper Deck.
- Zombie Bob’s Pizza
- Donating 10% of total sales to The Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- They’ll be at SAIC (1020 North Pointe Blvd) from 11 am – 1pm and then at the Windward Long Point Apartments (335 Stonewall Ct) from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
SATURDAY
- Charleston Sports Pub
- Donating 10% of all sales
- Hosting a vollypong tournament at 1 pm
- $10 per team with 100% of the proceeds be donated
- Cru Cafe
- 20% of proceeds from lunch will be donated
- DELUGE
- Saturday’s DELUGE water festival at the Grove at Patriots Point will donate a portion of proceeds to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- Homegrown James Island Farmer’s Market
- 15% of proceeds this weekend go to the Mother Emanuel Church
- Indigo Road Restaurants
- 10% of proceeds from all restaurants will be donated
- The Cocktail Club, The Macintosh, Oak Steakhouse, O-Ku, Indaco
- Includes the group’s restaurants in Atlanta and Columbia
- John Lewis Barbecue
- Saturday’s Pop-Up BBQ at Revelry Brewing will donate a portion of El Sancho sandwich sales to the fund
- Theatre 99
- Will donate a portion of their proceeds
SUNDAY
- Roti Rolls
- Will donate 10% of sales
MONDAY
- Proof
- Starting at 8 pm, 100% of sales and tips will be donated
MULTIPLE DAYS
- Bittermilk
- Donating 10% of all weekend sales on their website
- Cannon Green
- Friday through Sunday they will donate 10% of proceeds
- Closed for Business, Leon’s Oyster Shop, Monza Pizza, Saint Alban, & Downtown Taco Boy
- Restaurants will donate 10% of total sales from Friday through Sunday
- Hominy Grill
- Will donate a portion of their weekend proceeds
- Moon and Lola
- Donating 10% of weekend sales to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- The Royal American
- $2 from all punch sales through Sunday will be donated
- The Sparrow
- Will donate 50% of all sales from Thursday through Sunday
- Striped Pig Distillery
- Will donate $5 from each bottle sold this weekend at the Distillery to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund
- Zero George Cafe
- Friday through Sunday they will donate 10% of proceeds
- Sweet Lulu’s Bakery on Wheels
- Donating 10% of sales from Saturday through Monday
- Saturday: Johns Island Farmers Market Homegrown 9 am – 1 pm
- Saturday: Deluge Charleston 3 pm – 7 pm
- Sunday: Sunday Brunch Farmers Market 11 am – 3 pm
- Monday: Freshfields Village 4 pm – 7 pm
Jessica
June 19, 2015 at 5:10 pm
I am praying for everyone at AME Church. I do not have money but I would like to send cards to the survivors (I understand there are 3 in the hospital) or send cards to family members of the victims. Maybe my readers could send cards too. Where should we send cards?
Thanks in advance,
Jessica
Holy City Sinner
June 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm
That’s very kind of you, Jessica. It seems, for privacy reasons, the survivors have not been identified publicly. The best thing to do is send any card (maybe with a letter stating who they are for) to the church itself at 110 Calhoun Street.
Sandi Cummings
June 20, 2015 at 11:05 am
Could we get the email address to send condolences, please?
Thanks and may God use this incident to turn people to him.
Holy City Sinner
June 20, 2015 at 2:41 pm
There is a “Contact Us” link on the church’s website: http://emanuelamechurch.org/
Anonymous
June 21, 2015 at 11:36 am
I want to say how much I admire you for your faith. What you are doing will get more accomplished between blacks and whites than all of the riots in the world. I believe what you are doing will go down in history as the turning point in between blacks and whites. I truly believe that we have to stop hating and start loving everyone. I am so sorry for your loss and will be praying for all the families and your church. Please keep up the good work you are doing. I look forward to the day when blacks and whites all work together along with all of the other races. I believe that if we get God back in our lives that all can be accomplished. I think this is what Martin Luther King wanted for all of us.
Phillip M. Scarboro
June 21, 2015 at 11:53 am
I admire you for your faith during this tragic time. I am so sorry for the loss to your church and the families involved. I believe that this will go down in history as the turning point between blacks and whites. We need to start loving each other rather than hating each other. I look forward to the day when we can all get along and live in peace. I think we all need to reject violence and those who prey upon our fears. There is no place for violence whether it be black or white. I think this is what Martin Luther King Jr. Wanted. He had the right idea. I love all of you. May God give you peace.