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We're Hiring! Marketing and Communications Coordinator | SCCFF

May 24, 2024

Hiring and Marketing and Communications Coordinator

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Midlands Gives Day 2024 | Support SCCFF Fathers

May 6, 2024

Support SCCFF on Midlands Gives Day 2024! Help us reach our $10,000 goal to serve more SC fathers with parenting, employment, and healthy relationship programs.

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Celebrating Black History Month: Dr. Vivien Thomas

February 23, 2024

This Black History Month, SCCFF honors Dr. Vivien Thomas — a self-taught surgical pioneer whose resilience and genius helped create life-saving cardiac surgery techniques.

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Celebrating Hope at SCCFF This Christmas Season

December 24, 2023

Celebrating Hope at SCCFF this Christmas — a season of love, wonder, and faith. Join us in supporting SC fathers who need hope every day and consider a year-end gift.

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Giving Tuesday is Here!

November 28, 2023

Announcement to donate to SCCFF.

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A Father's Place Announces Expansion into the Lowcountry

September 8, 2023

The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Family (SCCFF) has announced that its primary partner on the coast, A Father’s Place, Inc. (AFP), will be expanding its responsible fatherhood programs into eight additional counties in the Lowcountry beginning October 1, 2023. Wallace Evans, Jr. serves as CEO of A Father’s Place.

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Governor Henry McMaster Issues Proclamation on Child Support Awareness

August 4, 2023

Governor Henry McMaster has proclaimed that August is Child Support Awareness Month.

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SC Center for Fathers and Families Meets with SCDSS to Discuss Collaboration on Fatherhood

July 14, 2023

On July 14, 2023, the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families met with SC Department of Social Services at an event in Columbia to discuss fatherhood issues and how the two agencies can collaborate to assist dads throughout the state.

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Man 2 Man Ministry Receives Proclamation from Hartsville Mayor

July 12, 2023

Man 2 Man fatherhood ministry recently received a proclamation from Mayor Casey Hancock and the Hartsville City Council designating July as "Responsible Fatherhood" month.

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Save the Date! John Maxwell Leadership Conference Live2Lead in Columbia

July 11, 2023

Live2Lead is a global 1 Day Leadership and Personal Growth Conference created by John Maxwell Leadership and hosted here in Columbia, SC by Global Core Strategies and Consulting.

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Fatherhood Motivation: Martin Luther King, Jr.

July 6, 2023

“I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met a person more fearless and courageous than my father.” Martin Luther King Jr. #becausefathersmatter

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Celebrating Freedom

July 3, 2023

Americans love to celebrate! And we as a people are all about celebrating those milestones in our nation’s history that have marked significant events in the life of our citizens. From the founding of our nation through declaration and revolution to the formation of our constitution, government, rights, and rulings that have shaped the landscape of our national influence around the world, Americans celebrate because of the confidence those events give to us throughout generations.

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