# Initiatives

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Initiatives

## Two initiatives. Two different kinds of local work.

One responds to what someone may need today. The other asks what a historic South Carolina community may need for the years ahead.

The Foundation is intentionally keeping its public work focused: Carolina Cares for immediate practical aid, and The Poston Preserve Initiative for place-based preservation, history, and community development beginning in Poston, South Carolina.

Current Public Initiatives

## Two programs with clear boundaries—and a shared commitment to South Carolina.

*Image: Carolina Cares Essentials Kits campaign visual*

### Carolina Cares Initiative

Carolina Cares provides practical Essentials Kits and related direct aid for people facing hardship, instability, homelessness, displacement, or another immediate gap in basic necessities. The idea is simple: put something useful into someone’s hands when it can help right away.

[Explore the Carolina Cares Initiative](https://www.thepostonfoundation.org/carolina-cares/)

[Donate to Carolina Cares](https://www.thepostonfoundation.org/carolina-cares/#donate)

*Image: The Poston Preserve Initiative — Restore Poston, South Carolina*

### The Poston Preserve Initiative

The Poston Preserve Initiative begins with Restore Poston, South Carolina. It combines public-history preservation, community documentation, stakeholder outreach, practical local projects, and planning intended to make a small historic Pee Dee community more visible, better documented, and better positioned for future support.

[Explore The Poston Preserve Initiative](https://www.thepostonfoundation.org/poston-preserve/)

[Support Phase One](https://www.thepostonfoundation.org/poston-preserve/#support)

Areas of Work

## What both initiatives have in common.

### Local First

Both initiatives begin with a specific South Carolina place or need rather than an abstract national agenda.

### Practical Work

The work should produce something useful: supplies distributed, records preserved, people connected, sites documented, or a concrete next step made possible.

[View Sponsorship ›](https://www.thepostonfoundation.org/sponsor/)

### Public Record

Plans, donations, partnerships, activity, and results should be documented clearly enough that a donor or community member can understand what happened.

[Explore Volunteering ›](https://www.thepostonfoundation.org/volunteer/)

Program Discipline

## Growth should follow evidence, funding, and capacity—not the other way around.

Both initiatives use planning frameworks, but targets are not treated as completed results. Specific activities can change with funding, local input, partnerships, pricing, season, and operational readiness.

[Review accountability approach ›](https://www.thepostonfoundation.org/impact/)

Program Model**Defined**

Clear initiative structure

Public Claims**Conservative**

No unsupported metrics

Funding Use**Practical**

Supplies and operations

Reporting**Measured**

Factual public updates

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> A focused initiative is easier to fund, operate, document, and explain.

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— The Poston Foundation