Community Support Awards
Funding Our Mission – Supporting Our Community
At Second Chance Thrift Shop, giving back isn’t just what we do—it’s why we do it.
Since 1988, we’ve proudly reinvested the proceeds from our shop into local nonprofits that support the Summerville and Tri-County community.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, shoppers, and dedicated volunteers, we’re able to make a real impact through our Community Support Award Grants.
John Walker
Expanding the Table is incredibly grateful to have received two grants totaling $17,500. Your generous support provides much-needed funding for our meal service program and significantly boosts our Capital Campaign to acquire a newer vehicle. Your financial support, along with your voucher program, has benefited many individuals and nonprofits within the Summerville community.
John Walker
Executive Director
Crystal Bovell
Second Chance Saturday Soup is more than a meal—it’s an emotional salve. It’s a reminder that someone still cares. That even on the quietest day of the week, they are not forgotten.
Thanks to past funding, we’ve been able to make this small but mighty gesture of kindness a regular part of our offerings. Meals on Wheels of Summerville hopes to continue this tradition—with your support—to ensure every bowl delivered carries not just nutrition, but love.
Crystal Bovell
Executive Director
LaQuinta West
Thanks to this grant, Dorchester Seniors has been able to expand essential services such as home-delivered meals, transportation, and wellness programs for older adults across Dorchester County and launched the Second Chance Program, which offers vital support like rental, SNAP, and insurance application assistance. It also funds digital literacy classes and provides essential resources such as food, hygiene items, and access to our senior needs pantry. Your support is creating real change and helping seniors in our community feel seen, supported, and empowered.
LaQuinta West
Executive Director
Sharon Rikard
“The funding we received from Second Chance assisted us in expanding our team and provided vital support for key programmatic areas, directly benefiting the girls in our care. The funds also supported emotional stabilization efforts, the development of healthy coping strategies, and the provision of essential resources such as Tech-No Boxes, which encourage screen-free regulation and grounding activities, and Emergency Comfort Kits, which offer immediate emotional support during moments of distress or transition. Each of these tools plays a role in helping residents feel safe, supported, and better equipped to engage in their healing journey.”
Sharon Rikard
Executive Director
Total Awarded Over the Years
Over the past 30+ years, we’ve awarded nearly $1 million in funding to local nonprofit organizations.
2025: $250,000
2024: $230,000
2023: $200,000
2022: $161,500
2021: $100,500
2020: $65,000
2019: $105,000
2018: $49,000
2025 Community Support Award Recipients
In 2025, Second Chance Thrift Shop proudly awarded $250,000 to local nonprofits making a difference right here in Summerville.
These grants were made possible through the dedication of our volunteers and the generosity of our community donors and shoppers.
- ARK of South Carolina
- Beyond BASIC Life Skills
- Camp Rise Above
- Doors To Freedom
- Dorchester Seniors, Inc
- Equal Accessibility & Support Everywhere, Inc (EASE)
- Expanding The Table
- The GEM Club
- Healing Hands Clinic
- Hearts for Summerville
- HELP of Summerville
- Helping Hands of Goose Creek
- Home Again of the Lowcountry
- Katie’s Krops
- Kay Phillips Child Advocacy Center
- Keys To Change
- Lowcountry LEAP Ministry
- Meals On Wheels of Summerville
- Timrod Library
