Giving Back
We believe that it is important to give back to our community and to those that need a little extra support. Below are some of our efforts to give back.
P.L.A.Y.
Positive Life Attitudes for Youth (P.L.A.Y) is a foundation developed by a group of individuals that wanted to give back to the community. The mission of P.L.A.Y. is to promote education and prevention of drug and alcohol abuse for young children (up to 18 years old). The goal of the foundation is to help underprivileged children get involved in sport, and promote overall health and wellness for youth.
P.L.A.Y promotes alcohol and drug abuse prevention through education and the participation in healthy life alternatives for our youth. The foundation encourages all children and will assist those who are underprivileged to be involved in sport as a positive alternative to alcohol and drug use. P.L.A.Y believes that promoting overall health and wellness for youth is an essential component in preventing alcohol and drug abuse.
Boys and Girls Club
It is estimated that the Boys and Girls Club reaches about 4.8 million youth. There are 5 club locations in the North Charleston area alone and over 4,000 clubs nationwide. Premier supports this organization because we believe that the youth of our community will one day be the leaders of the next generation. For more information on the Boys and Girls Club and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at www.bgca.org.
Families Helping Families
The Palmetto Project started in 1984 and is a private, non-profit initiative to put new and creative ideas to work in South Carolina. Families Helping Families is a product of the Palmetto Project. Families Helping Families is a Lowcountry-wide partnership that brings together the generosity of local families, churches, businesses and community groups to help local families in need for Christmas. Sponsors are paired with families they wish to adopt and are provided with a gift wish list. Sponsors provide the gifts to these families in need. Premier supports this organization because we believe that these families should have gifts at Christmas that represent the support of our community. For more information about Families Helping Families visit the website at www.palmettoproject.org.
Medical Mission Trips
The physical therapists here at Premier have been to several countries to assist populations that have limited to no medical assistance. The most important reason is to share the gifts that God has blessed us with to assist those that need help. Medical treatment, specifically physical therapy, is often a foreign concept to certain areas of the world. We have served countries such as Belize, Ecuador, Bulgaria, South Africa, and the Philippines.
Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.
The people you see on Kiva's site are real individuals in need of funding - not marketing material. When you browse entrepreneurs' profiles on the site, choose someone to lend to, and then make a loan, you are helping a real person make great strides towards economic independence and improve life for themselves, their family, and their community. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates and track repayments. Then, when you get your loan money back, you can relend to someone else in need.
For more information on Kiva and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at www.kiva.org.
Water Missions International is a Christian, nonprofit organization that provides clean, safe water to people in developing countries and disaster areas through a variety of technologies. Their goal is to provide sustainable access to safe water so that no person should perish for want of safe drinking water.
They recognize that clean water is the source of life and the foundation for health, education and viable economies. Through the generous support of individuals, churches, nonprofits and businesses, Water Missions International is able to develop low-maintenance, self-sustaining water treatment systems for communities around the world that provide safe drinking water, wastewater management and storm water control.
Through their community development programs, disaster relief efforts, advocacy, education and custom engineering solutions, they have been able to bring hope and relief to more than 1.5 million people around the globe.
For more information on Water Missions International and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at www.watermissions.org
Green at Premier Physical Therapy
As you can imagine, we get a lot of paper at our business. In an effort to reduce waste, we recycle paper and plastic at Premier Physical Therapy and do our part to support the environment. We turn off all equipment during non business hours. We encourage you to do the same at your business and home.
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian charity organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
They serve close to 100 million people in nearly 100 countries around the world. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.
For more information on World Vision and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at www.worldvision.org
Beads of Hope Africa has a dual mission: to empower women currently living in poverty through economic opportunity, and to provide scholarships for orphans, the most vulnerable population, from a future life of poverty through education and career opportunity.
For more information on Beads of Hope Africa and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at beadsofhopeafrica.com
Lunch Buddy Program/Mentor Program at Chicora Elementary School
The Lunch Buddy Program offers an opportunity for school age children to associate with adults from the community. An ordinary person can do the extraordinary by giving time and attention to a child or young person in need.
For more information on Lunch Buddy Program/Mentor Program at Chicora Elementary School and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/trident/org/opp/10286740756.html
Summerville Miracle League's mission is to provide opportunities for children with disabilities to play Miracle League baseball, regardless of their abilities, promote community support and sponsorship of Miracle Leagues, promote the construction of special facilities that meet the unique needs of Miracle League players and their families, provide opportunities for children with disabilities to play. We cannot change or cure the medical issues life has dealt disabled children. What we can do is provide them with an opportunity to experience the joy and benefits that come from playing our National pastime--baseball.
For more information on Summerville Miracle League and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at www.summervillemiracleleague.org
Premier Physical Therapy is a proud supporter of the Arthritis Foundation by specifically sponsoring the D'vine Affair and Lowcountry Arthritis Walk.
For more information on Arthritis Foundation and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at www.arthritis.org
Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities. Through year-round sports training and athletic competition and other related programming for more than 2.5 million children and adults with intellectual disabilities in more than 180 countries, Special Olympics has created a model community that celebrates people’s diverse gifts. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship.
For more information on Special Olympics and how you can help support their cause please visit their website at www.specialolympics.org
The NFL PLAY 60 campaign is designed to tackle childhood obesity by getting kids active through in-school, afterschool and team-based programs, online child-targeted outreach on NFLRUSH.com, and many partnerships with like-minded organizations.
How You Can Join the Movement Today! You can be one of our partners in this effort. All you have to do is encourage kids to play for 60 minutes every day. Here are some ways you can Join the Movement today: PLAY!
Whether you're a parent, educator, coach or friend, you can help make kids' lives healthier by just getting them to go outside and play. This holiday season, have fun as a family and let your kids know that getting healthy starts with getting exercise. You can take your kids out for a game of good old touch football. All they need is 60 minutes of active play each day!
Go to nflrush.com for more information or to donate to PLAY 60.
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