Sandlapper Society News
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Sandlapper Sports Fundraising
Check out our young Sandlappers! Lexington Lightning Girls Softball Team is selling Sandlapper Society memberships this summer to raise funds for their team. If your sports team would like more information about Sandlapper sports fundraising, contact April Story at 803.779.8763 april@sandlapper.org.
South Carolina Arts Commission and Sandlapper Magazine Partner to Offer S.C. Fiction Project
The South Carolina Arts Commission and Sandlapper magazine
announce the 2011 South Carolina Fiction Project, a writing
competition for previously unpublished short stories of 2,500 words or
less. Applicants should submit an application form, a brief biography
and three copies of the story entry to the Arts Commission by Oct. 1,
2010. Forms and guidelines are available on the Arts Commission's
website. <more>
Columbia College Establishes Sandlapper Archive Room
February 23, 2010 — Did you know that a Russian princess who escaped the Communist Revolution once taught classes at Wofford College? Or that there was a walk-in drug clinic in 1970s Columbia called The Bosom? That Charleston was the first city in the world that required milk be pasteurized? Or that famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee was the “Vice President of Unveiling” for Spring Maid Mills Lancaster and Chester Railroad? <more> More fun facts found from the pages of Sandlapper magazine. <more>Sandlapper Society Launches New Website & Storefront
November 23, 2009 — Sandlapper Society has launched a newly redesigned website, www.sandlapper.org, which now includes The Sandlapper Market featuring items and products unique to South Carolina. <more>
Film Premiere to Benefit Sandlapper Society
August 5, 2009 — All For Liberty, the award winning feature film about the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, will premiere in Columbia on September 26 at the South Carolina State Museum. Several of the film's actors will be at the premiere to meet with those in attendance and answer questions about the film. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Sandlapper Society. There will be two screenings at 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for teens. Tickets are available at 803.359.9954. <more>
Gillespie Named Executive Director of Sandlapper Society
July 20, 2009 — Elaine Gillespie has been named Executive Director of Sandlapper Society, the nonprofit educational organization that produces and publishes Sandlapper magazine, publishes books and promotes the positive aspects of life in the Palmetto state. <more>Bob and Rose Wilkins Awarded Prestigious Statewide Honor
May 15, 2008 – Bob and Rose Wilkins, founders of Sandlapper, The Magazine of South Carolina, have each been awarded the prestigious Order of the Palmetto. It's the first time in 37 years the award has been given to a husband and wife. The Governor's Award was given at a reception May 15, 2008 in Columbia to honor the 40th year of the magazine's founding. <more>
