State Library Helping a Family in Need

SCSL staff members with gifts

Each year, the staff of the South Carolina State Library partners with Palmetto Health’s Holiday, Helpings and Hope program to provide gifts to a family in need. The program supports cancer and blood disorder patients and their families. This year, many gifts were delivered to one such family in need.

According to Acting Director, Leesa Benggio, “We are happy and humbled to be a part of this wonderful program, which aids families in transition. Libraries are an integral part of their communities, and aiding those locally is part of our commitment to South Carolina, especially during times of need.”

Pictured (L-R) are State Library staff members Debbie Anderson, Administrative Coordinator, Danielle Woodard, Accountant/Fiscal Analyst, Leesa Benggio, Acting Director, Jessica Dame, Metadata Librarian, and Paula James, Director of Finance and Administration.

For more information about Palmetto Health’s Holiday, Helpings and Hope program, please contact Carson Gross at Carson.Gross@PalmettoHealth.org.

Upcoming Event

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Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC

April 25, 2024, 6:00 PM
Join the South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book for our next Speaker at the Center Author Talk, featuring Poet Laureate of Columbia, SC, Jennifer Bartell Boykin. She will discuss her debut book of poetry, Traveling Mercy, and her upcoming release, Only Believe (The Word Works), a winner of the 2023 Hilary Tham Capital Collection.