Past Distributions

2016 – The Beginning 🎉

• Launch with individual & community support: The Rescue, First Baptist Church of Lexington, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Boiling Springs UMC, The Well, First Response, Southern Pelican Realty.
   
• First step: Inspiration and proof that something bigger was possible
   

2017 – Expanding Reach 📈

• Returning supporters: First Baptist Church of Lexington, First Response, Southern Pelican Realty
   
• New business partners: HWY 55 Burgers, The Flight Deck, True Remodeling, Peach Orchard Family Chiropractic, Let Them Eat Cake.
   
• The Rescue fully sponsors a second school.
   

2018 – First Monthly Supporter 🌟

• Continued support: The Rescue, First Baptist Church of Lexington
   
• Second-year businesses: HWY 55, True Remodeling, First Response
   
• New partners: Knight Enterprises, B&E Auto Sales, Pelion’s Woman’s Club, Frito-Lay, The Ruritan Club
   

2019 – Steadfast Support 💖

• Four-year support: The Rescue, First Baptist Church of Lexington
   
• Returning businesses: B&E Auto Sales, Peach Orchard Family Chiropractic
   
• New supporters: Remnant Jewelry, The Church at White Knoll
   

2020 – Growth & Challenges 🚀

• Individual supporters expand
   
• Lockdown in March halts fundraising & office space lost.
   

2021 – Rapid Expansion 🌱

• Sponsor family grows; second monthly sponsor added.
   
• Returning supporters: The Rescue, First Baptist Church of Lexington, HWY 55, Remnant Jewelry
   
• New businesses, churches, and groups: Harvest Church, Weichert Realtors-Caughman Company, Pelion Memorial VFW, Pine Press Printing, Walmart 4521 & 4420, Pampered Chef, McGuinn Hybrid Homes, Skipper’s Clearing, Palmetto Dental Associates, Mt. Horeb UMC classes, Intech Maintenance Solutions, Farmsi, Tupperware, 100 Women Who Care, Capitol City Corvette Club, Lexington Blowfish, Navitas Credit Corporation
   

2022 – Full School Sponsorship ✨

• New churches: Gilbert UMC, The Harvest, St. John’s of Irmo, Wittenberg Lutheran Church, Mt. Hebron UMC
   
• Community club support: Pineview Ruritan Club
   
• Returning supporters: First Baptist of Lexington, Boiling Springs UMC, Weichert Realtors-Caughman Company, Capitol City Corvette Club, Pine Press Printing
   
• Special shoutouts: Bombas Socks donation & first full school sponsorship by Palmetto Mortgage Group
   

2023 – Monthly & Yearly Supporters Grow 🏆

• FOUR monthly supporters
   
• New partners: Leesville Merchants Association, Northside Christian Academy Early Childhood, GFWC Woman’s Club of the Midlands, South State Bank, Shealy’s Bar-B-Que House, Oswald Wholesale Lumber
   
• Children Helping Children at Boiling Springs UMC has contributed the largest donation yet.
   
• The Batesburg-Leesville community fully sponsors its elementary school.
   

2024  – Stronger Than Ever 🎯

• Ongoing monthly, business, church, and individual support
   
• Storage help: St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Gilbert UMC
   
• Community support: Amick Farms, DAR of Lexington
   
• Returning supporters: Northside Christian Academy Early Childhood, GFWC Woman’s Club of the Midlands, South State Bank, Shealy’s Bar-B-Que House, Oswald Wholesale Lumber, Children Helping Children at Boiling Springs UMC
   
• Combined community-sponsorship for Saluda Primary School and Saluda Elementary School

2025 – Momentum & Expansion 🚀

• Monthly, business, church, and individual supporters continue to grow.
   
• Storage support: St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, St. David’s Lutheran Church
   
• New business supporters: South State Bank, Shealy’s Bar-B-Que House, Oswald Wholesale Lumber,
   
• New community-sponsored school: Gilbert Elementary School
   
• Children Helping Children at Boiling Springs UMC continues to support
   
• First 5K fundraiser a success with wide business support, including: Milton-Shealy Funeral Home, Leishman Dental, The Gutter Brothers, Twin City Blossoms, Barnes Oil & Propane, Homeland Craft Beer & Wine, Batesburg Insurance Agency, Catherine B. Perry, Dance Elements Academy, Amick Shoe Shop, First Community Bank, Nick Quatraro, Quinta Enterprises, Southern Solutions Heating & Air, HWY 55, Givation, Thrivent Financial, Heritage Landscaping, C Bell Heating & Air, Caughman Realty, Jim Hudson Lexus of Columbia, McGuinn Homes
   
• First out-of-state ministry outreach in Pulaski, New York, with strong community involvement