Myrtle Beach-area organizations need your help

Volunteers: North Myrtle Beach is in need of volunteers to help with citywide cleanup day, 9 a.m.-noon on Nov. 7, at the NMB Sanitation Transfer Station. Call 843-280-5673 or dgbarnhill@nmb.us.

Volunteers/donations: Building Hope Ministries “Heart of Grace” diaper program is in need of volunteers. They meet 10-11 a.m. the first Friday of every month at Liberty Tabernacle, 380 Gray Bridge Road, Shallotte, N.C. Donations needed are diapers, wipes, formula and other baby items, ranging in sizes newborn to 5. Call 910-842-2711 or www.bcstreetreach.org.

Donations: The Friends of the North Myrtle Beach Library are accepting used books for its resale book racks. Please drop the books off at the library, 910 First Ave. S., North Myrtle Beach. During regular library hours. The proceeds are used to purchase items for the library that are not covered by the county library system. Call 843-915-5281.

Donations: All 4 Paws storage building suffered extensive flooding and are in need of towels and blankets, XL and XXL crates, Dawn dish-washing detergent, HE laundry detergent, tall kitchen and 55-gallon garbage bags, Pine Sol, and paper towels. Items can be dropped off at: 708 Petigru Road, Pawleys Island. Due to the number of animals that were picked up by animal control during the flood, we anticipate the number of animals needing our help will be great this week. Please visit All4PawsSC.org to volunteer, adopt or foster.

Donations: The Shepherd’s Table is in need of canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, tomato sauce, cream soups, juice boxes for kids, black beans, taco sauce, hot sauce, garlic powder, black pepper, paper towels, dawn dish detergent and Ziploc quart-size bags. Drop off items at 1412A Gamecock Ave., Conway. Call 843-488-3663 or email tshepherdstable@sccoast.net

Donations: Boys & Girls Club of the Grand Strand is in need of Disney movie DVDs, board games for ages 5-13, PG and PG-13 rated DVD movies, construction paper, mechanical pencils, computer paper and art supplies. Items can be dropped off at 1404 Carver St., Myrtle Beach. Call 843-712-1977 or visit www.bgclubgs.org.

Donations: SC Youth Advocate program is in need of help to make Christmas a special time for foster children. All donations go to the children. Donations in the form of gifts, checks, gift cards, etc., will help with the teenagers as well as the younger ones. Call 238-9691, Linda Watson or Monica Kelly; or mail SCYAP, 148 Elk Drive, Suite 4, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576.

Donations: Friends of the Carolina Forest Library are accepting used books, magazines, CDs, VHS, DVDs, audio books and textbooks for its resale book store, The Nook. Drop off at library and receive a tax-deduction form. The proceeds are used to purchase items for the library that are not covered by the county library system.

Donations: Quilts of Valor is in need of red, white and blue, cotton fabric to be used in making quilts that are given to veterans and service members who have been touched by war. Monetary donations are accepted to help defray the cost, purchase fabric, batting and thread. In the past 12 years, more than 120,000 quilts have been awarded nationally and overseas and more than 450 in the Myrtle Beach area. Email jandj.wobbleton@qovf.org or visit QOVF.org.

Donations: St. Christopher’s Children, a local volunteer-driven charity, has been providing essential clothing and critical orthodontic care to the neediest of children throughout Georgetown County. You can help the work continue by mailing a check to St. Christopher’s Children, P.O. Box 749, Pawleys Island, SC 29585 or with a credit card through the www.StChristophersChildren.org website. You can shop or make donations to our resale shop next door to Applewood Pancake House in Pawleys Island.

Donations: North Strand Housing Shelter is in need of paper products, window cleaner, bathroom cleaner, Pine Sol, empty spray bottles, bleach, Oxi Clean, Shout, HE laundry soap, fabric softener, coffee, creamer, sugar, tea bags, bottled water, cereal, crackers, peanut butter, jelly, canned tuna, gasoline gift cards, and under the bed plastic storage containers (48-by-24-by-7 inches deep). Items may be dropped off at Mattress Direct in Gator Hole Plaza, U.S. 17, North Myrtle Beach. Call 843-756-9488 or email nshshelter@gmail.com.

Donations: South Strand Helping Hand would appreciate your donations. We serve residents in need from the South Strand area. Food can be dropped off at 812 Poplar Drive S., Surfside Beach, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Monetary donations can be mailed to the same address. Call 843-238-4594, email sshelp@frontier.com or visit www.southstrandhelpinghand.org.

Donations: Family Outreach is in need of diapers of all sizes but especially 3, 4, 5, 6 and pull-ups, baby wipes, baby wash, bottles, formula, new or gently used clothing newborn to size 5T. Monetary donations, volunteers for fundraising committee and events, and board members. Call 843-234-2350 or 1836 Lonestar St., Conway.

Donations: The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach is looking for sponsors for shelter pets. If you can’t adopt a dog or cat, this is a good opportunity to honor a loved one or pet by sponsoring a shelter pet in their honor or memory. Visit www.hsnmb.org to sponsor a shelter pet.

Donations: Fostering Hope is in need of children’s and infants’ items, toddler beds, double strollers, new underwear and sneakers, gently used clothing for infants to teenagers and more. Call 843-254-8168.

Donations: Put your dollars to work solving our community’s biggest issues by tackling the root causes of problems. A donation to United Way of Horry County focuses on the key building blocks of a good life: education, income and health. All donations stay in Horry County, moving lives from hopelessness to independence. Call 843-347-5195 or visit unitedwayhcsc.org.

Donations: SC-CARES is in need of volunteers to help with animal feeding and cleaning, for building repairs, fundraisers, grant work and food pickup, newspapers, 39-gallon and kitchen trash bags, unsalted/roasted peanuts and gift cards. Call 843-485-0923.

Donations: North Strand Helping Hand needs donations to serve residents of the North Strand. Food and clothing donations can be dropped off at 2510 Long Bay Road, Longs, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-noon Friday, or monetary donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 115, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597.

Donations: Tara Hall Home for Boys is in need of cash donations and/or gift cards for supplies, materials and food items. Call 843-546-3000 or 843-546-3666; donations can be mailed to Tara Hall, P.O. Box 955, Georgetown, SC 29442.

Donations: Surfside PX Thrift Store is in need of furniture and working appliances. Proceeds to benefit veterans. Drop off 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1200 Surfside Industrial Park, Surfside Beach. Call 843-839-5558 or visit www.surfsidepx.org to arrange pickup.

Donations: Help4Kids/Backpack Buddies program is in need of vienna sausage, chicken noodle soup, canned ravioli or pasta, peanut butter crackers, toothbrush and small tube of toothpaste and children’s clothing. Call 843-651-4310 or email info@help4kidssc.org.

This story was originally published October 30, 2015 at 8:49 AM with the headline "Myrtle Beach-area organizations need your help."