Myrtle Beach-area organizations need your help

Volunteers: Murrells Inlet 2020 is looking for volunteers for the Christmas home tour to be held on Dec. 5, and the Christmas Parade to be held on Dec. 6. Call 843-357-2007 or email info@murrellsinletsc.com.

Volunteers/donations: Safe Haven for Cats a non-profit organization that protects cats by neutering and spaying and keeping cats in foster homes. They are in need of volunteers to help adopt kittens and cats, foster and help with fundraising. Call 843-390-1688 to volunteer or donate funds.

Donations: SC Bar Young Lawyers are collecting items for women in need through Dec. 18. Items needed are basic tools and gift cards to home improvement stores in Spartanburg, Columbia, Myrtle Beach and monetary donations. Call 803-734-3679 or jdsmith@sccourts.org, 864-751-7668 or drop off or mail to the Pearce Law Group, P.C., 1309 Professional Drive, Suite 202, Myrtle Beach 29577.

Donations: The Grand Strand Detachment #873 of the Marine Corps League is holding Toys for Tots Drive through Dec. 19. The toys should be new and un-wrapped for a boy or girl from ages 2 to 12 years old. The list of toys needed includes: books, markers/crayons, small and large stuffed toys, dolls, toy cars/trucks, toddler toys, preschool toys, games for children, outdoor play equipment, bikes/skates/skateboards, radio/tape player/electronics, jewelry/accessories, and stocking stuffers. For information on how to receive toys, to request collection box and location of drop off sites, visit the local website: http://www.toysfortots.org

Donations: If you or anyone you know would like Santa to write a letter to a child and would like to make a $10 tax deductible donation to the American Cancer Society. Santa will need the child’s name, age, mailing address and their Christmas wish list. Send your check for $10 (per letter) written to the American Cancer Society, Attn: Tracy Gooley, 950 48th Ave. N., Suite 101, Myrtle Beach SC 29577.

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: Surfside PX seeking community support to purchase delivery van. Surfside PX is a nonprofit thrift store that gives their proceeds to the care and rehabilitation of disabled veterans. To support Surfside PX with your tax deductible donation, visit RedBasket.org/683. Every penny donated will go directly towards the purchase of a new delivery van. No fees are charged when donating through Red Basket.

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.

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 needs help to make Christmas a special time for foster children in our program. All donations go to the children. Call and ask how you, your church, employer, club, etc. can help us. Donations in the form of gifts, checks, gift cards etc. will help us with the teenagers in our program as well as the younger ones. Call 843-238-9691 or mail to 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.

This story was originally published November 20, 2015 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Myrtle Beach-area organizations need your help."