COMMUNITY
This Community Is Ours Too.
We don't support Charleston because it's good for business. We support it because these are our neighbors, our children's classmates, and the places and people that make this city what it is.
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THE ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORT
Five Organizations. One Reason.
Supporting the organizations and schools in this section isn't a line item in a marketing budget. It's just what you do when a place is genuinely home.
CHILD SAFETY
Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center
Dee Norton exists to protect Charleston's most vulnerable children — those who have experienced abuse and need a safe, trauma-informed place to be heard and supported. As a practice built around the health and wellbeing of children, this cause is close to our core. Every child deserves to feel safe. We're proud to support the organization that fights hardest to make that true in our community.
FAMILY SUPPORT
The Lonon Foundation
Founded by Charleston's own Anna Lonon after losing her husband to cancer, The Lonon Foundation supports children navigating the profound experience of a parent or caregiver's cancer diagnosis. These children need connection, support, and someone to tell them they're not alone. We believe in this mission deeply and in the woman who built it from the ground up right here in our city.
CHARLESTON'S CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Landmarks for Families
Some organizations have roots that run all the way back to the beginning of Charleston itself. Landmarks for Families, formerly known as Carolina Youth Development Center, is a direct descendant of the Charleston Orphan House, established in 1790 as America's first publicly-funded orphanage. For more than 230 years this organization has been a lifeline for the city's most vulnerable children and families. Knowing that history and knowing the work they do today, supporting them feels less like a choice and more like a responsibility.
PARKS & GREEN SPACES
Charleston Parks Conservancy
The Lowcountry's parks and green spaces are where Charleston's families live their lives. Youth sports, after-school hours, weekend mornings, neighborhood gatherings. These spaces matter for children's health, for community connection, and for the quality of life that makes Charleston worth raising a family in. We support the Charleston Parks Conservancy because we use these parks, we love them, and we want them here for the next generation.
ACCESSIBILITY & INDEPENDENCE
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Access to care, independence, and community should not depend on a person's ability to see. The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides essential support to individuals across the Lowcountry, and we're glad to be part of making that work possible.
THE SCHOOLS WE SERVE
From Our Neighborhood to Yours.
Our patients come to us from communities all across Charleston, and we are honored to serve families from more than 26 schools throughout the region. Seeing a familiar school name here isn't a coincidence. It's a reflection of how woven into this city we really are.
Porter Gaud
Ashley Hall
School of the Arts
Charleston Collegiate
Harborview Elementary
West Ashley High School
C.E. Williams Middle School
James Island Charter High School
St. Andrews Math and Science
Mason Prep
Blessed Sacrament
The Cooper School
Charleston Day School
Memminger Elementary
Camp Road Middle School
Orange Grove Charter School
Academic Magnet High School
Buist Academy
Trident Academy
Charleston Catholic
First Baptist School
Stiles Point Elementary
Murray-lasaine Montessori
James Island Christian School
James Island Elementary School
The Citadel
A NOTE FROM DR. BULLWINKEL
Matt grew up here. His family is all over this city. When we chose Charleston to raise Molly, Charles, and Thomas, we weren't choosing a location. We were choosing a community.
I see my patients at school pickup. I run into their parents at the farmers market. I cheer for the same kids at weekend games that I see in my chair on Monday morning. That's not something I take for granted. It's the whole point.
Supporting the organizations and schools in this section isn't a line item in a marketing budget. It's just what you do when a place is genuinely home.
DR. KATIE BULLWINKEL · DMD, MS · BOARD-CERTIFIED ORTHODONTIST