Beach City Health and Fitness Club, located at 39 Hospital Center Commons, HHI, will host a special fund raising event (“Charity Spin”) on Saturday, October 21, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on behalf of Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC). This premier health and fitness club has generously sponsored special events for NOC over the past five years, raising money to support NOC’s after school and summer program for children in underserved neighborhoods in HHI.

 

Special Features:

6 half-hour segments

6 BCH&F spinning instructors

Minimum donation of $15/segment

Bikes reserved at pledge

You can reserve all 6 sessions for a $90 donation

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Water and refreshments will be provided

Join this special event and have fun for a good cause!

The week after Hurricane Irma passed by, NOC students from Beaufort Elementary School were successful in getting NOC to open the Beaufort centers mid-week, reversing NOC’s earlier decision to close for the entire week. These children are enthusiastic about coming to NOC’s Learning Centers at Marshpointe and Parkview, where they get help from dedicated public school teachers and have access to technology-based learning. Dr. Sharma, Founder and Chair of NOC, visited the two centers and encountered a group of happy children who were motivated by his brief talk on the importance of education and the core values of hard work, honesty, and respect. Program Manager John Leadem reported: “It was a very good visit by Dr. Sharma and the kids were especially excited. We had a very spirited and engaged group of students. I know the kids really appreciated the visit, the cookies, and the backpacks that he brought. All in all, a great visit!”

NOC’s annual “Fore the Teachers” golf tournament will be held on Friday, September 15, 2017 at the Port Royal Golf Club.

 

Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m., followed by a Shotgun start at 9:00 a.m.

For details and Player/Sponsor registration forms, click on the links below:

 

Fore The TeachersTournament Player Registration

Fore The TeachersTournament Sponsor Registration

NOC is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.

On March 7, 2017, Shaundra Young Scott, Executive Director of the ACLU of South Carolina and the ACLU of South Carolina Foundation, met with Dr. Narendra Sharma, Founder and Chair of NOC. Ms. Scott came to Hilton Head to learn about Neighborhood Outreach Connection’s (NOC) mission and outreach programs to combat poverty locally. She was keenly interested in NOC’s development approach, which is based on a strong presence in underserved neighborhoods. Ms. Scott and Dr. Sharma discussed the problems that the poor face locally: affordable housing, workforce development, and economic opportunities. They also discussed the fact that the Cordillo Board of Directors wants NOC to cease its services in its Cordillo Program Center and the irreparable harm that would fall to the children and families who are the beneficiaries of NOC’s programs in the Cordillo neighborhood. NOC looks forward to a continuing dialogue with the ACLU.