Uplift Lexington County

Join us at some of our upcoming events! We would love to see you!

Come join in on the fun!

Uplift will be there enjoying all the games and community interactions!

Who's ready for National Night Out at the Virginia Hylton Park tomorrow evening? This is a free event for our Town of Lexington, SC neighbors with a chance to meet local first responders, fun, food, activities, music, and more.

Special thanks to our Chief Level Sponsors Comfort Home Health Care, Founders Federal Credit Union, Love Plumbing Air & Electrical, and State Credit Union for their support in making this event possible.

Visit our website for all the details...

https://lexsc.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=307

Today, Uplift in partnership with Dickerson Children's Advocacy Center we had some one-on-one time with the kids participating in Cayce Character Camp hosted by the City of Cayce Police Department. Our word of the day was “thoughtful.”

Today we talked about being thoughtful with the words we say to ourselves and others. We also talked about how to use positive coping strategies when they feel upset.

We enjoyed making it a day of fun but covering a big topic around youth mental health as they go into a new year of school.

Uplift presented at the Georgia Association for Development Professionals (GADP) and SC Society of Hospital Fund Development (SCHSHFD) conference aimed towards informing hospital foundations about the grant process, fundraising, and how to be successful with innovative ideas. We shared our story and how our program has evolved through the years. We made a lot of connections and are thankful to have had the opportunity to share our journey.

This morning UPLIFT assisted the Lexington County Sheriff's Department in providing the homeless population with resources. This event was in effort to re-designate locations of the unsheltered population off properties across the Red Bank area in which property managers requested for the unsheltered to be removed.

UPLIFT along with Homeless No More, Crossroads Treatment Center, Prisma Supportive Housing Services, Transitions, and The Courage Center rallied in one location to provide immediate resource to these individuals. They were supplied with hygiene kits, snacks, drinks, socks, shoes, hats, women's hygiene items, dog food, cat food, and much more to help create connections and offer more long-term resources.

We made contact with 17 out of the 23 individuals who were encountered both at the event space and at the camps where our community paramedic brought items to them personally. We are thrilled that we had the opportunity to touch so many lives in a short amount of time.

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🎇🎆

Today, we celebrate freedom.

Happy Juneteenth!

Ready and set up for the kick off to summer event at Pelion Branch Library! Willow our therapy K9 🐾 is ready to take in some love and pets from all the amazing attendees today! Come visit us we will be here from 10am-12pm!

May their sacrifice never be forgotten. Sending strength to their families.

Take advantage of this amazing resource fair!

Date: Friday, June 7th & Saturday, June 8th
Time: 9AM - 2PM
Location: 2401 Main St (Hope Plaza)
Special Note: Free Veterinary services will only be offered on Saturday, June 8th.

Do you own a business? Does your church want to get involved? Our mental health pop-ups bring so much joy and knowledge to individuals who interact with us. Everything is FREE, no expectations, only love and support.

We are expanding to new locations!! Are you interested in hosting a pop-up? Call or email Macey to get set up!

A quick glance at our community mental health counselor and an individual who stopped by for a hug at last week’s mental health pop up! Their smiles say it all ❤️

We hope your Tuesday is as awesome as this interaction! 

We are here at the Walmart on South Lake in White Knoll! Come out and get some hugs and resources. We will be here till 4pm.

THANK YOU 🙌🏻 your work while it doesn’t always get the spotlight, it is critical and very much appreciated 🖤

Partner visit at Our Place of Hope today in Cayce! Looking forward to connecting with the unsheltered population and their supporters in finding out ways we can all work together to help them heal and thrive! We are planning to have a mental health pop up here next month, so stay tuned for more information!

We love this so much! Check out some of the amazing ways these two local departments and SCDMH, who are also proud UPLIFT partners in how they are prioritizing mental health in their communities! In partnership with Lexington County Community Mental Health Center, City of Cayce Police Department & West Columbia Police Department! Great work to all!

https://www.facebook.com/share/mRd8wWLetx1dHqMn/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Lexington County Community Mental Health Center announces new program with West Columbia and Cayce Police Departments - Who's On The Move Lexington County Community Mental Health Center (LCCMHC), West Columbia Police Department, and Cayce Police Department are partnering to embed a mental health professional (MHP) from the Center to work alongside…

Today, our program manager, Macey presented UPLIFT at the L.E.M.S regional human trafficking task force meeting located at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Having the opportunity to engage with diverse partners across Lexington County are a way that we continue to pave pathways for individuals that come across our program in efforts to divert them from ER criminal justice system. We are so thankful for opportunities like this that help expand resources! 

We are honored that Tanee Thomas-Tedford from Lexington County EMS was selected to receive the Change Maker award at Serve & Connect’s annual Gala!

She has been a pivotal partner in the making of Uplift! We are proud to call her a partner, friend and community advocate! 🖤✨

Rainy Day Fund and the Richland County Library Social Work Team are running an Identity Documents Clinic on Friday, March 22nd from 10am to 3pm. This clinic will offer legal and financial assistance to help those in need of essential identification documents. The clinic will offer assistance with birth certificates, driver's licenses, South Carolina ID's, and any other documents necessary for everyday life.

To sign-up form for the clinic see below: https://forms.gle/bkoB9Fu96Uv7g3Kh7

Yesterday, we had a great quarterly meeting to kick us off in the new year! We had about 40 partners at the table, working together to find ways to help the community we serve that lives with mental health challenges. ☀️

Peep 👀 Willow doing a great job keeping attendees happy with her love 💙🐾

We enjoyed supporting our LRADAC partners at their black balloon awareness day.

As this week begins, we look forward to bringing awareness to all eating disorders as Feb. 26th - March 3rd is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (NEDA). If you or a loved one is fighting this battle, we see you, we hear you, and we support you. Recovery is possible, but remember that sometimes recovery isn't always linear and all progress IS progress. All of us from Uplift Lexington are rooting for you and love you.

We had a great time out at Shumpert's Iga in Pelion. We are so thankful to have multiple partners from Lexington County EMS, Lexington County Community Mental Health Center, Pelion Police Department, Serve & Connect, Dorn Va Hospital Columbia Sc, and Cooperative Health joining us today. Along with the mayor of the Town of Pelion, South Carolina stopping by to say hi and show his support.

We had some great interactions and handed out lots of resources to the community. We can’t wait to come back and continue to support this community.

Thank you for having us!

Don’t forget to drop by and get your hug! Looking forward to a wonderful pop-up!

Come join your Pelion PD Officers, Uplift Lexington County, and Serve & Connect at the Shumpert's Iga tomorrow from noon to 4pm for a Mental Health Popup Event. These events are designed to connect the community with mental health resources. See y'all there!!

Happy Valentines Day from the Uplift team! We hope you enjoy the day spent with loved ones and remember that we are always on your side!💗

This morning, Uplift Lexington County attended the launch of CASE an initiative through the City of Cayce Police Department that helps serve the elderly community in their jurisdiction. We are excited to lean into this resource for our Cayce community! We are so proud to work with partners that are continually looking for innovative ways to serve their community and build trust! 

Join us on February 22nd at Shumpert's IGA in Pelion for our mental health pop-up! We are excited to have our police partners from Pelion Police Department join us as well!

Continually creating an opportunity for connections. This morning we are joing the Lexington Chambers, Nonprofit Council Connections meeting hosted by the Lexington Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center.

We love the impact our interns make when helping departments divert individuals into services to help them thrive long-term! 👏🤩

Your daily dose of positivity comes from our Social Work Internship program, which is currently a component of our Compass partner, Uplift Lexington County. Through the outreach program, College of Social Work at South Carolina students Leah and Tara interact with subjects of calls to find them additional resources that help them thrive.

“One of the families I helped was struggling with food insecurity and this was discovered after we read a shift report about shoplifting. We were able to connect the client with a food pantry and give information about applying for SNAP. Additionally, I was able to connect one individual to a substance use support group and another to low-cost mental health counseling.”

This program is inspired by the West Columbia Police Department's leadership. We presently have students placed at the City of Cayce Police Department and Lexington Police Department.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love leads us to change.