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the history is really quite fascinating when

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you think about it Les and I were in

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New Jersey and he saw an article about the quarter

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of Shame and our hearts were really torn

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to see the plight of so many children

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in public education

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schools along the 95 quarter of South Carolina

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so we moved down here and we both had

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a passion for trying to do

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the work that would uh really change lives

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and to make a long story

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short we went through the process of getting the

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the uh Charter application approved and

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received our Charter and 2012

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our school started so that was

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our beginning and we've

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now finished our 13th year so we've

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just had uh so many

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a wonderful experiences here

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in the Low Country at Royal I

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votes I feel very blessed my late

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husband Les would be so proud to see where

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we are today I wanted to honor my husband

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uh we always did a lot

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in terms of giving to this school and

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uh I wanted to start with scholarships for

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graduating seniors which we were able to do

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this year and I wanted us

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to be able to provide a

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lot of extra opportunities for them

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to be able to do things for the

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staff to take away some of the burden of

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the cost of doing some of those those things

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and then some things the school can't afford at all the

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vision is to seek to provide opportunities

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to empower all other

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staff and students to realize their

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full potential and be prepared for

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success and the mission

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is to raise funds that

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will enable the foundation to make ongoing

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contributions to Royal Live Oaks

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where the purpose of supporting its

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staff and enriching the educational experience

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of its students so that they achieve their

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Highest Potential when you have more

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funds available to help students

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to think critically with in

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Integrity to solve problems by for example giving

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them opportunities within the community

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that uh may not be available

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to them right now that require funds to do

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that we would like to be able to expose

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them to more outside of the school itself I

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think about the trips that they would be able to take

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that would help them understand

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uh for example at

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a higher level how our government works by

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going to Washington DC but it's those

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kinds of things as well as the different

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different types of things that we already do here at the school

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this year we were able to raise them

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dollars in 2 months

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and um the go

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next year is to be able to provide at least $1,000

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in scholarships maybe more than that

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um eventually to be able to

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provide 4 years of college

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education for students through

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scholarships so we're we're going to think bigger each

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year I know and hold events

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to um let the community

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be part of this effort I think

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there are a lot of things that we can do if we have

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sufficient funds to be able to do it but

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we put as much money as possible into the classroom

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for those children