Hilton Head Island News

Hampton Lake, the first private lake community in the Hilton Head/Bluffton area, is hosting the ‘Tiger Bass 5K Walk/Run: Kicking Some Tail for a Cure’ on Saturday, October 18, to benefit the Hilton Head Hospital Auxiliary Breast Cancer Awareness Fund.

The walk/run begins at 8 am following registration from 6 – 7:30 am. Pre-registration is available by e-mailing Kelly Mathews at kmathews@hamptonlake.com or by visiting the Hampton Lake Sales Center on Hwy. 278 on Friday, October 17 between 6 am and 6 pm. Cost is $25 per person and includes an event t-shirt.

“There are numerous events benefiting breast cancer during the month of October,” said Gerrit Albert, president of Hampton Lake. “We’re honored to host one that specifically benefits our local area’s residents, especially those who cannot afford regular prevention screenings.”

The event concludes with complimentary tours of Fitness Central, the award-winning community’s exercise center, and a brief talk on the importance of regular health screenings presented by a Hilton Head Hospital Auxiliary Breast Cancer Awareness representative.

For more information, visit www.hamptonlake.com or call Kelly Mathews, Director of Fun, at Hampton Lake at 836-7480.

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BEAUFORT – Hope Haven of the Lowcountry, the children’s advocacy and rape crisis center serving the 14th Judicial District, which includes Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper and Allendale counties, will announce on October 22 a partnership to assist victims of child abuse and their families.

Nearly 40 agencies throughout the five-county region are signing on to the coalition, including prosecutors, investigators, police and sheriffs’ offices, social services and hospitals.

“This will truly be a substantive and cooperative partnership of all the area’s agencies that are involved in protecting our children from abuse,” said Hope Haven Executive Director Shauw Chin Capps.

“We are all joining hands to protect our community’s children,” she said.

The announcement of the partnership and the official signing of the revised Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) protocol will be from 11 a.m. to noon Oct. 22 at The Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL), New River campus (Heritage Multimedia Room) on U.S. 278 between Hardeeville and Bluffton. The public and media are invited.

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The 2008 Hardeeville Catfish Festival Golf Tournament will tee off at one of the Lowcountry’s newest and finest golf courses, Tradition National Golf Course, on Oct. 24.

All proceeds from the Tradition Hilton Head-sponsored tournament will support Hardeeville’s public library, including the purchase of new books and other media materials, and services, such as summer reading programs for children.

Golfers may register as four-person teams or play as individuals. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 24, a Friday. Tradition National Golf Course, a Tommy Fazio championship design, will open its practice facility at 11:00 a.m. on that day. A shotgun start begins the tourney at noon.

Individual entry fees are $75, four-member teams are $300, and hole sponsorships are $250.

For more information or to pre-register, call the City of Hardeeville at 784-2231.

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