Upcoming Difference Makers Projects
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!
Join us on Tuesday, October 14th from 1:00-4:00 PM as we learn more about the mission of Hopeful Horizons and Furnish A Future
PROJECT OVERVIEW:
Women and children who experience abuse, violence and assault often leave behind their possessions in pursuit of a safe haven. Hopeful Horizons takes in these victims in their shelter for up to 60 days. They provide counseling and assist the families in finding new housing in a safe community. The Furnish A Future team at Hopeful Horizons collects furniture, linens, décor and other items specific for each family. When a client moves into a new home they receive a Welcome, Bathroom and Kitchen Kit, complete with new dishes, silverware, pots/pans, towels, shower curtain, cleaning supplies and trash cans to name a few things.
Attendees will participate in a kit-making exercise that will create 10 of each kit type. It is our hope that these kits will bring stability to the survivors and get them started on their journey, knowing that the necessities they need are being provided.
HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
View the registry for each kit at one of the following locations:
Walmart: Walmart list
Amazon: Amazon List
Purchase items from the registry and bring them to the October 14th event where you will participate in a hands-on activity assembling kits.
If you are unable to attend the event, you can still Make a Difference:
(1) Visit the registry site at Walmart or Amazon and have your items shipped directly to a Furnish A Future team member: Sally Rumer (6 Reflection Pt, Bluffton, SC 29910) by October 10th.
(2) Sign up for the Angels list! Join over 250 Angels who are on the Furnish A Future donor email list. You will receive requests from the team when bedding and other new items are needed for an upcoming family. To join, send an email to Rebecca Jones (pikejones22@gmail.com)
(3) You can make a financial donation to the Furnish A Future program by writing a check made out to Hopeful Horizons with Furnish A Future in the memo field. Please send your check to Hopeful Horizons (PO Box 1775, Beaufort, SC 29901)
Join WAHHI as we fill the pantry and deliver holiday meals to clients of The Deep Well Project.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Deep Well Project has supported Hilton Head Island residents since 1973, providing food, housing, furniture, and emergency assistance to families in need. Their market-style pantry offers clients fresh, frozen, and non-perishable food, along with personal care items, helping families with dignity and choice.
THREE WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
1. Shop the Amazon Wish List: Amazon Wish List
Choose items that will fill the pantry with fall foods, personal care products, or Taco Night kits.
Send your items directly to Deep Well and help families this holiday season.
There is always a need for these food & personal hygiene items at The Deep Well Project. This Amazon wish list is always available to shop whenever you are feeling generous.
2. Provide Gift Cards for Teens – 50 Needed
Purchase $25 Walmart Gift cards for Deep Well’s Santa Closet. Gift cards ensure underserved teens – often overlooked during the holidays – can choose what they need most, providing dignity and joy.
You can purchase using Venmo (@Cindy-Reedy), Zelle (gcreedy@aol.com), or drop a check to Cindy Reedy at 4 Salt Spray Lane, Hilton Head, SC 29928.
3. Volunteer to Deliver Holiday Meals
Limited to 20 volunteers!
Register below by October 30th to be part of WAHHI’s delivery team on Sunday, November 23rd.
We need 10 teams of two to deliver meals to three homes each. You may sign up with a friend, spouse, or adult child – just note it in your registration.
WANT MORE WAYS TO HELP DEEP WELL?
Volunteers are needed to work in the pantry, office, or as on-call drivers to support client needs.
Help with livable housing projects on and off the Island. Available for adults who have carpentry/building skills and would like to help with repairs of houses and mobile homes. Livable Housing volunteers usually work two or three half days per week.
Deep Well has an urgent need for a regular volunteer to help their truck driver pick up donated furniture every Wednesday.
Donate gently used furniture, appliances, and household goods for the Furniture Closet.
The Deep Well Project was founded in 1973, digging wells to provide clean, safe water for the Hilton Head Island community. Since then, it has been the source of emergency assistance to the local community and is supported by individuals, businesses, religious institutions, foundations, clubs, schools and various other organizations.
Hopeful Horizons
Building Hope: WAHHI Difference Makers Support Survivors Through Furnish a Future and Hopeful Horizons”
During Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, more than 44 WAHHI Difference Makers came together with purpose and heart to support Hopeful Horizons and their Furnish a Future program. Together, we built kitchen, bathroom, and welcome kits for survivors of domestic abuse who will soon be moving into their new homes.
Our generous members nearly bought out the entire Walmart and Amazon wishlists, ensuring every essential item was accounted for—and then some! The teams assembled 10 full sets of each kit type, plus stocked enough extra supplies to create at least five more.
That means we replenished the Furnish a Future supply so that over 15 families will have the home goods they need to start fresh in the coming year.
We are deeply grateful to the Furnish a Future volunteers and their incredible work in partnership with Hopeful Horizons. This event truly captured the Difference Makers spirit—compassion, teamwork, and impact in action.
We can’t wait to continue this meaningful partnership again in 2026! 💜
Kassie Stewart
Difference Makers Chair
Making a Difference
Last week, Kassie Stewart and several ambassadors from the WAHHI Difference Makers pulled up to The Market with cars packed to the brim with school snacks collected for our 10 Bluffton public schools.
And that was just the beginning, as several shelves-worth of Amazon Wish List donations (not pictured) were also purchased and shipped to The Market by WAHHI’s generous members.
These individually packaged snacks will soon stock each school’s “snack closet,” helping our youngest Lowcountry neighbors stay focused and energized throughout the day. Even more, the snacks serve as a powerful reminder that our students are surrounded by a community that cares deeply about their well-being.
Together, we’re making a difference—one snack, one student, one act of kindness at a time. To learn more about how to support neighbors in need, visit us at https://blufftonselfhelp.org/get…/hunger-action-month/.
Difference Makers and FunRaising Funds Interest Group
Pockets Full of Sunshine
WAHHI women can put their gifts, expertise, talent, time, and generosity by participating in Difference Makers events. Typically, a monthly project is coordinated to meet a need of one of our community non-profit or other area organizations which may involve education regarding the specified organization’s history & purpose, collection of needed donations, and, as often as possible, hands-on work to benefit an organization‘s short-term need.
WAHHI members who volunteer to lead and/or participate in these projects have FUN meeting and serving these worthwhile charitable organizations in our area. Participation in Difference Maker projects is “as available” and no long-term commitment is required, however, many of our members may decide to become regular volunteers at one of these community non-profit organizations.
If you are interested in suggesting a project or in helping to organize an activity, please complete our Project Request Form. All of us are Difference Makers in our communities! You can participate in a way that works for your time and talents through our projects. You can sign up to participate through WAHHI Events on member resources. Participate as much as you can as every project varies.
Our projects will always tie to our mission and values and include an educational component. If we are bagging oysters with The Outside Foundation, you may stay for lunch after to learn about our local oyster environment. We want to make a difference in a day, but also feel a sense of partnership with the organization that we are supporting. Learning how our hearts and hands can impact the community in big ways makes all the difference!!
We hope you join US this year to Make a Difference in A Day!
The Difference Makers are happy to entertain opportunities to support a local nonprofit organization in making a difference in a day. If you have an opportunity that you would like us to consider, please click the link below to complete our application.
2025-26 Difference Makers Project Request Form
We receive many requests during the year and will try to accommodate as many as possible! Please make sure to add your group’s contact information.
Contact Kassie Stewart, Difference Makers Chair, at difference-makers@wahhi.org for more information.