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Giving Back

For years, the members of Joye Law Firm have supported their neighbors and community by continuing to give back through scholarship programs, fundraisers, sponsorships, and donations.

Learn more about the past events and projects in which members of Joye Law Firm have participated.

Academic Magnet High School Athletic Department

Joye Law Firm helps sponsor the school's annual fundraising golf tournament, which helps cover the school's costs to fund all its non-revenue sports. Click here to read more.

American Cancer Society's Relay For Life

Each year, several members of the firm participate in this event to join others to celebrate survivorship, remember those who lost their lives to cancer, and raise funds to fight the disease. Click here to read more.

Boys and Girls Club of the Trident Area

Each year, Joye Law Firm donates to the Boys and Girls Club of the Trident area and sponsors the organization's annual fundraiser to help keep clubs open for Charleston's youth. Click here to read more.

Carolina Center for Brachial Plexus Injury Support

Joye Law Firm is the inaugural sponsor of the Carolina Center for Brachial Plexus Injury Support, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of children, adults, and families affected by brachial plexus injury in North and South Carolina.Click here to learn more.

Charleston Animal Society

Since 2008, Joye Law Firm has donated more than $1,500 to the Charleston Animal Society's "A Furry Affair" fundraiser, which raises money to support the society's efforts to provide food, shelter, and medical care to homeless animals in Charleston County. One of the firm's paralegals serves on the organization's board, and she personally donates $2,000 annually to the society.Click here to read more.

Charleston Habitat for Humanity

Chosen as the primary beneficiary of the 2009 Joye in the Community program, Charleston Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build decent, affordable housing. Joye Law Firm has pledged to donate $10,000 by the year's end through monetary and in-kind donations, such as used furniture, and through donated labor from the firm's staff members and attorneys. Click here to read more.

Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy

Since 2006, Joye Law Firm has supported the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, whose volunteer chaplains assist local emergency workers dealing with crisis situations. The firm is grateful to have been a beneficiary of the Chaplaincy's services, although under heartbreaking circumstances, when a longtime firm employee unexpectedly and tragically died while at work. Chaplain Rob Dewey, who is the founder of the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, generously came to the office to provide grief counseling to everyone at the firm. Ken Harrell, managing partner, said, "The Charleston and surrounding community is fortunate to have such a dedicated and committed group of individuals serving those in need."Click here to learn more.

Coastal District Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Society

Since 2007, Ken Harrell, Joye Law Firm's managing partner, and his son work one Saturday each month picking up furniture donations for the St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Society. Mr. Harrell and paralegal Shelby Sweet also handle the incoming calls from people seeking assistance for one week on a bimonthly basis.

East Cooper Meals on Wheels

Joye Law Firm supports the East Cooper Meals on Wheels annual fundraising gala, which raises funds to help deliver daily nutrition to residents in the community who are homebound or unable to provide their own meals. Click here to learn more.

First Baptist Church of James Island

In March 2009, Joye Law Firm made a donation to the First Baptist Church of James Island in memory of Mabel Moore to help fund a sign for the church's new building. Click here to learn more.

Fishing for a Mission

In April 2009, Joye Law Firm donated to Fishing for a Mission, which conducts medical services and poverty relief mission work in Nigeria.

Frances R. Willis Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

For the past four years, Joye Law Firm has sponsored the annual oyster roast fundraiser held by the Frances R. Willis Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which provides a safe haven for stray, abandoned, abused, or lost pets.Click here to learn more.

Global Missions International

Joye Law Firm supports Global Missions International, a nonprofit organization that assists those in need by connecting them with agencies that can provide food, clothing, medical treatment, legal advice, bereavement counseling, and government assistance. The organization also has an HIV program that partners with Lowcountry AIDS Services and Heritage Community Services. Click here to read more.

Harrell/Conrad Memorial Scholarship

Joye Law Firm's managing partner, Ken Harrell, started this annual scholarship program in 2009 to recognize graduates of his alma mater, Sussex Central High School in Sussex, Virginia. Each year, a graduating senior receives a $5,000 scholarship to assist with college-related expenses.

Injured Workers' Advocates

For several years, Joye Law Firm has sponsored the Injured Workers' Advocates' annual conference. Led by the firm's managing partner, Ken Harrell, this nonprofit is the leading organization working to protect the rights of injured workers in South Carolina. Click here to learn more.

Joye Law Firm Annual Scholarships

Each spring, Joye Law Firm awards four graduating seniors from area high schools with $2,500 scholarships to assist them with college expenses. Selection of the recipients is based on school activities, positions of leadership, special honors and awards, community involvement, academic performance, and academic and professional pursuits. Each candidate also writes an essay about underage drinking and driving prevention. Recipients are personally presented with their awards, followed by a dinner hosted by Joye Law Firm.

Joye Law Firm Client Assistance Program

Joye Law Firm purchases grocery store gift cards to assist clients who are in need. Over the years, the firm has spent between $2,000 and $3,000 each year on these cards. Additionally, the members of Joye Law Firm adopt the family of a client each Christmas and purchases gifts for each child in the family.

Kids' Chance of South Carolina

Joye Law Firm has sponsored various fundraisers, including golf tournaments and 5k runs, to benefit Kids' Chance of South Carolina since 2005. The organization provides financial scholarships for dependents of seriously injured or deceased workers to complete their education. Click here to learn more.

Piggly Wiggly Roundball Classic

Since 2001, the members of Joye Law Firm offer local basketball fans the chance to win cash prizes while benefiting the North Charleston Rotary Club's scholarship program and Communities In Schools. The contest, held in conjunction with the Piggly Wiggly Roundball Classic, allows participants the chance to win $50, $200, or $1,000 in a "Shoot Three and Win" basketball challenge. The tournament is held each year during the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Click here to learn more.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston

Joye Law Firm has donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston since 2007, when one of the firm's paralegals was benefited by this organization while her son fought a valiant battle against cancer. She now helps organize a monthly dinner in her son's memory at the local Ronald McDonald House, which Joye Law Firm sponsors several times a year. Click here to learn more.

South Carolina Youth Advocate Program

For the past 19 years, the South Carolina Youth Advocate Program (SCYAP) has served troubled and needy children and their families through community-based alternatives to institutional care. The members of Joye Law Firm help support SCYAP by sponsoring a holiday gathering for Charleston-area foster youth and their families. Click here to learn more.

South Carolina Highway Patrol

Joye Law Firm makes an annual donation to the South Carolina Highway Patrol to help defray the costs of holiday parties and other events for patrol members. Click here to learn more.

Spoken Word Christian Church

Joye Law Firm made a donation in April 2009 to assist this church in purchasing a new van.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Several members of the firm participate in this annual event to help raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.Click here to learn more.

The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center

For years, Joye Law Firm has donated bicycles to The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center's annual fundraising auction, which raises funds to help the Center promote awareness and education about child abuse as well as provide resources for abused children to help them grow into productive and healthy adults.Click here to learn more.

University of South Carolina Educational Foundation

Joye Law Firm donated $1,000 to the University of South Carolina Educational Foundation in honor of Professor Gregory B. Adams for assistance he provided to the firm. Click here to learn more.