St. Christopher's Children is a non-profit organization that provides funds for the immediate personal needs of abandoned, abused and disadvantaged children in Georgetown County. We are community-based and rely exclusively on volunteers to perform our work. We seek to help children of all ethnic groups and provide funds for those personal needs that cannot be met by existing social services or government agencies
THE ST. CHRISTOPHER STORY St. Christopher was noted for helping others. As a young man he wandered through life searching for his own significance. A huge man, he frequently assisted pilgrims cross the dangerous rapids in a river. Once, a small child sought help in crossing, so St. Christopher gently placed the tiny person on his broad shoulders to cross to the other side. As he moved through the torrent, the child became heavier with each step. The child was the heaviest burden St. Christopher ever carried, but one that transformed his life. That child was Jesus. Our role as we search for our significance is to lighten the burdens endured by the often invisible and needy children among us. Heavy they are not, but most often they desperately need a willing and helping hand.
The burdens endure by abused, abandoned, underfed and unclothed children among us is difficult to comprehend. They are referred to as "shadow children", unseen but in our midst until a crisis is brought to our attention. Some are rejected by natural or adoptive parents. Others have been denied basic human needs, deprived of a normal family environment. These are St. Christopher
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