South Carolina – Health and Medical Organizations

South Carolina SC Organizations SC Medical, Health Organization

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SC Health & Medical Organizations, Support Groups

• SC alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment

• ASCEND Foundation - Anne Scandalios Cancer Ends Now Directive Foundation
  
• Camp Happy Days - offering support and hope for children with cancer
  
• Cancer Society of Greenville
• Chase After a Cure - Summerville - dedicated to children's cancer research
  
• Children's Chance - assists families who have children with cancer through emotional, psychological & financial support
  
• Courageous Kidz - Charleston - encouraging children that are battling cancer
  
• Dragon Boat Charleston - for cancer survivors
• Integrative Cancer Care - Charleston - products and services to support cancer patients and their families
  
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - South Carolina chapter
• South Carolina Cancer Alliance
• South Carolina Ovarian Cancer Foundation
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Lowcountry chapter
  – Race for the Cure
  
• York County Cancer Association

• Dentists and dental care in South Carolina
• Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg - collaborates with practitioners and educators to increase the number of children in Spartanburg who receive dental care
  

• SC disability resources

• Health professional organizations in South Carolina

• Hands on Health South Carolina - consumer health information website that features a searchable directory of SC health services
  
• Health Sciences South Carolina - statewide healthcare related research collaborative
  
• KeoweeCare - health and human services resources for Oconee county
  
• Mary Black Foundation - working to improve the health and wellness of Spartanburg County residents
  
• Obesity prevention organizations
• Partners for Active Living - Spartanburg
• Pee Dee Area Health Education Center
• SharedCare - helping those in need find health care in Horry County
  
• SOS Health Care - Myrtle Beach
• South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium
  – Lowcountry Health Education Center
  – Mid-Carolina Area Health Education Center
  – Pee Dee Area Health Education Center
  – Upstate Area Health Education Consortium
  
• South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health
• South Carolina Office of Rural Health

• ACCESS Network - HIV and AIDS service organization for Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties
  
• AID Upstate - Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Greenville counties
  
• Carolina Empowerment Group - Charleston - HIV and AIDS awareness
  
• Catawba Care Coalition - Rock Hill - medical care and education for HIV/AIDS in Chester, Lancaster, and York counties
  
• EMPOWERR Program - Charleston - providing HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention programs for teens
  
• Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services
• Piedmont Care - helping people with HIV and AIDS in Cherokee, Spartanburg, and Union counties
  

• Hospices and end-of-life care in South Carolina

• Medical clinics and health centers in South Carolina

• Mental health help in South Carolina

• Planned Parenthood Health Systems - family planning - offices in Charleston, Columbia
  
• Tell Them - advocacy network for reproductive health services and education for SC teens to improve teen health and decrease teen pregnancy rate
  

• Aging and senior citizen resources in South Carolina
• Alzheimer's Association - South Carolina Chapter
• Alzheimer's Family Services of Greater Beaufort

• Smoking cessation resources in South Carolina

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
  – Palmetto Chapter - Columbia
  – Western Carolinas Chapter - Greenville
  
• Louie's Kids - Charleston - fighting childhood obesity
• March of Dimes - South Carolina Chapter - working to improve the health of babies
  
• Mid-State Kyle Page Foundation - year-round fundraising to benefit children suffering from childhood illness or disease
  
• Newborns in Need - Charleston Chapter
• Ronald McDonald House Charities
  – Ronald McDonald House - Charleston
  – Ronald McDonald House - Columbia
  – Ronald McDonald House - Greenville
  
• Safe Kids Upstate - working to prevent accidental childhood injuries
  

• American Lung Association in South Carolina
• American Red Cross - SC chapters
• Apert International - Apert Syndrome - Columbia
• The Blood Connection - upstate non-profit blood collection and distribution service
  
• Columbia Parkinson's Support Group
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - South Carolina Chapter
• Donate Life South Carolina - organ and tissue donation
  
• LifePoint - organ & tissue donation and procurement
  
• LifeShare of the Carolinas - organ procurement organization serving York County
  
• Lyme Disease Network of South Carolina
• National Association For Continence - headquartered in Charleston
• National Kidney Foundation of South Carolina
• Red Cross - SC chapters
  
• Scleroderma Foundation - South Carolina Chapter