Leading the fight to treat and cure ALS through global research and nationwide advocacy, while also empowering people with Lou Gehrig’s disease and their families to live fuller lives by providing them with compassionate care and support.

For more than 100 years, the ACS has worked relentlessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer. Together with millions of supporters worldwide, ACS helps people stay well and get well, find cures and fight back against cancer.

Charted in 1919, the AL serves as a patriotic organization committed to mentoring youth, advocating patriotism and promoting strong national security and devotion to fellow service members and veterans.

Working with the Horry County Animal Control division to provide excellent care and humane treatment for all animals within a clean and healthy environment and to promote adoptions.

Focus: To provide food for hungry children of Horry County who through no fault of their own do not have enough to eat on a daily basis.

Focus: To be the leader in advancing marketplace trust.

Focus: To collect, conserve and exhibit figurative sculptures by American artists; to cultivate a display garden; to collect, conserve and exhibit plants and animals native to the South Carolina Lowcountry; and to provide educational and cultural enrichment to its members and guests.

Focus: To provide comprehensive healthcare management and medical assistance to anyone living with HIV.

Focus: To support underinsured and uninsured cancer patients of Horry and Georgetown counties by helping to offset the cost of chemotherapy and cancer supportive care drugs.

Focus: To help provide every opportunity for Coastal Carolina University’s nearly 450 student athletes to excel academically and athletically through the funding of scholarships and enhanced academic support and new and improved on-campus facilities.

A no-kill, no-cage, all volunteer animal shelter charged with identifying homes and families able to responsibly adopt cats and dogs.

FOCUS: To provide food, shelter, clothing, spiritual sustenance and education to the poor and needy of the Grand Strand and surrounding areas.

FOCUS: With the help of 80–100 volunteers, the Community Kitchen feeds those in need, at no cost, without regard to situation or condition.

FOCUS: Employment training/placement services to low income older workers looking to re-enter the workforce.

FOCUS: To impact, influence and inspire the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that build character and citizenship, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf and other character-building activities.

FOCUS: To engage the community and visitors through unique exhibitions and interactive, educational and creative programs for people of all ages. The Art Museum is dedicated to being one of the finest visual arts museums in the Carolinas.

FOCUS: The Grand Strand Humane Society exists to improve the quality of life for lost, homeless and unwanted companion animals of Myrtle Beach and surrounding areas.

The Grand Strand Myasthenia Gravis Monthly Support Group meets the second Saturday of each month from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. We meet inside the Lakeside Crossing Development Community Room at 140 Lakeside Crossing Drive. Conway, SC 29526. Our support group falls under the umbrella of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. There is no cost to attend and patients, family members, medical professionals and those interested in learning more about Myasthenia Gravis are welcome. We do not meet in July, August or December. Myasthenia Gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles. Symptoms include, but are not limited to; double vision, difficulty speaking, chewing, swallowing, difficulty breathing due to weakness of the diaphragm, a lack of facial expression and weakness of the extremities. Myasthenia Gravis is Latin for "grave muscle." For more information, please contact Beverly Watrous at beverly-w@live.com or 843-504-8063 and for directions, contact Ray Poutre at 843-855-0076 for directions.

FOCUS: Activities, dancing, exercise classes, arts and crafts, clubs, game nights, bereavement support, group outings and travel opportunities. Membership required.

FOCUS: As part of a global outreach, HFH is committed to eliminating substandard housing through the construction of new homes, the rehabilitating and preservation of others, and by partnering with the families who will benefit.

FOCUS: Founded in 1971, Helping Hand extends services to all people, local and transient, in need of short-term assistance by offering food, bus tickets, gas cards, prescription medicine vouchers, rent and utility assistance and crisis intervention.

Hope House of Myrtle Beach endeavors to provide a safe and healthy environment for our registered high school students who are designated homeless and who are actively completing their requirements to receive a diploma.

FOCUS: To obtain resources to support and promote the programs and functions of the HCDSN, which provides services and support to those with intellectual disabilities, head and spinal cord injuries and autism utilizing a person-centered approach to achieving their goals.

FOCUS: To improve the lives of youth, adults and families by teaching basic literacy and life skills for economic and social success.

FOCUS: Providing shelter, emergency vet care and adoptions for hundreds of homeless cats and dogs every year.

FOCUS: Keeping people and pets together by offering pet food for qualified low income and fixed income pet owners.

FOCUS: To preserve and protect the materials and objects relating to the history and culture of the Horry County farm family between 1900 and 1955 through interpretive displays in a working farm setting.

Serving the Grand Strand region, our members come in small groups to sing gently to persons at the threshold of living and dying, and to others in need of comfort. New singers welcome!

We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

FOCUS: To provide home-delivered meals and fellowship to the homebound, elderly and frail of Horry County.

FOCUS: A community revitalization group focused on enhancing the infrastructure, beautification and ecology of the diverse Murrells Inlet community by collecting and facilitating the use of private and governmental funds, hosting cleanup events and educating citizens and visitors.

FOCUS: Founded in 1917, The Lions Club is best known for fighting blindness, but the group also volunteers for many different kinds of community projects, including caring for the environment, feeding the hungry and aiding seniors and the disabled.

FOCUS: Moving people out of poverty and homelessness by helping them regain their financial footing, building self-worth and self-confidence, and helping them make a move into permanent housing.

FOCUS: The North Myrtle Beach Woman’s Club is a group of ladies committed to improving the lives of others in the community while developing leadership potential in its members. The group is active in many community projects and partners with other organizations to help obtain charitable goals, with a primary focus on community service and leadership development.

FOCUS: An academic and community outreach of Coastal Carolina University, OLLI provides opportunities for adult, non-credit students to achieve intellectual stimulation, as well as cultural and social growth through a wide variety of courses offered in five area locations.

FOCUS: To provide services to survivors of rape and sexual assault that lay the foundation for healing. The group works to promote public awareness of the realities of sexual victimization and strive toward its elimination through outreach and community education.

Safe Haven 4 Cats SC is a NON-PROFIT 501 (C)(3) NO KILL ALL VOLUNTEER TNRF (Trap Neuter Return Feed) Rescue Organization that is relentless in protecting the feline population. We spay, neuter, Test, Vaccinate, deworm, and deflea all the kitties under our care. We adopt out friendly kitties after they are fully vetted to loving homes. Unadoptable /Feral cats in dangerous, abused, or neglected situations are relocated after fully vetted to our permanent sanctuary to live out the rest of their lives in a safe environment. We aim to STOP the senseless numbers of euthanasia that occurs in shelters and are very dedicated to reducing the number of unwanted cats and kittens to "Help Stop the Endless Cycle."

FOCUS: To assist the area’s aging and disabled and those who care for them by providing useful information about long-term support and services.

FOCUS: The Guild is dedicated to advancing excellence in the visual arts through teaching, exhibits, workshops and special events. The Guild seeks to stimulate increased awareness of art and its benefits throughout the area and in the state of South Carolina.

FOCUS: To create enjoyable experiences for both young people and adults by featuring photographs, documents, artifacts and interactive exhibits related to South Carolina's rich and remarkable maritime history.

FOCUS: Serving the entire Grand Strand from Little River to Pawleys Island, working to keep our local beaches and waves clean, educating the public and protecting beach access.

FOCUS: To combat illiteracy by providing new books to the more than 12,000 children living in poverty in Horry County.

FOCUS: Committed to the musical education of tomorrow’s performers and audiences, through seasonal concert programs highlighting the best in classical and contemporary works.

FOCUS: Located within the Ark Animal Hospital, the program seeks to provide emergency care for severely and critically injured stray animals and wildlife and to help place homeless and unwanted pets for adoption.

To help kids understand that they can be successful without being a professional athlete. We want them to chase their dreams, but provide them with tools to help them be successful after their sport ends.

FOCUS: A connector of citizens to community needs, United Way is a network of dedicated community partners and impactful programs, fighting for the health, education and financial stability of every person in the community.

FOCUS: To provide education and assistance to veterans, surviving spouses, dependents and beneficiaries on the multitude of programs and benefits sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

FOCUS: A no-kill shelter, WARM provides a community resource through its housing of often more than 100 animals and promoting adoption into loving, permanent homes.

FOCUS: Connecting philanthropists with the causes they care about by managing and establishing funds and awarding grants.

FOCUS: To provide comprehensive residential services for up to 20 abused, abandoned and neglected youth, ages 10–21, including long-term therapeutic services and the development of positive self-esteem and academic/vocational abilities.

To protect the Waccamaw River watershed of the Lower Pee Dee Basin through education, community stewardship, clean up campaigns and a variety of “going green” events.