Bet you never expected to hear that. But two-plus years after the overhaul of SC’s DMV, the changes persist. I walked in today with a license that had split into pieces (apparently this is common) and walked out with a shiny new one within about 5 minutes. Loved it. Good client service equals respecting time and reducing bureaucracy, we say.

Friday is National AIDS Testing Day. Lowcountry AIDS Services (LAS) is extending their hours on Thursday until 7 p.m. and is testing from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Trident Palmer Campus (66 Columbus St.). LAS will be holding a phone bank on Live 5 News from 5-6:30 p.m. to answer any questions about testing sites and any other HIV/AIDS related questions.

Update: LAS tested 84 people on National Testing Day!

Rather than send booze or food for the holidays last year, we honored our clients by joining Donors Choose. This terrific non profit has miniscule admin fees, and enormous impact. On behalf of Touchpoint clients, we adopted three classrooms at high-need schools throughout South Carolina. Some received books. Others received notebook paper (!!!) and others received Time magazine, opening their eyes to the big old world. Here are just a smattering of the photos and thank you notes they sent. We truly got a bit misty! Thanks, everybody, for being a part of this!

Two years in the making, we were so excited to help celebrate the successful transfer of Morris Island into public ownership. Here’s a news release (Morris Island Closing Release) we developed, and click here to view all the photos from the terrific celebration hosted by Ginn Resorts.

David Agnew, TPL Board Member, and Mayor Joe Riley

Food from our friends at Iverson Catering

The TPL team

Our work with the Charleston Relax the Back store led to us being selected by corporate leaders to conduct a national p.r. campaign. Thus far, we’ve generated millions of new impressions and here are a few recent releases we’ve issued…Make Bedtime Sleep Time For Children, Healing Heat-Far-Infrared

We’re having so much fun with this account, and encourage everybody to read July’s Popular Mechanics, July’s “Wired” and Town & Country’s August issues. Or just click here often to see what sort of press these cool kayaks are getting.

We were pleased to address the South Carolina Association of Non Profits at their recent conference, a presentation that (thanks, attendees!) received very positive feedback. We love being invited to present, so don’t hesitate to ask!

We’d be happy to send you a copy of the Powerpoint - just email us today. Or here’s a handy little “spark chart” of ideas we gave everybody! scanpo-spark-chart

Canoe & Kayak recently reviewed Folbot’s best-selling Cooper model. Folbot is an American folding kayak manufacturer based right here in Charleston, SC.

“A good choice for the paddler looking for long, multi-day excursions down gentle rivers or placid lakes. With its easy acceleration, speed, stability, folding camp chair seat, and being a dream to pack, even a novice would feel perfectly secure taking a long and winding trip and not worrying about having to keep up with the group on or off the water.”

“Great-looking boat-in-a-bag with a straightforward assembly and quick and easy gear loading.”

Click here to read the full review.