This week in BiS:
• Rose and Fred Malunes operate Savannah’s “only authentic Filipino Restaurant.” They’re looking for a bigger space to expand their catering and be able to serve more customers.
• The Art Bash Studio hosts group parties and open events where art coaches guide attendees step-by-step through re-creating a featured painting and allows “adults to just kinda act like kids” and “let go of their troubles.”
• Tax adviser Cindy Klein has advice for people who own rental homes and discusses “a plethora of deductions.” She suggests you organize your rental home tax records, including rental income, expenses and assets.
• Logistics and transportation attorney Brad Harmon discusses multi-channel commerce, which merges physical and virtual retail operations and enables customers to conduct transactions in many different ways — from brick and mortar stores and social media to online stores, apps, smart phones and email.
• Lydia Ramsey, who writes about the manners of business, says punctuality is critical to good business relationships.
Saint Thomas Thrift Store has record sales
Saint Thomas Thrift Store has announced it experienced record sales in 2012 and has been able to award $45,050 in grants to 42 community organizations and ministries, including 30 grants made to nonprofits for the first time.
The store at 1126 Montgomery Cross Road is a nonprofit organization that collects donated merchandise such as clothing, household goods, books, sports equipment, collectibles and decorative items to finance outreach ministries at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
“Of course, we can’t wait to work hard together in 2013 to reach a brand new high in grant award money and support more and more organizations,” said communications volunteer Chandler Case.
The store, founded in 1997, is operated by volunteers and is open Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
2013 Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest scheduled
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The sixth annual Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest, sponsored by the David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation, is set to take place from 5-8 p.m. April 5 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 6 at Shelter Cove Community Park.
The event serves as the foundation’s annual fundraiser with proceeds – from admissions, beverage sales, restaurant purveyor fees, artists’ fees and auction funds – benefiting the American Cancer Society, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center and the Island Recreation Scholarship Fund.
Admission is $5 for adults and free for kids younger than 12. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase with tickets.
For additional information, go to davidmcarmines.org, or call 843-681-2772 ext. 137.