Non-Profit of the Month
August 2025
August 2025 Non-Profit of the Month
Our Featured Non-Profit
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Mission:
Tamassee is a place to:
belong where everyone experiences the peace of God;
heal where mothers and children embrace holistic recovery and long-term success; and
grow where students engage a passion for learning and exceptional citizenship.
Vision:
Empowering today’s families and students for tomorrow’s journey.
Values:
We inspire family.
We never stop learning.
We maximize every opportunity and resource.
We own our excellence.
We have fun!
Programs
Starlight
Starlight is a life-changing community for children and their mothers who have dealt with substance abuse. Families will call Tamassee home for three years while they heal from trauma, engage recovery, discover parenting skills, access education, and learn life and job skills. Miracles await at Tamassee!
Counseling & Recovery
Through individual and group sessions, moms will heal from the root causes of brokenness, and children will build resilience while learning they are safe to be kids again.
Parenting & Life Skills
Starlight at Tamassee provides grace-filled parenting training and coaching so that moms bond with their children, play together, learn to set healthy boundaries, and cultivate their children’s character.
Education & Job Skills
Starlight enrolls children from newborns to elementary age. Children focus on their education in safe, loving, therapeutic classroom. Our Early Learning Center for infants to preschoolers stimulates brain development and kindergarten readiness.
Tamassee supports each mother’s education from GED completion to technical college pursuits. Moms learn soft job skills and save for their future through on-campus jobs, and through partnerships with other providers, they develop hard job skills for employment upon graduation
Navigator Afterschool
Tamassee’s Afterschool Program serves K–5th grade students from 3 to 6 PM on school days and from 7:30 AM to 6PM during school closures and holidays.
Four Components:
1. Academics
2. Citizenship
3. Enrichment
4. Resilience
Free Transportation Service
Tamassee provides free transportation from the following schools to our campus:
Tamassee Salem Elementary
Keowee Elementary
Walhalla Elementary
Early Childhood Learning
Early Childhood Learning program provides full-day care for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers aged 3 months–4 years. Our classes use Teaching Strategies Gold curriculum, which focuses on play-based learning through developmentally appropriate practices, and Conscious Discipline for social-emotional learning and classroom behavior management.
Rentals:
Tamassee’s beautiful, historic campus is an ideal location for your wedding or special event. We offer a stone chapel and outdoor sites for your ceremony as well as a choice of our dining hall, reception hall, or outdoor pavilion for your reception. We also have limited overnight accommodations for the wedding party or family and friends.
Tamassee Thrift Store:
The Tamassee Thrift Store offers a wide variety of goods whether you’re on a tight budget or enjoy a treasure hunt! You will enjoy shopping for gently-used clothing, jewelry, furniture, appliances, household treasures, and much more. Plus, all proceeds from the Thrift Store support Tamassee’s programs for children and families, so your purchase is an investment in education and healing.
We accept new or gently-used, quality items in good condition on Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 am to 4:30 pm. We also offer furniture and/or large appliance pick up. Call the store at 864.944.2660 for more information.
Store Hours & Location:
Tuesday – Saturday
10 AM – 6 PM
Pulliam Visitor Center, 9695 Suite A, North Highway 11, Tamassee, SC 29686
Ways to Give:
Donor Advised Fund Gifts,Stock Gifts,Individual Retirement Account Gifts, Legacy Gifts, Tributes Gifts, Recurring Gifts, Scholarship Gifts, Matching Gifts, and Sponshorship Gifts.