Local events canceled/postponed

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• BELK: Closed until March 31

• CLEMSON EXTENSION: Closed until April 5.

• SMOKE IN THE BORO: Smoke in the Boro, rescheduled for October 30-31.

• FREEDOM FUND BANQUET: The Colleton County Branch of the NAACP annual Freedom Fund Banquet originally scheduled for March 28 has been postponed until further notice due to precautions for corona virus safety. For more information, contact Anderson Grant, chairman of Freedom Fund Banquet, (843) 542-5319.

• MUSEUM PROGRAM: Women in Reconstruction program at Colleton Museum, postponed.

• BLOOD DRIVE: The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office blood drive has been rescheduled to Thursday April 30 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Scheduled donors will be texted or emailed by The Blood Connection with updated information.

• The WHAM Festival: rescheduled for October 23-25.

• RICE FESTIVAL: To be rescheduled.

• POSTPONED OR CANCELED: Charleston Jazz, Tour de Lowcountry, Walterboro Downtown Criterium.

• FIRST THURSDAYS: Canceled in April and May.

• WALTERBORO ELKS LODGE: Closed until March 31. March 26 meeting canceled.

• COURT: Court will be held starting March 23 as scheduled, but all jury trials have been postponed.

• USC: All University of South Carolina system institutions, including USC Salkehatchie, will be closed from March 16-31. Virtual instruction is still set to begin March 23 and last until at least April 3.

• SOCIAL SECURITY: All local Social Security offices will be closed to the public for in-person service starting Tuesday March 17. This decision protects the population we serve — older Americans and people with underlying medical conditions — and employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, we are still able to provide critical services.

Secure and convenient online services remain available at www.socialsecurity.gov. Local offices will also continue to provide critical services over the phone, 866-708-2810 or national office, 800-772-1213.

• WELCOME CENTERS: The South Carolina Welcome Centers are assisting visitors via telephone. The staff will be on site doing inventory and much needed projects inside the center and will have travel guides and maps available outside the center from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. for visitors to pick up. A note will be posted during business hours providing visitors with a phone number to call a travel counselor for travel assistance.