The United Way of Kershaw County received a Boxing Day gift from Wateree Hunt members, from left, Mary Reames, Ned Towell and Lea Edwards.
The United Way of Kershaw County in South Carolina received a bonus for Boxing Day when the Wateree Hounds presented the organization with a check for $4,000. The money was raised for the United Way’s of Kershaw County’s Mobile Nutrition Center.
Boxing Day, which is celebrated on December 26, is thought to have grown out of the British tradition of charitable giving and good will. In the world of fox hunting, on Boxing Day hunt club members honor their Huntsman with tips.
Wateree’s Boxing Day meet drew more than 50 people whose monetary donations were then donated to the UWKC by Huntsman Vince Paschal.
The Wateree Hounds, of Camden, South Carolina, was established in 2020 by Towell, Edwards and Paschal.
