What is the Project 143 Foundation?
The Project 143 Foundation, Inc. is the mission arm of the Hargrove family of companies. It primarily exists to help children locally and globally that are in need. We do this through supporting charities that help connect children to healthcare, food, and other life supporting services, as well as helping families secure the necessary funds for adoption. We also support many local charitable events, as well as many outreach projects and mission trips.
In 2023, the Project 143 Foundation accomplished the following:
Donated nearly $94,000 to various charitable causes that include:
- Local ministry that rescues and helps to restore trafficking victims in the CSRA
- Local ministry that supports overseas adoptions of special needs orphans
- Local ministry that provides wrap around services for local foster care families
- Local ministry that is building a facility to meet the needs of at-risk youth in the Augusta area
- International ministries that provide food and security for children in dangerous and undeveloped nations
- Supporting two missionaries in Africa, and one involved in Bible translation in Spanish speaking countries
In addition, Project 143 has been involved in the following projects this year:
- Helped four local families achieve their needed funds for adoption related expenses by being the sponsoring partner to the Trot to Adopt 5K, as well as supporting a medical fund for these families
- Further developed our short-term mission trip program and sent teams to build six houses for families in need in Baja, Mexico and Boquete, Panama
- Developed a partnership with an orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico to help provide for the children there, as well as sent a team to volunteer in June 2023
- Developed an internship program for youth that are considering short- or long-term mission work
