Every child living in their original design
At Original Design, we want to reveal the love of God to children through our mentorship program and giveback events. Because of generous donors and volunteers, we are able to offer opportunities for children to receive the encouragement, life skills, and fun they need to live healthy, empowered lives.
Year-Long Mentorship Program
We have created a year-long mentorship program to serve a selected amount of children (between the ages of 8-12yo) in Columbia, SC. After the children are selected, they are partnered with a mentor who will help guide them throughout the year. The year is filled with multiple camps and events that help foster the camper-mentor relationship. Each camp is focused around a specific skill session. Some of them might include: diet/hygiene, work ethic, budgeting, generosity, conflict resolution, etc.
Not only is our program focused on teaching our campers about Jesus and different life skills, but it also is an environment where each camper can dream and build relationships with other campers and mentors. Each year we start fresh with a new group of campers and mentors as well as have opportunities to help support our former campers and mentors as they grow closer after a year of support.
The pictures below showcase each year of our mentorship program starting with our first group in 2021. Since the beginning of Original Design, it has always been about trying to make a deep impact rather than going super wide. We are looking forward to meeting the new campers and mentors who will be a part of the future of Original Design!
Give Back Events
We are committed to helping support children in our community outside of our mentorship program. We have multiple giveback events each year to bless the children in a variety of ways. Some of those ways have included: providing school supplies and book bags to schools in need, helping teachers who are in need of supplies, paying off underserved children’s school lunch debt, among many other things.
We partner with Academy Sports + Outdoors every December to bless 20 children in our community who might not receive Christmas presents with a shopping spree at Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Thank you to our business sponsors!
Partner with us
We are 100% funded by the generosity of individuals, families, and businesses. Our programming is at no cost to the families and children we serve and that is due to the incredible generosity of our donors.
We would love to invite you to be a part of this impact through sowing into Original Design financially. You can make a one time donation or set up your reoccurring gift (these are extremely helpful) by clicking the button below. You can also send a check to 4711 Forest Dr. Suite 3-322 Columbia, SC 29206. We thank you for partnering with us in all that God is doing at Original Design!
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“Original Design has had such a major impact on the faculty, staff, and students of Cayce Elementary School. We have loved the fact that some of our students have had the opportunity to be mentees at the camps, some of our staff have worked as mentors, and we have been able to host some of the camps on our campus! I can honestly say that Cayce Elementary School and all of our stakeholders have been truly blessed by our partnership with Original Design!
- Andrew Drozdak, Cayce Elementary School PrincipalWhat People Are Saying
“In a short time, my camper and I have become so close while getting to not only play games and have fun together, but also have genuine one on one conversations about her life and how best to handle school difficulties she is facing. I was able to take my camper to Frankie's fun park to celebrate her birthday with games and go cart rides. It was the best day together and brought us so much closer not only as mentor and camper but also as friends. I am thankful for the opportunity Original Design has given me to be a part of Emily’s life!”
- Mallory Haley, Original Design Mentor
“I’ve never seen so many people passionate about children. They have had such a positive impact on my child, and I can feel it’s genuine. Passion is the biggest word I can think of with Original Design.”— Parent of a 2021 Original Design Camper
“I am a proud donor of Original Design because of the great work Jay and his team do in our community. In a world where self-worth is coupled with status, money, and accolades, Original Design reminds the children of our community that they were created in the image of God. Original Design reminds all children, no matter their background, that they are loved and that they are worthy. I give to Original Design because the current children of our community are our future leaders.”
- Chris Paschal, Original Design Donor