Community Interest Articles

Social Mission: Sistercare + Songbird Café

With each issue this year, Fig has been privileged to partner with Sistercare. This non-profit empowers survivors of domestic violence in Richland, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, and Kershaw counties by providing emergency shelter and community-based services.

Social Mission: Sistercare

Alarmingly, South Carolina remains one of the top states in the nation for high rates of domestic violence and domestic homicide.

Authentic: Angela Yong Sellers

For Angela Yong Sellers, owner and operator of Fit Columbia in Five Points, opening up a fitness studio was about more than building a gym, but creating an experience; a personal one.

Social Mission: Sistercare

Sistercare is a non-profit based in the Midlands that provides services and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence and their children across multiple counties in South Carolina.

A commitment to giving back

“It’s always about the people. Always. And while you must make a profit to give back, it is the impact on others that should be the guiding light.”

Social Mission: Able South Carolina

A key component of the Able South Carolina mission is to equip people with disabilities with tools to foster pride and to direct their own lives.

Authentic: Josh Cox

There is a remarkable moment that happens when we uncover a true passion that is destined to make an impact in our lives and the lives of others.

Experience Columbia

Experience Columbia SC's mission is to drive economic impact to our local community by marketing and selling the region as a premiere destination for meetings and conventions, trade shows, special events, sports, and leisure travel.

Fresh Figs Delivered to You

Designed and produced four times a year, Fig Columbia magazine is filled with the latest in Columbia including local shopping, dining, arts, events, and community.