South Carolina Spotlight: Souls for Their Feet drive -- and other news across the state

YORK COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) - Clover’s annual Highland Games are returning Saturday at New Centre Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The event celebrates the shared heritage between Clover and its sister city Larne, Northern Ireland. Visitors can catch traditional Highland athletics, live music, crafts, and local vendors. Athletes of all skill levels are invited to take part.

The 7th annual Carolina Christmas Show is happening this weekend at the Yorkville Marketplace in downtown York. Local makers and small businesses are bringing holiday decor, unique gifts, and plenty of seasonal treats. The show runs Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 8:00 and Sunday from 11:00 to 5:00.

Clover’s Greater Things Ministry is launching its 2026 holiday giving project — Souls for Their Feet. “I had a lot of people coming up to me going your ministry is doing well, but you need to do something for Christmas because that’s a big time of year,” says the ministry’s CEO and Founder, Pastor Ray Scott. “I kept praying and praying and was like, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do’ and then I woke up at 2:00 in the morning and I said, ‘I wonder how many kids are in foster care?’”

Now, the goal is to get brand-new shoes for 3,500 children in foster care across South Carolina. Pastor Scott says the idea was inspired by his own childhood and seeing what children go through.

He says, “It gives them dignity to choose what they want and the biggest thing is that I don’t think about because we’re all here and don’t think about it… They get to keep those shoes for a year. So, for a year, they get to say, ‘these are mine’."

The ministry also helps with other community events and needs — including a back-to-school bash. Now, Greater Things Ministry is asking communities to help make the gift of shoes possible. Scott says the feeling of helping others is unmatched.

“New shoes, new backpack, new haircut and you see them walking out and they’re like giddy bopping out of the gymnasium ... that gets me,” Scott said.

For some kids a new pair of shoes is not something they can take for granted. Scott explains that a new pair can be a way to help children feel seen, remembered, and cared for. This holiday season the ministry is collecting donations through December 20 to offer shopping passes so kids can pick out a pair of their own.

Saturday, Greater Things Ministry is hosting the Great Turkey Trot 5K at 8:30 a.m. The run at Allison Creek Park will continue to help raise donations for the shoe drive.