For many South Carolina families, summer means higher grocery bills, fewer free meals, and more improvisation — stretching what’s in the pantry, choosing cheaper options, making uncomfortable tradeoffs, and hoping nothing unexpected hits the budget.
The lack of Summer SUN Bucks withholds a straightforward support that is designed to help families bridge exactly that seasonal gap. This project documents what that gap looks like, zipcode by zipcode, in the words and images of the people living it.
At its core, this project turns an abstract policy change into a visible statewide narrative: not a single story, but a mosaic of lived experiences — mapped, heard, and remembered.
