Pearlstine Distributors, the company’s employees and the Pearlstine family have always been generous supporters of worthwhile community efforts. Gifts of money, time and effort have touched every aspect of community life from the arts, environment, religion, education and human needs to public and private social-issue charities.

For example, in 1935 the Pearlstine family donated now-priceless land in Charleston’s historic district for the reconstruction of the famous Dock Street Theater. Edwin Pearlstine Sr. was a founder of the city’s Jewish Community Center, and his brother Milton Pearlstine was a founding member of the State Ports Authority. The Pearlstine family and business have supported select groups like the YWCA, United Way, NAACP, Junior Achievement, United Negro College Fund, Ronald McDonald House, Ducks Unlimited and many others. In addition to the family fund grants, the company itself supports a variety of local community efforts, and the individual members of the family have a history of generous giving to worthwhile projects.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of Pearlstine Distributors and Pearlstine family community support is the design of the new company headquarters. With large conference and hospitality spaces, the building is intended to double as a donated meeting site for governmental groups, civic clubs and charitable organizations – a kind of merger between private enterprise and public/non-profit activities.

In every way, Pearlstine Distributors is building its profile as a force for community progress and a corporate citizen committed to fairness and opportunity.