--- title: "Support the Team Behind the Team: The 2025 Chanticleer Athletic Foundation Gala" description: If you love cheering on the Chanticleers and are looking for a way to give back, I highly encourage you to consider joining CAF. Check out this blog post for a recap of the 2025 CAF Gala. image: https://blog.carolinatrust.org/hubfs/cafblog.jpg --- [![Carolina Trust Credit Union](https://blog.carolinatrust.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CarolinaTrust_December2019%20Theme/Images/ctfcu-logo-white-v2.png?width=153&name=ctfcu-logo-white-v2.png "Carolina Trust Credit Union") ![Carolina Trust Credit Union](https://blog.carolinatrust.org/hubfs/CarolinaTrust_December2019%20Theme/Images/ctfcu-logo-white-v2.png "Carolina Trust Credit Union") ](https://www.carolinatrust.org/) Routing Number #253279510 [Book Appointment](https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/b986s4ey/) [Contact Us](https://www.carolinatrust.org/contact) [Login](https://carolinatrustfcu.financialhost.org/Login) [![Carolina Trust Credit Union](https://blog.carolinatrust.org/hubfs/CarolinaTrust_December2019%20Theme/Images/ctfcu-logo-white-v2.png "Carolina Trust Credit Union") ![Carolina Trust Credit Union](https://blog.carolinatrust.org/hubfs/CarolinaTrust_December2019%20Theme/Images/ctfcu-logo-white-v2.png "Carolina Trust Credit Union") ](https://www.carolinatrust.org/) Routing Number #253279510 [Book Appointment](https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/b986s4ey/) [Contact Us](https://www.carolinatrust.org/contact) [Login](https://carolinatrustfcu.financialhost.org/Login) × Close search Search Search Submit ## Carolina Trust FCU Blog ![cafblog](https://blog.carolinatrust.org/hs-fs/hubfs/cafblog.jpg?width=1280&height=720&name=cafblog.jpg) # Support the Team Behind the Team: The 2025 Chanticleer Athletic Foundation Gala Posted by [August](https://blog.carolinatrust.org/blog/author/august) on May 20, 2025 1:02:16 PM ![August](https://blog.carolinatrust.org/hubfs/CTMizeAugust-4013x.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) As an Alumna of Coastal Carolina University, it's only natural for me to cheer for the Chanticleers. Luckily, I joined an employer who loves Coastal athletics as much as I do. However, cheering on my favorite team wouldn't be possible without the [Chanticleer Athletic Foundation (CAF)](https://goccusports.com/feature/caf), otherwise known as the Team Behind the Team. ## What Is CAF? CAF is a nonprofit charitable organization that provides financial assistance for Coastal Athletics and generates community interest in building a competitive Division I athletic program. CAF's job is to help Coastal' s nearly 570 student-athletes excel academically and athletically through funding scholarships, enhanced academic support, athletic facilities, and operational needs for all of the university's athletic teams. ## The CAF Gala Carolina Trust is a proud CAF member and helps however we can throughout the year. We recently showed our support by being the Cheers to the Chanticleers sponsor at the CAF Gala and donating several themed baskets for the event's silent auction.  We also reached out to friends of the credit union, The Tasting Room on 9th and Mariah Aaliyah MUA and asked them if they'd also be willing to donate their services as items for the auction. A big thank you to them and all of the other amazing business who donated. The CAF Gala, which was hosted at Marriot Myrtle Beach Resort and Spa at Grande Dunes, was absolutely gorgeous. The ballroom was decorated in teal accents, and the guests were dressed to the nines. Kelly and her CAF team made sure everything was perfect, all the way down the small details. The night was full of entertainment: live music by [Chocolate Chip and Company](http://www.chocolatechipandcompany.com/), as well as a live and silent auction. Adam Dellinger, host of the Gator 107.9 Morning Show, was the live auctioneer. 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