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Giving Back
Habitat breaks ground on 41st home
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity broke ground on its 41st home thanks to the generosity of The Darby Family Foundation. The house, located on Eagle Street and adjacent to Hope Row in the Green Hill community, will be owned by Melissa Johnson. Once Johnson completes her 350 hours of sweat equity and participates in ECHFH’s Steps to Successful Home Ownership Program, she will assume a 20-year, interest-free mortgage. Pictured, from left, Virginia Johnson, Melissa Johnson, John Nuernberger, ECHFH board president, David Barnard, ECHFH executive director, and Dr. Charles Darby.
Kiwanis club donates gifts to Debi’s Kids Angel Tree
Brad Tapscott, the community services chairman of the Kiwanis Club of Charleston, recently made a donation of more than 70 toys to Debi’s Kids Angel Tree toy drive on behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Charleston. Pictured, Debi Chard and Tapscott.
Port officers, staff deliver food, presents to locals
The Port of Charleston police officers and staff delivered groceries and gifts to 74 local families as part of the annual Caring and Sharing aid drive. Now in the project’s fifth year, port police raised $8,700 in donations and distributed more than 550 bags of groceries, household goods and gifts to struggling families in the community during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Pictured, from left, Lt. Robert Stewart, Petrina McKinnon, Tonya Davis, Julius Williams and Cynthia Fields.
SCDOT Community Bridge office helps families during holidays
Each year the SCDOT Community Bridge office and its contractors choose several neighborhood families in need of Christmas cheer. This year six new bikes were purchased, and almost 100 toys were individually wrapped. Seven $100 gift certificates were given for clothing purchases, and two holiday feasts were purchased with enough food to fill the pantries for both families. The parents of the families were invited to the Jay Cashman/Testa work trailer on Immigration Street to receive their gifts before Christmas.
Students visit retirement community
Residents of the Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community received a holiday treat as students from Fort Johnson Middle School on James Island visited twice to enjoy fellowship through designing and decorating Christmas ornaments. The 34 students were sixth- through eighth-grade girls served by Communities In Schools, the nonprofit dropout prevention program.
UMRC, Lowcountry Housing Trust help woman with first home
Lucretta Robinson recently signed her mortgage agreement to become a first-time homebuyer thanks to a partnership between the United Methodist Relief Center and the Lowcountry Housing Trust. Robinson is a recipient of a home through UMRC’s Houses on the Move project, which moves donated houses to families in need or to those who can qualify for low-income first-time homeownership. All homes are rehabilitated and reconstructed to code on site by UMRC volunteer teams and construction staff. This is the first project to be completed and closed using funding from the Lowcountry Housing Trust, which raises, pools, leverages and distributes funds that are awarded to affordable housing providers.
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