History

2005:

• Created in order to provide Case Management to the elderly and chronically ill in Horry County by Mary Lou Brown, a local social worker.

2006:

• Incorporated and gained 501 C 3 status.
• Provided care consultations, referrals, Medicaid application assistance and housing rehabilitation to 50 home-bound seniors.
• Received first of five annual Corporate donation from the Jackson Companies.

2007:

• Received first grant from Ocean View Baptist Church.
• Accepted as a new program by the Horry County United Way.
• Provided services to 99 home-bound seniors.

2008:

• Recruited Harry Campbell to develop the Neighbor to Neighbor program.
• Recruited and trained 23 volunteers and provided 488 medical and quality of life transports for 74 elderly and disabled residents of Horry County.

2009:

• Received grants from The United Way of Horry County, the Elder Care Trust Fund of the Lt. Governor’s Office on Aging, the Chapin Foundation, and the Waccamaw Community Foundation.
• Recruited and trained 24 volunteers and provided 1,458 transports for an additional 135 elderly and disabled residents.

2010:

• Received grants from the United Way of Horry County, the Horry County Council on Aging, the Elder Care Trust Fund of the Lt. Governor’s Office on aging, the Sisters of Charity of SC.
• Recruited and trained 59 additional volunteers and grew transportation services 70% over 2009, providing nearly 2500 transports to 204 additional elderly and disabled residents.
• Began groundwork for replicating transportation services for the elderly and disabled in Georgetown County, partnering with the Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments (WRCOG) Area Agency on Aging, the WRCOG Transportation Department, Georgetown Outreach Ministries, and the Georgetown United Way.
• Recruited and trained 6 Georgetown County volunteers.

2011:

• Received new grants from the United Way of Horry County, the Sisters of Charity, the Waccamaw Community Foundation, and continued financial support of the Horry County Council on Aging.
• Received grant from South Carolina Department of Transportation.
• Continued replication of transportation services in Georgetown County, recruiting and training 19 new volunteers and providing 230 transports to 31 elderly and disabled Georgetown County Residents through August.
• Recruited and trained an additional 35 new volunteers in Horry County and provided 2686 transports through August to an additional 105 elderly and disabled residents of Horry County through August.
• Partnered with the Georgetown United Way along with 10 other non-profits in Georgetown County to bring in 5 Americorps VISTA volunteers to work for the agencies for 3 years in volunteer recruitment and training.