On Tuesday, February 9, Lowcountry Orphan relief received a call from the S.C.

Department of Social Services requesting winter clothing for the refugees landing

at the Charleston airport. Within two hours, volunteers loaded up “Lori” the

delivery truck with winter clothes, shoes, coats, baby bottles, and various items

requested by the DSS workers.

Catherine Kingsbury Keagy

LOR Administrator

As the only paid staff at LOR, Cathy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, raised in Greensboro, NC, and got her BA in psychology from Hollins University in Roanoke, VA. She lived most of her adult life in Charleston, WV, and moved to South Carolina in 1999. She was a buyer in WV for fourteen years at a privately-owned department store chain with stores throughout the Midwest. When those stores were sold, she became Administrator of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, WV. After moving to South Carolina, she was hired as Administrator by Water Missions International, a non-profit that provides clean drinking water solutions to developing countries and disaster sites. In January, 2008 she started work as Administrator for Lowcountry Orphan Relief Inc., founded by F. Lynn Young. She is married to Barry J. Keagy and they have 5 children and 8 grandchildren.