January, 2010

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Lynn Young

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

 


Frances Lynn Young

LOR Founder

Lynn was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, where she attended Columbia Schools and later attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC. Her religious background came from being raised in the Methodist church where she was a leader in several areas of the church, and President of the Methodist Youth Conference of South Carolina. She taught in the SC public school system, married Preston G. Young, Jr. and raised five children. She then moved to the suburbs of Philadelphia where her husband ran his own company as a computer consultant to law firms all over the Northeast. She returned home to South Carolina in 2000 to live in Charleston, and upon retiring from real estate marketing, she became a Guardian Ad Litem, a person who speaks for children in the court system. In July 2003 she formed the non-profit Lowcountry Orphan Relief, Inc. (LOR) after becoming aware of the great needs of abused and abandoned children in the city of Charleston. LOR served 1,037 children in 2007, supplying them with clothing, shoes, coats, toiletries and school supplies. LOR now has 3,600 square feet of storage for the children’s supplies and a volunteer base of over 60 dedicated people.

New Library at Rural Missions

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
February 6, 2010

First Baptist “Teaching Friends” Sunday School class has undertaken the project of refurbishing and providing books for a library at Rural Missions on Johns Island. A collection of Spanish and English books will be taken from Lowcountry Orphan Relief and donated to Rural Missions on Saturday, February 20, 2010. This is the fifth library set up by Lowcountry Orphan Relief in a group home or shelter. If you would like to donate books for this project, please contact Cathy at 747-4099.

Get to Know Cathy Keagy, LOR Administrator

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

 


 

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.

Our Future Needs

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Our Future Needs

Many phone calls have been received and questions asked about the future of Lowcountry Orphan Relief.  Here is an update on this situation as it is at present:

Lowcountry Orphan Relief has been asked to put in an offer to purchase our building at Noisette at the Navy Yard and a portion of the adjoining land.  Lynn Young is working with Noisette, our Board of Directors, several 062509_0525_OurFutureNe1.jpgbanks, and many others to see what those possibilities might be and how we can go about purchasing our building which we love.  Our location is superb, our building has had a lot of money put into it already and the extra land would be wonderful so that we can add on to the existing building.  We ask for your suggestions and your prayers in hopes that we make the correct decision and that we can afford to make this move.  Noisette has been wonderful to us over the years we have been here! If you have any further question or would like to make suggestions please call Lynn Young directly at 843-412-2728, or email Lynn at fly@clf1630.org.