Are you looking for a speaker for your next event? Would you like to be inspired by a keynote address full of stories of hope and courage from people who reach out to children whose lives have been shattered? Learn how Lynn Young started Lowcountry Orphan Relief and how the organization has grown to touch the lives of thousands of children in the Lowcountry. Learn how you and your organization can get involved to make a difference in the lives of these children. Contact Ruth Thornburg (ruth@thornburggroup.com) to coordinate speakers for your next event.

Frances Lynn Young
LOR Founder

Lynn and her husband raised five children and Lynn taught in the South Carolina public schools until moving to Philadelphia to become a real estate agent while her husband started a computer consultation company. She moved to Charleston in 2000, retired from real estate marketing, and became a Guardian Ad Litem, a person who speaks for children in the court system. She immediately recognized the physical needs of children removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect and began to collect clothes, shoes, toiletries and other items for them. She enlisted the help of neighbors and friends and the organization grew exponentially. In July, 2003 she formed the non-profit Lowcountry Orphan Relief, Inc. (LOR), an organization that serves abandoned, abused and needy children in the Charleston area. LOR now has storage space for the children’s clothing and supplies, and a delivery truck named “LORI.” When asked how it is possible to do so much with so little, Lynn says, “I keep my faith in God and stay focused on His children and I know I can never give-up. ”

Lois Dane Richter
Core Committee Advisor

Lois obtained a BS in psychology from the College of Charleston and a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from the Citadel. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in Mt. Pleasant. She is also a Circuit Coordinator for the Governor’s Office Guardian ad Litem Program supervising Charleston & Berkeley counties. She has taught at the College of Charleston as an adjunct professor and also teaches at the Charleston School of Law, instructing law students on how to be guardians ad litem.

Susan Zix Lee
Core Committee Community Relations Chair

Susan Zix Lee has always been passionate about children and their well-being. She graduated from Longwood University in Virginia, and began teaching elementary education while raising four children. She volunteered for many years with the Women’s Center of Northern Virginia and with Charity Works! in the metro DC area. She has also been a fashion consultant with Doncaster clothes for 20 years. She and her husband moved from Virginia to Charleston in 2000, where she found volunteer work at the free clinic at Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church. In 2008 she began volunteering at Lowcountry Orphan Relief and was asked to be on the core committee and serve as chair of Community Relations.

Susie is a gifted speaker who sharpened her speaking skills as a member of the Capitol Speakers Club of Washington. “I have always had the gift of gab,” she says, “and I especially have enjoyed meeting new people and talking with groups over the last two years.” She is always anxious to talk to organizations about the who, what, where, and why of LOR and is also committed to raising public awareness of the problems of children who live in this community.

Susie also serves as vice president of the newly formed Frances Lynn Young Guild that is a separate fundraising arm for Lowcountry Orphan Relief, Inc. Her husband is also involved with LOR.