LOR is very excited to announce the chosen 2019 applicant is : Kierra Ancrum!! Congratulations Kierra! Kierra has been accepted with a 3.8 GPA into USC’s Darla Moore School of Business and she will be studying accounting. Based on her application her story is profound and we are delighted to support her as she continues […]
LOR is very excited to announce the chosen 2018 applicant is : Ronald Clayton!! Congratulations Ronald! Ronald will be pursuing an education beyond high school and we wish him all the best! Thank you to our supporters and sponsors who have contributed to the Lynn Young Scholarship Award! Contact Lynn@lorkids.org to find out more.
Do you have experience with LOR, the foster care system, or the need for clothing & toiletries that can arise in the Title 1 school system? Here are some ways you can help: Write a blog post. LOR is working on updating our website and we’d love to share a written piece and/or photographs about […]
Meet Juanita! Juanita’s journey with LOR began when she read about the amazing work that LOR was doing in the Lowcountry Parent Magazine. Juanita is a South Carolina native and has been a loyal volunteer with the LOR family for 7 years! She spends up to 10 hours a week volunteering at LOR’s distribution center. […]
Lowcountry Orphan Relief wants to invite all foster parents, children, and kids in need in your local community to come spend a day with LOR & other children at the beach for our Annual Beach Day on Saturday, August 19th from 10am-2pm! Lunch, snacks, fun will be provided! Every summer, we host a Beach […]
“They had nothing,” Carrie remembers vividly. Carrie and her husband, Jason have been fostering children in the Lowcountry for just over one year. Since they started on their journey as foster parents, they have had six children live with them in their home. Today, their ever-growing, ever-changing family consists of two daughters as well as […]
“I volunteer because I know that my efforts are directly supporting children in my local community,” said Jenny Smith, volunteer from East Cooper Baptist Church. Today, we want to celebrate you. Yes, you! If you feel like you haven’t made a difference, think again. The fact that you are reading this right now shows that […]
Lowcountry Orphan Relief is proud to announce the addition of a new program, Foster the Future. Under this program we aim to provide a safe environment where we can educate youth, who have absent parental encouragement in all circumstances, to develop necessary life skills and knowledge to become productive and independent adults. We will […]
“There are truly no words to best describe our volunteers/donors and what they do to help LOR achieve our goal. If I had to pick a word -AWESOME!!! Everyone is AWESOME (from LEGO Movie)! We couldn’t do this without you. Even if you think what you did was very little in comparison- like sorting hangers- […]
Three Benefits of Getting Your Company Involved in a Charity Aside from the warm, fuzzy feeling that will shortly follow after donating your time, money, or items to a charity in need, there are some other business benefits. When Coldwell Banker Commercial Atlantic asked Lowcountry Orphan Relief how they could help during the month […]
