Laurens County Safe Home
Nonprofit warehouse closure causes budget hits
The closure announced last week of a large Gifts-In-Kind warehouse store in Spartanburg is causing at least a couple of Laurens County non-profits to seek how they’ll fill the budgetary void left from the store’s closure. The warehouse-style store was run by the United Way of the Piedmont and supplied by Walmart, which donated overruns…
Read MoreLiving United: Agency gives nod to partners, campaign contributors
Clinton, S.C. – The United Way of Laurens County held its first Annual Campaign Kick-off and Awards Dinner since the pandemic forced its cancellation the last two years, and several workplaces left with awards for their efforts to keep services going to their various partner agencies. In addition, Board member and long time volunteer Sharon…
Read MoreBarbara Thompson Wasson
Laurens, South Carolina Barbara Thompson Wasson died peacefully at home on June 17, 2022. She was the fourth of five children, born to Dorothy M. Thompson and John Allen Thompson, Jr. on February 21, 1950. Barbara lived most of her life in Laurens. She graduated from Laurens High School and attended Limestone College in Gaffney,…
Read MoreSafe Home welcomes gifts for late holiday clients
The Laurens County Safe Home has met its needed goal of collecting Christmas presents for current clients and their children, but the agency welcomes gifts to have on hand for new clients as the holiday nears. “All of our current clients have been adopted out (for gifts) but we don’t stop accepting new people, so…
Read MoreVirtual 5K this week, last week’s balloon release brings awareness of domestic violence
Monday, Oct. 20 Laurens County, South Carolina – For a dozen years the Laurens County Safe Home has used its annual Bring One Wear One banquet in October to replenish its supplies of packaged undergarments, and to raise awareness about the scourge of domestic violence in our state and county. In lieu of the banquet…
Read MoreEmergency Match Challenge offers LC Safe Home help in time of need
A recent fire at the Laurens County Safe Home required staff of the shelter to relocate their clients to safe locations, and now staff are hoping a recently-announced 2-to-1 matching grant by Silent Tears, SC provides the opportunity to alleviate some of the financial burden which the agency had felt even before the fire. “The…
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