SHL Paints Dorm Rooms at Carolina Youth Development Center / September 2008

Our Charity of the Quarter for September-October 2008 is the Carolina Youth Development Center. On September 27th, a team of 14 volunteers from the SHL went to this North Charleston home for children healing from abuse, neglect, abandonment and emotional disturbances where we spent 5 hours painting the bedrooms in one of the dormitories. (On an earlier visit last year, another team of SHL volunteers painted a computer room. I guess we did not do too shabby of a job, since they invited us back!)

Not only did we solve the problem of the old and worn paint, but prepainting the rooms in the bright colors selected by the residents made it a more personalized and cheerful environment.

We are also collecting monetary donations for the CYDC. If you are an SHL member, please bring a check to the next meeting (or send it by mail) so that we can make a big donation in the name of the SHL at the end of October 2008!

Here are some photos:

Update: April 2009

Here are some more photos of our April visit at which some volunteers painted Betty's office and some made new curtains for bedrooms.