Open Arms Foundation offers homes for families in medical therapy
The Open Arms Foundation backed by Mid-America Apartment Communities runs two-bedroom homes in 30 Southeast markets to ease medical stays. Volunteers fundraise and donate items while churches stock groceries and utilities are covered. In nine years more than 49,000 nights have been spent by families in Mid-America apartments.
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Colony At
South Park
Mid-America
Open Arms Foundation
South
Patti Boyleston
Woodwinds Apartments
Foundation
Boyleston
Aiken Hospital
Carolina Cancer Clinic
Woodwinds
Call Boyleston
Man Rescued From Burning Beech Island Truck Crash
An Aiken man, Emmerson F. Johnson I, 47, was pulled from his burning 1985 GMC pickup after a head on collision with a 2004 Dodge driven by David L. Matthews, 45, of Williston on Highway 278. Johnson, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken to the Medical College of Georgia after Beech Island firefighters and passersby freed him from the flames. Matthews and Johnson were the lone occupants. Johnson was cited for left of center. The crash occurred around 5:45 am.
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Aiken
Beech Island
Emmerson F. Johnson I
The
Medical College of Georgia
Dodge
Trauer
David L. Matthews
Williston
Johnson
S.C. Highway Patrol
Scot Edgeworth
Matthews
Jemie Caudill
Caudill
St Mary students craft art from household trash
St Mary Help of Christians Catholic School fifth graders created sculptures from junk like tin cans pipes and Pringle lids as a summer reading project inspired by Chasing Vermeer Finding Vermeer and Louise Nevelson. Mary Therese Thomas led the effort with teacher Laura Webster and artist Karen Stoner presenting their trash to treasure works.
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el Paso
Bobo
Mary Therese Thomas
Mary Therese
Mary Help of Christians Catholic School
Laura Webster
Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer
Webster
Karen Stoner
Stoner
Louise Nevelson
Natalie Gorensek
Trial possible for Salvation Army peer mentor in October
A 13 year old Salvation Army peer mentor facing two counts of lewd act on a minor and an indecent exposure charge could go to trial mid October prosecutors say. He has been detained at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia since arrest for alleged abuse of three boys aged 6 9 and 10 at Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club and youth camps on Laurens Street. A hearing noted he will remain jailed until trial or next hearing. no club affiliation beyond Salvation Army camps.
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Salvation Amy Peer Mentor
Family Court
Serena McDaniel
Department of Juvenile Justice
Columbia
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Salvation Amny
Boys & Girls Club
Salvation Army
Laurens Street
Shawn Risher
Sai
Risher
Erin Brooks
Brooks
Aikenstandard
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Augusta
Cedar Creek
Colony
Tony Baugh
Karen
Adaily
St. Mary
Natalie
Myra Borja
Jan DeMass
Skyler Marker
Courtney Law
Courtney
Rob Novit
Rob Novt
An DeMass
St. Mary Help of Christians
I Am
York Street
Stockland and Path
Indashistro-Aik
Rob Newt Skyler Marker
St. Mary Help of Chrifs Catholic School
Construction
South Point Construction
Billy Hawley
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