Homeless To Hope Concert Was A Party With A Purpose

By Barney Blakeney   I got the chance to attend the March 11 inaugural Hope Center Charleston Fund Benefit concert. Didn’t go to church, but went to the concert. And wouldn’t you know it, my preacher saw me there! I got busted, but it was worth it. The concert was off...

Ketner to get inaugural Hope Center Charleston Award

Staff reports  |  Local businesswoman and philanthropist Linda Ketner will be presented with the inaugural Hope Center Charleston Award at March 11 Hope Center Charleston Benefit Concert. Sponsored by the Mayors’ Commission on Homelessness and Affordable Housing, the...

Mayor announces Hope Center Charleston Fund

In furtherance of his recently-unveiled 10 point plan to close Charleston’s “Tent City” and help those living there find shelter and permanent housing, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg today announced the formation of the Hope Center Charleston Fund, a nonprofit...

Hope Center Charleston Fund set-up to help those evicted from Tent City

by Sonya Stevens CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After hearing about the eviction of the homeless from Tent City, many people have been wondering what they can do to help. There is now a fund set up to help the people living in Tent City and in other places around the...