All families that have had their homes rehabilitated by Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc. sponsored by SC State Housing Finance and Development Authority

and have children twelve years of age or younger

are eligible to enter the state-wide coloring and essay contest.

We will have a DROP-IN on Monday March 12, 2012 at 121 North Longstreet Street in downtown Kingstree, SC at 6:00pm. 

Winners will be recognized at the 2012 Palmetto Affordable Housing Forum Awards Luncheon on April 19, 2012 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

Contest is sponsored by the McNair Law Firm, P.A.

 

 

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On Monday night, a group of men including Pastors from local churches met to help restoring a tighter connection of fathers and their sons. We are reaching out to all fathers who have at one son in helping them to reach out and form that special bond with each other. Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday February 20, 2012 at our headquarters located at 121 North Longstreet Street in downtown Kingstree, SC across the street from KFC and CVS Drug Store.

We are planning an activity day for Saturday April 14, 2012 weather permitting.

For information, call number listed.

 

 

 

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There will be a meeting of the Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc.

Board of Directors

on Friday January 27, 2012 at 1:00 pm. 

This will be our first meeting in 2012 where we will

elect, select, appoint and install new members

to our Board of Directors.

The meeting will be held at our Headquarters

located at 121 North Longstreet Street

in Historic downtown Kingstree, SC.

 

 

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It is pleasurable to announce that we will be continuing with our field trips to help our youth earn their "Rite of Passage" Transition into a productive and successful adulthood.

Anyone who wishes to join us, fill out the Contact

page and leave your comments.

Our youth are of ages 5-18.

We have Certified male and

female Mentors.

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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition

 

The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition will be meeting monthly at our location

121 North Longstreet Street In beautiful downtown Kingstree, SC.  We invite all parents and their

teenage children to get involved.

Church groups are always welcome to join us.

For further information, please call

Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc., Ms. Towanda McClary

or Ms. Regina Nesmith of Williamsburg County DHEC.

 

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Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc.  (with Girls to Women) will have our regular Board of Directors quarterly meetings at Club Headquarters Headquarters located at 121 N. Longstreet Street in Kingstree, SC..

The Board of Directors will meet on Thursday December 15, 2011.

 

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GLOBAL REWRITE Sultry summer heat arrives early in CarolinasJEFFREY COLLINS,Associated Press
Published: Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 2:28 p.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The summer heat started a little earlier than usual this year in the Carolinas.The biggest cities in South Carolina and North Carolina are again on track to break long-term records for heat as officials in both states scramble to get relief to the elderly and disabled."It's been terrible. It's been really awful. We're just watching out for our own people, but it's brutal and we aren't that far into summer," said Robert Welch, director of Vital Aging of Williamsburg County.The heat isn't the only problem. The sunny, hot days have worsened the drought creeping across both states and helped spark wildfires. While the fires haven't done much property damage, they have created thick plumes of smoke that have made broiling days even more miserable in Charleston and Raleigh, N.C.In South Carolina, farmers report only about a sixth of the land in the state has adequate levels of moisture in the soil. The U.S. Drought Monitor has 35 eastern North Carolina counties experiencing severe drought.The high in Columbia has been 90 degrees or hotter every day so far in June. In more than 120 years of keeping weather records, the city has never had a June without at least one day where the high stayed in the 80s. And the forecast through the rest of the month has highs of at least 92.The early heat has settled across North Carolina, too. The highs at the Raleigh-Durham airport have been 90 or above on 25 days in 2011 as of Friday, the same pace as 2010, when the city set a record for 91 days at 90-plus temperatures in a year. Charlotte has had 20 days of highs of at least 90 degrees, a faster pace than 2010, which came one day away from setting a similar record.Some small relief is in sight. A high pressure system blocking cooler air and storms over the past few weeks in the Carolinas is moving away, taking with it the most oppressive heat and increasing the chance of afternoon storms, said Alex Sosnowski, a meteorologist with AccuweatherBut that blocking high can prevent tropical storms and hurricanes from approaching the Southeast coast, protecting the region like it did during last year's record-breaking summer.But for now, the main worry is the hot, dry weather. In North Carolina, officials have already started giving out fans to elderly and disabled residents who can't afford to adequately cool their homes.Operation Fan-Heat Relief is in its 25th year in North Carolina. The program takes money donated from several utilities and gives it to local agencies that deal with seniors to distribute fans, said Nancy Evans, with the state Division of Aging and Adult Services, who helps coordinate the program.Last year, the operation used $135,500 in donations to give away more than 8,400 fans, she said."I've been doing this about six years. Before I started, I figured we're just about at the saturation point. I didn't know how much longer we'd need to do this," Evans said. "Now I can assure you that there are so many people out there that don't have air conditioners, it would make your head swim."The heat has also kept Alex Montgomery Sr. busy in eastern South Carolina. He is the president of the Boys To Men club in Williamsburg County, a service and mentoring organization for young men.One service the club provides is fixing low income housing through a state program, including replacing old, broken window air conditioners with modern units. But instead of tossing the old equipment out, Montgomery takes it to local technical colleges, where students get training by repairing them only for the price of parts. The air conditioners are then donated to elderly people who need them."We have people who are just cooking in their homes with this hot heat," the retired assistant principal said.Montgomery makes sure the teens in his program go to the homes where the air conditioners are installed, both to learn skills they can use to make a living and see how much satisfaction and joy can come from helping others."There was a gentleman in Hemingway, sitting in his favorite chair in his favorite room with his shirt up above his chest sweating bullets with a paper fan, fanning himself. He was in his late 70s and was wet with perspiration," Montgomery said. "We gave him a unit, and after that he called me and said 'I can walk through my home. I am enjoying life now.'COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The summer heat started a little earlier than usual this year in the Carolinas The biggest cities in South Carolina and North Carolina are again on track to break long-term records for heat as officials in both states scramble to get relief to the elderly and disabled "It's been terrible. It's been really awful. We're just watching out for our own people, but it's brutal and we aren't that far into summer," said Robert Welch, director of Vital Aging of Williamsburg County. The heat isn't the only problem. The sunny, hot days have worsened the drought creeping across both states and helped spark wildfires. While the fires haven't done much property damage, they have created thick plumes of smoke that have made broiling days even more miserable in Charleston and Raleigh, N.C. In South Carolina, farmers report only about a sixth of the land in the state has adequate levels of moisture in the soil. The U.S. Drought Monitor has 35 eastern North Carolina counties experiencing severe drought. The high in Columbia has been 90 degrees or hotter every day so far in June. In more than 120 years of keeping weather records, the city has never had a June without at least one day where the high stayed in the 80s. And the forecast through the rest of the month has highs of at least 92. The early heat has settled across North Carolina, too. The highs at the Raleigh-Durham airport have been 90 or above on 25 days in 2011 as of Friday, the same pace as 2010, when the city set a record for 91 days at 90-plus temperatures in a year. Charlotte has had 20 days of highs of at least 90 degrees, a faster pace than 2010, which came one day away from setting a similar record. Some small relief is in sight. A high pressure system blocking cooler air and storms over the past few weeks in the Carolinas is moving away, taking with it the most oppressive heat and increasing the chance of afternoon storms, said Alex Sosnowski, a meteorologist with Accuweather. But that blocking high can prevent tropical storms and hurricanes from approaching the Southeast coast, protecting the region like it did during last year's record-breaking summer. But for now, the main worry is the hot, dry weather. In North Carolina, officials have already started giving out fans to elderly and disabled residents who can't afford to adequately cool their homes. Operation Fan-Heat Relief is in its 25th year in North Carolina. The program takes money donated from several utilities and gives it to local agencies that deal with seniors to distribute fans, said Nancy Evans, with the state Division of Aging and Adult Services, who helps coordinate the program. Last year, the operation used $135,500 in donations to give away more than 8,400 fans, she said I've been doing this about six years. Before I started, I figured we're just about at the saturation point. I didn't know how much longer we'd need to do this," Evans said. "Now I can assure you that there are so many people out there that don't have air conditioners, it would make your head swim" The heat has also kept Alex Montgomery Sr. busy in eastern South Carolina. He is the president of the Boys To Men club in Williamsburg County, a service and mentoring organization for young men. One service the club provides is fixing low income housing through a state program, including replacing old, broken window air conditioners with modern units. But instead of tossing the old equipment out, Montgomery takes it to local technical colleges, where students get training by repairing them only for the price of parts. The air conditioners are then donated to elderly people who need them. "We have people who are just cooking in their homes with this hot heat," the retired assistant principal said Montgomery makes sure the teens in his program go to the homes where the air conditioners are installed, both to learn skills they can use to make a living and see how much satisfaction and joy can come from helping others. "There was a gentleman in Hemingway, sitting in his favorite chair in his favorite room with his shirt up above his chest sweating bullets with a paper fan, fanning himself. He was in his late 70s and was wet with perspiration," Montgomery said. "We gave him a unit, and after that he called me and said 'I can walk through my home. I am enjoying life now.'

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Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc. will continue to help keep our highways and bi-ways clean and beautiful so that all will enjoy.

 

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Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc. (with Girls to Women) will continue ministering to Inmates who are incerated in the local Detention Centers to the Federal Correctional Institutional.

 

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Alex L. Montgomery, Sr.
President/Executive Director

 

Ms. Sherrin Mazyck
Executive Secretary

 

Mr. Otis Franklin

Executive Treasurer

 

  Board Members

 

Mr. Richard Dukes, President of UMM

Mrs. Kimber Cooper, Williamsburg Cnty Treasurer

 

Mr. Cicero McCrea, St. Paul UMC

Mrs. Shirley Lane, Dept. of Social Services

 

Sgt. Laura Rogers, Williamsburg Cnty Sheriff Deputy

 

Rev. James C. Lane, Pastor; St. Paul UMC
Club's Chaplin

 

Rebbecca McCrea, Alternate

 

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  We are one of many Community Developers for the SC State Housing Fund.  We write grants, evaluate and hire certified Contractors for home repair for the elderly, disabled, retired, handicapped, low and very low income persons.  For those individuals that do not qualify for home repair and those most needy over 60 years with few exceptions, will receive a window unit free of charge to cool their homes as supplies last.  The expression on the faces of the elders is payment enough because you cannot put a price on everything.  Unfortunately we do not have enough Units to give to all those that need until we are resupplied by people like yourselves.  We need your support in assisting these individuals that are bearing the tremendous heat during these hot summer months.  We need Champions like Department stores, our Senate, Mayors, Police Chief’s, Fire Chief’s, Public Schools, County and District Leaders and our citizens to participate in this very needy service.  If you have a unit sitting around, new or used; please donate it. Florence Darlington Technical College and Williamsburg Technical College's HVAC classes will be checking and then the Club installs these refurbished units into the homes of elderly citizens that have no means to cool their home... for free of charge! Some of these units have a dual function of heating and AC....We have a good relationship with Williamsburg Technical College, Mr. Willie Morant,Instructor; Williamsburg Vital Aging, Mr. Robert Welch, Director; Florence Darlington Technical College, Mr. John Cunningham, Instructor;  as well as Waccamaw EOC...  Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc. have many more requests than appliances. We are looking for innovative ways to purchase, or obtain, additional units. Do we know of funding streams that might help to forward the mission this important mission? Do we have relationships with others that might partner with us and the club? Do you have ideas for fund raising that might be employed to make this program sustainable? 

 

 

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Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club have been involved in working with the young men and young women in the Williamsburg County School District for the past seven years.  We counsel and mentor those students for one hour weekly.

 

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