Since its inception, hundreds of homes have been repaired by Operation Home, totaling in excess of $1 million. Operation Home’s mission is to help people remain in their homes by increasing safety and accessibility through the coordination of critical home repairs for low-income residents of Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties. Operation Home receives referrals from a wide network of providers, including home health agencies, utility companies, churches, schools, disability service centers, and many other social service agencies. We are able to reach even more families through our heat and cold relief programs by providing air conditioners during the summer months and heaters in the winter to low-income families in need. Our work focuses n the people who need us the most: households that contain children, a person with a disability, or an older adult. Operation Home is committed to ensuring that no person has to live in a home that is inaccessible or unsafe.
Lisa Potts is the new Executive Director at Operation Home. Ms. Potts has been working in the nonprofit field for nearly 20 years. The past ten years she worked in Columbia as the Public Policy and Advocacy Director for the SC Center for Fathers and Families, a ministry of the SC Sisters of Charity Foundation. Prior to that experience, she worked as the Executive Director of a Charleston based nonprofit parenting organization. Ms. Potts comes to us with years of nonprofit experience, having worn multiple hats over the course of her career. She is a passionate nonprofit professional who is dedicated to assisting those persons in the tri-county area with critical housing repair needs.
Rachel Williams, Client Services Director: Rachel is responsible for administering all of Operation Home’s service programs, including the Home Repair Program. Her specific duties include: working with referral sources to ensure complete referrals, working with clients and contractors to ensure proper communication and adequate repair, overseeing the Contractor Advisory Committee and Client Services Committee. Rachel handles all direct client service work and manages volunteers. After an extensive history of volunteer work for Operation Home, Rachel was hired as a full time employee in January 2009. A graduate of Winthrop University with a degree in Sociology, Rachel’s background and passion for the mission make her a valuable addition to the Operation Home team.
Operation Home relies on the support of our dedicated Board of Directors.
2011 Board Members-
Todd Abedon, Operation Home Past President & Co-Founder, Chartwell Holdings
Pearl Ascue, Ascue Body & Paint
Copey Coleston, Carolina Capital Management
Inez Brown Crouch
Chris Cunniffe, Harbor City Advisors
Wes Fuller, Greystar
Steven Goldberg, Steinberg Law Firm
Cedric Green, SCE&G
LuAnn McCants, McCants Interiors
Tripp Moye, Chartwell Holdings
Chris Riley, Greystar
Buff Ross, AllOneWord Design
and
Lisa Sloan
LATEST TWEET:
Excited about our grant from the Home Community Fund to help people in Berkeley County. #
