Bright Hope program offers first of its kind support for families in recovery
Unique program offers place for families in need of place to heal By Kendall McGee | May 7, 2021 at 7:32 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 7:32 PM
LAKE WACCAMAW, N.C. (WECT) - The pictures are hung, the beds made, and the rooms are just waiting to be filled in the Civitan Cottage on the Boys and Girls Homes campus in Lake Waccamaw.
The newly renovated cottage is for the Bright Hope program and will house children while their parents are in rehab.
“You’ve got 7, 8, 10-year-olds who are parenting younger kids while their parents are using. You know, they don’t get to be kids,” said Donna Yalch, chief program officer for Boys and Girls Homes
Recovery continues in Brunswick County nearly a week after deadly tornado wect.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wect.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Quilt made by tornado victim travels 10 miles from Ocean Ridge Plantation to Ash Quilt travels 10 miles in tornado (Source: WECT) By Kendall McGee | February 18, 2021 at 8:20 PM EST - Updated February 19 at 9:57 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Handmade quilts are meant to last generations, but you wouldnât believe what the one found in Ash this week endured.
A family in Ash found it in their driveway after the tornado ripped through Brunswick County and took to social media to hopefully return it.
Hundreds of people flocked to the post, and the family ultimately learned the owner lived ten miles away in Ocean Ridge Plantation and was killed in the deadly storm.
Quilt made by tornado victim travels 10 miles from Ocean Ridge Plantation to Ash wect.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wect.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.