Wando senior completes Eagle Scout project to provide underprivileged kitchen tables

“I’ll put it into words,”Young said. “When we delivered tables and chairs to a veteran he looked at them and said now I can invite company. He was never able to have company over because he didn’t have a place for them to sit. Now he has a table and chairs. It was a huge impact on him.”

Young, who has been running the H2H nonprofit for four years recently merged H2H with Lowcountry Furniture Bank on Oct. 1. Hope to Home Furniture Resource is the new joint company name. Young explained the original name of came from a volunteer moving a veteran into a home who stated, “I used to have hope, and now I have a home.” Young said from there they had a a name and vision in the community to provide and help the needy and homeless to get their new lives started. Together they work with a number of churches and organizations in the community to provide a warehouse of furniture as a resource for these individuals.

Young shared that One80 Place is a main client for H2H, since they are the largest homeless service provider in the Lowcountry. On any given night, over 400 people are experiencing homelessness in the Charleston area. In 2018, One80 Place rehoused 980 women, children, men, and veterans. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, successful programs achieve 85% housing retention after one year. One80 Place achieved 94%.