8
Dec
Daniel Island’s Church Of The Holy Cross ‘Adopts’ Neighbors In Need
After helping from time to time over the last few years, leadership at The Church of the Holy Cross on Daniel Island decided they wanted to do more for their neighbors at 305 Seven Farms Drive.
21
Nov
#GivingTuesday: Summer Camp For Christmas
This year, Humanities Foundation is participating in #GivingTuesdayto fundraise for Charleston families in need, and we need your help. This holiday season, give the gift of sponsoring a child in our Camp For Christmas Campaign.
10
Oct
Foundation Receives LIHTC Award for Third Phase of $56 Million Development
Humanities Foundation has been awarded housing tax credits from the VHDA to build a 116 – unit apartment complex valued at more than $20 million. Keswick Apartments II will be the Foundation’s fifth development in the Fredericksburg, Virginia MSA.
21
Sep
Humanities Foundation Receives $5,000 Grant From Boeing
Humanities Foundation receives a $5,000 grant award from The Employees Community Fund of Boeing South Carolina. We are most grateful for this support of our ShelterNet program.
13
Sep
Breaking Barriers: Women Making a Difference
The women profiled here have reached the top of the affordable housing industry driven not just by a job but by a deeply felt cause.
6
Sep
$16 Million Apartment Complex to Begin Construction
Keswick Senior Apartments: First of Three Phases
Humanities Foundation has begun construction on a $16 Million senior development in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia. This development will be the first senior community to be developed by the Foundation in Spotsylvania County.
9
Aug
Pinckney Group Summer Camp Program Impacts Lives At Seven Farms Apartments
Pinckney Group summer campers get hands on experience. (Photo by Scott Gethard)
24
May
Humanities Foundation Receives Grant From Daniel Island Community Fund (DICF)
Lamar Mowatt, Director of Resident Services for the Humanities Foundation, accepts a grant from the Daniel Island Community Fund (DICF) in the amount of $7,100.
18
May
Humanities Foundation Receives Grant From Kiwanis Club Of Charleston
Michael Meyer, Acquisitions & Development Associate, and Lamar Mowatt, Director of Resident Services, accept a grant on behalf of the Humanities Foundation from the Kiwanis Club of Charleston.
17
May
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE: Top 50 Affordable Housing Developers of 2016
Humanities Foundation makes the Top 50!
15
May
Humanities Foundation Opens New Virginia Communities
The Humanities Foundation announces the opening of two new properties in Virginia valued at more than $20,000,000.
10
May
Humanities Foundation Receives $200,000 Grant
Tracy Doran, President of the Humanities Foundation of Mt. Pleasant, SC, announced today that the organization has received a $200,000 grant from the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) for its ShelterNet program. This is NFHA’s second grant to the Humanities Foundation.
9
May
More Than Housing
Humanities Foundation provides telehealth, meals and more…
Sustaining Seniors Aging in Place Program (SSAIP) is an innovative program in Charleston, SC, that includes Telehealth/Telemedicine and a food pantry that has delivered more than 400,000 free meals, accessible transportation and a community garden among its offerings.
20
Dec
HUMANITIES FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE HEALTH TELE-MONITORING TO SENIOR RESIDENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MUSC
GOOD NEWS FROM SSAIP
SSAIP (Sustaining Seniors Aging in Place) is a program developed in conjunction the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to provide health tele-monitoring in the Humanities Foundation’s senior properties. Currently 6 properties in Charleston and 1 property in Richmond Hill, Georgia, are receiving these services designed to help residents age in place successfully and thus be able to remain independent in their residences. Data received from the tele-monitoring program is housed in a secure server at MUSC and will be available to the resident or the primary care physician.
MUSC has provided a staff member, Dr. Kathy VanRavenstein, to spearhead the SSAIP program by providing nursing and physical therapy students who conduct supportive services, including video exercise programs and clinical monitoring. Dr. Van Ravenstein was awarded a $137,985 Duke Endowment to provide video physical therapy services and fit bits for humanities foundation senior residents in all 6 Charleston properties.
The Humanities Foundation has also negotiated two partnerships with nursing schools in Georgia and Northern Virginia. In each case, the nursing students will receive clinical experience in our properties. South University in Savannah will be providing nurse practitioner students quarterly to assist in monitoring residents at Ashleigh Place in Richmond Hill. Lord Fairfax Community College will partner with Mintbrook Senior Apartments in Bealeton when that property opens in late December.
RESIDENT SERVICES NEWS
Ashleigh Place in Richmond Hill, GA, has received several Horizon Housing Foundation Grants to support resident services in that community. These grants have enhanced the resident services program by providing a community garden, on-going resident activities such as movies, games, and educational programs, and a Holiday gathering for all residents and families, including a visit from Santa Claus.
Thanks to a grant from the Junior League of Charleston, residents at Seven Farms Village were treated to a wreath-making workshop on December 12. With assistance from the volunteers from the Junior League, the residents turned out beautiful holiday wreaths for their doors and for the property manager’s office.
COMING IN JANUARY
In partnership with the Lowcountry Food Bank, residents of the Charleston senior properties will have tours of their local grocery store with volunteers who will teach them how to shop for economical and healthy foods.
24
Oct
Humanities Foundation receives $10,000 Grant from Boeing
Humanities Foundation is pleased to announce the recent $10,000 grant award from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing South Carolina.
2
Aug
Humanities Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant
Funding from the National Fair Housing Alliance will support the Foundation’s ShelterNet emergency financial assistance program.
21
Jul
Humanities Foundation Awarded $47 Million
We are so excited to announce that Humanities Foundation has been awarded three developments in Virginia with a combined cost of more than $47 million dollars.It is the most that the Foundation has been awarded in any single year. The deals were funded via Low Income Housing Tax Credits administered by the Virginia Housing Development Authority. Humanities received the most tax credits of any developer in Virginia.
8
May
Expansion of Resident Services Continues
Mt. Pleasant, SC – Humanities Foundation has continued to expand both the scope and depth of resident services at all of their properties. “Every community has unique needs”, said Lamar Mowatt, Resident Services Coordinator for Humanities Foundation. “We strive to customize services to meet these particular needs.”
7
May
Construction Begins on Senior Apartment Community Valued at $11 Million
Petersburg, VA- Humanities Foundation has begun the construction of Cavalier Senior Apartments. These apartments will consist of 80 units for seniors and will be located on Cavalier Drive near Crater Road in Petersburg, VA. They will be built at a cost of more than $11 Million. Cavalier Senior Apartments will be the first Senior Apartments developed in Virginia by Humanities Foundation. “Demand for quality affordable senior housing is on the rise and we look forward to creating a beautiful and affordable housing option for seniors in Petersburg”, said Tracy Doran, President of Humanities Foundation.
6
May
Food Pantry Delivers 100,000 Pounds of Food; Expands to Virginia
Mount Pleasant, SC- On April 22, Humanities Foundation’s increasingly popular food pantry program reached a major milestone when the total amount of food delivered to residents since the program’s inception reached 100,000 pounds. “The food bank program has really taken off,” beamed Humanities Foundation President Tracy Doran. “We are so happy to be able to expand this program so rapidly to all of our Virginia residents.“
