METANOIA LEVERAGES $140,000 GRANT FOR LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK  

Partnership will bring specialized job training and feed more children

(PRESS RELEASE)

NORTH CHARLESTON, January 26--- In a time of economic struggle, two local non-profits have joined together to provide new opportunities in the Lowcountry communities they support.  Metanoia CDC recently applied for a SC Dept. of Commerce grant in partnership with the Lowcountry Food Bank.  Funds from the grant will provide equipment for a production kitchen at the Food Bank’s new location on Azalea Drive.   Metanoia considers Lowcountry Food Bank to be one of our community’s leading assets and views this partnership as a solid investment in the community.

Through this unique collaboration and partnership, the Food Bank will be able to feed more children in the Lowcountry. The Production Kitchen will be used for training community residents in the culinary arts and providing food for Kids’ Café programs across the coast of South Carolina.  Rev. Bill Stanfield, CEO of Metanoia recognizes the impact this grant will have on the community, stating, “As one of a handful of Certified Community Development Corporations in the state of South Carolina we are eligible to apply for these funds that are geared to job creation.  Our mission at Metanoia is to find neighborhood assets and invest in them and this was a great way to lure resources to our area, create job and invest in the wonderful neighborhood asset we have with the Lowcountry Food Bank.”  Metanoia also wishes to thank the South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations who originally got the SC Community Economic Development Fund approved and funded with the SC Department of Commerce.

Metanoia Community Development Corporation is a movement of people rooted in faith.  We invest in neighborhood assets to build leaders, establish quality housing and generate economic development.  We are pushing forward into new relationships with God and one another to create strong communities.   Metanoia, serving the Chicora/Cherokee community of North Charleston, was started by the SC Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and is now supported by many organizations, local government and supporters.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Metanoia's Young and Civic Leaders once again took part in the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in downtown Charleston this year.  Students decorated our float with information and crafts they had made about the life of Dr. King.  We are particularly grateful to David and Amy Hill at Verdi Architecture who generously donated our float for the second year in a row.

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