HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A faith-based housing shelter is helping to change hundreds of lives on the North Strand.
North Strand Housing Shelter is located in between Longs and Loris and opened its doors in 2010.
“We felt led to do something about it, although we didn’t know what to do,” Dana Black said. Black is the president and executive director of the shelter.
Dana Black and her husband planned to retire in 2010, but after they heard about the homeless population in the North Strand area, they decided to open a shelter that year.
Black said their goal is to help people find jobs, a place to live, and create a family-oriented atmosphere.
‘We want them to go back into the community,” Black said. “Working, renting places, getting gas at the gas station, be absorbed back into the community because that’s what it’s all about.”
They serve veterans, families with children and individuals.
Right now, they have two buildings. One is for emergency short-term stay and one transitional building is for longer stays.