LORIS, S.C. (WBTW) — A group that advocates for veterans is seeking help to buy land for an “all-in-one” resource hub on the Grand Strand.
The “Go Get Your You Foundation” needs about $900,000 to buy a 19-acre farm in Loris. The group was started in 2021 by Margaret Harriott, a U.S. Army veteran, who said her passion for helping others, cooking and her own experience as a veteran struggling gave her the idea of wanting to open an outreach center.
“Seeing people get the things that they need and doing what they need comfortably gives me joy and makes me happy,” Harriott said.
Harriott, executive director of the foundation, lost her local restaurant business after COVID. She wanted to help other veterans in similar or worse positions than hers and came up with the name while talking about it with her sister’s friend who later died.
“She said Tonya, ‘take your time and figure out what you want to do and go get your you, whatever it is you want,’” Harriett said. “I’m like Ok, girl, yeah I like that.”