NEWS - Residential Real Estate

June 21, 2010 - Residents of Dataw Island joined the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity for an official groundbreaking ceremony for two new houses to be built at the Penn Village home site last week, on St. Helena Island.

The “Dataw House” is sponsored by residents of Dataw Island who collectively raised $50,000 last year to assist in the campaign to build four more houses for the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity. The other home is being constructed by the Spring Island community.

 “Dataw Island is very proud to be a part of this program for the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity,” said Ted Bartlett, general manager and chief operating officer of Dataw Island Club. “Our residents worked very hard to raise the money for this worthwhile project in order to make a difference in other people’s lives. The home will serve as a lasting reminder that our ‘island of friends’ encompasses more than just Dataw Island and that we care about the community at large and the entire Beaufort area.”

“We are so appreciative of the efforts by the Dataw Island community to make construction of a new home for a deserving family possible,” said Brenda Dooley, executive director of the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity. “It’s charitable people like those at Dataw island, and others, who embody what Habitat for Humanity is all about and they allow us to fulfill our mission to assist those in need with affordable housing.”

The Penn Village home sites are located on Ernest Drive on St. Helena Island near the intersection of Club Bridge Road and Lands End Road.

The two homes being sponsored by Dataw Island and Spring Island are the 34th and 35th homes built by the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity since its inception in 1990. The LowCountry Habitat for Humanity builds affordable housing in partnership with volunteers and responsible families in need.