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Charles Webb Center Charleston SC

Charles Webb Center Charleston SC

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 9 months ago
Tempers flared and tears flowed Thursday as desperate parents brainstormed for a strategy to keep the Charles Webb Center for special needs children open past Dec. 31, 2008. The Webb Center is a program of the Disabilities Board of Charleston County. Executive Director Rick Magner told the parents that the state Department of Disabilities and Special Needs cut funding for the Webb Center and the four other centers in the state that provide services for special-needs children. All options were on the table during the freewheeling discussion, including fundraising and pressuring legislators and bureaucrats to restore $150,000 for the center that the state cut. Four other centers funded for special needs in other regions also were eliminated. How can we continue to build prisons and not take care of our most needy citizens Can you help today

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August 12, 2009

The days have been long and the silence from officials is heavy. I am still pushing through the paperwork and the emails because these children deserve better than what the state is offering.

August 12, 2009

The momentum behind this effort is catching fire and it proves that people are finally seeing the gravity of this situation. I am exhausted by the constant uphill battle but seeing this level of attention gives me the resolve to keep pushing forward until the funding is restored.

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Jessica Stewart
17 years ago Featured

My niece goes here and it has been such a huge help for my sister. You cant just close these programs down and expect people to manage on their own.

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Sarah Turner
17 years ago Featured

This place is a lifeline for so many families here. Its heartbreaking to think about them shutting down. Please keep it open.

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Mike McCarthy
17 years ago Featured

WHY are we cutting funding for the most vulnerable people in our community but finding money for everything else?? This is just wrong.

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