Our mission is to equip, empower and encourage community stakeholder’s participation in youth development for excellence in service and education. The mission is facilitated by providing education,services & technological directly into the community.

Description:
Seventh Day Baptist Community Development Education & Service is a grass roots’ faith/community-based organization.
Our current and proposed programs focus on fostering high self-expectations, academic achievement, and economic empowerment, housing, technology, job skills for community members.
A Board of Directors and a community advisory board, whose members represent community residents, advocacy, and service organizations with a strong presence in the neighborhoods we serve, govern the organization.
Our mission is to catalyze community residents and stakeholders to create positive change and to improve the quality of life for residents living in unaddressed pocket of poverty West Ashley.
Through community consensus, we provide integrated programs and services that strengthen, equip, edify, encourage, educate, and empower families, youth, seniors, and community stakeholder involvement to build healthy communities.

History:
The Pink House was founded in 1997 as an outreach ministry of the Low Country Christian Center, Seventh Day Baptist Church located in North Charleston South Carolina.
A dilapidated house was painted pink and called the P.I.N.K. H.O.U.S.E. (People Innovating New Kinships thru Helping Others Uplift Service & Education). It serves as a central location for all community members to come, share, build, and make changes from within.
Originally programs offered were: after school tutoring, computer learning and enrichment programs, basic home and money management, health education and resources for preventive medical services, home repairs and gardening, arts and crafts, peer reading and conflict resolution seminars.
The program typically serves 75 at risk children and youth living in poverty. In 2000, the Pink House became a Community Technology Center through a collaborative initiative to bridge the digital divide for disadvantaged youth. Through partnerships with the Corporation of National Services and other local faith based organizations, the Pink House has provided services for hundreds of poverty stricken children and youth. Today, in 2007 the program is a program component for the Seventh Day Baptist Community Development Education and Service Outreach Ministries.

Contact people:

Thelma Miller, Ms., (phone), (email) Renae Smack, Community Liaison, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (843) 766-9861

Address:

1551 Mulberry St Charleston, SC 29407 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.Pinkhouse-kids.org