The ribbon was cut this week on the ‘Extreme Makeover’ of AIM Charity’s campus on S. Murray Avenue in Anderson.
Now in its 33rd year, AIM connects Anderson County residents in need with support, resources and education that enables them to become self-sufficient. The nonprofit organization offers rent and utility assistance, financial coaching and financial stability classes, income tax assistance, housing repairs, hunger relief programs and education programs that encourage moms to reach their career goals by earning an associate or bachelor’s degree.
The AIM campus makeover includes 11 new offices for AIM’s Covid Relief Fund staff and AmeriCorps grant members, a new conference room, the United Way Financial Stability Center, the Women and Children Succeeding (WACS) Boutique, and the Hunger Ministries permanent drive-thru food pantry.
Makeover partners include Daniel Builders, Trehel Corporation, Matkins Painting and Pressure Washing, Bonitz Flooring Group, Harris Home and Anderson County.
The selection of AIM Charity to administer Anderson County’s Covid Relief funds was the impetus for significant growth at the nonprofit organization over the past several months, bringing the needs of its physical facilities into focus, said AIM Executive Director Kristi King-Brock.
“The County played a huge role in this,” King-Brock said. “When they came to us with the challenge of administering the Covid money, it was daunting. But the County’s belief in us allowed us to have the money to start investing in our future. They wrote a check for $150,000 to help us fund the drive-thru food pantry.”
That project led to the campus wide renovations unveiled this week, King-Brock said.
For more information on AIM programs, including the Covid Relief Fund, visit aimcharity.org.
