Dabo’s All In Team^R Foundation awarded $50,000 to The Family Effect at the annual Transformation Breakfast held May 8^th in Greenville S.C.

The Family Effect works to reduce addiction as a leading cause of family collapse and harm to children in South Carolina.

As part of the Family Effect mission, Serenity Place is a residential treatment center for pregnant women, young mothers and their preschool-age children. Each year, about 120 mothers and children find hope, healing and transformation in the program, with each family living on-site for four to six months. Up to 48 women and children are in treatment at Serenity Place at any given time.

The grant will be used for a Serenity Place building fund. A master plan is being developed to build new structures on the existing property providing transitional housing for Serenity Place graduates and to refurbish the current residence.

In 2011 the foundation awarded a $52,600 grant to upgrade the treatment curriculum, redesign the “First Experience” of mothers entering Serenity Place, and provide hot breakfasts for the resident children and mothers.

In 2010 the foundation awarded a $25,000 grant helping launch a volunteer engagement program at Serenity Place.

Adam Brickner Family Effect Executive Director, "We are so grateful for the generosity of Dabo, Kathleen and the All-in Team Foundation, and for their love and commitment to the women and children of Serenity Place. This very generous grant is the first step in a long term Serenity Place building transformation. Thanks and Go Tigers!"

Kathleen and Coach Swinney