AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The South Carolina Vulnerable Adult Guardian ad Litem program delivered 70 stockings to various assisted-living and skilled-nursing facility locations across the state earlier this month.
The program, a division of the South Carolina Department on Aging, provides guardians ad litem for vulnerable adults who have been abused, neglected or exploited and are in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Social Services.
The program has six regional coordinators who cover the 46 counties in South Carolina.
“Ad litem” means someone appointed to act in a lawsuit on behalf of a child or other person who is not considered capable of representing themselves.
Gifts were delivered statewide, including in Aiken, Bamberg and Orangeburg counties.
“It is a pleasure and privilege to assist vulnerable adults with necessities and treats for the holiday season,” said Brenda Marchant, director of the program.
Among the items delivered were beads, snacks, fruit, festive ties, socks and lip balm.
Items
in the stockings were purchased by the program’s Vulnerable Adult Fund.
To help create stockings, the program used money from the fundraising
5K Race for the Ages.
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S.C. guardian program delivers gifts to vulnerable adults
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