Living Here

Greer High’s Virtual Enterprise (VE) class collected its fourth state championship earlier this month.

The class of seven students, led by VE Teacher Brad Redd, is now looking to compete at nationals, which will take place in April in New York City.

About 30 percent of U.S. businesses are owned by women, according to Forbes. Just 2 percent of these female-owned businesses ever pass the million-dollar mark in revenue.

Renee McAbee of Greer has done just that with her company, A1 Nationwide, in an industry typically dominated by men.

Human beings are selfish.

It’s our most natural state. We look out for number one.

Even if it doesn’t feel like it all the time, we are selfish in ways we cannot see.

Nothing reveals this more perfectly than the birth of a child.

Debbie Howard is just one of several local teachers seeking to help students through the Creative Advancement Center After School Program.

The program, held at Victor Park gym Monday through Friday, offers help with homework, a hot meal and some physical activity.

When he went for his interview at the SC State Hospital, Melton Francis made one crucial mistake. He left his pack of cigarettes visible in his shirt pocket. It wasn’t that anyone interviewing him cared that he smoked -- in 1977 you could light up just about anywhere. The problem was the patients saw the cigarettes and wanted them.

Jack House has been volunteering at the Greer Soup Kitchen for more than five years.

Now retired, he comes in every Monday with a group from his church (First Presbyterian), helping in the kitchen and restocking the food line.

Greer Community Ministries (GCM) has been serving seniors, delivering meals and supplying clothes for nearly 50 years.

Through the years, volunteers have played a key role in carrying out the nonprofit’s mission.

The first psych ward Ruth Westbury ever worked was in a VA hospital in Lyons, New Jersey.