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Housing & Health fair for displaced Allen-Benedict residents

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Housing Authority is teaming up with Prima Health to hold Housing & Health: A Community Resource Fair this Saturday April 27th, 2019. Organizers say the purpose of this event is to help give the hundreds of residents who were displaced free health screenings and assessments, empowerment seminars for the former residents. Those who attend…

Columbia Food and Wine festival

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — It’s that time of the year again! Grab your glasses because the Five Points Association along with The Free Times are getting ready to host their 2019 Columbia Food and Wine Festival. More than 45 restaurants are participating in this years event along with 70 different wines to sample and 11 local and regional breweries expected…

The real impact of fostering

Tyler Ryan learns about the critical need for foster parents in South Carolina

COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)–The numbers simply don’t add up – in Columbia there are 660 children in foster care and only 421 foster families to care for them. The non profit group Care2Foster is hoping to change that one family at a time, starting with their Fostering Hope event on May 7th at Columbia International University. The event is free, and…