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Wheels to Work Program Presents Set of Wheels to SC Resident

Edisto-Savannah RC&D’s Wheels to Work demonstration project presented a vehicle on January 16th, 2003, at Honda Cars of Aiken. During a press conference highlighting the new program (which is being tested in the six county Edisto-Savannah RC&D area which includes Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg, Calhoun, and Orangeburg Counties), Ms. Chellete Perkins drove off in her Saturn vehicle. Wheels to Work will provide 100 previously owned vehicles at zero interest loans to participants of South Carolina Department of Social Service’s (DSS) Family Independence Program. Wheels to Work is a first of its kind in the state and will hopefully become a statewide program in the near future. A successful demonstration project in this area increases the potential for a statewide program.

Wheels to Work makes automobiles available and affordable for eligible participants through low, no-interest monthly payments, with no money down. The program is heavily self-sustained, since all client loan payments are used to purchase additional vehicles. "Wheels to Work offers more than just transportation to Family Independence Program clients—it gives them freedom and in many cases a new beginning as they gain a reliable means of transportation," stated USDA -NRCS State Conservationist Walter W. Douglas. "This program will give participants an initiative for higher achievement and self-improvement".

For more information, please contact Wheels to Work Program Manager Stacy Jamison at (888) 866-8852, ext. 1714, or scwheels2work@aol.com.

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