You Provide A Home Away From Home

South Carolina Farmers Provide Critical Sustenance

Donors like you helped build The Guest House at McLeod in 1995 and have assisted in maintaining this special haven ever since. Through your support you have given the gift of hospitality to patients and families facing an often-frightening healthcare crisis. We are so thankful to you.

You have been joined in helping the Guest House by a dedicated team from the South Carolina Farm Bureau. Since 2015, members from across the Pee Dee with their Women’s Leadership Committee annually provide support to the Guest House and its Food Pantry with generous financial and food contributions.

All too often, families find themselves in tragic situations like the following.

They are on the way home from a special trip full of family memories, when a sudden traumatic accident along the interstate completely upends their lives. Miles away from home in an unknown city, fear and panic set in. While their loved ones receive care at McLeod Regional Medical Center, where can they stay?

Fortunately, because of donors like you, the Guest House is there, providing a safe, clean, “home away from home,” for moments of respite during an otherwise stressful, emotional experience.

Thanks to the Farm Bureau, within the kitchen there is a fully stocked food pantry, providing guests with nutritional provisions. Instead of worrying over where to find food, or how to obtain transportation to nearby grocery stores or restaurants, guests can easily access the pantry at all hours, allowing them to focus on the recovery of their family members.

Tracy Woodard, current chair of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership State Committee, shares, “Our Farm Bureau members serve as grass-roots volunteers. We not only want to promote agriculture in our state but also impact our communities. South Carolina farmers just have a generous heart, and this is a tangible way for us to share the message of agriculture and the accessibility that we can provide for families staying at the Guest House.”

Together, donors and the Farm Bureau make critical hospitality a reality for families in crisis.