New Vision Development CDC demonstrated the power of positive persistence and positive patience this noon time as they hosted the kick off luncheon for the New Vision Development Cafe at the New Vision Community Center on Bethlehem Road in the north section of Hartsville.
Pastor Calvin Daniels is a visionary leader who has been persistent in his quest to improve the quality of life among those who don't have as much in the vast area of his church's reach in what is also known as the Byrdtown Section of Darlington County. Pastor Daniels also heads New Hopewell Baptist Church and New Vision is a non-profit Community Development Corporation that Pastor Daniels and others developed years ago to try bringing new ideas and new sources of funding to the quality of life quest.
Okay, where is the patience and persistence? This morning the members of the New Vision CDC had the grand opening for their new cafeteria, which, beginning next week will become an eat-in restaurant in this northern part of Darlington County. Severalyears ago The Byerly Foundation provided New Vision with a grant to help enhance the kitchen area of the Community Center in hopes of helping it quality for Kids Cafe, a program of Harvest Hope. The CDC was able to install the new hood by then they were hit by a variety of delays that required other significant upgrades. They persisted and with some grant funds that they obtained with some assistance from Senator Gerald Malloy, they were able to accomplish the upgrades, quality for the Kids Cafe and also envision using this modern kitchen as a way to help sustain a variety of other projects ongoing in this Community Center. Non profit groups trying to do good have steep mountains to climb. They are about the business of doing good but doing good is often expensive in terms of both time and treasure. Doing good often takes much longer than many people would like or that many people have the patience to sustain. Congratulations to New Vision for having the patience and most importantly the persistence. You will be hearing more from this group as they find new and different ways to continue improving life in this rural area of Darlington County. Darlington County Superintendent of Education Rainey Knight was among those who were at this special opening luncheon. One of the missions of New Vision has been to help the children of this area understand the need to get a strong education so they can help continue improving the quality of life.
Patience and persistence -- two important community building tools that are not always in adequate supply. Dr. Calvin Daniels can help other groups understand how to put these virtues to work to accomplish more than most would ever dream.
Photo shows Pastor Calvin Daniels talking with Henry Counts of the Harvest Hope Kids Cafe and in the foreground are LaShonda and Mia, also with Harvest Hope.
Photo shows some of the New Vision CDC volunteers as they work in the kitchen to prepare for the grand opening luncheon.
Photo shows some of the people celebrating the grand opening of the New Vision Cafeteria.
I think Patience is a big issue for this.
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