Frances Lynn Young
LOR Founder and CEO
Lynn and her husband raised five children and Lynn taught in the South Carolina public schools until moving to Philadelphia to become a real estate agent while her husband started a computer consultation company. She moved to Charleston in 2000, retired from real estate marketing, and became a Guardian Ad Litem, a person who speaks for children in the court system. She immediately recognized the physical needs of children removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect and began to collect clothes, shoes, toiletries and other items for them. She enlisted the help of neighbors and friends and the organization grew exponentially. In July, 2003 she formed the non-profit Lowcountry Orphan Relief, Inc. (LOR), an organization that serves abandoned, abused and needy children in the Charleston area. LOR now has storage space for the children’s clothing and supplies, and a delivery truck named “LORI.” When asked how it is possible to do so much with so little, Lynn says, “I keep my faith in God and stay focused on His children and I know I can never give-up. ”