[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 70 (Friday, May 17, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E697]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                NEW DIRECTIONS AND ITS PROGRAM LIFE LINE

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                             HON. TOM RICE

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 17, 2013

  Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, before coming to Washington, 
I was involved in many organizations working to better the community, 
including being president of the Myrtle Beach Haven Homeless Shelter. 
For this reason, the organization New Directions, which gives aid to 
the homeless in the city of Myrtle Beach, SC, is close to my heart. New 
Directions provides services to sustain the homeless person and give 
him or her means to become self-reliant.
  Life Line is a new program being implemented by New Directions. Life 
Line's emergency shelter accommodates women and children that have 
experienced domestic violence. The shelter aids in helping its 
residents create a new life and get back on their feet. It opened April 
12, 2013 and has helped twenty-six women and children thus far.
  I am fully supportive of New Directions and its program Life Line. 
Mr. Speaker, I deeply appreciate the work that they do to protect and 
help the homeless and victims of domestic violence.

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