Home Works of America announces new Operations Officer and Director of Health Works initiative

Home Works of America announced the addition of Madelyn Smith to serve in the dual role as the Operations Officer and Health Works Director. She will be responsible for guiding and building the Health Works program, a partnership with Palmetto Health, and its goal to facilitate home repairs linked with health factors. As Operations Officer, Madelyn will help oversee day-to-day program ministry efforts throughout the state and region as well as international mission trips.

Madelyn is a native of Lexington, South Carolina and earned a B.A. from Elon University. She has a background and special interest in youth leadership development and children and youth ministry, having served as an Associate Teacher at Heathwood Hall, Assistant Director at Camp Gravatt, and most recently Director of Family Ministries at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Columbia.

Throughout her time at St. John’s specifically, Madelyn served annually with students at Home Works blitz days and the Johns Island, Augusta and Columbia week long summer sessions. She developed a heart for this ministry and its goal to serve local residents and is looking forward to developing Health Works, communicating its mission, and building relationships with the homeowners this new program will impact.

Home Works Executive Director Joe Huggins stated, “We are very proud and so excited to have Madelyn join our team at Home Works. She shares our passion of ministering to the community through service while building relationships with our next generation. Home Works has been blessed to forge new and unique friendships in the healthcare sector, allowing us to help homeowners in need while also benefitting healthcare providers and our communities with cost savings. Madelyn will help us greatly in showing the great return on investment for donors as they give to our mission.

About Home Works

Since 1996, Home Works, a home repair nonprofit ministry serving the citizens of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia has provided home repair services to vulnerable homeowners with a model that includes mentoring and discipling students in the process. More than 45,000 student and adult volunteers have provided hope and free home repairs to over 2,700 homeowners across the Southeast.

Home Works provides a trifecta of services: repairing the homes of low-income and elderly residents, intentionally mentoring students, and consciously protecting the environment through energy-efficiency weatherization in partnership with utility providers. A typical homeowner served by Home Works is widowed and living off $12,000 (Social Security, pension) annually. Entering into this person’s isolated world, Home Works brings middle school, high school, or college youth and adult volunteers to provide repairs. Projects include the replacement of roofs, construction of wheelchair ramps, gutting and replacement of bathrooms, repairing ceilings, painting interior/exterior walls, and completing general home repairs.

To volunteer or to donate to Home Works, please visit www.homeworksofamerica.org.