Baudo & Associates Home Builders, Inc. Helps Families in Need at St. Lawrence Place

 

Earlier this year Steve Baudo, President of Baudo & Associates Home Builders, Inc., a custom home building company located in Lexington, South Carolina, unveiled a community support plan called the B.E.S.T. Home ProgramSM. 

 

The Baudo Endowment to Support our Town (B.E.S.T.) Home ProgramSM is a charitable program designed to help seven local charitable groups in Columbia.  Each of the seven organizations was assigned one sponsor home.  When sponsor home is sold and closed, the recipient receives a donation in the amount of $1.00 per heated square foot of that home.  One of the charitable organizations chosen to participate this year was St. Lawrence Place.  The sponsor home for St. Lawrence Place recently sold and Steve Baudo presented a check for $6,250 to the organization.

 

“Steve [Baudo] has made a tremendous effort with this program, and this gift will help a lot of families,” said Lila Anna Sauls, Executive Director of St. Lawrence Place.  “The volunteers and residents of St. Lawrence Place are thankful to be a part of this program.”

 

St. Lawrence Place is a program of the Trinity Housing Corporation, providing twenty-eight units of transitional housing for homeless families in Columbia.  The purpose of the transitional housing program is to provide a “breathing space” for families between emergency shelter and permanent housing.  During this period, they can regain stability, improve employment or gain additional training, and develop life skills, which begin the long process back to independence and self-sufficiency.

Baudo, a member of the Home Builders Association of Greater Columbia and with twenty-four years in the home building industry, specializes in mid to high-end custom homes in the Columbia, SC area.  While some areas have been experiencing a slow down in the housing market, Baudo & Associates Home Builders, Inc. is on track to more than double last years sales revenue and profits.  “Last year was a very good year for us,” said owner and President Steve Baudo.  “In the economic climate that we are currently in, charitable organizations typically suffer from diminished donations and communities as a whole feel the effect of reduced tax revenue.  Our continued success would not have been possible without the support of God and our community, and it is only right that we do something in return.”

 

Two other homes in the B.E.S.T. Home ProgramSM have sold and the sponsor groups have received the corresponding donation from Baudo.  There are currently four remaining homes in the program for sale.