Resident Newsletter February 2024
February 2024 is American Heart Month and Health and Safety Month. Take good care of your heart. Things that are good for the heart: Eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, like tomatoes, cabbage, okra, carrots, apples, berries, and oranges.
Important Numbers
Central Office 864.489.3193
Emergency Maintenance 864.489-3193
TTY# 864.487.9460
Fire, Police, Ambulance 911
Beltline Courts 864.489.3193
Colonial Heights 864.488.1085
Limestone Courts 864.489.1042
Granard Courts 864.488.1179
Carolina Council of Housing Redevelopment and Codes Officials
2024 CCHRCO Scholarship
It's almost that time of year again for our annual scholarship awards program. Each year each Housing Authority selects a student or students who have excelled throughout the
school year to receive one of the three scholarships being offered based on their GPA of 2.5 or higher, extracurricular activities, needs, and education/career goals. Applications may be picked up from the office on each property and must be turned back to your property manager. All applications must be turned in no later than May 7, 2024.
Limestone Courts Housekeeping
The dates scheduled for Annual Housekeeping in March for Limestone Courts will be sent out in a memo at a later date. Be sure to have your units clean and ready for inspection. Also, remember to have your front screen doors unlocked. Also, make sure if you have any repairs that need to be done before your housekeeping dates are sent out to have already called them in. Do not wait until the last minute, and expect them to be completed before your inspection.
- February 2024 is the month for showing LOVE!
- Spoil yourself this Valentine's Day!
- Clean and refresh your bathroom.
- Have a Spa Day on your own.
- Fill the air with Loving kindness.
- Get ready to celebrate Black History Month!
- Happy Valentine's Day
Gaffney Housing Authority Board Members
The Gaffney Housing Authority Board Members are as follows:
- Sharon Cauthen - Chairperson
- Shannon Reddish - Vice Chairperson
- Helen Cunningham - Commissioner
- Claudia Johnson - Commissioner
- Larry McSwain - Commissioner
Gaffney Housing Authority Staff
- Tiffany Askew - Executive Director
- Dawn Foster - Deputy Director
- Yolanda Edwards - Assistant Property Manager
- Lisa Dewberry - Property Manager
- Geraldine Bullock - Property Manager
- Bonnie Sanford - Property Manager
- Michael Martin - Maintenance
- Troy Kennedy - Maintenance
- Jimmy Littlejohn - Maintenance
- Michael Wayne Price - Groundskeeper
- Thomas Tillman - Groundskeeper
Remember Me?
On Feb. 21, 1933, Eunice Kathleen Waymon was born in North Carolina. You may know this American singer-songwriter better by her stage name, Nina Simone. Crank up her first hit single, "I Loves You, Porgy," and learn a little more about this influential figure.
- Her career began with a love for the piano. She began practicing the instrument at age 3 and had her first classical recital when she was 12.
- She adopted the name Nina Simone when she began singing and playing cocktail piano in New Jersey in 1954.
- Featured on her debut album "Little Girl Blue" (1959), Simone's first big hit was a cover of "I Loves You, Porgy" from the 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess." "My Baby Just Cares for Me" was another favorite on the record.
- Simone sang many songs about injustice during her time as a civil rights activist. In her 1991 autobiography "I Put a Spell on You," she said, "I was needed, and I could sing something to help my people."
- You couldn't pin her into a category: Simone sang it all, from classic, folk, and gospel to blues, jazz, and R&B. She recorded over 40 albums in the first 16 years of her professional career.
- Other famous recordings include "I Put a Spell on You," "Feeling Good," and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
- Simone was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Gaffney Housing Authority Holiday Schedule
This is a listing of our scheduled holiday office closing dates for 2024:
- New Year's Day - January 1, 2024
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day - January 15, 2024
- Presidents Day - February 19, 2024
- Easter Monday - April 1, 2024
- Memorial Day - May 27, 2024
- Juneteenth - June 19, 2024
- Independence Day - July 4, 2024
- Labor Day - September 2, 2024
- Columbus Day - October 14, 2024
- Election Day - November 5, 2024
- Thanksgiving - November 27 and 28, 2024
- Christmas - December 23 through December 26, 2024
- New Year's Day - January 1, 2025
