Garnette Scholl spent portions of her childhood at what was then called Union Mission Settlement. (Today, we call our women's and children's shelter Brookside Family Life Center.) One of nine children born in Clay County, West Virginia, Garnette's mother died when she was a small child, and her father agonizingly chose to place Garnette and four siblings at The Mission.
Garnette was blessed financially as she grew up and married an Army captain, and later became a prominent fashion model and philanthropist in south Florida.
Today, the 80-something Scholl lives in Punta Gorda, Florida, where she continues to support many causes, including Union Mission. Her philanthropic work was recently spotlighted in her community's magazine, Harbor Style.
You can read the entire story at the Harbor Style website, or download the issue on our full website at unionmission.com. Just click on the "downloads" tab, or get it directly with this link.
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