On Saturday, more than a dozen people, including mostly Goose Creek firefighters, headed to Folly Beach to paint a touching message to one of their own battling stage four cancer.
Lowes was kind enough to donate the paint. The boat is now orange with the message “we got this” painted in white.
“Skip is continuing treatment and has been in and out of the hospital a couple of times,” stated Jim Morrell, a longtime firefighter for the Goose Creek Fire Department. “We ask for prayers for him and his family as well as the department.”
Steve “Skip” Skipton was an EMT in Camden City, New Jersey for 15 years as well as a first responder at 9/11 in New York City before moving to South Carolina to work for the City of Goose Creek Fire Department.
“Steve is a selfless caring person. He gives of himself more than anyone I know and expects nothing in return,” stated Captain Warren Adair, a longtime friend of Skipton.
According to legend, washed ashore near Folly Beach in Charleston during Hurricane Hugo. Supposedly, after no one claimed the boat, passersby began painting messages and pictures on the boat. It has since become the “unofficial ambassador” for the small, beach town.
Since Skipton became sick, his firefighter family has come to his aid, raising money to pay for his mounting medical bills.
On October 27th, the very first ‘Take A Swing For Skip’ will take place at the Crowfield Golf Club in Goose Creek. For more information, click here.
If you can’t make it to the event but would still like to help Skipton, you can donate by clicking here.
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