Hundreds of volunteers have turned an old brick home into a community center in North Augusta. The Clear Channel House Family Y opened its doors to people on both sides of the River. Though smaller in size than other YMCA facilities, it's big on helping people.

Family Y worker Dorothy Doring's lived in North Augusta for 13 years. Turning this old brick home into a place to help people was a labor of love.

"In the beginning it was a little scary because it was a vision that was hard to see," said Doring. "As the months progressed it was a lot easier to see."

Clear Channel Radio's General Manager Barry Kaye started with the vision for this community two years. "I got the feeling something special would happen here," said Kaye.

After a quarter million dollars in renovations, an early 1930s home and former business office has become an "Express Y." While smaller in size than other YMCA facilities, it will provide people with a place to improve their mind and body.

First, by starting with fitness programs and child care. Computers will be used for tutoring kids, teaching English as a second language and helping bring the only adult literacy program to this city.

They're all projects that Dorothy says will make a difference one person at a time. "This is the second Y that I helped open, and it's a lot of fun to say we helped do that, put our sweat into that."