Edie Johnson Case Study

Edie Johnson, along with her sister Margaret Johnson and Traci Blankenship assisted many children in the Virgin Islands become college graduates or professionally employed adults through their dedicated work with Marine Kids Korps, Inc. created by Michele Downes. Edie supported Marine Kids Korps. Inc. with regular private donations through her family business, The Washboard which helped strengthen its partnership with Virgin Islands Resource Center under the auspices of Patricia Samuel to establish Camp Happy, a swim camp for disabled children. Although Edie assisted in administration duties with MKK, she loved working directly as an instructor and mentor to many children including disabled children, teaching life principles through American