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Join Us for a Party Featuring the Tams

Come out to Caledonia Golf & Fish Club on Sunday, October 10 from 4-7 p.m. and join the board of directors, staff and volunteers of Helping Hands for a casual Sunday afternoon listening to great music from the Tams! While you’re mingling, enjoy some oysters, heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine. This is a benefit

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3rd Annual Clay Shoot Event a Success

Our 3rd Annual Clay Shoot event was a success thanks in part to our sponsors, including our Signature Event Sponsor – Dr. Daniel Eggart in honor of Drs. Jeff and Jeanne Eggart. We had 51 participants who enjoyed a day of clay shooting, lunch and fellowship. Special thanks to board members Dick Rose (Board Chair)

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Bill Gaskins retires on August 21

Bill Gaskins, Associate Director of Helping Hands of Georgetown, will retire on August 21. He has been affiliated with Helping Hands since 2016, serving as a board member, volunteer and then joining the staff in January 2019.  “Serving Helping Hands has been the most important work I have done since retiring from public education in

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Andrews Native establishes the Sista Sista Scholarship

Helping Hand of Georgetown is pleased to announce that Alexia George, an Andrews native and graduate of Class 2001, has founded the Sista Sista scholarship.  The scholarship will be awarded to one senior from Andrews, Georgetown and Caver Bay High schools, who participated in the Youth Empowerment Program.  She stated as a leader you must

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“One-Stop Career Program”GC3 “

Georgetown County Career Connections (GC3) is  “one-stop career program” combines the resources of the community partners Helping Hands, A Father’s Place, Friendship Place and Palmetto Goodwill to give the unemployed and underemployed a “hands up” toward achieving independent, productive lives. This collaborative strives for success through a four-step process of recruitment, job preparation, job placement

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Message from Ronald McInnis

Dear Friends, Georgetown County Career Connections known as GC3 is now in its fifth year. Helping Hands partners with Goodwill, A Father’s Place, and Friendship place to provide a premier employment skills training program dedicated to empowering our members to master skills that will get them noticed and keep them employed. We are excited about

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YEP Students Honored for their Academic Achievement for First Nine Weeks

Congratulations to the following students for their success! The staff and the Board of Directors of Helping Hands are very proud of you. We look forward to hearing about your achievements in life. Andrews High School STUDENT GRADE Daveonia Graham 12th Jaylon Filmore 11th STUDENT GRADE Roddirce Gilliyard 12th Truth Gilliard 12th Jamiyah Jackson 12th

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DeLoache Family Foundation Awards $10,000 to Helping Hands of Georgetown

Helping Hands of Georgetown County has been awarded a $10,000 grant to support the Youth Empowerment Program. Funding will expand opportunities for sophomores, juniors and seniors in three Georgetown County High Schools to explore career opportunities, cultural experiences and team-building exercises offering windows of new possibilities and perspectives toward school and personal efforts. “We are

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Message from our Executive Director

Dear Friends, Welcome to Flight #2021! We are prepared to take off into the New Year. Please make sure  your Attitude and Blessings are secured and locked in an upright position.  All self-destructive devices should be turned off at this time. All negativity, hurt and discouragement should be put away.  Should we lose Altitude under pressure, during the flight, reach up and

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Helping Hands Donates Food to the HGTC Food Pantry at the Georgetown Campus

Georgetown, SC – “Today we are celebrating the reopening of the HGTC Pantry on the Georgetown campus. We are very thankful to our partner Helping Hands of Georgetown County  and Executive Director Brendon Barber for the generous donation of 50 food bags as part of our holiday donation drive,” states. Gregg Mitchell, Vice President, Workforce