On faith-based principles, we seek to create sustainable futures through job training and youth empowerment to relieve generational and situational poverty, while meeting immediate needs of food insecurity, utility support, and dental care.
For more than 35 years, Helping Hands has been a vital resource to Georgetown County residents faced with poverty and crisis, providing assistance and opportunities for change. Donations from individuals, churches, civic clubs and businesses are critical to our ability to help. Grants from public and private foundations also play a vital role.
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Because of you, and others like you, Helping Hands is blessed with the resources to provide compassionate care for those in crisis (utility and food), alleviate pain through our dental clinic and open the doors of opportunity for those ready and able to become self-sufficient through our Time to Change Program with focus on our youth. Thank you!
Join us on Palmetto Giving Day May 6 and 7, 2025.
Join us for our Covenant Church Chicken Pileau Fundraiser on September 12th, 2025.
Lessons Learned from Outward Bound 25 In February 2025, students from the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) participated in an unforgettable Outward Bound Experience in the Florida Everglades. For many, it was a trip full of first-time adventures — from flying on a plane to camping, paddling for miles, and disconnecting from that extra “limb”, the
Many people struggling with hunger in Georgetown County have turned to Helping Hands of Georgetown for assistance. In 2024, we assisted over 1500 households with food – and the need continues to grow with the rising costs of groceries. When neighbors come to us for help, we provide items for three meals a day for
What does it look like to “be a light” to those in need? Sometimes it’s as simple as a food pantry volunteer offering a cheery smile on a rainy day while loading food bags into a client’s car. It’s keeping the shelves at Gloria’s Place Food Pantry neatly organized and ready for the next day’s
On faith-based principles, we seek to create sustainable futures through job training and youth empowerment to relieve generational and situational poverty, while meeting immediate needs of food insecurity, utility support, and dental care.
We provide basic needs for those in crisis, as well as programs to help move people out of poverty.
