Author: Bill Gaskins

Helping Hands of Georgetown County / Articles posted by Bill Gaskins

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 2018,”...

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 and...

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 2021 and...

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 STUDENTGRADEDaveonia Graham12thJaylon Filmore11th STUDENTGRADERoddirce Gilliyard12thTruth Gilliard12thJamiyah Jackson12thTiakyia Wilson12thMackenzie Young12thCaitlyn Greggs11thZanadae'jiah Phillips10thHakim Wilson10th Waccamaw High School STUDENTGRADEJocelyn Kinloch12th ...

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...

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 pull down a Prayer. Prayers will automatically be...

Good Friday the 13th Everyone, I hope that each of you are doing well and have a nice weekend planned. I am calling ALL volunteers available for next week. **Advisory Council…if you could please mention at church services this weekend that would be great! Any amount of time will be appreciated as we are down to...

We are proud to announce that Helping Hands in Andrews will open its doors at a new location on December 7 at the Andrews Church of God. Joe Lambert, Pastor of the Andrews Church of God, states, “Helping Hands has provided care for our community for years. Their vision and purpose for existence lines up...

Helping Hands Board of Directors at their November 9 board meeting adopted a new vision and mission statement. “The new vision and mission statement really defines who we are  and hopes to accomplish in the future. We are excited about what Helping Hands is doing in our county. The new vision and mission statement will...