Youth Empowerment

January 8, 2021

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...

Youth Empowerment Program “Changing High School Students’ Lives”

by Bill Gaskins

Youth Empowerment

October 30, 2020

https://youtu.be/izYA0k56XzA For more information about the Youth Empowerment Program, visit https://www.helpinghandsofgeorgetown.org/programs/youth-empowerment-program/ or contact Tasha Smith at tsmith@helpinghandsofgeorgetown.org. ...

Meet India Brown’s Grandmother Mrs. Kariconious Baker Holmes

by Bill Gaskins

Client Story, Youth Empowerment

August 4, 2020

Mrs. Holmes is the grandmother of India Brown, a 2019 YEP graduate from Georgetown High School. India will start her sophomore year at Winthrop University, majoring in Biology, this fall. “ I had no idea of the opportunity that had been afforded to her. It was a gift of grace in both our lives,” said...

Tim and Joan Meacham Scholarship Fund

by Bill Gaskins

News, Youth Empowerment

July 8, 2020

Helping Hands is pleased to announce that Joan and Tim Meacham have established a scholarship fund to support one graduating Youth Empowerment Program senior from each participating high school including Andrews, Cavers Bay, and Georgetown High. The fund is established for a first-generation college-bound student who successfully completes YEP. The selection process will be based...

Keeping a Positive Mindset: Meet Jairon Cumbee

by Bill Gaskins

Client Story, Youth Empowerment

June 1, 2020

“I am a different person today because of the Youth Empowerment Program,” states Jairon Cumbee, a rising senior. “I had no idea what to expect. I was led to be a part of YEP even though I was only a Junior at the time. Teon Singletary and Tasha Smith made me feel welcomed. It was...

Many Firsts for Imani – Flying, Canoeing, Dolphins, Everglades, and Leading

by Bill Gaskins

Youth Empowerment

February 6, 2020

“I always thought of myself as a good follower to a good leader. I was surprised to learn that I am a leader,” said Imani Simon, daughter of Cynthia and Ronald Simon, a senior at Georgetown High School. Imani was 1 of 12 students enrolled in our Youth Empowerment Program who completed the North Carolina...

YEP Seniors Navigates the Florida Everglades

by Helping Hands of Georgetown

Youth Empowerment

January 16, 2020

Twelve Georgetown County Youth Empowerment High School navigated the Florida Everglades in canoes for a week (December 16-20) as part of an Outward Bound trip. The group was divided into two teams and each team departed December 16 and did not see each other again until Friday, December 20. Each team, led by a North Carolina...

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

Youth Empowerment Program “Changing High School Students’ Lives”

Meet India Brown’s Grandmother Mrs. Kariconious Baker Holmes

Tim and Joan Meacham Scholarship Fund

Keeping a Positive Mindset: Meet Jairon Cumbee

Many Firsts for Imani – Flying, Canoeing, Dolphins, Everglades, and Leading

YEP Seniors Navigates the Florida Everglades

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