Youth Empowerment

Many thanks to our guests, sponsors, friends, board members, staff, and volunteers – everyone who helped make our Celebrating the Next Generation: Youth Empowerment Program fundraising party a success! The purpose was to raise awareness and support for our YEP program. Waccamaw High School senior Carvers Bay High School senior Emalee Walter gave a moving speech...

Jocelyn Kinloch is another success story of how Helping Handsoffers programs that impacts the lives of others. Jocelyn’smother learned of YEP (Youth Empowerment Program) whileparticipating in Helping Hands’ GC3 program as she wasworking to improve her employment skills and opportunities.After discussions with her mother and Career Coach NatashaSmith, Jocelyn chose to join YEP as she...

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...

Message from Rev. Ronald McInnis  We are ecstatic about our Youth Empowerment Program (YEP). The reason for our overwhelming joy is because of the possibilities we have created for 3 of our high schools within Georgetown County. Andrews High School, Carvers Bay High School, and Georgetown High School can look forward to an amazing relationship. We have...

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...