Our Story
Our History
Helping Hands was started by the Goose Creek Clergy Association after Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Our mission has continuously been focused on distributing groceries and finding additional resources for families in crisis situations. We impact the lives of families, children and seniors by solving one of the biggest struggles they face, getting enough nutritious food to eat to live a healthy life.
We truly believe that bellies must be filled for families, children and adults to thrive in life. And so, this is the goal we run towards:
Ending Hunger so People can Thrive-1 Cart at a time.
The Need we focus on:
For thousands of households facing tough choices to make ends meet, cutting back on food is often the solution, but it comes at a steep price. For children, hunger impacts the ability to learn. For adults, the ability to work. For seniors, the ability to manage illness and maintain health.
The Plan to tackle the need:
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We strive to keep our shelves well stocked & have a blessing box that will be filled on the weekend or days we will be closed for holidays. -
We make ourselves available Monday-Friday from 9-11:15 and offer Saturday hours for working families.
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We train our volunteer team to meet people with compassion, gratitude and HOPE.
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We look for resources to help families: showers and cooking sources for the unhoused; HALO and Toys for Tots for Kindred Care families; grocery assistance for those not qualifying for TEFAP; etc.
The Execution for the plan:
We absolutely love the many ways people can help us execute the plan of ending hunger.
- Donate through Food Drives
- Join a Fundraiser event
- Choose Helping Hands as your fundraiser recipient
- Sponsor a Cart
- Lend a hand by volunteering
We are a Proud partner of the Low Country Food Bank and a USDA Food Assistance Provider.
- HHGC is a 501(c) (3) organization, Federal Tax ID 57-0891298 REV. 07-06-20