by Corinne | Aug 11, 2024 | Agency News
Helping Hands, Inc. has achieved national accreditation through COA Accreditation. It took our agency several months to achieve accreditation. Organizations pursue accreditation to demonstrate the implementation of best practice standards in human services. COA...
by WRDW Staff | May 9, 2024 | Agency News
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – A new foster care program in Aiken County is helping youth with grief support. The Helping Hands Center’s (sic) program called Dougy Center’s LYGHT will provide counseling for kids. It is named after Dougy Turno, who came to Aiken from...
by Corinne | Oct 18, 2023 | Agency News
In observance of Let’s Talk Month, Aiken Youth Empowerment hosted its annual Teen Maze on October 6th. We brought youth and community agencies together for a day of learning and fun! The Police and Community Together Theatre started the day with a skit about youth and...
by Bill Bengston | Apr 23, 2023 | Agency News
Hot dogs, hamburgers, handshakes and hugs were a part of Saturday’s scenery at Helping Hands, as the youth facility celebrated its 50th anniversary and played host to a variety of residents, employees and other well-wishers from at least a couple of decades of work to...
by Corinne | Nov 17, 2022 | Agency News
Aiken, South Carolina, November 17, 2022. Helping Hands, Inc. announced during their A Chef’s Extravaganza event on November 10th, that Monica Jeffcoat has been appointed the new CEO of the agency. As the former Director of Residential Services at Helping Hands,...