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Helping Hands of Goose Creek was one of many organizations receiving support from the Exchange Club of Charleston in 2008.
Our facility at 104B Commerce St., Goose Creek. (click on the photos to enlarge them)
Exterior Check-in & Waiting Area
Client Choice area. Our clients shop here like in a supermarket.
Our homebound senior staging pantry.
Main part of the warehouse:
Food donations waiting to be sorted and on our shelves afterwards.
Our Freezer and Walk-in Cooler permit us to carry perishables also.
Receiving a bread donation from a local grocer.
Redistributing bread to a senior center and a soup kitchen.
We shop at the LowCountry Foodbank twice a week.
Our Warehouse Operator, Joe Booth, buying some sweet potatoes.
Accepting a donation from Sun Trust bank employees. Christmas, 2008. One of our local young people, Kristen Moore, who attends Trident Tech, decided she wanted to give back to the community so she organized a food drive which she aptly named "Can It." She did all the necessary footwork to get a truck, tables, volunteers (including a local Scout Troop 459) to assist her and she stood outside the Goose Creek Wal-Mart in 50° weather for 8 hours while collecting a total of 738 pounds of food for the hungry in South Berkeley County.
l to r: Michelle Arredondo, Executive Director, Bishop O. William Ferris and Olivia Nydam, Relief Society President. The women's basketball team from Charleston Southern University spent a day sprucing up our warehouse and grounds:
Rachel Bullard - Ass't Coach (2nd from left) and Janet Rein - HHGC (blue shirt) surrounded by the CSU Women's Basketball Team Click on photos below to enlarge:
Thank you ladies -- we appreciate your hard work!
United States Postal Service Spring Food Drive 2009:
TRIDENT UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING: September 11, 2009 Students from the Navy Nuclear Power Training Command came out and ...
Cleaned our van (click on any photo to enlarge) Landscaped Replaced door frames Power-washed our building Trimmed our trees Worked on our old sign And left us with this new sign: Click HERE to see more photos of the Day of Caring. We owe these sailors a big thanks for serving our country as well as serving our community!
On September 22, 2009, the Goose Creek Rotary Club presented the President and the Director of Helping Hands with a check for $6500 designated to help buy an air-conditioned van to transport perishable donations and larger loads of regular food donations than was possible with our old Aerostar. While $5000 went into our van fund, the other $1500 was designated (by the donors) to help stock our shelves for the Thanksgiving rush that occurs each year. In this photo, Marc Knight, President (l) presents the check to Dick Cain and Michelle Arredondo.
A few days later, HHGC purchased the much-needed van, a 2005 Ford E-250 Extended Cargo Van:
The rest of the funding for the van was provided by The Exchange Club of Charleston through profits from the annual fair in Ladson.
Spring, 2010 -- Westview Elementary's Campaign of H.O.P.E.
Thanks, kids -- your hard work and donations are greatly appreciated!
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Helping Hands of Goose Creek is a local Food Bank and deserves your support. |
