About Us

This social service is a faith based organization, a charitable organization, not for profit.
We promote healthy family and marriage by providing faith based activities and education that will help couples who are considering marriage and couples that are already married. We are here to help families and couples acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain a healthy family and marriage. We promote responsible fatherhood and motherhood by providing faith based activities and education design to empower the mother and father. We provide support and activities which have the potential to improve the health and status and quality of life for families and marriages and children. We support our community families and their children by teaching abstinence to adolescents ages 5-18. Our goal is to educate the community and encourage the community to embrace a better way of life outside of alcohol, sex and drug use. We achieve that by promoting and teaching families and couples faith based principles and by instilling positive values in the individual(s).
 
Our goal is to reduce the divorce rates in families and reduce out of wedlock child bearing families and to reach as many people this year. We believe and have hope that every one can live a successful and prosperous life right now in this day and time.

Helping Hands Holiday Charity Benefit

Amy and I took part in the Holiday Run for Helping hands.  She didn't get the day off as we had hoped but the run was set to start at 1 PM and she didn't need to be into work till 2 PM so we hoped we could do the run and get her back in time to go to work.  We have only missed one Helping Hands run and that was the year I didn't have a wheelchair or a scooter and was seriously limited in mobility  I am able to get around now and we sure didn't want to miss one that helps children who have been abused or neglected.

Here are a few pics from that run:














Here is the article from the local newspaper

Annual Toy Run at Helping Hands makes children's Christmas brighter

As the bikes rode in and the children began to see the toys and teddy bears attached to the bikes, their eyes lit up with joy. The sight of hundreds of bikes, while overwhelming, brought such excitement.

As each biker parked their bike, they gathered their gifts and made a steady stream into Helping Hands, leaving their gifts on a table. Each wore a smile knowing they were making a child's holiday a little brighter.

"It is really great to see so many people show up even when things are really hard," said Director of Helping Hands Carmen Landy. "It is really awesome. We are blessed to see them over and over; they don't stop coming no matter how tough things get with the economy. Today is a remarkable turnout, and everybody's spirits are so high."

Landy thanked everyone who has supported Helping Hands over the past year and invites anybody who is interested in adopting a child for Christmas to give her a call at 648-3456.

"We get new children all the way up until Christmas Day," said Landy.

Helping Hands is a United Way agency that provides 24-hour residential care to child victims of abuse, abandonment or neglect. Residents' ages range from birth to 21 years old.

For more information about Dixie Thunder of Aiken ABATE, visit www.dixiethunderaiken.com.

Contact Rachel Johnson at rjohnson@aikenstandard.com.

Original Article is here-->>http://www.aikenstandard.com/results/1206Toy

the full story

it started when i borrowed a friends van and she told me it was all legal. i got pulled over and found out it was not legal. had to go to court. they wanted me to come up with 6 months of non owners insurance. after i did that and went back to court, they told me i didnt need it and they dismissed the case. so now out over 500 dollars, i had no way to pay my water bill. the water was shut off and i got as much help from local agencies that i could to finally get it back on. while trying to get the money i needed for the water my LGE got higher and higher. they cut me off. i got help to get it back on but then they wanted another 125 in a week and i just didnt have it so they cut me off again. if i can just get it caught up ill be alright. ive managed to make it this far. i only get 225 a month in child support and another 147 from section 8. i make due with what i have but the extra expense really knocked me down far and now theres no help available.

Busy, busy!

Nothing new and exciting going on.  I've been busy packing to move and getting the kids ready for school.  The kids are excited about going back to school.  This year my youngest is riding the bus for the first time and he is very excited about that!  The two older ones are walkers - well, bikers.  They prefer to ride there bikes to school.  
Hope all is well!