Families Helping Families

Celebrate the holidays by providing for a family in need.

In 2010 Families Helping Families in the Midlands and the Lowcountry combined provided assistance to more than 3,000 families in need of food, clothing, and Christmas gifts. The estimated value of this assistance was nearly $1.5 million.

Now in its 21st year, FHF provides a business-like approach to organizing holiday giving for the neediest families in South Carolina. By coordinating with local agencies, houses of worship, and community assistance programs we can insure that donations and charitable giving are targeted to those who need help the most, and by eliminating duplication of services we can do more for more familes.

“The increase in donations and sponsors this past year helped us expand way beyond what we have been able to do before,” said Nell Killoy, the Director of the Midlands FHF program. “We have so many good volunteers, donors, and sponsors that we are very optimistic about this coming year.”

Lowcountry Coordinator Brady Quirk-Garvan said that the economic downturn significantly affected the number of applicants to the program in 2010. “We had dozens of first time families whose breadwinners had just been laid off. I don’t know what they would have done without our help.”

WIS-TV in Columbia and WCIV-TV in Charleston served as principal media partners for the initiative, as they have for a number of years.

Over the past 19 years, more than 36,000 South Carolina families have gotten help at Christmas.
Every dollar donated to FHF generates nearly $9 in goods and services for Palmetto State families in need.

The website for both programs can be found at:Click Here!

Contact: (Lowcountry) fhfcharleston@palmettoproject.org

Contact: (Midlands) fhfcolumbia@palmettoproject.org