Support for Families

Check out the 2022-2023 School Supply List 

NOC 843-681-4100 - The Oaks, St. Luke’s and Island Lutheran Locations

The Island Rec Center – 843-681-7273

Boys & Girls Club – 843-689-3646

Click here for BCSD Technology Support for Students & Families

Family Tip of the Week are weekly tips for parents and guardians to support your families.

Family Tip of the Week - Screen Time

Family Tip of the Week - Social Media

Family Tip of the Week - How to decipher School Acronyms  Spanish Version

Here are 5 ways to support your child in a PYP school - English Version

Here are 5 ways to support your child in a PYP school - Spanish Version

LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES

Deep Well
Food will be prepackaged and brought to clients. No face-to-face meetings. Calls accepted and intake forms may be dropped off. They will not be taking new requests for house repairs until after May 1, 2020. For the time being, VITA is still open on Thursdays from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.

Sandalwood Food Pantry
Tuesday and Friday 11:30 – 1:30 PM. No longer need approval and/or filling out forms until April 30, 2020. Staff will pack all bags and take out to client.

Second Helpings
Second Helpings’ volunteers will continue to pick up food from food donors based on food availability. Our food donors are facing unprecedented food shortages due to the volume of food people are purchasing. The donated food will go to as many agencies as possible with a focus on those agencies with fewer resources. They will work with Lowcountry Food Bank to assist in obtaining nonperishable food items for their agencies whenever possible. Fill The Need program will continue with LIMITED food options on Thursdays. Healthy Food program will be placed on hold until the first of April. K-12 Food Rescue Program will be suspended until schools open again.

Family Promise
Open from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm Monday thru Friday starting March 23, 2020, until further notice.
Suspended accepting any new families into their Shelter Program, but they are continuing to working with their current families. These families will now be staying in a hotel. If you have any questions, please contact Executive Director, Lynda Halpern at 843-815-4211 or lhalpernfamilypromise@gmail.com.
 

Bluffton Self-Help

Open Monday - Friday, 10 - 4
Food Distribution: Any Bluffton Resident Monday 3 - 6pm; Thursday 10 - 1pm
Clothing: No clothing distribution or donations
Education and Resource Center: Open daily 10 - 4; No classes until further notice
Financial Assistance: ONLY completely packets emailed or delivered. Application can be downloaded at www.blufftonselfhelp.org.
Questions call 843.757.8000

Help of Beaufort
Open regular hours 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM Monday - Friday. If client has not been to agency previously, arrive by 11:00 AM to fill out application. Food and clothing pantries are closed for shoppers. Food will be prepackaged and brought to clients. Financial assistance has been depleted and food supplies are depleting quickly. They are ramping up their mobile pantry to ensure that food deliveries can be made.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Volunteers In Medicine Hilton Head Island
To remain open the remainder of this week for appointed patients only. Currently cancelling all medical, dental, mental health and wellness appointments from March 23 – April 3. Prescription refills may be requested over the phone 843-681-6612 x 237 English and x 252 Spanish.

NAMI (Nat'l Alliance on Mental Illness)
All support groups suspended until NAMI National allows an online version; education programs and outreach events are cancelled. Ross Szabo’s presentations at HH Prep, USCB, HH Boys & Girls Club and Battery Creek HS are postponed until 2021.

AccessHealth Lowcountry
Open 8:30am – 4:30pm

Bluffton-Jasper Volunteers in Medicine
Closed until April 1st. Patients needing prescription refills can call in and they will refill. Patients may also call in with medical questions. Phones will be staff during regular hours until further notice; 8:30 -4:30 M-Thursday.

Pregnancy Center and Clinic of the Lowcountry
Temporarily discontinued seeing clients at both Hilton Head Clinic and Mobile Clinic. Clients are able to reach their professional staff via phone if immediate assistance is needed. Follow up on lab/test results and prior visits are being handle by phone. They will begin scheduling future appointments once they have a clear indication as to when it will be safe to do so.

The Lending Room:
Closed and are responding to emergency needs only. They are keeping tabs on hospital beds should they be needed to open make shift clinics. So far they have access to 7.

Hopeful Horizons
The majority of their staff are working remotely; however, please continue to refer clients in need of services to their 24-hour hotline (800-868-2632 or 843-770-1070). 

Home Helpers of the Lowcountry
Home Helpers of the Lowcountry is OPEN and ready to serve with in home care services. If in-home services are needed, please arrange services IMMEDIATELY to ensure there will be enough caregivers to meet the demands. We have no contracts or binding agreements so long term obligations for services is not an issue. Please call 843-837-3041 should you know of anyone in need of in home care services.

BEAUFORT COUNTY INFO

Beaufort County Government
To see the status of various Beaufort County Departments please check this website: https://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/topics/coronavirus/

Beaufort Memorial Hospital Outpatient Testing Site Information
Beaufort Memorial has created an outpatient-testing site to allow patients with a physician order for a COVID-19 test to “drive thru” and have their specimen collected quickly from the safety of their vehicle. The site will open access to testing and mitigate potential community exposure to the virus. It will be available Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. It is located near the Beaufort Memorial Medical and Administrative Center at 990 Ribaut Road in Beaufort. Patients with a physician order for testing will receive instructions for accessing the site and test. Security staff will instruct patients to park in a designated area near the hospital’s mobile wellness unit to wait for clinical staff to collect their specimen and send it to the state lab for processing. Following the collection, patients will return home to self-isolate while waiting for results from the ordering physician and/or a member of the hospital’s infection prevention team. Updates from Beaufort Memorial can be found on the hospital’s website and by calling (843) 522-5560. Questions can be emailed to healthupdates@bmhsc.org. For more information about screening guidelines and testing criteria for COVID-19 visit https://www.scdhec.gov/health/infectious-diseases or https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus. For information about Beaufort Memorial, visit www.beaufortmemorial.org.