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 Help Ministry

(Emergency Assistance Program)

Aids Darlington County at-risk and disadvantaged families in obtaining basic needs to include food, water, masks, Covid-19 flyers and information, clothes, shoes, toiletries, school supplies, education support, job assistance, budgeting, medical, and behavior health support. For assistance call 843-319-1837.

    

Thank You to Darlington’s Hot Chocolate 5k Run/Walk Participants, Sponsors, Donors, Volunteers, Participants, Supporters and Prayer Warriors


Darlington’s Hot Chocolate 5KRun/Walk was a huge success with 48 participants. Macedonia Life-Skills Center and Genesis Community Foundation sends a big thank you to all participants, sponsors, donors, volunteers, supporters, and prayer warriors for their support. A big thank you goes to our sponsors DCB (Dedicated Community Bank), FBi Construction, and Raceway Grill. A big thank you goes to Fitness World for their support and the use of their facility and parking venue and to the Darlington Police Department for their assistance in leading and monitoring the route to keep everyone safe. A big thank you also goes to Dixies Federal Credit Union for their financial support, the Purple Fish for that delicious hot chocolate that helped to keep everyone warm and to IGA for the bananas that stopped our hunger pains. To the organizer of the event, Bailee Heatherly, thank you, thank you and thank you again for all of your hard work and boots on the ground. We appreciate all of you and may God continue to smile upon and bless all of you.

2021 Programs and Activities


Character Education Grant Program for Churches


M&Ms (manners & movies)

Fridays, 3 - 6 pm

ages 5 - 12

refreshments served


Teen and Adult Programs

Youth Focus, We Can, Character Education, RAW (Reading and Writing) Bible Study, Summer Feeding & Enrichment Program, and

RAE (Risk Avoidance Education) includes the following:

                                                                   Prevention and Wellness

                                                                   Healthy Relationships

                                                                   Goal-Setting

                                                                   Self-sufficiency

                                                                   Personal Responsibility

                                                                   Economic Mobility

                                                                   Educational Opportunities

                                                                  

 Transportation provided and refreshments served.

Macedonia Life-Skills Center will be implementing One Circle Foundation Models and Best Practices into our programs this year.


One Circle Foundation offers three models: Girls Circle, The Council for Boys and Young Men, and Women’s Circle.


One Circle Foundation programs employ evidence-based principles of a strengths-based approach, motivational interviewing strategies and have a strong focus on positive youth development. The age old process of communing in a safe circle is the foundational strength of all programs.


Girls Circle (Mondays 6 - 8 pm, refreshments served)

A structured support group for girls and gender-expansive youth from 9-18 years which integrates relational theory, resiliency practices, and skills training. Designed to increase positive connection, strengths, and competence in girls. Also offered under the model is Mother-Daughter Circle, for mothers or female caregivers and their daughters.


The Council (Mondays 6 - 8 pm, refreshments served)

A strengths-based group approach to promote boy's and young men’s safe and healthy passage through pre-teen and adolescent years. In this structured environment, boys and young men gain the vital opportunity to address masculine definitions and behaviors and build capacities to find their innate value and create good lives - individually and collectively!


Women's Circle (Mondays 6 - 8 pm, refreshments served)

A support group for women to share, explore, build skills, and encourage one another to live authentically in mind, body, heart and spirit. A program for women in colleges, careers, recovery programs, institutions, job training, military or volunteer service, faith- based settings, homemakers and caregivers.


How it Works

5-10 participants with 1-2 facilitators meet for 1.5 - 2 hour weekly sessions during an "8-12 week period*. Groups are age-appropriate with gender-relevant themes and employ strengths-based facilitation strategies.


One Circle Foundation Facilitator Trainings and Curricula help ensure that these circle models will be implemented successfully, with fidelity and confidence. Adaptable to school and high transition settings.

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2019 - 2020 Programs and Activities

Food Distribution Program for 2020 ended Sept 30, 2020


A GREAT BIG THANK-YOU

to

Genesis Health Care

for financing this program.

Food was distributed to those in need

from March - Sept. 2020

School supplies, masks, and toiletries were also distributed.


A GREAT BIG THANK-YOU also goes to DHEC for the COVID-19 material and COVID-19 coloring books that were donated during the food distribution.


Youth Mentoring Programs:

Youth Focus, We Can, and Bible Study

October 2019 - May 2020

Mondays, 6 - 8 pm

Ages 6 -18

Parents and adults are welcome.


Classes: Life-Skills, Bible Study, Leadership, Cultural Diversity, Time Management, Goal-Setting, Marketing, Budgeting & Finance, Job Exploration, Interviewing Skills & Techniques, Resume' Writing, Gangs, School Violence, Dating Violence, Healthy Relationships, Abstinence, Health & Nutrition, and Prevention, to include but not limited to, Safety, Drugs, Alcohol, Grief, Suicide and Behavioral Health. Refreshments Served.


M&Ms (Manners & Movies)

October 2019 - May 2020

Every Friday, 4 - 6 pm, ages 5 - 12

Refreshments Served


Summer Feeding and Enrichment Evening

Ages 0 - 18

June 24 - 27, 2019 6 - 8 pm


Technology Feeding and Enrichment Day Camp

Ages 6 - 18

August 5 - 9, 2019 9 - 6 pm

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2018 Programs and Activities

2nd Term


October - December, 2018

Mondays and Thursdays 6-8 pm

ages 9 - 18

Refreshments served


RAE (Risk Avoidance Education) includes the following:


                                                                   Prevention and Wellness

                                                                    Healthy Relationships

                                                                    Goal-Setting

                                                                    Self-sufficiency

                                                                     Personal Responsibility

                                                                     Economic Mobility

                                                                     Educational Opportunities


Youth will learn how to obtain self-sufficiency by tackling health, education, and financial stability. Youth will obtain knowledge and skills to form healthy relationships and set meaningful goals. They will learn the benefits of postponing pregnancy until they are better equipped to support a baby financially and emotionally. Macedonia Life-Skills Center guides youth along the path of education, employment, marriage, and then children. We will demonstrate how setting goals and making healthy choices can help them avoid poverty and lay the foundation for their success in the future.


1st Term


January - May, 2018

Mondays and Thursdays, 6 - 8 pm

ages 9 - 18

Refreshments served

Registration required


Summer Term


June 9 - July 30

Monday thru Thursday

8:30 - 2:30 pm

ages 18 and below

Refreshments served

Registration required


Classes:

(RAW) Reading and Writing

Leadership and Discipline

Bullying and Prevention

(prevention programs include gang, bullying, drug, alcohol and pregnancy prevention)

Career Exploration/Preparation

Relationship Education

Community Service

Recreation and Nutrition

Finance and Budgeting

Music, Arts and Crafts

Refreshments served

Registration required

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2017 Programs and Activities

Science South

(Mobile Digital Star Lab Session)

July 24, 1:00, 2:15, and 3:15

Location - YMCA, Darlington

Refreshments served

Registration required


Science South

(Mobile Digital Star Lab Session)

July 25, 10:00, 11:15, and 12:15

Location - Stanley Gym, Darlington

Refreshments served

Registration required


Science South

(Scales and Tails - Life Science)

(Inquiring Minds - Physical Science)

July 27th, 9:30 and 11:00

Location - New Zion Missionary Baptist Church #1, Sardis

Refreshments served

Registration required


Youth Focus Programs


We Can (After-School Mentoring and Tutoring)

CHATS (Children Helping Around Town)

Bullying and Prevention

Think Truth Today (Abstinence Education)

Career Exploration/Preparation

RAW (Reading and Writing)

Recreation and Nutrition

4-H Friendship Club

Refreshments served

Registration required


2017 Summer Feeding and Enrichment Program

New Zion Missionary Baptist Church #1, Sardis

June 1 - July 28, 2017

Mon - Fri

8:30 am - 2:30 pm

ages 18 and below

Refreshments served

Registration required


2017 Summer Teen Sessions, ages 12 - 18

Think Truth Today (Abstinence Education)

St. Mark Pentecostal Holiness Church, Lamar

New Zion Missionary Baptist Church #1, Sardis

Stanley Gym, Darlington

Refreshments served

Registration required


2017 Fall/Winter After-School Programs

September - December

Mondays & Tuesdays 6 - 8 pm


Classes included, but were not limited to:

Bible Study, life-skills, church etiquette, manners, mentoring, tutoring, homework assistance, budgeting & finance, sports & fitness, college prep, career exploration & preparation, educational field trips, character education, leadership development, health & nutrition, public speaking, music, arts & crafts, reading & writing, community service, teamwork, safety education, sports & recreation, and prevention programs to include bullying, gangs, child abuse, dating violence, school & family violence, suicide, alcohol, drug and pregnancy prevention.


Adult Focus Programs

Bible-Study

Budgeting and Finance

Family Assistance

Grant-writing

Interviewing Skills and Techniques

RAW (Reading and Writing)

Church Etiquette

Health and Nutrition

Sexual Harassment

Child Abuse

Family Violence

Refreshments served

Reservations required


Macedonia Life-Skills Center is an Equal Opportunity Service Provider


Macedonia Life-Skills Center (MLSC) does not discriminate in the delivery of services. MLSC offers equal opportunity in provision of services with regard to age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status and mental or physical disability in keeping with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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