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An hour with a struggling reader. A few weeks at tax time helping your neighbors keep more of what they earned. A Saturday morning refreshing a Born Learning Trail. Every year, people from all across Pickens County give their time to United Way and become part of the work that makes this community stronger.

A 3rd grader at Central Academy of the Arts sat down at her art board this year and drew a circle. She filled it with her life: hard, beautiful, unique, sad, happy. Then she gave the picture to her mom for Christmas.

She is one of 24 students who spent the past school year in expressive arts therapy at her school. Their lives are heavier than most kids' should be: a parent lost, a parent missing, a household in crisis, a grief no nine-year-old has the words for. Once a week, they sit down with Mr. Dale, and they find a way to begin.

When the bills don't add up, the food runs out, or the rent is impossible, knowing who to call shouldn't be one more thing to figure out. United Way of Pickens County funds 211, the free, confidential resource line that connects you to food, housing, utility help, healthcare, tax help, and dozens of other local resources, around the clock, in English and Spanish.

Whatever you're navigating, your first call is 211 (or 1-866-892-9211) 

There is no better time than right now to get involved and make a difference in your community. Share your time, talent, and resources because United is the Way we strengthen and improve lives, right here in Pickens County.

Right now in Pickens County, a child is sounding out a word she didn't know yesterday. A father is filing his first tax return without paying a fee. A mother is calling 211 instead of skipping rent. A child is naming a feeling she's never had words for before.

None of them know your name. All of them feel your hand.

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