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Lowcountry
Healthy Learners Lowcountry has been serving Allendale County for over 15 years and is truly an embedded member of this rural community. Our staff live, raise their families, attend church and community events in the Lowcountry. These community connections are...
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Midlands
With no access to adequate healthcare, extreme tooth pain and the inability to speak English, a 3rd-grade student at Brennen Elementary School in Columbia desperately needed assistance. In October of 2018, Healthy Learners Midlands staff first met the young boy...
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Pee Dee
When a concerned teacher reached out to Healthy Learners Dillon about an 11 year old student who was acting out during class and seemed withdrawn, staff immediately stepped up to help. The young girl was struggling getting along with her...
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Upstate
Over the last five years, Healthy Learners Greenwood has provided continued service to a 12-year-old girl with special needs related to dwarfism. She was recommended to Healthy Learners Greenwood in the first grade, but her family was familiar with the...
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Waccamaw
A ninth-grader at Carvers Bay High School in Georgetown County silently suffered from depression until a Healthy Learners staff member took notice – thanks to the Youth Mental Health First Aid training she had recently received. Aixa Rodriguez-Mariani, Healthy Learners...
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