United Way of Pickens County COVID-19 Community Relief, Food, Utilities, Health

FOOD

• Clemson Community Care remains open for regular service hours. Please confirm before visiting: 864-653-4460.
• United Christian Ministries remains open for regular service hours. Please confirm before visiting: 864-671-1134.
• SHINE Soup Kitchen is closed for regular dining, but “to go” meals and personal hygiene bags will be distributed tonight (March 19) at 5:30 p.m.
• Meals on Wheels will close the two Young at Heart Senior Centers in Liberty and Central March 17-March 31. Senior members who have requested a daily meal will be offered the option of a home delivered meal. MOW will continue to deliver hot meals to homebound clients. MOW is preparing frozen and shelf stable meals in the event that volunteer deliveries become limited.
• WYFF is maintaining a list of area restaurants who are offering free meals to school aged children: https://www.wyff4.com/article/upstate-restaurants-offering-free-food-to-students-during-school-closures/31662340
• SDPC will be serving free breakfast (7-9 a.m.) and lunch 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) for anyone under the age of 18. The student must be present for the meal to be served. SDPC is working on a plan for delivering food via school buses which they expect to begin Monday, March 23. More information to come. The free meal sites are:
  • Central Academy of the Arts
  • Chastain Road Elementary
  • Dacusville Elementary
  • McKissick Academy of Science & Technology
  • Pickens Elementary
  • West End Elementary
• The Free Little Library at the Dream Center will temporarily serve as an emergency food pantry for anyone who needs it. (111 Hillcrest Drive, Easley)

UTILITIES

• Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas are suspending disconnection for nonpayment to all home and business accounts in South Carolina and six other states effective immediately.
• Charter is offering free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 students who do not already have a Spectrum subscription. To enroll call 1-844-488-8395. Installation fees waived for new student households. Confirm terms with provider.
• Visit SDPC for details on how students can access wifi in the parking lots of the following schools:
  •  East End Elementary School
  • West End Elementary School
  • R.H. Gettys Middle School
  • Pickens Elementary School
  • Hagood Elementary School
  • Crosswell Elementary School
  • Six Mile Elementary School
  • Liberty Middle School
  • Daniel High School

HEALTH

• Samaritan Health Clinic Free Medical and Dental Clinic of Pickens County is open but only seeing sick visits. They are triaging patience in accordance with CDC, DHEC and PRISMA guidelines and regulations. Please confirm before visiting: 864-855-0853.

OTHER

• United Way of Pickens County Free Tax Preparation sites are closed through March 31, and all March appointments have been cancelled. When we have more to share, that information on rescheduling will be posted on our website and our Facebook page. Visit myfreetaxes.com or IRS.gov to see if any of these online tax preparation services are right for you. Check back with our website for updates.