Awendaw Regional Outreach Center
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Our mission
Our Mission is to improve the health, educational attainment, and human welfare of at-risk youth, young adults, and families through literacy programming.
Our vision
To create resources of collaboration to establish Healthy Lives, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities, and A Better South Carolina through AROC and its volunteers, Partnerships to have the resources needed for a better life through Literacy.
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Our team
Our strength lies in our individuality. Set up by Bettye Simmons-Weeks, and Mrs. Ellamae Washington, the team strives to bring in the best talent in various educational fields, and human services from literacy.
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Bettye Simmons-Weeks
Founder / CEO
Antoinette Pinckney-Cobbs
Assistant Director
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Ulanda Smalls-Scott
Student Services Administrator- Teacher
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Carol Newsome
Administrative Assistant
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