Covering Our Community in Love: Family Support in Elgin, SC & Beyond

Showing up and Supporting Those in Need Since 2017

Warmth you can hold. Love you can feel.

Happy New Day! We’re Blanketing Families, and for years now we’ve been doing one thing: covering our community in love.

Before you go any further, we want you to meet the heart of this work: our volunteers. You’ll know them by their smiles and the care they bring to every event. They show up early and stay late, through cold mornings and summer heat, sorting, packing, lifting, and loving on every neighbor who comes through. They’re the reason any of this is possible.

To every one of you who has given your time, your hands, and your heart: thank you. You are Blanketing Family.

  • Man and boy wearing high-visibility safety vests stand between parked cars outdoors on a sunny day.

    No Family Hungry Free Food Distribution

  • Four people pose beside a cart filled with leafy garden vegetables in a community garden.

    Jack & Jill Chapter of Columbia SC

  • Two people pose beside an open SUV trunk filled with bagged items in a sunny parking lot.

    Blanket Donation

  • Group of adults and a child smiling together outdoors near a street and traffic lights.

    Blanketing Families Inc. Team

  • Group of adults and children posing outside a community yard sale with clothing, crafts, and household items on display

    Blanket Families Yard Sale

  • Two women stand behind a table piled with donated groceries and food bags outdoors.

    No Family Hungry Free Food Distribution

  • Three smiling women pose for a selfie in a grassy backyard with garden beds, patio chairs, trees, and a colorful small shed.

    Jack & Jill Chapter of Columbia SC

Blanketing Families Inc. Big Thanksgiving Giveaway flyer on November 18 at noon in Elgin, South Carolina, presented with Father's House Ministry.

Upcoming News & Events

Blanketing Families lawn care volunteer recruitment flyer for the Elgin Community Garden, seeking volunteers for mowing, weed whacking, trimming, and twice-monthly maintenance.
No Family Hungry Will Return food distribution flyer from Blanketing Families and Father’s House Ministries International, 2 p.m. at Elgin Town Hall in Elgin, South Carolina.
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Meet the Founders

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Annette Hammond

Co-Founder and President

Blanketing Families was born in my living room.

I am a multiple-cancer survivor, and I have the grace of God to thank for that, along with my family and friends for their support. One day, sitting in my living room, I realized I would not be able to work again. So I asked God, “What should I do?” He said, “Go out and cover others as I covered you.”

So I did. I started with the many blankets I had received over the years.

The blanket represents what we do: we cover others from head to toe. Over our nine years of service, we’ve planted a number of initiatives. Among them, we serve the homeless with socks, blankets, and seasonal clothing. Through our No-Sew Blanket program, we make blankets by hand for children’s hospitals, veterans, and many others.

We invite you to read more about what we do in our community.

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Ann Gilyard

Co-Founder

Serving others before serving ourselves.

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with us!

We look forward to connecting with you, we’d love to collaborate and work together to empower and support the community. We are always looking for volunteers too!