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History |
Founded in 1974 under the name Spartanburg Girls' Home, the Ellen Hines Smith Girls' Home has always sought to provide a safe, home-like environment for teenage girls in the greater Spartanburg area. Members of the Junior League of Spartanburg and Ellen Hines Smith, then a Judge, realized that girls coming through family court due to family issues were being treated inappropriately as delinquents. They were often sent to juvenile prisons. This group of community volunteers came together and began the Spartanburg Girls' Home.
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One community member, Ellen Hines Smith, was particularly integral in starting the home. As the Chairperson of the founding Junior League committee and a Family Court Judge, she was well aware of the needs for some teenage girls in our community. She was involved in our first decade of services and was amember of the founding Board of Directors. In 1985, the home was renamed the Ellen Hines Smith Girls' Home in her honor. |
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TODAY
Today the Ellen Hines Smith Girls' Home continues its original mission by offering around the clock care in a safe, structured, home-like environment. Serving girls betweeneleven and nineteen years old, professional staffoversee organized activities that build skills necessary for meaningful and productive lives in the future.
Just as the Ellen Hines Smith Girls' Home (EHSGH) was founded out of concerned community volunteers, today EHSGH continues to utilize and depend upon community volunteers and donations.
For more information on the programs and services that we offer today, click on services.
