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Events

September 13, 2025

Upstate Adoptions and Foster Family Licensing event

10am-1pm

Greenville Zoo

150 Cleveland Park Dr, Greenville, SC 29601

September 18, 2025

Fairfield County School District Hiring Event | Sept 18 2025

10am - 1pm

Fairfield County DSS

1136 Kincaid Bridge Rd Winnsboro, SC 29180

September 20, 2025

Midlands Adoptions and Foster Family Licensing event

6pm-9pm

Riverbanks Zoo

500 Wildlife Pkwy, Columbia, SC 29210

September 25, 2025

Experienced Workforce Career Event | Sept 25 2025

10AM to 1PM

Midlands Tech Beltline Campus | Center for Business & IT

316 South Beltline Blvd Columbia, SC 29205

September 25, 2025

Kinship Care Awareness and Resource Fair

11am-2pm

Orangeburg County Library

1645 Russell St, Orangeburg, SC 29115

September 30, 2025

RESUME WRITING AND HIRING EVENT | Orangeburg, SC

10:00AM-2:00PM

Orangeburg County DSS

114 Howard Hill Drive Orangeburg, SC 29118

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