{"id":15199,"date":"2016-05-04T07:45:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=15199"},"modified":"2016-05-04T07:45:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:45:18","slug":"giving-a-hand-up-not-a-hand-out-caroline-tyler-robertson-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/giving-a-hand-up-not-a-hand-out-caroline-tyler-robertson-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving a hand up, not a hand out: Caroline Tyler Robertson \u201997"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Caroline<\/a>From an early age, Caroline Robertson was a wallflower \u2014 so shy that even a teacher calling on her in high school riddled her with immediate panic. But these days, \u201cno\u201d isn\u2019t even an option. A personal challenge she made to herself while at Clemson shaped Robertson into a strong-willed, determined nonprofit executive who fights tooth and nail for her clients to succeed and have the same opportunities she\u2019s been afforded.
\nSince 2007, Robertson has headed up Greer Relief and Resources<\/a>, making sure every can of corn feeds a hungry tummy and every monetary donation helps a family\u2019s financial crisis.
\n\u201cThe legacy I\u2019m leaving is one of fearlessness. I don\u2019t say no to anything especially when it comes to outreach and publicity. Because I\u2019m not just talking to someone who might just help us donor wise, but also need wise.
\nI want anyone who needs us to know they can get to us. In that respect we\u2019re not afraid. We\u2019re not afraid to ask for help. We\u2019re not afraid to give help. We\u2019re not afraid to say we need to give more and do more. It doesn\u2019t take much,\u201d she said.
\nIn 2015, Greer Relief assisted 3,927 individuals in 1,564 households. In addition, 10+ days of food was given to 4,991 people in 1,906 households. Having the gumption to be an advocate for others started in college with a promise to no longer let shyness dominate the determined will that truly existed within her.
\nEach week Robertson made herself sit in the front of the class and raise her hand at least once. She also made herself take speech as a first-semester freshman. After freshman year she joined the national service sorority Gamma Sigma Sigma and became the sorority\u2019s public relations officer. She was a founding member and vice president of membership for Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary band fraternity.
\nBy mid-college she was house manager for Tiger Paw Productions and organizing shows for James Taylor, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and Hootie and the Blowfish.
\n[pullquote]\u201cI love Clemson,\u201d she said. \u201cAny other place, I don\u2019t think would have created the Caroline I am today. I have been solid orange since I stepped on that campus on Aug. 23 of 1991 and I have not looked back.\u201d[\/pullquote]
\n\u201cThere were times where it was questionable if I could even afford to go to school, but I wouldn\u2019t take no for an answer and did whatever needed to be done. Now, I take that same attitude into Greer Relief,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cWe do whatever we can do to help.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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