Meet Joe

Follower of Christ. Husband. Father of five. In that order.

In Fort Mill since 2007. On the Board since 2022.

Joe and Julianna Helms with their five children, dressed in sage green, outside their home.

01Home

This isn’t just the district I serve.

Fort Mill has been home to me since 2007. Long before I served on the school board, I was building relationships here through my church, raising my family, and becoming part of this community. Serving this district is personal because these aren’t just constituents, they’re my friends and neighbors.

02Outside the Board Room

Joe Helms singing into a handheld microphone on a stage lit in blue, leading worship at his church, with a guitarist behind him.

Worship leader

Where my week starts.

Joe Helms in a Fort Mill cap with his son, who is holding a YMCA trophy, in front of a YMCA Youth Sports banner.

Coach and dad

Coaching other kids teaches you plenty about your own.

Also served

Youth leader
PTO
School Improvement Council
Mortgage and lending

Joe Helms in a blue suit and patterned tie, photographed against a warm neutral backdrop.

03The Day Job

I read budgets for a living.

Mortgage and lending. A number either holds up or it doesn’t, and someone has to say so out loud before a signature goes on the page. A school district budget asks for the same habit.

The titles aren’t what define me.

Now look at the four years, not the biography.

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