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Meet 2024 DWTSS Dancers Britt Hendrix and Jade Hoyle

Introducing Britt Hendrix and Jade Hoyle, 2024 DWTSS contestants! Grice Connect is introducing the community to the 2024 Dancing with the Statesboro Stars (DWTSS) dancers. The event will be held on Thursday, November 21 at 6:30pm, and the encore show will be Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 3pm -- both at Connection Church.
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Presenting 2024 DWTSS Dancers Britt Hendrix and Jade Hoyle

Presenting 2024 DWTSS Dancers Britt Hendrix and Jade Hoyle! They are competing along with eleven other teams to win the 2024 Mirror Ball Trophy Judges Choice award and the Top Fundraiser award. 

Dancing with the Statesboro Stars is a night of dancing and performances to raise funds and awareness for Safe Haven, the nonprofit organization that serves adult and child survivors of domestic violence in Bulloch and five surrounding counties.

The 14th annual Dancing with the Statesboro Stars presented by D&R Car Care will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2024. The encore show will be Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 3pm at the Connection Church

Each day leading up to the event on November 9, 2024 we will introduce you to the 12 teams competing.

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CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW to TEAM Hendrix and Hoyle

Meet Britt

Britt Hendrix is from Athens, GA where he received his degree in Agronomical Sciences from The University of Georgia.  He moved to Statesboro in 2013 embarking on his first restaurant ownership. He was the owner of Your Pie pizza restaurant until 2020.  He has been an active member of HBA, The Statesboro Jaycees, and The Exchange Club of Statesboro.  Britt’s love for the restaurant industry came back around in 2023 when he and his wife, Maria, founded Boro Bagel Company in downtown Statesboro.  If he’s not at the restaurant he is burning up the real estate trail with Raines Realty Group.  Britt enjoys golf, hunting, and playing guitar in his spare time.  He is blessed with a wonderful family and amazing friends who support him.  His biggest fans are his 8-year-old daughter Hannah, a little dancer herself, and their 3 pups at home.  Britt is very honored to be participating in this year’s DWTSS to support Safe Haven.

Meet Jade

Jade Hoyle is a twenty-three year old native of Statesboro, Georgia and the daughter of Stephen & Rosanna Hoyle. She is a 2019 Honor Graduate of Southeast Bulloch High School and a 2021 graduate of Ogeechee Technical College earning her Associates Degree in Surgical Technology and is certified by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.  Presently, she is employed as a Travel Surgical Technician with her current assignment at the Missouri Orthopedic Institute, a part of the Missouri University Health Care System in Columbia, Missouri.  She has also worked at Burke Health in Waynesboro and at East Georgia Regional Hospital in Statesboro.  Jade is engaged to be married next year to the love of her life, Ty Hamilton.

Dancing and performing have been a part of Jade’s life since the age of two when she began as a student at Southern Dance Academy in Brooklet.  For the past seven years, she has been a dance instructor and choreographer working with children of all ages in the areas of jazz, tap, lyrical, and tumbling.

This is Jade’s fourth year serving as a Dance Pro for Dancing with the Statesboro Stars.  She and her partners have received The Team Player Award, Fundraising Runner up award as well as the Fan Favorite Award.  Jade has spent many years performing with her dance studio. She’s performed at several theme parks including Disney World in Florida, Six Flags over Georgia and Carowinds in North Carolina as well as performing for an Atlanta Hawks basketball game. In addition, she has performed locally in talent shows and entertained at pageants, recitals and parades for many years. In her free time, Jade enjoys wakeboarding, playing golf, horseback riding and going to the beach.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW to TEAM Hendrix and Hoyle

About Safe Haven

Safe Haven is a program of Citizens Against Violence, Inc., a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation.  It is the emergency safe house for adult and child victims of domestic violence serving Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven and Washington counties.  Save Haven is open 24 hours per day/7 days per week.  The length of time at the shelter is based on personal plans and progress towards independence.

There is no charge for services provided at the shelter which include:

  • Access to a 24-hour crisis line
  • Immediate, safe, emergency shelter
  • Advocacy by knowledgeable, caring professionals
  • Case management services
  • Parenting classes
  • Family safety planning
  • Access to donated clothing and furnishings
  • Transportation
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Childcare
  • Community support
  • Housing assistance
  • Relocation services

Safe Haven's Crisis Line is available 24/7 at (912) 764-4605, and you can visit their Outreach office at 204 North College St. from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Advocates are available to assist with safety planning and explain the numerous free and confidential ways they support survivors of domestic violence in our community.