Category: 2020 Grant Assessment
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Bound For Glory Camp
Bound for Glory is a free, summer camp for campers ages 9-12 who struggle with literacy skills, and come from lower-income families. Their mission is to educate, enrich, and encourage underprivileged students struggling with reading by providing a free summer camp in a Christian environment. In 2021: Lake Toxaway Charities approved a grant to support the Bound for Glory…
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Muddy Sneakers
Muddy Sneakers is an environmental education nonprofit that partnerswith public elementary schools to bring fifth graders onto protectedlands in their own community providing a core foundation of scienceknowledge with a curriculum that meets and exceeds state standards. The Muddy Sneakers experience cultivates a lifelong bond betweenchildren and the natural world. Based in Brevard, North Carolina,Muddy…
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Transylvania County Arts Council
Lake Toxaway Charities grants primarily help the TC Arts Council provide art classes,art camps and art opportunities for the underserved, economically challenged andspecial needs individuals in Transylvania County. The Council works closely withTransylvania Vocational Services (adults with disabilities), Rise and Shine (an after-school program), and El Centro Community Center. It also offers gallery exhibits,joins in…
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Med-Assist
NC MedAssist is a non-profit pharmacy program that provides access to lifesaving medications, patient support, advocacy, and related services to vulnerable and uninsured North Carolina residents. Through a grant from Lake Toxaway Charities, Med-Assist will provide free medications for our neighbors in need. In 2020 NC MedAssist received funding from Lake Toxaway Charities to host…
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Sharing House – Transylvania Christian Ministry
Sharing House is a source of compassion and crisis assistance for our low-incomeneighbors in Transylvania County, where we offer food and fresh produce, gently-used clothes, rent and utility assistance, household goods, camping equipment, hotshowers, a safe place to share stories of struggle and a refuge of social interaction.They also empower people who seek paths to…
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Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI)
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) is a public nonprofit foundation staffed largely by volunteers, used for research and education. It operates in what remains of a tracking station maintained by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the peak years of the American space program. The facility in the Pisgah National Forest was…
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STEP of WNC
STEP provides home repair and firewood for low income, elderly, and the disabled. Sadly, some of the homes in our area are not habitable and the living conditions are inhumane. The lumber and home repair provided by our 2020 grant to STEP aided in improving the living conditions of our neighbors who are most in…
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Four Season Hospice
Four Seasons is a nationally recognized, non-profit leader in the delivery of care for people with a serious illness. For nearly 40 years, the Four Season staff has ensured that patients and families going through an incredibly challenging time are cared for in a home-like setting with a team of professionals that minister to the…
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The Family Place
The Family Place of Transylvania County (TFP) has their main location is inBrevard and a satellite location is in Rosman. TFP holistically help families grow andstrengthen relationships, encourage nurturing and emotional support within the home, and assist the development of social and emotional health. They offer a wide variety of programs like Sesame Street in…
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Rice Street Community Garden
The Rice Street Community Garden’s goal is to produce fresh, organically grown, sustainable crops for the food-insecure population of Transylvania County. All of this community-based garden’s produce is donated to a Brevard food bank called Sharing House and a soup kitchen known as Bread of Life, helping to feed the needy of the town and…