Category: 2021 Grant Assessment
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2021 Year in Review
A Letter from our Board December 1, 2021 Dear Lake Toxaway Estates Neighbor, Lake Toxaway Charities was founded over 45 years ago through an incredibly humble and grass roots effort of residents who wanted to help their less fortunate neighbors. These founders recognized the current and the anticipated needs of our community for years to…
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MountainCare, INC
MountainCare Adult Day in Transylvania County has existed for more than 26 years; first as KOALA, then as part of CarePartners, and now as part of MountainCare. MountainCare provides a safe and enjoyable environment for those who require specialized support during the day but wish to remain living at home. MountainCare’s programing reduces the burden…
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Meals on Wheels
Lake Toxaway Charities approved grant requests in 2020 & 2021 to fund Meals on Wheels programming. Meals on Wheels delivers hot lunches daily to the homes of house-bound seniors in the upper part of Transylvania County. Volunteers make these deliveries to recipients who are pre-enrolled with the program manager. Other funding is provided by the…
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Jameson’s Joy Memorial Service Foundation
Jameson’s Joy recognizes the importance of parents being involved in the lives of their children, and how the lack of a father figure hurts many children. Jameson’s parents, both teachers, see daily the positive effects on children that loving mother and father figures in the home provide. Due to a passion for creating opportunities for…
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Through the Trees
Through the Trees assists community members obtain internet access in homes orbusinesses through rural broadband expansion and hotspot deployment. More thanever, people are reliant on internet access for basic necessities, but driving to freeWiFi is not always feasible. Through the Trees helps remove barriers and supportthose in need. There are three branches of this needed…
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St Baldricks Foundation of Transylvania County
St Baldrick’s Foundation is a private non-profit raising money forchildhood cancer research since 2005. All fundraising is accomplished by donations and fundraising events including an annual bowlingtournament, a motorcycle ride thru the Blueridge Parkway, a 5K runand other events. Funds raised goes directly to research and impactschildren diagnosed with cancer here in our own community.
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Transylvania County Farmer’s Market
Transylvania Farmers Market encourages and promotes local agriculture, horticulture, value-added and craft industries in Transylvania County. We promote health and wellness through education and access to healthy foods in the community, especially to the food insecure individuals and families. We also provide a healthy and welcoming place for our community to gather. Each week year-round…
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Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas
The mission of the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas (VHMC) is to honor our nation’s veterans, to educate the public about our country’s military history and the contribution of our servicemen and women, and to preserve important and unique historic artifacts. The VHMC reflects a love of country and gratitude to those who serve…
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Handshake America
The Handshake America program identifies and recruits 6 scholarathletes [male & female] in the fall of their junior year in high schooland pairs them with 3 volunteer coaches. These “teams” meet over thenext 12 months until the fall of the student’s senior year in 8 scheduledworkshop-type group discussions which focus on the 5 Handshakepractices: Perseverance,…
