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Quebec Community Club
The Quebec Community Center serves as an essential gathering place for residents in the western part of Transylvania County, providing free space for a wide range of community needs. The center is available to between 225–250 families in the area, and roughly a third of that population uses the facility at various times throughout the…
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Transylvania County Schools Educational Foundation (TCSEF)
Transylvania County Schools Education Foundation (TCSEF) mission is topromote, develop, and encourage public and private support of the Transylvania County Schools. TCSEF has been able to cultivate partnerships and relationships throughout Transylvania County to build a team, that has been named the Tiger Impact Group, to support Rosman Elementary, Middle and High Schools. TCSEF has…
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Young Life Camp
Young Life Transylvania County has been serving the county’s middle and high school students for more than 17 years, building relationships with adolescents through consistent, in-person presence at every middle and high school in the county. The organization operates three distinct programs: Young Life and WyldLife, which serve high school and middle school students respectively,…
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Blue Ridge Community Health Services
Blue Ridge Health (BRH) is a Federally Qualified Health Center that has served western North Carolina for more than 60 years, providing integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health services to patients regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. As the only FQHC offering comprehensive integrated care in Transylvania County — a designated Health…
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July 2020 Challenge Match for the Sharing House
On Friday, 31 July, Smith Martini Foundation and Lake Toxaway Charities presented Sharing House with a joint contribution for $100,000 in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brevard College
Brevard College is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action. A baccalaureate, residential, church-affiliated institution, Brevard College is situated in the southern Appalachian mountains of Western North Carolina. True to our Motto: Cognosce ut prosis – learning in order to serve, the programs and…
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Isaac Homes Youth Shelter
The mission of the Isaac Homes Youth Shelter is to provide basic needs and build capacity for a supervised drop-in center for homeless youth. The Youth Center is a social and recreational center intended primarily for use by children ages 11 to 17 years. The Center supports opportunities for youth to develop their physical, social,…
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Mediation Center
The mission of the Mediation Center is to create opportunity from conflict. The Mediation Center provides conflict resolution services to help people move through difficult and stressful times and resolve conflict without violence and abuse. For adults, they provide community and family mediation services to resolve disputes between neighbors, family members, co-workers, and others. Lake…
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Hunger Coalition of Transylvania County
The Hunger Coalition of Transylvania County addresses food insecurity through a model that combines direct food access with nutrition education — treating food not just as relief, but as a tool for long-term health. Operating five weekly mobile markets, distributing meal kits to 96 families each week, and partnering with seven local pantries, the organization…
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4 H Club of Transylvania County
Transylvania County 4-H is part of the nation’s largest youth development organization, serving young people ages 5–18 through community clubs, in-school enrichment, and summer programming. Operating as the youth development arm of the NC Cooperative Extension System, 4-H delivers hands-on, research-based programming across Transylvania County — from Sapphire to Penrose — with a particular focus…