Category: Neighbors in Need
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The Haven
Through the partnership between Lake Toxaway Charities and The Haven, a positive impact is made on the lives of individuals and families facing homelessness in the community.
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Pisgah Legal Services
Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) has provided free civil legal aid to low-income residents of Western North Carolina since 1978, serving 18 counties and the Qualla Boundary through a team of 42 staff attorneys and more than 250 pro bono lawyers. In 2025, PLS helped more than 28,000 people across the region — including 750 Transylvania…
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God’s Way Food Pantry
Gods Way Fellowship Food Pantry (GWFP) has served the food-insecure residents of western Transylvania County for more than twenty years, operating out of Balsam Grove in one of the region’s most profound food deserts — an area where many families travel over an hour to access groceries, medical care, and basic resources. With no fees,…
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SAFE
SAFE, Inc. is Transylvania County’s dedicated domestic and sexual violence organization, providing shelter, counseling, case management, court advocacy, and prevention services to survivors and their families. Operating from Stacey’s House — the county’s domestic violence shelter since 2007 — SAFE offers a full continuum of support designed not only to meet immediate needs in a…
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Transylvania County Habitat for Humanity
Transylvania Habitat for Humanity has spent more than 40 years working to ensure that Transylvania County residents have safe, stable, and affordable places to call home. The need is significant: the county’s single-family housing affordability index has dropped to 64.4 over the past five years, and market-rate home prices ranging from approximately $509,500 to over…
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Change the World
Change The World Relief Org. supports Backpack Buddies, which addresses unmet needs in the community. Transylvania County Schools were recently able to add funds used to purchase food and special needs during the Coronavirus pandemic, including over-the-counter medicines for students in need. Fruits, vegetables, dry goods, and other foodstuffs are delivered weekly through the program,…
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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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The Family Place
The Family Place of Transylvania County serves as the county’s comprehensive Family Resource Center, offering both upstream prevention and targeted intervention to help children grow up in safe, stable, and nurturing environments. Through evidence-based programming, the organization addresses the full spectrum of family need — from community connection and early childhood enrichment to coordinated crisis…
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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…
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Change the World
On June 10th our Grant Assessment Committee paid a visit to Change the World Food Bank at Anchor Baptist Church to review their operations, facilities, and grant request for 2020. You may remember, Lake Toxaway Charities, as part of an emergency COVID impact request, granted $11,500 in emergency funding to supply food for Transylvania County…