Category: Healthcare
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PurplPlace
PurplPlace is a Brevard-based nonprofit built on the belief that women deserve a place where their whole health is cared for in one supportive space. Serving women navigating trauma, depression, anxiety, disordered eating, and other life challenges, PurplPlace brings together personal trainers, nutritionists, wellness consultants, and licensed mental health counselors to provide coordinated, compassionate care…
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TC STRONG
TC STRONG is a Transylvania County nonprofit founded in 2022 in response to growing concerns about teen mental health and suicide. Their mission is to nurture mental wellness and emotional resilience among local youth — not by creating programs for young people, but by creating spaces with them. TC STRONG’s youth-driven, community-connected approach empowers young…
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WNC Firewood
WNC FireWood addresses a critical but often overlooked need in Transylvania County: safe, adequate home heating for low-income and elderly residents who rely on firewood to stay warm through the winter months. Cold homes contribute to respiratory illness, depression, falls, and financial stress — conditions that fall hardest on older adults and families with limited…
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Sparkpoint (Sustainable Health For All)
SparkPoint exists to foster community well-being rooted in connection. Addressing what Transylvania County’s 2024 Community Health Assessment identified as two of the county’s most pressing concerns — mental health challenges and social isolation — SparkPoint works as both a direct service provider and a countywide convener, helping residents, nonprofits, and community leaders align resources, reduce…
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The Center for Women
The Center for Women is Brevard’s only nonprofit focused primarily on pregnant women, and the only organization in Transylvania County offering free ultrasounds. As a licensed medical clinic, the Center provides no-cost pregnancy testing, limited OB ultrasound to confirm gestational age and viability, confidential counseling, and options education — serving women of all ages, incomes,…
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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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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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Blue Ridge Mountain Health Project
For more than 22 years, the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic has provided comprehensive, completely free dental care to low-income residents across five western North Carolina counties, including Transylvania County. Located in Cashiers, the clinic is particularly accessible to residents of Rosman, Balsam Grove, Quebec, Lake Toxaway, and Sapphire — communities where geographic isolation, limited…
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Brevard Lions Club
The Brevard Lions Club is a local chapter of Lions Clubs International, the world’s largest service club organization. Locally, the club focuses on vision care and accessibility for low-income residents throughout Transylvania County — including those in the Lake Toxaway and Sapphire communities. Through a partnership with Looking Glass Eye Center in Brevard, the Lions…
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Med-Assist
NC MedAssist is North Carolina’s only statewide charitable pharmacy, providing free prescription and over-the-counter medications to uninsured and under-resourced residents across the state. In Transylvania County — where rural geography, fixed incomes, and limited pharmacy access create significant barriers to care — NC MedAssist delivers services through two complementary programs that together served 501 county…