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A Better Life Animal Rescue, Inc. To provide rescue to animals, primarily dogs, Cat’s Cradle 1000 Jamestown Road who are abused or abandoned, secure them Partners for Cats Morganton, NC 28655 safely in foster homes, and screen adoptive REASON Telephone: 828-584-6767 homes for placement. Contact: Peg DeMarco Email: [email protected]
AIDS Leadership Foothills-Area To improve the lives and health of those Catawba Valley Medical Center 1120 Fairgrove Road SE affected by HIV/AIDS while preventing McLeod Centers Hickory, NC 28602 transmission through education and testing. Department of Public Health – Telephone: 828-322-1447 Communicable Disease Branch Contact: Martha Gantt Email: [email protected]
American Red Cross The American Red Cross, a humanitarian 305-A West Union Street organization led by volunteers and guided by Morganton, NC 28655 its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Telephone: 828-438-8844 Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, Contact: Charles Avery will provide relief to victims of disaster and help Email: [email protected] people prevent, prepare for and respond to Emergencies.
Assure The Future To enhance the educational opportunities and J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center 300 Enola Road experiences of individuals with disabilities at Burke County Circles Morganton, NC 28655 the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center Head Start State Collaboration Office Telephone: and advance research-based practices among Contact: M’Lisa Sheldon professionals. Email: [email protected]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC - Provides children facing adversity with strong Burke County United Way Burke Branch and enduring professionally supported one-to- Burke County Public School System PO Box 663 mentoring relationships that change their lives Morganton, NC 28680 for the better, forever. Telephone: 828-430-8357 Contact: Nancy Wood Email: [email protected]
Blue Ridge Community Action, Inc. Helping People, Changing Lives Burke County Dept. of Social Services 800 North Green Street Burke Smart Start Morganton, NC 28655 Family, Infant and PreSchool Program Telephone: 828-758-4290 Contact: Mattie Patterson Email: [email protected] Contact: Circles – Allison Lane Email: [email protected]
Blue Ridge HealthCare Foundation To develop, manage and distribute gifts to Good Samaritan Clinic 2201 S. Sterling Street assist Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge in Burke County Health Department Morganton, NC 28655 providing excellent healthcare in the local area. Community Foundation of Burke Cty. Telephone: 828-580-5358 Contact: Jan Hollar Email: [email protected] Contact: Brandi Behlke Email: [email protected]
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Burke Charitable Properties, Inc. To provide affordable rental space to Burke United Christian Ministries PO Box 642 nonprofit organizations. Good Samaritan Clinic Morganton, NC 28680 Habitat for Humanity Telephone: 828-437-3401 Contact: Dale Barrier Email: [email protected]
Burke Council on Alcoholism and To work collaboratively with community Burke County Public School System Chemical Dependency, Inc. partners to provide prevention, education, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council 203 White Street treatment and recovery support services to Burke County Health Department Morganton, NC 28655 all citizens of Burke County regardless of their Telephone: 828-433-1221 ability to pay. Contact: Jim Van Hecke Email: [email protected]
Burke County Literacy Council To teach adults and their families to read and/or Burke County Public School System 510 S. College Street to improve their literacy skills and to instill in all Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC 28655 those served a commitment to life-long learning. Contact: Browning Rochefort Email: [email protected]
Burke County Public School System To educate diverse learners, nurture their Burke Cooperative Christian Ministries 700 E. Parker Road potentials, and empower them to be Burke County United Way Morganton, NC 28655 competitive, successful and productive Foothills Service Project Telephone: 828-439-4329 citizens. Contact: Larry Putnam Email: [email protected] Contact: Camille Welch Email: [email protected]
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Burke County United Way To inspire Burke County residents and Burke Wellness Initiative 301 E. Meeting Street businesses to create a stronger, healthier Burke County Chamber of Commerce Morganton, NC 28655 and happier community through financial Burke County Continuum of Care Telephone: 828-430-8356 generosity and volunteer commitment. Contact: Wendy Cato Email: [email protected]
Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. To provide excellent care and service Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge 1721 Enon Road for patients with a life limiting illness and Local Churches Valdese, NC 28690 and support for their families. Telephone: 828-879-1601 Contact: Chasity Poteat Email: [email protected]
Burke United Christian Ministries Demonstrating the love of Christ through Burke County Dept. of Social Services 305-B West Union Street food, clothing and crisis assistance. Burke County Public School System Morganton, NC 28655 Local Churches Telephone: 828-433-8075 Contact: Jill King Email: [email protected]
Burke Weather Incorporated Dedicated to making Burke, Caldwell and American Red Cross 2039 Duckworth Avenue McDowell counties a safe place to live, work Burke County Public School System Morganton, NC 28655 play by providing weather products that are National Storm Shelter Association Telephone: up to the minute; reliable; educational; and Contact: Scotty Duckworth easy to use. Email: [email protected]
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CARE Foundation of Western North To support mental health professionals Alzheimer’s and Dementia – WNC 121 Laurel Hills Drive across Western North Carolina in an effort Broughton Hospital Morganton, NC 28655 provide services and enhance the quality of life Partners Behavioral Health Mgmt. Telephone: 828-430-9303 for individuals and families in need. Contact: Jonnie Houck Email: [email protected]
Catawba Science Center Changing lives and inspiring learning Catawba County School System 243 3rd Ave. NE through science and wonder. Hickory Public Schools Hickory, NC 28601 Caldwell County Schools Telephone: 828—322-8169 Contact: Alan Barnhardt Email: [email protected]
Catawba Valley Behavioral Healthcare “Where Help and Hope Meet” A Caring Alternative 327 1st Avenue NW The Cognitive Connection Hickory, NC 28601 Burke Primary Care Telephone: 828-695-5900 Contact: Sally Learned Email: [email protected]
Children’s Hope Alliance To provide a safe, healing journey for hurting Burke County Health Department PO Box 1 children and families – creating hope now and Carolinas HealthCare System Barium Springs, NC 28010 in the future. Blue Ridge Telephone: 704-872-4157 Burke County Dept. of Social Services Contact: Julie Huffman Email: [email protected]
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Conflict Resolution Center The Conflict Resolution Center exists to provide Burke, Caldwell & Catawba County PO Box 9025 Community access to affordable dispute resolution District Criminal Courts Morganton, NC 28680 services. Through training, mediation and education Burke, Caldwell & Catawba Juvenile Telephone: 828-584-2191 The Conflict Resolution Center strives to transform Prevention Councils Contact: Email: conflict into opportunities for peace and human Office of Administrative Hearing s – development for youth, adults, businesses, schools, Medicaid Appeals private organizations and governmental agencies
Disabled American Veterans We are dedicated to a single purpose: empowering Community Foundation of Burke Cty. PO Box 572 Veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and Morganton, NC 28680-0572 dignity. Telephone: 828-437-0177 Contact: David Tubergen Email: [email protected]
East Burke Christian Ministries Burke United Christian Ministries 204 S. Center Street Local Churches Hildebran, NC 28637 Telephone: 828-397-7074 Contact: Carolyn Yoder Email: [email protected]
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Exploring Joara Organization committed to promoting public Burke County Public School System 220 New Street archaeology in the upper Catawba and Yadkin Morganton, NC 28655 river valley of western North Carolina. Our mission Telephone: 828-439-2463 is to support research, education and outreach on Contact: Marie Palacios preservation of our past. Email: ED@ExploringJoara. org
Family, Infant and Preschool Program To promote the growth and development of Blue Ridge Community Action 300 Enola Road young children by supporting and strengthening Care Coordination for Children - Morganton, NC 28655 families and building caring, responsive Burke County Telephone: 828-430-7970 communities. Mountainview Pediatrics Contact: Frances Davis Email: [email protected]
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina A nationally accredited regional land trust, NC National Resource Agencies 135 West Union Street dedicated to working cooperatively with Federal Natural Resource Agencies Morganton, NC 28655 landowners and public and private conservation Multiple regional, state and national Telephone: 828-437-9930 partners to preserve and protect important land conservancies Contact: Susie Hamrick Jones natural areas and open spaces of the Blue Ridge Email: [email protected] Mountains and Foothills region, including watersheds, environmentally significant habitats, forests and farmland, for this and future generations.
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NAME OF ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION’S MISSION TOP THREE COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence Burke County Public Schools 530 4th Street SW and character, who make the world a better place. Places of Worship in Burke County Hickory, NC 28602 United Way Agencies Telephone: 828-328-2444 Contact: Email:
Good Samaritan Clinic Good Samaritan Clinic is an interdenominational CMS -Blue Ridge 305 West Union Street faith-based corporation whose mission is to provide LabCorp Morganton, NC 28655 charitable and affordable primary health care to Community Foundation of Burke Cty. Telephone: 828-439-9948 people living in Burke County who have limited Contact: Steve Hurd financial resources. The Clinic is committed to Email: [email protected] honoring the God-given dignity and value of people by promoting their health and well-being. The Board of Directors views the Parable of the Good Samaritan described by Jesus (Luke 10:25-37) as a mandate to offer a ministry of love, mercy and compassion to people we encounter in everyday life.
Habitat for Humanity of Burke County Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat Burke County Elementary Schools PO Box 352 for Humanity brings people together to build Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC 28680 homes, communities and hope. Burke County Master Gardeners Telephone – 828-437-0370 Contact: Marla Black Email: [email protected]
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Historic Burke Foundation To assist in preservation and restoration of Overmountain Victory Trail Assoc. PO Box 915 historic buildings and sites in Burke County and Burke County Public School System Morganton, NC 28680 provide technical assistance to others engaged Downtown Morganton Telephone: 828-437-4104 in preservation. We encourage awareness of Contact: Joan Malloch heritage and work to enhance the character and Email: [email protected] beauty of our community.
Library Foundation of Burke County, Inc. To support the mission of the Burke County Public Burke County Public Schools 204 S. King Street Library. To provide public access to information City of Morganton Parks and Recreation Morganton, NC 28655 for a diverse community. To offer lifelong Burke Arts Council Telephone: 828-764-9260 learning opportunities through innovate and Contact: Jim Wilson educational programming. Email: jwilsonbcpls.org
Morganton Day School We are dedicated to a philosophy of inquiry Burke United Christian Ministries 305 West Concord Street based education and emphasize individuals Community Foundation of Burke Cty. Morganton, NC 28655 as unique members of a global community Burke Chamber of Commerce Telephone: 828-437-6782 Contact: Ellen Settlemyer Email: [email protected]
New Dimensions Charter School A Challenge Foundation Academy is to create Burke County Parks & Recreation 550 Lenoir Road learning environments that support children in City of Morganton Morganton, NC 28655 becoming producers of their own learning and NC School for the Deaf Telephone: 828-437-5753 and in the process learn to love learning. Contact: Dawn Grindstaff
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New Day Christian Church We are pursuing and building authentic Burke United Christian Ministries 1023 East Union Street Relationships that produce followers of Jesus Christ. The Outreach Center Morganton, NC 28655 Mountain Crest Elementary School & Telephone: 828-433-8465 Walter Johnson Middle School. Contact: Rev. George Logan Email: [email protected]
North Carolina School for the Deaf North Carolina School for the Deaf students will be Burke County Public School System 517 West Fleming Drive confident, collaborative members of an inclusive Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC 28655 language rich educational community. All students Local Private/Charter Schools Telephone: 828-432-5215 will be healthy, well adjusted, lifetime learners who Contact: Audrey Garvin will contribute to world culture and succeed in a Email: [email protected] competitive global economy.
Olive Hill Economic Development Corp., Inc. To positively impact the social, physical, educational WPCC – Small Business Center PO Box 4008 and economic environment of area communities Morganton, NC 28680 Telephone: 828-522-4051 Contact: Beverly Carlton Email: [email protected]
Options, Inc. To inform and educate citizens of Burke County, Blue Ridge Hospital 412 E. Meeting Street while offering support and services to the victims Morganton Police Department Morganton, NC 28680 of domestic violence and violent crimes. This is Burke County Sheriff’s Department Telephone: 828-438-9444 accomplished by providing sanctuary and Contact: Kristy Graf compassionate services that promote empowerment, Email: [email protected] prevention, healing and recovery.
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Piedmont Council – Boy Scouts of America The Piedmont Council’s mission is to serve youth Burke United Christian Ministries 1222 East Franklin Road by instilling Scouting values preparing them to make Burke County United Way Gastonia, NC 28054 ethical choices to achieve their full potential in life. American Red Cross Telephone: 828-413-3306 Contact: Ronnie Thompson Email: [email protected]
Repay, Inc. Repay is a private nonprofit agency, which provides Division of Adult Corrections and PO Box 2423 Services to connect our courts and communities. Juvenile Justice Morganton, NC 28680 Burke County United Way Telephone: 828-438-6218 Ext. 14 Burke County Depart. Of Social Services Contact: Renee Lewis Email: [email protected]
Strategic Alliance for Burke Youth Connect all citizens in Burke County communities Burke County Public Schools PO Box 8386 to the tools and resources necessary to develop Burke Council on Alcoholism and Morganton, NC 28680 and implement youth initiatives. Chemical Dependency Telephone: 240-520-3248 Burke Child Collaborative Contac t: Sarah Dergins Email: [email protected]
Southmountain Children and Family Providing Pathways of Change for children and Burke County Dept. of Social Services 115 N. Sterling Street families in the community. Catawba County Dept. of Social Services Morganton, NC 28655 Burke County Sheriff’s Department Telephone: 828-391-2670 Contact: Chris Jernigan Email: wcjernigan@@southmountain.org
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The Cognitive Connection To promote self-sufficiency and pro-social 1109 2nd Ave. SW life choices through effective client education, Hickory, NC 28602 training and treatment programs. Telephone: 828-327-6026 Contact: Julie Walker Email: [email protected]
The Enola Group To provide structure and guidance, joy and Partners Behavioral Health Mgmt. Adm. PO Box250 meaning for individuals and families through for Children and Families Morganton, NC 28680 evidence based practices, art, education and Burke County United Way Telephone: 828-475-0107 other creative approaches. Contact: Louis Pugh Email: [email protected]
The House of Refuge Ministries, Inc. We exist to provide daily emergency shelter Burke United Christian Ministries PO Box 1371 To homeless men and to assist every willing man A Caring Alternative Morganton, NC 28680 With a “hand up” to better himself, by providing Catawba Valley Behavioral Healthcare Telephone: 828-433-8921 Food, shelter, care, and counseling. Management. Contact: Thomas Hartman Email: [email protected]
The Meeting Place Mission To end homelessness in Burke County. To end Burke United Christian Ministries PO Box 2861 the cycle of homelessness, we provide hope and Options, Inc. Morganton, NC 28680 opportunity to men, women and children through The Outreach Center Telephone: 828-432-5658 shelter, transition and recovery. Contact: Jesse Carswell Email: [email protected]
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The Outreach Center To assist disadvantaged citizens to rise above Burke County United Way PO Box 1003 Circumstances and improve their quality of life. Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC 28680 Burke County Dept. of Social Services Telephone: 828-439-8300 Contact: Arwen March Email: [email protected]
The Salvation Army 750 3rd Avenue Place SE Hickory, NC 28602 Telephone: 828-322-8062 Contact: Steve Aaron Email: [email protected]
Western Piedmont Community College To provide accessible, high-quality education that Burke County Public Schools 1001 Burkemont Avenue Improves lives and promotes growth in our Burke County Manufacturers Assoc. Morganton, NC 28655 Community. Burke County United Way Telephone: 828-448-3123 Contact: Lisa Miller Email: [email protected]
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