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Council on Aging for Henderson County

The Council on Aging for Henderson County was formed by a group of concerned local community members who wanted to ensure that an agency existed that focused solely on the safety and well-being of the older adults in the Henderson County community. This was realized on May 9th, 1969 when the Council on Aging incorporated as a private, non-profit agency and started operations at the Southern Railway Company’s old passenger depot. Although originally designed as a “council of agencies” that brought together other organizations that provided services for older adults, it soon became evident that unaffiliated volunteers were willing to contribute money or time in aiding those handicapped as a result of infirmities attributed to aging. Starting with those volunteer contributions, and with the help of governmental funds from the several sources and organizations like the Land of Sky Regional Council and United Way, the Council on Aging began to grow and develop its own programs that provided services for the older adults in Henderson County. The first program the Council on Aging developed was the Visiting Nurse program, where nurses would visit homebound older adults unable to leave their homes to go visit the doctor. From this program, such things as a Visiting Committee, a Hearing Aid Program, and the development of the first nutrition site were done by the Council on Aging. In the fall of 1978, federal funds became available under the Older American’s Act to employ a director full-time to assist the Council in becoming the “Local Point on Aging” in Henderson County. This allowed the agency to take a larger role in providing services for the older adults in Henderson County. Beginning in 1981, the Council on Aging initiated a home-delivered meal program to supplement the Meals on Wheels program at the time run by the Department of Social Services. By 1996, the Council on Aging was awarded Block Grant money for home-delivered meals and had taken over the county wide delivery of the Meals on Wheels program and have provided the service to homebound older adults ever since! In 1998, the congregate meals program at the Sammy Williams Center was started, and has provided older adults 60 and above an opportunity to socialize and enjoy a hot meal every Monday through Friday ever since. The Partnership for Independent Living, established in 2005, is a partnership between the Council on Aging and the Department of Social Services where professional social workers and support staff who assist the older adults in Henderson County with remaining independent and living in their own homes for as long as possible by coordinating appropriate services within the community.

Hendersonville, North Carolina

Code of Support Foundation

Our mission is to provide critical one-on-one assistance to veterans, military members, and their families, ensuring they receive the support and resources they’ve earned through their service and sacrifice. We envision a world where no veteran, military member, or their family member is left without the support they need. Through our no-cost network, PATRIOTlink®, we put critically needed resources right at the fingertips of veterans, while our team provides personal and sustained hands-on support with their cases. At Code of Support, we know veterans and where to find help, constantly striving to match veterans with the right resources in the right way at the right time to get families back on their feet.

Alexandria, Virginia

Growing a Future (Fern Ridge School District School Farm)

To teach and train students and community members of all ages how to develop a healthy, self-sustaining and thriving community through soils training and farming.

Elmira, Oregon

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Sos Counseling

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Second Helpings, Inc.

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana

Swannanoa Valley Historical & Preservation Association, Inc.

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

Black Mountain, North Carolina

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CACHE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

LOGAN, Utah

The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation

The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation (IDDF) was founded in New York City in 1980 to extend the dream, dance, and indomitable spirit of the mother of modern dance, Isadora Duncan. IDDF’s mission is to: Maintain the legacy of American modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan through performances and residencies and archive her works as priceless jewels of American modern dance. Create new choreography through resident performing troupe Lori Belilove

New York, New York

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

BOZEMAN, Montana

Syrian Network for Human Rights

SNHR shares the data it has documented on its database with international bodies concerned with monitoring the human rights situation in Syria, such as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (UN-COI); the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (UN-IIIM); the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA); the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) on Grave Violations Against Children in situations of Armed Conflict, led by UNICEF; the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW); the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID); and a number of special rapporteurs appointed by the Human Rights Council (UNHRC); the US Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and a number of human rights offices in the foreign ministries of countries that issue reports on the human rights situation in Syria, as well as with international human rights organizations, research centers, universities and media institutions that publish research, reports and investigations on the human rights situation in Syria.

Indianapolis, Indiana

CROSBY FUND FOR HAITIAN EDUCATION INC

The Crosby Fund for Haitian Education is a scholarship granting organization that provides full scholarships and funding to over 500 students from pre-K through university in more than 80 schools across Haiti’s rural Artibonite Valley. After graduating from secondary school, our university students go on to attend colleges in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Many of our secondary school graduates go on to technical and vocational training at schools across Haiti. Upon receiving their degrees, The Crosby Fund then assists these graduates in securing internships and jobs across Haiti.

OLD LYME, Connecticut

MANE IN HEAVEN

Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.

BARRINGTON, Illinois