Foster greater understanding of our Cedar Mountain, North Carolina community by hosting events and seminars, enhance appreciation of traditional mountain culture including dance, theater and art and preserve and protect natural resources in our community.
We seek to equip values-minded believers with reliable information about the most important issues in the government, political, and public arena so they can be educated, effective citizens.
An affiliate of the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, the Hunt Institute is a recognized leader in the movement to transform public education. Marshaling expertise from a nationwide partner network since it was established in 2001, the Institute brings together people and resources that help build and nurture visionary leadership and mobilize strategic action for greater educational outcomes and student success.
To support local veterans successfully transition home after military service.
To preserve and promote the legacy of honorable veteran service through historical research, documentation correction and proper recognition.
To educate, connect, and energize leaders to serve and improve the community.
Community improvement through volunteer service.
Wildacres Leadership Initiative trains, supports, and convenes a statewide network of leaders to take courageous action on North Carolina’s most pressing issues through civil dialogue and by engaging across differences to improve the lives of all North Carolinians. Our mission is to build individual and collective leadership that creates cultures of collaboration throughout the state. Our flagship program is the William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations. Both the direct goal and natural outgrowth of our work is to build relationships across lines of difference.