Dec 21, 2021 | Healthy Lifestyles
According to FeedingAmerica.org, 1 in 7 people and 1 in 5 children in North Carolina faced hunger in 2021. Yancey County is no exception. Continuing to address this issue, Partners Aligned Toward Health, Dig In! Community Garden, Reconciliation House, and TRACTOR Food...
Dec 3, 2021 | Healthy Lifestyles
This summer, the Toe River Racqueteers Tennis Camp provided FREE instruction, guidance, and fun to 47 local children interested in learning the game of tennis. Now in its 12th year of implementation, the camp was again taught by Michael Baldwin Sr., USPTA Master...
Dec 3, 2021 | CARE Initiative, COVID-19
The Community Ambassador Real Equality (CARE) initiative — a collaborative effort between PATH, Mountain Community Health Partnership (MCHP), MAHEC, Pisgah Legal Services, and Yancey Emergency Management — was formed in October 2020 to prevent the spread...
Dec 2, 2020 | Healthy Lifestyles
face, sn,The Summer Food Program is a collaborative effort of over 20 partner agencies that provides healthy, nutritious produce and shelf-stable food to children and families in Yancey County. In July and August of this year, the program provided 5 weeks of food...
Oct 28, 2019 | Healthy Lifestyles
The 2019 Summer Food Season started with some big challenges — some self-imposed and some external. In the end, new partnerships and a little bit of a new approach enabled us to have a really successful year, delivering 500 food boxes and serving 100 families...
