News from PATH
Collaborative Summer Food Program partnership shares food with Yancey County Families
Dig In! Yancey Community Garden, Partners Aligned Toward Health, Reconciliation House, and TRACTOR Food and Farms coordinated efforts with over a dozen agencies to share healthy, nutritious produce and shelf-stable food to children and families in Yancey County...
Cougar Fit Club Makes Fitness Fun
In the Spring of 2022, PATH restarted Cougar Fit Club, an after-school program for Mountain Heritage High School students. The program meets twice a week after school and promotes physical activity and peer-to-peer discussion. It creates an atmosphere of belonging...
Staff Updates: Fond Farewells and a Warm Welcome
There have been a few big changes at Partners Aligned Toward Health. Donna Sink Healthy Lifestyles Program Coordinator Donna Sink joins us as the new Healthy Lifestyles Program Coordinator after spending the past 16 years teaching Spanish and ESL in the Yancey County...
The Toe River Racqueteers Take to the Courts!
Fifty local kids came out to hone their tennis skills during the 13th Annual Toe River Racqueteers Tennis Camp held at the Mountain Heritage High School tennis courts this month. Under the guidance of local resident and renowned coach Michael Baldwin, USTPA Master...
The Sizzlin’ Summer Series Wraps Up
This summer was one for the books! The Sizzlin’ Summer Series had an outstanding turnout of over 1,900 participants; our highest number ever! The Sizzlin’ Summer series, co-sponsored by Healthy Yancey, the Town of Burnsville, and Yancey County Government, was a chance...
CARE presents at National Rural Health Association Conference
In May, the Community Ambassador Real Equality (CARE) Team was accepted to present at the National Rural Health Association's Annual Rural Health Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Members of the CARE planning team, Schell McCall and Hannah Robinson of PATH,...
MYSATF attends the RX and Illicit Drug Summit
Earlier this year, several of the Mitchell Yancey Substance Abuse Task Force members were able to attend the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit. The Task Force is very grateful to the funding made available by the Strategic Planning Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF-Rx)...
CARE College Access Parent Night
After a presentation on college access from former College Adviser, Lila Sheon, the Community Ambassador Real Equality (CARE) Team felt fired up about getting information on going to college out into the wider community. Many ambassadors reflected on their own...
Our Team is Growing!
Tara Wright Youth Program Specialist Prior to joining PATH, I studied art at Guilford College, in Greensboro, NC, and spent 8 years working as a clay artist/ potter in the River Arts District in Asheville. Throughout 2019 and 2020, I experienced some significant...
Congratulations to the 11th Annual Burnsville Fit Families 5K Participants!
Each year, Partners Aligned Toward Health organizes the Burnsville Fit Families (BFF) 5K with the goal of uniting our community through healthy activity. The 11th Annual Burnsville Fit Families 5K held on Saturday, April 30thwas a great success! After missing the...