News from 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...
Join Our Team!
PATH is seeking a full-time Healthy Lifestyles Program Coordinator, a full-time Youth Program Specialist, and a part-time Program and Administrative Assistant to join our team. To learn more about these exciting opportunities and how to apply, click below: Healthy...
The Summer Food Program Provided Much-Needed Support to Families in Need
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...
12th Annual Toe River Racqueteers Summer Camp
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...
The CARE Initiative Continues to Improve the Health of the Latinx Community
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 of COVID-19...
The Sizzlin’ Summer Series Looked a Bit Different This Year!
For most, if not all of us, the summer of 2020 has proven to be very different from summers of the past. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many cancellations and closures, and has altered many plans. Our Sizzlin’ Summer Series was no different. While the virus forced...
The Summer Food Program Served More Families Than Ever Before
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...