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Oct. 27, 2022   Nothing Bundt Cakes in Hickory recently joined the Catawba County United Way's new initiative – Small Businesses Love Big.  This will be an opportunity for small companies in Catawba County (50 employees or less) to invest back into their communities.  Each participating company contributes $365 a year, which will be used to fund a second Catawba County United Way allocation process focused on supporting programs of local small…
Oct. 25, 2022   By John Bailey jbailey@ccunitedway.com  A record amount of monetary donations helped the Catawba County United Way (CCUW) extend the impact of its annual school supply drive this year.    The CCUW recently presented Catawba County Schools, Hickory Public Schools and Newton-Conover City Schools with a share of the more than $6,000 raised through August and September. The monetary donations were led by the generous amount of $…
Oct. 18, 2022   By John Bailey jbailey@ccunitedway.com By the time the first starter gun went off last Wednesday (Oct. 12), the rain had stopped at Southside Park in Newton, providing 500 cross country athletes from across the region the perfect weather to compete in the 29th annual John F. Hall Catawba County United Way Cross Country Invitational.  The event was re-named for John Hall this year (founder of the invitational) to honor his…
Oct. 10, 2022   By John Bailey jbailey@ccunitedway.com   Being part of a larger community outreach was the reason Hickory Real Estate Group recently joined the Catawba County United Way’s new Small Businesses Love Big initiative.  This initiative allows companies in Catawba County with 50 employees or less to invest back into their communities by supporting local non-profit programs.  “It just gives us an opportunity, as a small business, to…
Oct. 5, 2022   By John Bailey jbailey@ccunitedway.com The Catawba Valley Insurance Agency in Hickory firmly believes in giving back to their community, which is why they recently became the newest member of the Catawba County United Way’s Small Businesses Love Big initiative (SBLB).  The SBLB allows companies in Catawba County with 50 employees or less to invest back into their community by supporting local non-profit programs.  Catawba Valley…
Oct. 3, 2022   RHF Investments, Inc., the parent company of Century Furniture, Hancock & Moore, Hickory Chair, Jessica Charles, Highland House Furniture, Maitland Smith and Cabot Wrenn is hosting a collection drive to benefit Florida residents impacted by Hurricane Ian.   Century Furniture will park a tractor trailer in the parking lot of Valley Hills Mall on Saturday, Oct. 8 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.). The company will staff it with employee…
June 30, 2022   By John Bailey jbailey@ccunitedway.com Nine years ago, Tonya Adams walked through the doors at the Family Guidance Center domestic violence shelter as a survivor of human trafficking. Now, she walks through the same doors as the shelter manager, someone ready to help, who knows what it means to need help, who knows what it takes to provide help. “Walking through those doors, it's a moment of joy every day for me now,” Adams…
By John Bailey  jbailey@ccunitedway.com   Every educator has one...a stash of extra classroom supplies, according to Webb A. Murray Elementary Principal Angela Garcia.   "Sometimes we get a call from a mother who will say, she went shopping, but has four students in school and all of them have notebooks and pencils because she thinks that is what is the most important, but then can’t buy all of them crayons and scissors,” Garcia said.   The…
By John Bailey jbailey@ccunitedway.com   You can never have too many crayons, according to Webb A. Murray Elementary School Guidance Counselor Pa Lusk. While this seems like a small thing to worry about, it’s part of the bigger issue of making ends meet for families with limited financial resources, of choosing what to buy or not to buy on yearly classroom supply lists.  Webb A. Murray Elementary School Guidance Counselor Pa Lusk and…
By John Bailey jbailey@ccunitedway.com   Darlene Schronce knows better than most the value of non-profit partnerships. “Places like Adult Life Programs help people like me, with mental and physical disabilities, teaching them how to get along in the world and how to have responsibilities in their life,” she said.  Schronce is a participant at Adult Life’s Conover center and experiences the power of non-profit collaboration every day. “The…