Artwork courtesy of Stephanie Tenery
2006
A N N U A L
R E P O R T
Community Foundation of Burke County
Board of Directors Sitting L-R: Hugh Fletcher, Doris Fullwood, Cyndie Callaway (Vice-President), John Branstrom (President), Jim Lowdermilk (Treasurer) and Jim Rostan Standing L-R: Le Erwin, Marc Mitchell, Chip Black, Sterling Collett, John Ervin (Secretary), Otto Woerner, Susan Wilson, Ben Succop and Paul Deaton
Mission Statement To encourage, develop and participate in philanthropy by providing flexible giving opportunities, professional support and responsible stewardship for the benefit of donors and qualified recipients
Year in Review
2006
has been an extraordinary year
for your Community Foundation. It was a year of thoughtful philanthropists, unprecedented growth and new beginnings. It is often said that Burke County is a truly special community – not because of its mountains, its picturesque towns or its state-of-the-art facilities. Our greatest attribute is our people. We insist upon caring for one another – black and white, rich and poor, native-speaking and foreigntongued, people with and without disabilities. Some people share a meal. Others offer clothing These numbers are noteworthy and certainly worth mentioning, but,
or housing. Others give a hug or lend an ear.
most importantly, they represent improvements in the quality of life in
In this spirit of giving, some choose to use the Community Foundation to
our community. They mean a better life for our neighbors. That is reason
care for those causes and people closest to their hearts. Please read
to celebrate.
about Dr. Jean Ervin, a fascinating Burke Countian who took the time to insure that her favorite causes were cared for beyond her life. Her two
It has been a full year, and we believe that it is just the beginning. We are
testamentary funds will assist those who are critically ill, help preserve
only seeing a glimmer of what is to come. As we stand on this threshold
North Carolina history, support her beloved church and care for a
and look to the future, we are filled with hope, courage and promise. You
cemetery that is close to her heart – forever.
have invested your time, resources and energy in this community, but your guiding light has been your heart. We will continue to be good stewards
Other thoughtful and generous people like Dr. Jean have recognized the
of all that you entrust to us – growing the community’s resources and
wisdom of using the Community Foundation to permanently care for
connecting good people to the causes most meaningful to them.
people, neighborhoods, organizations and our natural resources. We gain the confidence of these philanthropists because of many factors. A
Please read the next few pages with us and share in our celebration.
significant one is our compliance with the National Standards for
Accept our genuine gratitude for your generosity, your caring nature and
Community Foundations, the highest philanthropic standards for
your insistence upon excellence.
operational quality, integrity and accountability that a community foundation can earn.
John T. Branstrom
The result of this trust and resolve for excellence has been tremendous
President
growth. Please take a few minutes to look at the charts on pages five and six. Our grants to the community have increased by fifty percent and our assets nearly doubled in one year. We had 49 endowment funds that
Caroline M. Avery
distributed close to $100,000 in grants to worthy nonprofits this year.
Executive Director
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Community Grants & Scholarships
Community Grants In its fifth Community Grants Cycle, the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Burke County allocated $40,000 of unrestricted funds to be used for the most effective projects addressing current needs in Burke County. An additional $3,000 came from the Richard Fund, which specifies that a percentage of its distributions be used to meet the changing needs of the area in and around Valdese.
In addition, the First United Methodist Church of Valdese was awarded $3,027 from the Emanuel A. and Romilda P. Richard Endowment for their Angel Food Ministry, which offers weekly nutritious meals in a loving environment. These organizations are meeting many critical needs for our community, and the Foundation is proud to help them improve the quality of life for all people in Burke County.
Chaired by Dr. Paul Deaton, the Grants Committee diligently researched existing needs in Burke County and programs that are meeting those needs. Detailed applications were reviewed and site visits were conducted by Grants Committee members Paul Deaton, Hugh Fletcher, Daniel Gutierrez, John McElrath, Marc Mitchell and Jean VanNoppen.
2006 Scholarship Recipients Jimmy C. Draughn Scholarship Landon Tyler Huffman (UNC – Chapel Hill)
Grants were approved to the following organizations and projects: Harry L. Hallyburton Scholarship Christopher Drew Anderson(NC State) Christopher Allen Buchanan (NC State) Tyler Montgomery Buff (NC State) Tara A. Hubbard (UNC – Wilmington)
Burke Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency received $9,192.00 to assist with crucial office renovations. Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina was awarded $5,000 to provide funding for protection efforts that will lead to the protection of lands with high public values.
Larry and Louise Huffman Scholarship Christopher Chance Cook (Emory and Henry College) Ashley Danielle Styles (Catawba Valley Community College)
Good Samaritan Clinic was awarded $7,655 to assist with the purchase of life saving medical equipment and supplies. Habitat for Humanity of Burke County was awarded $2,653 for the purchase of a swing set for their Gold Park in Drexel, a collaborative project between Girl Scouts Senior Troop 553 and Habitat for Humanity.
Faye T. Russell Scholarship Danielle Leann Epley (Appalachian State University) Nicollette E. Connelly (UNC – Chapel Hill)
History Museum of Burke County was awarded $1,000 to be used for the Museum’s Capital Fund toward the Phifer/Johnson challenge grant.
Stiff Endowment Michael Brandon White (Western Carolina University) Marty Allen Parlier (Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute)
Battered Women’s Support Group Project of Option’s was awarded $7,500.
Wynne and Otto Woerner Scholarship Shane Von Farr (Western Piedmont Community College)
Gang and Prevention Education Project of the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Hickory was awarded $2,000 to implement the program in Burke County. (See picture on page 8).
Wynne and Otto Woerner – Carolina Shoe Scholarship Chesnee Lae Shull (UNC – Charlotte)
Shekinah Food Ministry of Oak Ridge Baptist Church of Connelly Springs was awarded $5,000 to help with the purchase of equipment to store and deliver food to needy families in Burke County. (See picture on page 8).
Glenn R. Yoder Scholarship Christopher Allen Buchanan(NC State) Michael Gregory Clontz (Western Piedmont Community College) Clyde Nichols Young, Jr. Scholarship Jacob Steven Perry (UNC – Chapel Hill)
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Tribute to a Benefactor Jean Conyers Ervin by Dorothy K. Ervin
J
ean Conyers Ervin, a woman before her time, was the last child
Marjorie Miller Triebert, her childhood friend, co-edited the
born into a large family of free-thinkers, each of whom had an
Heritage of Burke County that was sponsored and published by the
agenda and mutual love and respect for one another.
Burke County Historical Society in 1981. She wrote her autobiography, The Youngest of Ten, that was
After graduating from Morganton High School
published in 1997.
in 1926 and Converse College in 1930, Jean spent a year at the North Carolina School for
When Jean got a “bee in her bonnet,” she was
the Deaf where she received a certificate for
a force to be reckoned with. This was most
special training to teach the deaf. She was
evident in her pursuit of a residential
then off and running! During the next ten
retirement home for the aging in
years she taught in state residential schools
Morganton. She became the moving force
for the deaf in South Dakota, Utah, and
behind the creation of Mountain House
New Jersey.
Retirement Center, Inc., later to become Grace Ridge Retirement Community. The
In 1942, Jean received a Master of Arts
facility opened in 1987.
Degree from Columbia University Teachers College and in 1950, a Ph.D. from the
Jean Ervin made an estate commitment to the
University of Missouri. She chose Mark Twain as
Community Foundation of Burke County. She
a speaker for the subject of her dissertation. For the
provided assets for the Jean Conyers Ervin Fund
remainder of her life, Jean maintained her interest in
which benefits the following: the First Presbyterian
Mark Twain and collected his works, articles and books
Church which played an important role in her life for ninety-
written about him, and Mark Twain memorabilia. She gave most of
seven years, Burke Hospice and Palliative Care from whom she
her collection to the Phifer Learning Resources Center at Western
received care and support
Piedmont Community College prior to her death in 2006. As she
during the final months of
wished, the remainder of her collection is now there.
her life, and the North
After teaching at the University of Missouri, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Connecticut, Jean supervised the speech program for the Arlington, Virginia Public Schools for ten years. She then returned to academia at the University of Virginia. During these years, she was active in many professional organizations and taught short courses at many colleges and universities. In 1976, she retired and returned to Morganton to live in the house where she had grown up.
Carolina Room of the Burke
County
Public
Library System. It should be noted that fourteen year old Jean Ervin was a visitor to the
Morganton
Public
Library on its first day of operation in November 1923; at that time, the library was housed in a second story room
Back in Morganton, Jean participated in many civic activities. She
at 125 West Union Street. Jean also provided assets for the
was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Quaker
establishment of the Quaker Meadows Cemetery Fund that will
Meadows Chapter of the National Daughters of the American
provide funds for the maintenance of Quaker Meadows Cemetery,
Revolution, and the Burke County Historical Society. She and
whose restoration efforts were led by her sister Eunice Worth Ervin.
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Financial Reports Year Ended December 31, 2006 (With Comparative Totals for 2005)
Statement of Activities
Statement of Financial Position Assets
2006
2005
Revenues and Other Support 2006 Contributions
Current assets: Cash and equivalents
$ 1,147,648 $
Promises to give, current portion Other receivables Total current assets
653,241
8,575
7,799
268
399
1,156,491
661,439
Investment income
$ 2,135,731 $
707,087
129,651
94,749
258,146
96,417
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments Loss on equipment disposition In-kind contributions
Promises to give, less current portion Investments Property and equipment, net
Total Assets
12,825
300
4,197,068
2,640,123
9,230
11,565
2005
(1,400) 12,441
Other income
11,312
6
Total revenues and other support
2,535,975
908,165
415,792
285,922
61,422
49,939
$5,375,614 $3,313,427
Expenses Program services
Liabilities and Net Assets
Management and general
Current liabilities: Accrued expenses
$
3,912 $
Bad debt expense
486
Total expenses Net assets: Unrestricted
659,802
477,214
345,861
Increase in net assets
2,058,761
562,304
Net assets at beginning of year
3,312,941
2,750,637
504,740
Restricted: Temporarily restricted
4,671,900
2,778,201
Permanently restricted
40,000
30,000
4,671,900
2,808,201
5,371,702
3,312,941
Total restricted
10,000
Net assets at end of year
$5,371,702 $3,312,941
2006 Audit completed by Painter, Russell & Woodson, PLLC. Financials were extracted from the annual audit.
Total net assets
Complete audited statements are available at the offices of the Community Foundation.
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$5,375,614 $3,313,427 for good forever 4
Grants in Action Grants by Area 2006
Grants to the Community
Arts, Culture and Humanities $42,181.64
$400,000
12%
22%
$300,000
12% 3%
Environment/Animals $10,019.56
$235,984
$250,000 $200,000
6%
$146,027
$150,000 $100,000
25%
Health $91,031.90
$81,734
$84,257
$50,000
Human Services $71,245.35
06 20
05 20
04 20
20
Total .................$354,369
03
01
$0 20
20%
$122,511
02
Public/Society Benefit $19,875.92
$350,000
20
Religion $43,614.78
$354,369
Education $76,400.00
2006 Grants in Action Alzheimer’s Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,461.28 American Bible Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800.00 American Cancer Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,461.28 American Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300.00 Anderson University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,100.00 Appalachian Family Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,000.00 Barium Springs Home for Children . . . . . . . . . . . .1,461.28 Bethel United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00 Burke Arts Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,185.28 Burke Charitable Properties, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00 Burke Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dep. . . . .10,192.00 Burke County Endowment for the Arts . . . . . . . .26,000.00 Burke County Friends for Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .878.04 Burke County Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,000.00 Burke County United Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000.00 Burke Hospice & Palliative Care . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,785.08 Burke Sunrise, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,500.00 Burke United Christian Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . .18,527.48 Community Foundation of Burke County . . . . . . 16,414.64 Church of God Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .860.00 Coats Missionary Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,500.00 Disabled American Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,461.28 Drexel First Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,704.78 Faith Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500.00 First Baptist Church – Morganton . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,236.76 First Church of God of Drexel, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .6,500.00 First Presbyterian Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,500.00 First United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250.00 First United Methodist Church of Valdese . . . . . . .3,027.48 Foothills Conservancy of N.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,000.00 Forest Hill Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,000.00 Glen Alpine Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,205.52 Good Samaritan Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44,170.98 Good Samaritan Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00
Grace Episcopal Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,600.00 Grace Lifecare, Inc. d/b/a Grace Ridge . . . . . . . . . .250.00 Grandfather Home for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,461.28 Habitat for Humanity of Burke County . . . . . . . . .4,648.40 Hillcrest Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200.00 Historic Burke Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,011.28 History Museum of Burke County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000.00 Intervarsity Christian Fellowship-USA . . . . . . . . . .5,600.00 Library Foundation of Burke County, Inc. . . . . . .11,600.00 Medical Benevolence Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00 Mimosa Christian Counseling Center . . . . . . . . . . . .250.00 Morganton Housing Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800.00 Morganton Service League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472.87 Mountain View Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,198.28 N.C. School for the Deaf Foundation, Inc. . . . . . . . .684.21 New Day Christian Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,500.00 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,313.46 Piedmont Council of Boy Scouts of America . . . . . .250.00 Presbytery of Western North Carolina . . . . . . . . . .2,100.00 Rock School Art Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,148.32 Salvation Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000.00 Samaritan’s Purse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00 Shekinah Food Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,000.00 SIM USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,500.00 Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17,000.00 South Mountain Children’s Home . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,461.28 St. Jude's Children Research Hospital . . . . . . . . . .1,461.28 Valdese Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,027.48 Waldensian Presbyterian Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,297.85 Warner Southern College, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00 Western Piedmont Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,250.00 World Vision, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00 TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354,369.15
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Endowment Funds Please consider making a donation to one of these endowments. Blue Ridge Community Action Fund supports programs that foster the development of economically depressed families and develops the human resources, which carry out community action programs.
Burke Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. Limited Endowed Donor Advised Fund provides palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families, either directly or in consultation with the patient’s physician or with a community agency.
Bowers-Greene Endowment Fund has broad charitable purposes.
Camp Lake James Stewardship Fund supports outdoor educational projects, environmental and historical conservation and research projects, civic projects and scholarship programs in Burke and McDowell counties.
Burke Arts Council Endowment Fund supports programs and projects of the Burke Arts Council in Burke County, North Carolina. Burke County Friends for Animals Endowment Fund creates a permanent source of income for the Friends for Animals.
Charles M. and Alice M. Carey Endowment for the Humane Treatment of Animals Fund provides annual distributions to Friends for Animals Humane Society of Burke County for the benefit of domestic animals and their treatment in Burke County.
Burke County United Way Fund is used to assess, on a continuing basis, the need for human service programs; to see solutions to human problems; to assist in the development of new or the expansion or modification of existing human service programs; to promote preventive activities, and foster cooperation among local, state, and national agencies serving the community.
Children’s School Scholarship Endowment Fund provides scholarships to qualified applicants to the Children’s School. Community Fund supports charitable projects and organizations that improve the quality of life in Burke County.
Burke Education Endowment Program Limited Endowed Donor Advised Fund is established to provide every Burke County high school graduate (who lacks the financial means) the opportunity to attend Western Piedmont Community College and earn a degree.
Jackie and Paul Deaton Fund has broad charitable purposes. Jimmy C. Draughn Scholarship Endowment Fund provides scholarships to qualified applicants from eastern Burke County, North Carolina.
Burke Hospice & Palliative Care Endowment Fund provides palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families, either directly or in consultation with the patient’s physician or with a community agency.
Drexel Alumni Association Fund provides scholarships to qualified applicants from the Drexel School area of Burke County, North Carolina.
Growth of Endowment and Total Assets $6,000,000 $5,375,614
$5,500,000
$4,846,804
$5,000,000 $4,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,313,427
$3,500,000 $2,755,307
$3,000,000
$2,277,473
$2,500,000
$2,091,065
$2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000
$2,812,367
$1,394,089 $1,170,872
$1,619,964
$898,842
$624,018
Endowment
$500,000 $0
Total Assets 2001
2002
2003
2004
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2005
2006
Endowment Funds
Jean Conyers Ervin Fund benefits the Presbyterian Church of Morganton, Burke Hospice and Palliative Care and the North Carolina Room of the Burke County Public Library. Mildred P. and J. Hugh Fletcher Endowment Fund has broad charitable purposes. Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Burke County Endowment Fund supports Foothills Conservancy’s operations and mission of land and water conservation in Burke County. Good Samaritan Clinic Endowment Fund provides resources to an interdenominational Christian organization which will provide medical care, medications and pastoral support and counseling to the medically needy and working poor residents of Burke County.
Paddy Creek Farm courtesy of Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Historic Burke Foundation-Alice Elaine Falls Endowed Fund provides funding for the programs and projects of the Historic Burke Foundation. Historic Burke Foundation-Alice Elaine Falls Limited Endowed Donor Advised Fund provides funding for the programs and projects of the Historic Burke Foundation. Larry and Louise Huffman Scholarship Endowment provides scholarships to qualified applicants from eastern Burke County, North Carolina. Andrea Galen Jacks Scholarship Endowment Fund provides educational opportunities and enrichment for foster care children in
Francis and Emily Grill Memorial Fund supports the programs of the following nonprofit organizations: Alzheimer’s Association, Hospice of Burke County, Inc., American Cancer Society, Grandfather Home for Children, South Mountain Children’s Home, St. Jude
the custody of the Burke County Department of Social Services. Joyce Amos Jones Endowment Fund has broad charitable purposes.
Children’s Research Hospital, Habitat for Humanity of Burke County,
Library Foundation of Burke County Endowment Fund
Inc., Barium Springs Home for Children, and Disabled American
supports the maintenance and programs of a free public library in
Veterans.
Burke County.
Habitat for Humanity of Burke County, Inc. Fund supports the
Jerald C. Liebhart, Sr. & Grace Folmar Liebhart Fund provides
Gospel of Jesus Christ by developing, building, renovating,
funds for a travel fellowship outside or within the United States
rehabilitating and maintaining decent housing in Burke County for
primarily for a member, between the ages of sixteen (16) and twenty-
economically disadvantaged people and to help them create a better
two (22), of First Baptist Church of Morganton, North Carolina.
human habitat in which to live and work.
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Endowment Funds
Martha’s Park Endowment Fund provides funding to preserve
portion of the Fund will meet the changing needs of the Burke County
and maintain the park.
community as determined by the Community Foundation.
Albert Mehl Endowment Fund provides support and charitable
Rock School Arts Foundation Endowment Fund helps to
services to the deaf and hearing impaired community in and around
promote and encourage interest in the visual and performing arts
Burke County, North Carolina.
through the Rock School Art Foundation.
Morgan-Avery Fund has broad charitable purposes.
John P. Rostan, Jr. and Naomi Bounous Rostan Endowment Fund has broad charitable purposes.
Mountain View Cemetery Fund is used for the charitable purposes of the Evangelical Methodist Church and the First Baptist Church of Connelly Springs, specifically the maintenance of the
Salsbury-Taylor Fund has broad charitable purposes. Stiff Endowment Fund is established in memory of Dr. A. Olin and
Mountain View Cemetery.
Evelyn Senter Stiff to improve healthcare in Burke County with a current focus on nursing scholarships and the School Health Nurse Program in the Burke County Public Schools. Stop Alcohol and Drug Addiction Endowment Fund is established to support the work of the Burke Council on Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency.
Gang graffiti identified by Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club (See Community Grants on page 2).
Donald and Betty Taylor Fund benefits the Alexander Senior Center, the American Red Cross (Burke County Chapter), Blue Ridge Community Action, Caldwell Academy in Greensboro, First Baptist
Options Against Family Violence Fund supports intervention
Church of Morganton, the Morganton’s Woman’s Club, Southmountain
services for victims of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault in
Children and Family Services, Three Forks Baptist Church in Alexander
Burke County.
County and the changing needs of the Burke County community.
Ann Cornwell Patton & George Thomas Cornwell Fund provides educational opportunities to persons who are economically disadvantaged including assistance to at risk preschool children. It also supports the administrative expenses of the Foundation for the first 10 years. Quaker Meadows Cemetery Fund provides funding for the maintenance and preservation of the Quaker Meadows Cemetery which is owned by the Historic Burke Foundation. Emanuel A. and Romilda P. Richard Endowment Fund benefits Waldensian Presbyterian Church Service Committee, Burke United Christian Ministries Food Services Program, Valdese Elementary School (special needs for children) and Hospice of Burke County. Annually, a
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Shekinah Food Ministry providing boxes for local shut-ins (See Community Grants on page 2).
Endowment Funds
Teeth In Need Endowment Fund is established by a devoted friend
Glenn R. Yoder Scholarship Endowment Fund provides
to provide for the immediate dental care needs of the uninsured
scholarships to Burke County students with financial needs and whose
children in Burke County. The Good Samaritan Clinic and the Burke
character reflects a commitment to the objectives of Lions International.
County school nurses will work together to provide these services to Burke County children.
Clyde Nichols Young, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to qualified applicants from Freedom High School.
Valdese Rotary Club Endowed Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to qualified applicants from eastern Burke County, North Carolina.
Advisory Committees
Waldensian Presbyterian Church Cemetery Endowment Fund provides funding for the maintenance of the cemetery. Waldensian Presbyterian Women Scholarship Program Endowment Fund provides scholarships to qualified applicants
Acceptance Committee
Investment Committee
John Ervin, Chair
Sterling Collett, Chair
Harold Mitchell
John Branstrom
Phil Church
John Rostan
from Waldensian Presbyterian Church. Executive Committee Wynne and Otto Woerner Endowed Scholarship Fund helps Burke County students further their education. One scholarship is specifically for direct descendants of Carolina Shoe employees and the other scholarship is available to anyone living in Burke County.
John Branstrom, Chair
Nominating Committee
Chip Black
Chip Black, Chair
Cyndie Callaway
John Branstrom
John Ervin
Phil Church
Le Erwin
John Ervin
Jim Rostan
Debbe Perry
Ben Succop
Jim Rostan
Finance Committee
Personnel Committee
Jim Lowdermilk, Chair
Jim Rostan, Chair
Mike Ayotte
Cyndie Callaway
Chip Black
Harold Mitchell
Mike Fulenwider Ben Succop
Le Erwin, Chair Cyndie Callaway
Paul Deaton, Chair
Hugh Fletcher
Hugh Fletcher
Tom Rogers
Daniel Gutierrez
Susan Wilson
Marc Mitchell
Caroline Avery, Executive Director, (left) & Toni Nadeau, Financial Assistant, (right)
Scholarship Committee
Grants Committee
John McElrath
Staff
Otto Woerner
Jean VanNoppen
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