Below you will find news from the Trust.
Investment Part of Long-Term Healthy Places NC Initiative
With support from the Trust, a local integrated care service provider is redesigning how to provide residents access to mental health and substance abuse treatment options. This investment is part of Healthy Places NC—the Trust’s long-term commitment to improving the health of residents in the state’s rural, under-resourced counties.
Residents in Edgecombe and Nash Counties are working together to improve the health of the community by tackling the issues of fair housing and food access.
With support from the Trust, local groups are working to improve the health of McDowell County and the surrounding region by expanding workplace wellness opportunities.
We are pleased to announce Tom Brown joined the Trust this month as the new vice president of programs and Alison Elster joined in June as program coordinator.
This month, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust celebrates 70 years of investing in community well-being and improving North Carolinians’ health and quality of life. At the same time, I celebrate my one-year anniversary at the Trust.
The Trust is excited to release our new Strategic Vision. As we look back at the past 70 years in celebration and look ahead toward the challenges we still must address, we felt it was time to underscore why we do this work and the change we support.
A Rockingham County group plans to expand a free mobile food pantry that will serve organizations across the county to streamline food collection, storage, and distribution and prevent duplication of efforts between organizations working on food access. This investment is part of the Trust’s long-term Healthy Places NC initiative, which announced a series of grants awarded to organizations across the state.
At the Trust, we believe we need to work together to ensure the young children of Forsyth County, North Carolina—especially those in financially disadvantaged families—meet developmentally-appropriate milestones in their first five years, enter kindergarten ready to learn, and leave set for success in school and life. That’s why we launched Great Expectations in 2015.
The Halifax County Health Department will expand a program aimed at decreasing obesity by encouraging physical activity and healthy eating within the county’s three school districts. This investment is part of the Trust’s long-term Healthy Places NC initiative, which announced a series of grants awarded to organizations across the state.
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust awarded a grant to the YMCA of Western North Carolina to increase access to high-quality after-school childcare and activities for youth and their families in McDowell County. This investment is part of the Trust’s long-term Healthy Places NC initiative, which announced a series of grants awarded to local organizations.
