Every three years, members of Henderson County’s residential Cummings Cove community come together to form Cummings Cove Cares.
The group chooses a local nonprofit and rallies their fellow residents to come out and support their efforts through a variety of fundraisers including: golf and tennis tournaments, Ping Pong matches, walk-a-thons, Mahjongg games – even dinner out at local hotspots like The Surf & Brew whose owner recently donated 10% of the evening’s proceeds. The month-long fundraisers help bring their small community together for a greater purpose – to give back to Henderson County. In the past, CC Cares has helped purchase medical equipment for Pardee Hospital and provided housing to homeless teens through Only Hope WNC.
This year, CC Cares selected WCCA’s Etowah Children’s Center – a small childcare center that offers Head Start and Early Head Start programs to underprivileged children. The day care center was in need of new playground equipment, educational toys and early childhood books. Volunteers from CC Cares saw the need and jumped into action!
CC Cares will host a community luncheon and check presentation ceremony on Wednesday, September 25, at 1:00 pm.
Resident Cheryl Kent explained: “It’s great to live in such a giving, caring community like Cummings Cove where deep friendships are formed. There’s a lot of love here! Cummings Cove Cares allows the residents to join together and give back to our Western North Carolina community so that we can share that love with others!”
Western Carolina Community Action is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization based in Hendersonville, NC that assists low income and underserved people of western North Carolina to achieve their potential through advocacy and quality services such as: Head Start and Early Head Start; housing programs; public and human services; transportation; services for older adults and self-sufficiency programs. For more information, contact: Terri Bowman, [email protected] or call (828)693-1711 Ext. 128.