Charity

By Debra L. Dodson Executive Director - The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region Now is a great time to plan for your year-end giving and The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region is ready to help you! We help donors with personalized giving to support a region from Martinsville/Henry County to Halifax County, Virginia, along with Caswell ...

By Mackenzie Clayton, RCS Sophomore Journalism Student “Dedication, that’s Ruffin Woody,” said Roxboro Fire Chief Kenneth Torian during a ceremony held on April 18 to honor Walter Ruffin Woody, Jr. with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award. The ceremony was held at the Roxboro Fire Department (RFD), where Woody has worked and volunteered since 1947, when he was ...

By Phyliss Boatwright Cities, towns, counties are typically thought of as locations, places, dots on a map. But those dots are made up of people who live, work and do business there, and people give a place its spirit. Roxboro and Person County embody a spirit of service and giving. When asked to define the spirit of Roxboro and Person ...

By Allison Satterfield - Executive Director, PCC Foundation For nearly three decades, the Piedmont Community College Foundation has gathered friends and supporters each fall for a day on the golf course. The annual charity tournament, known as the PCC Foundation Golf Classic, has a long-standing reputation for its quality and fun, and is approaching its 29th round on October 15. ...

Story by Marlo Countiss On Thursday, June 28, 13 disadvantaged kids from Burlington and Haw River enjoyed an experience they will never forget.  They got to participate in the first ever Wake The World event at Hyco Lake. Wake The World is a non-profit organization started by Master's Wake Boarding Champion Greg Hodgin and his wife Lois from Asheboro NC.  ...

APS of Person County Volunteers Make a Big Difference for Cats and Dogs By Phyliss Boatwright “We are all like-minded volunteers with the same goals — to save and help as many dogs and cats as we can.” That’s how Robyn Handy, a member of Animal Protection Society of Person County (APS) and the foster parent of “hundreds of dogs” ...

By Mikela Robertson In 2017 I was awarded the Piedmont Community College (PCC) International Study Scholarship from the PCC Foundation. With this scholarship, I was able to travel to Canada with a group from the College. This was a great opportunity for me because I did not have the financial capacity to pay for this type of educational trip on ...

NEWS RELEASE   THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES OVER $635,000 IN NEW GRANTS; MORE THAN $22.6 MILLION GIVEN SINCE FORMATION   For release after                                                                      For more information, 4:30 p.m. January 24, 2018                                                    contact Debra Dodson   The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region announced today a total of more than $637,000 in new grants to 43 non-profit community ...