HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Giving Tuesday is a day that encourages people to give back in whatever ways they can. Crossnore Communities for Children hopes that will translate into donations for the nonprofit dedicated to helping families and children in crisis.
In 2018, Crossnore opened a one-person office in Hendersonville. The nonprofit, which also has locations in Winston-Salem and Avery County, offers a continuum of care based on circumstances, focusing on therapy services, family preservation, foster care, and adoptions.
Crossnore’s Hendersonville staff — of which there are now 23 — has outgrown the building, and the nonprofit is set to move into a bigger space next year, Regional Director of External Relations Angela Bollo-Higgins said.
In September, Crossnore announced renovation plans for a building on Greenville Highway in Hendersonville. Bollo-Higgins said the hope is to be in that building by June.
Plans include expanding the building to provide as much space as possible.
“We are literally raising the roof so that we can expand our upstairs to utilize as much of the floor as we can,” Bollo-Higgins said. “We’re also converting the garage space in the back to a full office space.”
CROSSNORE WEAVES WHOLE CHILD CARE INTO ROBUST CONTINUUM OF CARE
A $500,000 matching gift challenge from Flat Rock community members Brian Robinson and Brendan Hill is helping Crossnore get closer to its $1.7 million goal to create a permanent and contemporary healing space to house its innovative programs that serve much of Western North Carolina.
Robinson and Hill are offering to match every dollar donated up to $500,000 between now and the end of December. This means that every contribution made toward the renovation project will be doubled, amplifying the impact of community support. In addition, the two have generously agreed to make an additional $500,000 gift towards the project if the challenge is met. In total, this matching gift opportunity will have a collective impact of up to $1.5 million to complete the project.
“Henderson County was given a rare gift in 2018 when Crossnore brought their nationally acclaimed work with at-risk youth to our community. Countless lives have been transformed in just six years. Now, Crossnore wants to put down deeper, more permanent roots here. Brendan and I couldn’t be more thrilled to help them achieve this goal. This new center will allow them to expand their work to fulfill the promise of home and hope to children in crisis,” Robinson said in a news release.
The property, a turn-of-the-century home on half an acre of commercial land, was acquired with the vision of providing a modern, collaborative environment for staff and a welcoming space for clients. The building requires extensive renovations to meet these needs.
The renovation, managed by Dunlap Construction in Hendersonville, will establish a new, permanent home for Crossnore’s therapy, foster care and family preservation services; external relations; and Crossnore’s Center for Trauma Resilient Communities.
“We are incredibly grateful for Brian Robinson and Brendan Hill’s extraordinary generosity,” Crossnore CEO Brett Loftis said in the news release. “Brian’s interest in and commitment to Crossnore’s work brought our programming to Hendersonville in 2018, and now he and Brendan are helping provide a permanent home for us in this community so our work can continue for years to come. We are very grateful for their friendship.”
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