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Honoring Community Development Clubs the Backbone of WNC

The WNC Honors Awards is built on a 68-year-old tradition of recognizing rural community development clubs for their innovative ideas and grassroots solutions. These centers and clubs are the backbone running through our beloved...

Journey Scholars for 2017

WNC Communities is proud to announce the Journey Scholars for 2017.  Eight scholarships totaling $11,000 were awarded to deserving high school seniors preparing to attend college.  The following recipients were supported by rural community...

67 Years of WNC Honors

Community centers and clubs across the NC mountain region voluntarily participate in the annual WNC Honors Awards by submitting application. The 64 communities involved in this year’s program represented a total of 5,375 volunteers...

Journey Scholarships 2016

This year, seven scholarships totaling $7,000 were awarded to deserving high school seniors preparing to attend college. We are honored to announce the following Journey Scholarship recipients for 2016: Olivia Handley from Foscoe $1,000...

66th WNC Honors Award Recipients

Sixty-five communities submitted applications and the following awards were presented at the 66th WNC Honors Awards Program in November of 2015 at the DoubleTree by Hilton. Here is a listing of the 2015 Honors...

School Energy Efficiency Program 2014-15

The NC General Assembly generously allocated $500,000 of TVA settlement funds in the 2014-2015 state budget for WNC Communities to launch a School Energy Efficiency Program. The objective of this program is to distribute the funds in a fair and...