C2LifeFoundation

We’re honored to receive funding from the Community Foundation of Burke County to support our Nourish Burke program. Together, we’re expanding access to healthy, medically tailored meals along with proven lifestyle-medicine education for seniors in our community. Thank you for believing in and supporting our work! 💚🥗

🥁 Introducing our 2025 Grant Recipients 🥁

These incredible organizations are making a difference across Burke County - meeting needs, strengthening families, protecting our natural resources, and so much more.

Congratulations to each of our grantees - we’re proud to partner with you in this important work! 💫

2025 Community Grant Recipients:
AMOREM
Baptist Children’s Home of North Carolina
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina
Big House Family Ministry
Blue Ridge Community Action
Brighter House
Burke River Trail Association
Burke United Christian Ministries
C2Life Foundation
Carolina Outdoor Recreation & Education
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation
Catawba Science Center
Catawba Valley Healthcare
Catawba Valley Leadership Foundation
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
Friends of the Valdese Rec
Good Samaritan Clinic
Historic Burke Foundation
MedAssist of Mecklenburg
Mimosa Christian Counseling Center
North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton Foundation
Old Colony Players
Open Hearts Place
Options
OUTright Youth of Catawba Valley
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte
Southmountain Children and Family Services
The Meeting Place One
YMCA of Catawba Valley

Impact Health👏👏👏

"Medicaid was always intended to support our most vulnerable, and those are the folks, of course, who will be hit hardest by this."

Our CEO, Laurie Stradley, joined CNN to talk about what the loss of HOP and Medicaid funding means for Western North Carolina.These cuts have real, human consequences. Watch the full clip to hear why this fight matters — and what’s at stake.

https://vimeo.com/1101270738?share=copy =2.76

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Episode 10: Healthy Opportunities: Worth the Investment? | The WNC Health Policy Initiative (HPI) Podcast A conversation with researcher, Seth Berkowitz, about his team's recent publication, "Medicaid Spending and Health-Related Social Needs in the North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program (link below)" as NC considers its inclusion in the 2025-2027 budget. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4001...