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Hometown Heroes

Hometown Hero: Emily Sutton

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Emily Sutton. Sutton is the executive director and river keeper of the Haw River Assembly, a nonprofit whose mission is to restore and protect the Haw River, Jordan Lake, and the entire...

Hometown Hero: Mike Naglich

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Mike Naglich. Naglich is a retired nurse with a long career of heroic efforts around the world and his latest is a trip to Ukraine to deliver supplies for residents in the war zone. He's making...

Hometown Heroes: Todd LoFrese, TJ Laughrey, Andy Olson, and Jim Ray

This week's Hometown Heroes, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, are Todd LoFrese, TJ Laughrey, Andy Olson and Jim Ray. They've spent the last few weeks biking across the country to raise awareness and money for the Be Loud Sophie Foundation in Chapel Hill....

Hometown Hero: Jennie Knowlton

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Jennie Knowlton. Knowlton is the founder of the Quilt Maker Cafe in Pittsboro. They first launched in 2021 as a mobile restaurant, but they just opened their first permanent location in May. The...

Hometown Hero: Andrew Taylor-Troutman

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Andrew Taylor-Troutman. Taylor-Troutman is the author of "Little Big Moments" on Chapelboro.com and the pastor at Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church. They've teamed up with a national...

Hometown Hero: Charles DeBose

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Charles DeBose. DeBose's work supports not just one nonprofit but many. He serves as the director of operations for the Extraordinary Thrift Store where he does many different things. He also works...

Hometown Hero: Amy Slaughter

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Amy Slaughter. Slaughter is a realtor who works with the nonprofit Community Home Trust. Slaughter completes the home buying transaction, making sure the buyers are able to work with their...

Hometown Hero: Mary Lucas

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Mary Lucas. Mary Lucas is the founder of Long Leaf Animal Rescue in Hillsborough. After less than a year in operation, Long Leaf already has dozens of volunteers and and foster families rescuing...

Hometown Hero: Melissa Driver Beard

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Melissa Driver Beard. Driver Beard is the executive director of the CORA Food Pantry. They have been fighting hunger and food insecurity in Chatham County for years. CORA Food Pantry now has two...

Hometown Hero: Suzanne Tormollen

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Suzanne Tormollen. Tormollen is the director of marketing at TABLE, a beloved local nonprofit helping kids with food insecurity in Chapel Hill and Carrboro since 2008. Tormollen has been with...
Hometown Hero: Gunnar Levin

Hometown Hero: Gunnar Levin

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Gunnar Levin. Levin is a Chapel Hillian with Cerebral Palsy who has inspired, not just one but two life-changing non-profits. The G House is a housing community bringing people with and without...

Hometown Hero: Jacques Menache

Hometown Hero: Jacques Menache

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Jacques Menache. Menache is the founder of The ArtCenter. He had a vision to make Carrboro an artsy town so he opened a one-room art school 50 years ago that grew quickly and over the last 50 years, has...

Hometown Hero:  Michael Goy

Hometown Hero: Michael Goy

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Michael Goy. Goy is a retired UNC professor and a volunteer cook with the IFC. One Sunday every month, he leads a team of 6-8 cooks in making dinner for about 40 people at the Community House Shelter....

Hometown Hero: Cheryl Chamblee

Hometown Hero: Cheryl Chamblee

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Cheryl Chamblee. Chamblee is the executive director of Chatham Arts. She was on with us recently to discuss the 10th anniversary of Artists in Schools. Artists in Schools is a program that brings artists...

Hometown Hero: Mandy McCullough

Hometown Hero: Mandy McCullough

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Mandy McCullough. McCullough works for Chapel Hill Taxi. She and her team have stepped up time and again to transport patients from UNC Hospital to their appointments and back, making sure they're taken...

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