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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: Marc Pons

Hometown Hero: Marc Pons

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Marc Pons of Chapel Hill Tire! This year, as December begins and the end-of-year holidays approach, Chapel Hill Tire's "12 Days of Kindness" event is coming to town once again. Each year, Chapel...

Hometown Hero: Carol Conway

Hometown Hero: Carol Conway

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Carol Conway Carol Conway is described as a "dynamo," and her seemingly tireless advocacy for adults with disabilities and founding of an organization to bring together similar voices seeking more...

Hometown Hero: Christine Veit

Hometown Hero: Christine Veit

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Christine Veit! Veit is a yoga teacher and community builder, and through her work within and without the recently established Earth Yoga in Hillsborough, she works across Orange County...

Hometown Hero: Eric Montross

Hometown Hero: Eric Montross

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is UNC men’s basketball alumnus and radio analyst Eric Montross, who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. A long-time supporter of UNC Children's Hospital, Montross' contributions as a community...

Hometown Hero: John Baumler

Hometown Hero: John Baumler

    This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is John Baumler! As a special highlight for the week of Halloween, we're shining the spotlight on Baumler's seasonally-appropriate celebration of building and orchestrating a haunted house each...

Hometown Hero: Melissa Driver Beard

Hometown Hero: Melissa Driver Beard

    This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Melissa Driver Beard, executive director of the Chatham Outreach Alliance, also known as CORA! Melissa oversees all plans and programs within the CORA food pantry, which includes the...

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