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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: Melissa Allison

Hometown Hero: Melissa Allison

  This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Melissa Allison! Melissa Allison works for the Orange County manager's officer, and while she does important work for the community in a professional capacity all the time -- that's now why she's...

Hometown Hero: Terri Phoenix

Hometown Hero: Terri Phoenix

  This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Terri Phoenix! As Terri steps down from a long-held position as director of UNC's LGBTQ Center, this week's Hometown Hero segment recognizes years of service and many accomplishments over 16 years...

Hometown Hero: Naomi Dix

Hometown Hero: Naomi Dix

  This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Naomi Dix! Since 2014, Naomi Dix has been involved in the drag community, and her work all over the Triangle provides a wonderful portrait of the LGBTQ+ community, and the acceptance found in...

Hometown Hero: Adele & Regina Miller

Hometown Hero: Adele & Regina Miller

  This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is truly a dynamic duo: Adele, the wonderful dog you'll find at the Orange County Courthouse, and Regina Miller -- deputy clerk of court! Every day when Regina Miller comes to work, Adele isn't far...

Hometown Hero: Susan Worley

Hometown Hero: Susan Worley

  This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Susan Worley! After well over three decades of service with Volunteers for Youth, Worley is retiring from her position as executive director and mentoring coordinator. Her time spent in both direct...

Hometown Hero: Michael Lee

Hometown Hero: Michael Lee

  This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Michael Lee, from the North Carolina Botanical Gardens! Lee is a data scientist whose work is helping people better understand the plant life around them and helping protect those plants in the...

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