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Hometown Heroes

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: Ivette Mercado

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Ivette Mercado. Mercado is a full time administrator at Glenwood Elementary School and for the last 23 years she has run the after school program at Dobbins Hill Community Center, helping hundreds of kids...

Hometown Hero: Pat Richardson

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Pat Richardson. Richardson is the founder of the Monet Richardson Community Foundation. The MRCF is named after Pat's daughter Krissy, a hometown hero in her own right, who launched a program with the...

Hometown Hero: Carol Chandler and Cindi Ebert

This week's Hometown Heroes, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, are Carol Chandler and Cindi Ebert. Chandler and Ebert were both recently recognized with Chatham County's 6 Over 60 Award, honoring older adults who make their community a better place. They've both spent...

Hometown Hero: Nataliia Bondarenko

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Nataliia Bondarenko. Bondarenko is the outreach coordinator for the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at UNC. She came here after the beginning of the war in Ukraine. In her role at...

Hometown Hero: Paul Slack

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Paul Slack. Slack is the chief civil rights officer for Orange County. He and his team make sure all county services are equally open and accessible for everyone and that everyone in Orange County knows...

Hometown Hero: Christy Jones

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Christy Jones. Jones is a member of the East Chapel Hill rotary club and Christ United Methodist Church in Southern Village. She recently brought both groups together for a meal packing event last month...

Hometown Hero: Caroline White

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Caroline White. White is a senior at UNC and the president of Solar Equity, a student run nonprofit that's been around for four years. Solar Equity gives solar energy access to others who might not...

Hometown Hero: Sheryl Zimmerman

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Sheryl Zimmerman. Zimmerman is a distinguished professor at UNC whose work is directly and indirectly helping millions of people nationwide with the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living. The center...
Hometown Hero: Delesha Carpenter

Hometown Hero: Delesha Carpenter

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Delesha Carpenter. Carpenter is a professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy who is leading an effort to that could save lives statewide and hopefully soon nationally. It's a new online dashboard...

Hometown Hero: Kimberly Sanchez

Hometown Hero: Kimberly Sanchez

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Kimberly Sanchez. Sanchez is the executive director of Community Home Trust. Community Home Trust is a nonprofit focused on affordable housing in Orange County. They acquire and develop homes and sell...

Hometown Hero: Freddie Kiger

Hometown Hero: Freddie Kiger

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Freddie Kiger. Kiger is a history teacher, statistician, East Chapel Hill Rotary member who was just honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. He had a constant passion for teaching his students and...

Hometown Hero: Joseph Shores

Hometown Hero: Joseph Shores

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Joseph Shores. Shores is a first year student at UNC who co-developed an AI model with a focus on environmental sustainability. AI is generating a lot of concerns, including the amount of energy it uses...

Hometown Hero: Jennifer Hutton

Hometown Hero: Jennifer Hutton

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Jennifer Hutton. Hutton is an interior designer who moved to the Triangle five years ago to help launch a studio in partnership with Grau Building Company. But that's just her day job as Hutton also...

Hometown Hero: Lauren Lorentz de Haas

Hometown Hero: Lauren Lorentz de Haas

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Lauren Lorentz de Haas. Lorentz de Haas is the founder and director of Triangle Youth Ballet. The Triangle Youth Ballet always has a busy schedule, but never more busy than now, gearing up for their...

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