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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: 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: 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...

Hometown Hero: Katisha Paige

Hometown Hero: Katisha Paige

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Katisha Paige. Paige is the director of development for TABLE. TABLE works to provide healthy food and fresh produce for our neighbors in need. Every week, they provide to 1100 kids in our community....

Hometown Hero: Nabarun Dasgupta

Hometown Hero: Nabarun Dasgupta

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Nabarun Dasgupta. Dasgupta is an epidemiologist who heads up UNC's opioid data lab. They help people with substance use by giving them information about what substances they're actually using by analyzing...

Hometown Hero: Fred Black

Hometown Hero: Fred Black

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Fred Black. Black is a military veteran who spent three decades in the US armed forces who now dedicates his time to advancing veterans' interests and supporting their needs. He has worked to promote...

Hometown Hero: Skye David

Hometown Hero: Skye David

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Skye David. David is the staff attorney for the NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault. NCCASA. They work across the state to prevent and respond to sexual violence, including on the UNC campus. David...

Hometown Hero: Desirée Davis-Omburo

Hometown Hero: Desirée Davis-Omburo

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Desirée Davis-Omburo. Davis-Omburo has taught choral music and piano at East Chapel Hill High School for the last three decades and she's heading into retirement after this year. She's also taught at...

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