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Coronavirus Pandemic Poses New Challenges for N.C. Home Visiting Programs

Programs have adapted while a critical aspect of their work has been eliminated: in-person observation of children and parents in their everyday environments.

May 29, 2020 | EdNC.org

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Supporting Our Food Banks in the COVID-19 Crisis

Across the Carolinas, food banks are straining to meet a rising demand for help from families struggling under the impact of COVID-19. In response, Trustees of The Duke Endowment have awarded a $3.5 million grant to Feeding the Carolinas...

May 18, 2020 | Rhett N. Mabry

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The Duke Endowment Awards $3.5 Million to Feeding the Carolinas

Trustees of The Duke Endowment have awarded a $3.5 million grant to Feeding the Carolinas, a network of 10 food banks serving more than 3,700 charitable agencies in North Carolina and South Carolina.

May 12, 2020 | The Duke Endowment

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What We’re Hearing about COVID-19

In this new podcast from Capital Development Services, Rhett Mabry, president of The Duke Endowment, talks about what we’re hearing from our grantees as they confront the COVID-19 crisis. He also offers insight on the Endowment’s response.

April 7, 2020 | The Duke Endowment

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How to Help Families During Social Distancing

The coronavirus is top of mind these days, and we are all overwhelmed with information about what we should do to keep ourselves and others healthy and safe. Much like our anticipation of a hurricane, the uncertainty is the difficult part in the early days. Will it hit us? How long from now? Have we prepared enough? When will we be back to normal? We all have many unanswerable questions at the time.

April 3, 2020 | Sue Williams

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The Duke Endowment Awards $2.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief for the Carolinas

Trustees of The Duke Endowment in Charlotte, N.C., have approved $2.5 million to support Carolinians impacted by the coronavirus crisis.

April 1, 2020 | The Duke Endowment

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A Word from our President on COVID-19

For 95 years, we here at The Duke Endowment have been working with our partners and grantees to fulfill James B. Duke’s philanthropic mandate to improve the quality of life in the Carolinas. Today, that mission is being challenged like never before by the COVID-19 crisis gripping our region, the nation, and the world.

March 24, 2020 | Rhett N. Mabry

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Dr. Pamela L. Davies Elected Trustee of The Duke Endowment

Dr. Pamela L. Davies, former president of Queens University of Charlotte, has been elected a Trustee of The Duke Endowment.

March 17, 2020 | The Duke Endowment

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Let’s Give Thanks for Social Workers

As we observe National Social Work Month in March, it’s good to take a moment to honor their dedication.

March 9, 2020 | Tamika D. Williams

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Dental Health Grants to Help Large Groups of Uninsured Patients

Dental health care grants are bringing healthier smiles to eastern N.C. counties and opening doors for the low-income uninsured to receive much-needed oral health care services.

February 25, 2020 | WBTW News 13

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New Chief, New Plans for South Carolina Department of Social Services

Last year when South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster nominated Michael Leach to lead the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS), some observers wondered how he might turn around the agency’s embattled child-welfare services unit. Given the Endowment’s history of supporting child welfare practice improvement in both Carolinas, we sat down with the new director to ask how things are going.

February 24, 2020 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Strengthening Congregations and Communities

Is your community thriving? Cultural sociologist Josh Yates says the best way to answer that question is to think of thriving as a wholistic form of growth.

February 21, 2020 | Robert R. Webb III