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Duke University Reenvisions Student Experience with The Purpose Project

New initiative focuses on making matters of character, questions of purpose, and explorations of one's life work signature features of the Duke University student experience.

September 4, 2020 | Duke Today

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Strengthening Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Family strengthening programs are needed now more than ever, and Children's Trust continues to work with its partners across South Carolina to deliver services to children and families during the pandemic.

August 28, 2020 | Children's Trust of S.C.

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Community Health Worker Helps Trucker Find New Road

Novant Health community health worker gives long-haul trucker the tools to find success.

August 27, 2020 | Novant Health

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Helping Churches Provide COVID Relief

Many churches want to make a difference in their communities – but despite good intentions, they sometimes lack the tools or know-how to run effective programs.

August 10, 2020 | Robert R. Webb III

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Coaching Young Students in Reading

When schools closed this spring because of COVID-19, Read Charlotte pivoted quickly to help parents strengthen their children’s literacy skills from home. The Reading Checkup, a website designed for families with rising K-4 students, debuted in June.

August 8, 2020 | Meka S. Sales

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Embracing the ‘New Normal’ in Higher Ed

When James B. Duke wrote the Indenture of Trust that established The Duke Endowment, he included four institutions of higher education among his beneficiaries. Davidson College, Duke University, Furman University and Johnson C. Smith University have each received funding from the Endowment since 1924.

August 8, 2020 |

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Protecting Children, Serving Families

Among the many troubling questions raised by the coronavirus pandemic has been the impact of school closures and stay-at-home orders on vulnerable children and families.

August 8, 2020 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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One Rural Hospital’s Fight Against COVID-19

Hospitals across the Carolinas have been challenged as never before. The COVID-19 pandemic has strained their resources, upended their budgets and stressed out their doctors, nurses and support staff.

August 8, 2020 | Lin B. Hollowell III

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State Coordinates COVID-19 Pandemic Care Through New Program

A new statewide technology platform, NCCARE360, will coordinate whole-person care uniting traditional health care settings and organizations that address social determinants of health, such as food, housing and employment.

June 25, 2020 | Morganton News Herald

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A Call to Action for Philanthropy in North Carolina Health Care

At the recent National Academy of Medicine symposium in the Research Triangle, it was remarkable to see the consensus around a shared understanding of the factors that create health. Shifting our health care system to value will require that we broaden the scope of our thinking and our work so that we can address the holistic needs of individuals.

June 11, 2020 | Lin B. Hollowell III

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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