PRESS RELEASE (07-24-2024)
MOUNTAIN FINDINGS
Thrift Store Proceeds Help 31 Highlands Area Non-Profits
Mountain Findings, Highlands’ Community Thrift Store, distributed $369,000 this week to 31 non-profit organizations serving the needs of the Plateau. Earlier this year, another $50,000 of the store’s earnings went for scholarships for graduating seniors at Highlands High School. Taken together, these contributions represent 90 percent of the store’s 2024 earnings.
With no payroll or mortgage, Mountain Findings’ 65 volunteers turned their sweat equity into grants that strengthen the Highlands-Cashiers, NC community, especially for the economically distressed or disadvantaged, including animals.
“We receive hundreds of lightly used items each week,” says Board President Jill Helmer. “Our volunteers sort, clean, and price the items quickly and efficiently. Those items with high appeal are posted to the Mountain Findings Facebook page each Wednesday, showing shoppers what’s available and building excitement for Thursday’s opening.”
Mountain Findings assists organizations in these areas:
- Human welfare
- Youth Enrichment
- Conservation and the Environment
- Animal welfare
- Cultural Enrichment
- Civic engagement
- Public Safety
The 2024 grant recipients include:
Appalachian Animal Rescue Center
Appalachian Wildlife Refuge
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of WNC
Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic
Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau
Carpe Diem Farms
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society
Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers
Counseling Center of Highlands
Glenville Cashiers Rescue Squad
Highlands Emergency Council
International Friendship Center
Highlands Historical Society
PAC Educational Theatre
Highlands Plateau Greenway
Highlands School Athletic Booster Club
Highlands School Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Highlands School Parent-Teacher Organization
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Highlands Cashiers Players
Literacy and Learning Center
Magnolia Mission
Mainspring Conservation Trust
PAWSITIVE Shelter Volunteers of Macon County
Peggy Crosby Community Service Center
REACH of Macon County
Sky Valley-Scaly Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue
The Gordon Center for Children
Town of Highlands Recreation Department
Wreaths Across America, Highlands
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