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HELPING HANDS Exploring the culture of giving in Fayetteville

HANDLING HUNGER How local agencies are taking a bite out of food insecurity

IMPRESSIVE IMPACT

The Cumberland Community Foundation's decades of philanthropy

HUNTING FOR HOME

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CONTENTS Debbie Williams is one of one hundred-plus volunteers packing Rise Against Hunger meals at the First Presbyterian Church on February 22, 2025. Photo by Tony Wooten

FEATURES

An Appetite for Giving An army of volunteers, religious organizations, and nonprofits work to take a big bite out of food insecurity across Cumberland County.

COLUM NS

Cumberland Community Foundation

Editor’s Take | Jason Beck

How one woman's vision in 1980 grew into decades of philanthropy through the Cumberland Community Foundation.

The View From Here | Tim White

Family Matters | Claire Mullen

The Right Care, Right Now

Oye, ¿Cómo Va? | Claudia Zamora

As Cape Fear Valley Health expands its emergency department to meet growing demand, knowing when to seek emergency treatment or visit urgent care can make all the difference in getting timely, appropriate, or lifesaving care.

Good Reads | Diane Parfitt

The To-Do List Your go-to spot for local events

Seen @ the Scene Photos from the International Folk Festival

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A Bronco Boom With a growing student body, expanding facilities and innovative programs, Fayetteville State University is creating new opportunities for student success and a vibrant campus experience.

No Fixed Address Nearly three years after breaking ground on the Unhoused Support Center, the facility remains unbuilt and Cumberland County is looking for other potential sites.

ON TH E COVE R It’s all hands on deck for workers at local nonprofits as they attempt to meet the many needs in our area. Sierra Koder/Unsplash

E D ITO R ’ S TA K E

Give Generously to Receive a Joy BY JA SON BECK

The phrase, “It’s better to give than to receive,” feels almost cliche. You’ve heard it uttered so many times— by your mom, in Sunday school, in Charlie Brown cartoons—that you breeze right by the sentence without studying the gravity of the statement. It’s a phrase that becomes fully understood with maturity. As a kid, receiving stays the main objective. You’ll always remember that official Red Ryder, carbineaction; 200 shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock that you received for Christmas when you were nine, but you can’t remember a single tie, bowling ball, or can of Simoniz opened by Dad. It’s not until adulthood that the joy of giving clicks. Maybe it’s activated after discovering love in a romantic relationship, watching your firstborn open birthday presents for the first time, or seeing a helping hand change lives for the better. There’s this moment in time when you perform an act of kindness and realize, “hey, that felt really nice.” In this month’s issue, we focus on the generosity so ever present in our area. There’s an in-depth look at the effort nonprofits have made to overcome food insecurity. The generosity of others keeps the hunger crisis at bay. We sat down with Mary Holmes, president and CEO of the Cumberland Community Foundation, to talk about endowments and the organization’s work in distributing donations across the region. An examination of the big promises—and delays—in the county’s Unhoused Support Center revealed the challenges of building and staffing a homeless shelter. Those dedicated to improving the lives of the unhoused community stand behind the stalled initiative.

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With cold-and-flu season upon us, Cape Fear Valley Health shared information to help patients determine which type of care facility to visit to receive the most appropriate and timely care. It’s all part of the hospital’s $110 million initiative to expand the emergency department and improve system-wide wait times. Fayetteville State University explained how giving and grant money are behind the campus’ recent boom. The school’s expansion benefits the nursing program and others that train those who give back to the community. Our columnists this month share their experiences with generosity. One shares her experiences with heroes who fly under the radar, while another spotlights the rich history of nonprofits in the area. Our To-Do List provides a host of fun November events, as we leave autumn behind and sleigh full-speed into the holiday season. You’ll also enjoy photos from the International Folk Festival in this month’s Seen @ the Scene section. This giving season, remember the quote from It’s a Wonderful Life— “All that you can take with you is that which you have given away.”

Jason Beck is CityView’s magazine editor. For comments, questions, feedback, or to submit story ideas, email jbeck@cityviewnc.com.

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TH E V I E W F R O M H E R E

Giving Generously BY TIM WHITE

If you believe what you see and hear on social media and in too much of the rest of what’s online or on TV news, you might believe we’re all in a handbasket heading for Hades. I feel that way sometimes, and I know better. It’s hard to escape the downer effect that’s rampant today. But underneath the noise, there’s something else going on, something I see nearly every day: Most of us are good people, doing our best, caring deeply about our friends, families, and neighbors near and far. Also, I see this: Despite widespread reports about its death, the spirit of empathy is alive and well. So is generosity. I’ve always been impressed and moved by the powerful human inclination to help the people who need it. I saw it as a kid, I saw it as an adult, I saw it in all my newspaper jobs. And oh, my, did I ever see it in Fayetteville, where generosity is a basic standard of living, where the community gives amazing support to a host of nonprofits. During my 20 years as an editor and columnist in Fayetteville, I wrote often about the people who stepped up and made a difference. What surprised me was that most of them were people a lot like me—folks with decent jobs and some financial success, but a mile or two short of being really rich. “Salt of the earth” people, as my mom would say. Those people, it turns out, can be pretty serious savers, living in a plain and simple home while they invest their savings wisely and end up with seven-figure investment accounts— which they use to help others instead of embracing a more ostentatious lifestyle. So I’ve come to expect that annual philanthropic fundraisers like the Giving Tuesday campaign would raise eye-popping totals. What I didn’t expect was that my own profession—after 50 years of working for some good and profitable newspapers— would end up needing nonprofit funding to stay alive. I’m still stunned by that turn of events. But it’s true. The newspaper industry is a crumbling shell of its once-thriving self. Hundreds of daily papers and thousands of weeklies are already gone; most of the survivors are hanging on for dear life, with tiny staffs and, often, tiny readership. How it happened is a long story, but the quick explanation is that advertising—the financial engine of newspapers’ success—fled to the warm embrace of internet giants, like Google and Meta, which could give advertisers precisely targeted campaigns that general-interest newspapers could never do. Well, fine—that’s how free enterprise works, right? Yes, it is. But it’s not how our lives in our communities are supposed to work. We need unbiased, fact-checked information

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every day. We need to know what our elected officials are doing and whether they’re good stewards of our tax dollars. We need to know what’s happening in our schools, and how education in our town compares with others, and with national standards. We need to know if our health care options are good enough, and how safe our streets are. We need to know about who’s creating jobs and how our region’s economy is faring. Over the last decade or two, that information has become scarce, too often nonexistent. Sadly, that happened in Fayetteville, where a once-great mid-sized daily has shrunk to even less than a skeleton of its former robust self. I worked there for 20 years and was so proud of what we did. The bottom fell out fast, though, when the paper became just another “distressed property” supported by private equity funding. And so this magazine’s former owner—Tony Chavonne, a business owner and former mayor—decided to create a news organization that would make sure the fundamentals got covered and Fayetteville residents knew what was happening. That’s how CityView’s digital newsroom began. And I signed on to help out a bit. From the start, we knew we needed more than advertising dollars to survive, so we created the News Foundation of Greater Fayetteville to help support coverage of the region’s biggest institutions. Because of the community’s generous donations to the foundation, we have regular coverage of city and county government, our education system, health care and much more. Without your help, we couldn’t get it all done. With your help, we hope to expand that news coverage in the coming year—still not charging anyone even a penny to access those stories. I hope you’ll join me during this year’s Giving Tuesday campaign in making a serious donation to the foundation. It’s tax deductible—we’re a 501(c)(3) organization. You can find details for giving on our website—faynews.org. And you can find full details about Giving Tuesday on the Cumberland Community Foundation website—cumberlandcf.org. Fayetteville people need to know what’s happening in their own community, and we’re ready to feed that need. Thank you!

Tim White is the former editorial page editor of The Fayetteville Observer.

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No Shame in My Sausage Ball Game BY CL AIRE MULLEN

I’m not sure what culinary genius first thought to combine a few cups of Bisquick baking mix with a handful of shredded cheddar cheese and a package of ground pork sausage, knead those three components into a dough, roll that dough into bitesized balls, and bake the balls in the oven until brown, but they managed to create one of my most frequented recipes and arguably one of the most versatile refreshments of all time. If you’re a native of the American South, chances are you’re already fondly acquainted with this simple yet scrumptious delight. Sausage balls have all the flavor of a sausage biscuit, enhanced by an extra ingredient that just makes anything better—melted sharp cheddar cheese, and the added convenience of being a grab-and-go, one-bite morsel. And, they have been a constant in my family for as long as I can remember, enjoyed by everyone on just about every occasion. Whether they were baked by my grandmother, packed into a holiday tin and placed on the appetizer table to nosh on before Christmas Eve dinner, prepared by my mom to go along with ham and potato salad after church on Easter Sunday, made in large batches and taken along in Tupperware containers on our family’s annual summer beach

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vacation, or cooked by my sisters the night before a big hunt to be enjoyed straight from a Ziploc bag the next morning by hungry husbands and sons as the perfect deer stand or duck blind breakfast, sausage balls have been a staple spanning generations. Years ago, when I had a kitchen of my own for the very first time, I copied the recipe from my mom’s handwritten instructions in one of her old cookbooks onto a piece of red construction paper. Anytime I have a special occasion to prepare them, or anyone in my family simply has a hankering for sausage balls, I pull that folded red paper out of its place, tucked into a church cookbook. It is always still dusty with remnants of flour from the baking mix of the last batch. I bet I’ve made that recipe over a hundred times, and not once in my four decades of life has it occurred to me to tire of preparing or consuming them. As a matter of fact, I’ve cooked them enough times for enough people that they have become a routine request at office parties and anytime we travel with friends. I’m always happy to share the recipe with folks when they ask, and they always do. And so, imagine my horror when my precious sausage balls came under attack when I least expected

it. One weekend, my husband and I received a last-minute invitation to a potluck brunch and UNC game viewing party at the home of our close friend’s parents. I knew just the thing that would not require a complicated grocery list, would be easy to throw together in a jiff, and had always paired well with mimosas, Bloody Marys, and football. I whipped up a double recipe of sausage balls and stored them in a practical glass “take-and-serve” container with a plastic lid. When we arrived at the party, no sooner had I uncovered the dish and placed it on the food table with the rest of the game-day fare than a friend-of-a-friend, known for her elaborate everything (and a knack for backhanded compliments), put her own very gourmet-looking dish that most definitely required a complicated grocery list down right beside my three-ingredient brown orbs. She took one look at the contents of my Pyrex container and said to me, “Awww, are those sausage balls? Cute! They are, like, the easiest thing to make, aren’t they? We have this one friend who always brings them to our football tailgates because she doesn’t know how to cook AT ALL and she can still make those. She even brings them to parties, and I finally told her, ‘If

you’re going to make sausage balls at least put them on a silver platter or something!’” I smiled at her and popped a sausage ball in my mouth to stifle the “bless your heart” that was about to come out of it. Just as I was about to make a hasty exit from the dining room, the host of the party, a Southern gentleman known for his appreciation of good food, approached the table and surveyed the buffet. To no one in particular, he exclaimed, “Who made these sausage balls?! I haven’t had these in I don’t know how long.” I sipped my mimosa and watched with silent elation as he ate one sausage ball straight from the glass dish and then piled several more onto his plate. “I had forgotten how much I love these things,” he said. When the game was over and it was time to go home, I went back to the food table to collect my glass container that had been empty well before halftime. It was not lost on me that its neighbor, a certain concoction in a fancy serving dish, had gone virtually untouched. Several weeks later, I received a text from a bachelor friend who’d been at the same party. It read, “Hey, Claire! Would you mind sharing the recipe for those sausage ball things you brought to brunch? I got invited to a Friendsgiving and I’m supposed to take something. Everyone at the party loved them and I feel like that’s something I can maybe actually cook. It might even make me look good!” I found my trusty red construction paper and typed the sausage ball instructions out for my friend, so he could make this delicious, time-tested, and yes, simple recipe for his friends on Thanksgiving for the very first time.

SAUSAGE BALLS Enjoy with friends or family on Christmas Eve, Easter Sunday, on the beach, in a deer stand, or just because you have a hankerin’. Silver platter optional, but most definitely not required. Ingredients:

Directions:

1 lb. ground sausage (I prefer hot) 1.5 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese (freshly grated for extra yumminess) 2.5 cups Bisquick baking mix

Mix all ingredients together until blended into a smooth, dough-like consistency, kneading by hand or with the hook attachment of a stand mixer. Roll into bite-sized balls and place on a non-stick or sprayed baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack before storing, or serve immediately.

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Claire Mullen can be reached at clairejlmullen@gmail.com.

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An Appetite for Giving AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS , RELIGIOUS ORGANIZ ATIONS , AND NONPROFITS WORK TO TAKE A BIG BITE OUT OF FOOD INSECURIT Y ACROSS CUMBERL AND COUNT Y. STORY AND PHOTOGR APHY BY JA SON BECK

Five mornings a week, a small staff and a giant pool of volunteers serve as many as 120 breakfasts to people in need. It's a morning tradition at Fayetteville Area Operation Inasmuch, a Christian nonprofit that provides food, housing, and medical care at its Hillsboro Street headquarters. “You do not go hungry in Fayetteville,” said Craig Morrison, a pastor and the organization's executive director. “That’s for sure.” Morrison and other organizations across Cumberland County that help feed the hungry face a daunting task: The City of Fayetteville has a poverty rate of nearly 18%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which is higher than both the state and national rate. But the groups are waging a successful campaign against food insecurity. On weekdays, charitable organizations serve three hot meals a day—breakfast at Inasmuch, lunch by

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Fayetteville Cares, and dinner at The Salvation Army. Pop-ups regularly serve meals on weekends at 301 Wings or Kimbrell’s Furniture. Fayetteville Urban Ministry and more than a dozen area churches with food pantries provide groceries and nonperishable goods. None of it would be possible without the generosity of individuals and businesses here. “It’s a great entry-level way to volunteer, because everyone is hungry every single day, right?” Morrison said. “One of the hardest things about it is you can’t solve that problem, necessarily. It never stops. It’s an ongoing thing you have to keep doing. “This organization began as a relief ministry, and that's not a bad thing. That's why we use it as a doorway to say, ‘Hey, let's come get something to eat. Let's try to meet that basic need and then let's help you get other needs met.’”

Shirley Schaffer and Gerri Reynolds have volunteered at Fayetteville Area Operation Inasmuch serving breakfast one—sometimes two—times a week since the organization began its morning meal in 2009.

During the last 20 years, Operation Inasmuch has served roughly 400,000 plates. The nonprofit’s cost per plate is about $5.50—a price that doubled over the last two years because of inflation. Still, every guest dines free without stipulations. Some live on the streets, some reside at Inasmuch’s Lodge or other housing programs, and a few are just neighborhood folks on a fixed income. Beyond Today Lawrence Kimber began eating at Inasmuch and eventually moved into The Lodge, a 40-bed men’s shelter and transformational residential program, after spending much of the first half of the decade on the streets. He explained how the plate of sausage, grits, and scrambled eggs serves a bigger purpose

than relieving a rumbling stomach. “When you are homeless, you get in a mindset where it is difficult to think about anything beyond what you need to survive that day,” Kimber said. “If you are hungry or need a warm place to sleep, sometimes you make decisions that negatively affect you long term.” An example of this would be stealing food or breaking into a building to sleep, and being saddled with a criminal record. “When folks are dealing with homelessness, they are stuck in what we call the 24-hour time horizon,” Morrison said. “That’s survival mode; you are in constant fight or flight. ‘Where’s my next meal coming from?’ It’s so important to have those basics taken care of. Then you can get that one breakthrough.” CITYVIEWNC.COM | 11

A volunteer from Kingdom Global Impact Ministries serves a plate of eggs and grits to Inasmuch clients Lawrence Kimber (left) and Eric Autry (right).

Generosity Matters Later that day, Alyssa Liquori wrapped up lunch at The Fayetteville Cares Day Resource Center. Liquori is the assistant director of the operation, a branch of Manna Dreamcenter that manages the city’s facility—a safe location where guests can access meals, showers, laundry facilities, and connections to services such as healthcare, case management, housing assistance, and other community resources. “We average about 300 meals a day,” Liquori said. “It’s for anybody in need, no questions asked.” She said her staff is lean. Volunteerism is the straw that stirs the drink. “We just show up every day ready to serve,” Liquori said. Recent increased food costs mean these organizations also rely on the generosity of local restaurants and grocery chains.

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Food insecurity is a symptom of a bigger issue—but we have to meet people where they are. - Craig Morrison

“We have donations—a lot of schools and other organizations that do drives for us—but we also have partnerships with Second Harvest Food Bank and stores like Publix, Sprouts, Food Lion, and Fresh Market, who give us food as well,” said T'Erica Robinson, outreach coordinator at Fayetteville Urban Ministry. “We see anywhere from 50 to 100 clients a day.” In addition to fighting hunger, Fayetteville Urban Ministry has programs for everything from providing financial assistance to learning English as a Second language and mentorship programs. Operation Inasmuch and Fayetteville Cares also rely on food donations. For the team at Manna, that means a relationship with Carlie C’s IGA. Morrison said his team takes a creative approach to breakfast, whether repurposing cooked food from Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread, and Superior Bakery, or using fresh eggs gifted by local farmers.

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“There are some days where we eat chicken two or three days in a row because Chick-fil-A is who donated…So many businesses are locked in and supporting the community,” Morrison said. “There are several foundations locally that support food, and they will say, ‘Here’s $5,000 or $3,000.’ Then we have the food bank, which is a great resource to keep our costs low. The biggest need is volunteers, because without people to cook or serve, none of this happens.” Many smaller church-based food pantries are only open once a week or once a month, which allows those in need to receive help from multiple sources, but also requires scheduling and planning. Robinson

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said Fayetteville Urban Ministry uses modern methods like TikTok to reach a younger generation seeking help. “Our last video got 6,000 views and so many messages and calls,” she said. “And it’s picking up especially around this time of the year. I don't know what it is about when it gets cold, but that's when we really get an influx of people. Sometimes you get to work and there's already a line around the building.” All four of the larger nonprofits offer more than just meals. There’s free doctor visits, eyeglasses, dentistry, showers, housing, mail delivery, and help with job placement. Morrison said solving the “Three R’s of relief, recovery,

and restoration” starts with nourishment. “Food insecurity is a symptom of a bigger issue—but we have to meet people where they are,” he said. “Restoration is possible.”

Jason Beck is CityView’s magazine editor. For comments, questions, feedback, or to submit story ideas, email jbeck@cityviewnc.com.

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving:

The Story of Cumberland Community Foundation HOW ONE WOMAN' S VISION IN 1980 GREW INTO DECADES OF PHIL ANTHROPY. STORY AND PHOTOGR APHY BY DA SIA WILLIAMS

It was 1982, and Dr. Lucile West Hutaff was putting a vision for Cumberland County into words. “What can I do for my community?” Borrowing from President John F. Kennedy's famous call to public service, Hutaff posed the question in a written reflection prepared at the request of John E. Raper Jr., then president of Cumberland Community Foundation's board of directors. Two years earlier, Hutaff had established the foundation with a gift of stock valued at $576,840. Now, in a document titled “Some Thoughts on the Viability of a Community Foundation,” she was considering how individuals, regardless of their financial resources, could help improve their neighbors' lives while finding a greater sense of belonging in their community. For Hutaff, philanthropy was about more than writing checks. She envisioned what she described as a “grassroots effort towards civic improvement,” one that would allow people from different backgrounds and financial circumstances to contribute to the community's future. That vision had taken shape years earlier in Winston-Salem, where Hutaff worked as a professor of medicine at Bowman Gray Medical School and became familiar with The WinstonSalem Foundation, an organization that connected charitable

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donors with local needs. Inspired by its work, she imagined bringing that same spirit of philanthropy to her hometown of Fayetteville. Rather than establishing a private foundation to direct her own charitable giving, Hutaff wanted to create something the entire community could participate in and help sustain. After retiring and returning to Fayetteville, she turned that idea into reality in 1980. By 1982, the foundation had begun awarding grants, distributing $297,315 to 36 nonprofit organizations between 1982 and 1984. But even as those first dollars reached the community, Hutaff was thinking about another kind of return on giving: what it could mean for the people making the contributions. In her letter, she described how charitable involvement could give individuals “a sense of belonging” while improving the lives of others. Holmes, Cumberland Community Foundation's president and CEO, said that part of Hutaff's philosophy remains especially meaningful. “In other words, the effect of giving on the donor, she was just as interested in,” Holmes said, reflecting on the letter. “In the 30 years I've worked here, people who are giving to benefit others are generally happy people.”

A sign outside Cumberland Community Foundation's Fayetteville office marks the organization, which was established in 1980 by Dr. Lucile West Hutaff.

Holmes joined the foundation in 1997, when it was still a relatively small organization. Although its programs, resources, and reach have expanded considerably since then, she said its underlying purpose has remained remarkably consistent. “She wanted to involve the whole community, the diverse community, people who could give $10 and people who could give $10 million and bring them together for a common good,” Holmes said. Today, the foundation manages more than $174 million in assets across 677 charitable funds. Since its founding, it has received more than $186 million in gifts and distributed more than $107 million in grants and scholarships, according to figures displayed at its Fayetteville office as of June 30, 2026. The range of those contributions tells a story of its own. The foundation's smallest recorded gift was a $2 money order supporting its Summertime Kids program. Its largest was a $10.5 million estate gift designated for a scholarship. Separated by millions of dollars, the two gifts reflect the same principle Hutaff championed: that a person's ability to contribute to the community should not be measured solely by the size of a donation. And while Hutaff emphasized the power of generosity, she also understood the responsibility that came with accepting it. “Trust,” she wrote in 1982, was the keystone of the foundation's acceptance by Cumberland County residents. More than four decades later, Mary Holmes, the foundation's president and CEO, sees that responsibility as central to the organization's work: ensuring that donors' wishes are honored

and their contributions continue benefiting the causes they care about. “We've grown, learned, added programs and strengthened what we do, but fundamentally, we've stayed true to her vision,” Holmes said. It is a vision captured in the foundation's mission today: Giving together to enhance the quality and spirit of community life. A Fayetteville Native Finds Her Calling For Holmes, finding a new calling began with a preschool field trip she couldn't attend. Before becoming president and CEO of the foundation, Holmes built a career in finance, serving as a commercial banking officer and market president for First Union National Bank. A Fayetteville native, she earned her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But despite her professional success, Holmes began reconsidering how she wanted to spend her time after becoming a mother. “I had wonderful customers,” Holmes recalled. “I was helping them grow their businesses.” But the demands of her job made it difficult to join her child's preschool activities. She wasn't looking to abandon her career, but she did want to continue working while having more time to be a mother. In 1997, she found that opportunity at Cumberland Community

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Members of the Cumberland Community Foundation’s GivingTuesday team are pictured, from left, Kendra Murray, community grants manager; Tara Martin, fund operations manager; and Maddie Kellogg, director of donor services. Photo courtesy of The Cumberland Community Foundation

Foundation, where she could put her experience in finance, sales, and management to work for the community where she had grown up. Her roots in Fayetteville run deep. Holmes grew up in the same house where her mother was raised, a home her sister lives in today. For Holmes, those deep ties have made her work at the foundation especially personal, allowing her to help shape the future of the community that helped shape her. When she joined the foundation, it was already 17 years old but considerably smaller than the organization she leads today. Over nearly three decades, she has watched its resources and programs expand while meeting donors whose generosity has shaped her outlook on the community. “I would say I’ve become a very optimistic person,” Holmes said, reflecting on how the work has changed her. “Because when you work here you really get to see so many generous people who are trying to help others.” Unlike organizations that regularly solicit donations for a particular cause, Holmes said the foundation often hears from people who already know what they want their giving to accomplish. Some want to establish permanent funds to send children to summer camp. Others hope to support their churches, the arts, or environmental causes long after their lifetimes. “You know, people also just come to us to create some kind of family legacy,” Holmes said. “It's really uplifting.” The work has also introduced her to people and

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organizations throughout Cumberland County, giving her a broader understanding of the community's needs and the residents working to address them. “We work with a lot of happy people, and a lot of nice people who want to help someone they might not ever meet,” she said. “It's really nice.” Giving That Lasts Beyond a Lifetime For some donors, generosity doesn't end with a single gift—through Cumberland Community Foundation, their contributions can continue supporting the causes they care about long after they're gone. The foundation manages charitable endowments— permanent funds that are invested to provide ongoing financial support. Some address a broad range of community needs, while others carry out the specific wishes of the people who established them. Among them is the Cornelia “Neill” Bullock Wilkins Charitable Endowment Fund, established through an estate gift from a former teacher who died in 2007. The fund continues supporting health care, services for older adults, education, and Cape Fear Botanical Garden. Holmes said Wilkins left approximately $2.7 million to the foundation, which has since distributed about $2 million from the fund while preserving the original gift. “We still have her original gift,” Holmes said.

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Other funds preserve personal legacies. The Cole Humphrey Memorial Endowment, established in memory of a Cape Fear High School student and athlete, provides annual support for the school's athletic programs, particularly football and baseball. The Robert H. Short Scholars Program, established through a $10 million estate gift from local businessman and philanthropist Robert H. “Bob” Short, helps Cumberland County students pursue higher education. In 2026, 16 graduating seniors received a combined $480,000 in scholarships through the program. For Maddie Kellogg, the foundation's director of donor services, these funds represent an opportunity for donors to extend their generosity across generations. “Donors get the chance to support the thing they love forever,” Kellogg said. Whether supporting students, preserving a loved one's memory, or meeting community needs, each fund illustrates how a single contribution can continue making a difference for years to come. The Gift That Keeps On Giving Hutaff's vision of collective giving extends beyond the foundation's permanent endowments, reaching children at summer camp, women and families in need, and nonprofit organizations working to strengthen Cumberland County. Since 1992, its Summertime Kids program has helped children, many from low-income families, participate in summer camps offering recreation, enrichment, and mentoring. In 2025, the foundation awarded $76,490 in grants that helped 1,480 children attend camp. The Women's Giving Circle of Cumberland County brings women together to pool their charitable resources and support programs benefiting women and children. Since its establishment, the group has awarded more than $1 million in grants. The foundation also provides community grants, college scholarships, nonprofit training, and technical assistance, helping organizations strengthen their operations and respond to changing local needs. “We fund everything in every category, not just one specific thing,” Kellogg said. That approach also shapes GivingTuesday, the foundation's annual campaign encouraging residents to support local nonprofits. Launched locally in 2020, the initiative helps participating organizations raise unrestricted funds to support their missions and programs. Kellogg said the foundation introduced the campaign after recognizing that nonprofits needed more flexible financial support and that matching donations could encourage residents to give locally. This year's campaign runs from Nov. 23 through Dec. 1, with more than $500,000 in matching funds available as of October, according to Kellogg. For Holmes, the foundation's work has offered a front-row seat to the generosity of Cumberland County residents, many 20 | NOVEMBER 2026

of whom are determined to improve the lives of people they may never meet. And more than four decades after Hutaff asked what one person could do for their community, the answer continues to take shape through thousands of individual acts of giving. Some gifts begin with a few dollars—others become endowments that support charitable causes long after their donors are gone. In 1982, Hutaff envisioned a foundation devoted to “upgrading the quality and spirit of community life.” More than four decades later, that vision lives on in every scholarship awarded, every nonprofit supported, and every act of generosity that makes another possible. For Cumberland County, the gift is not only what is given, but what continues to grow from it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dasia Williams is CityView's K-12 education reporter. Before joining CityView, she worked as a digital content producer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press and also wrote for Open Campus Media and The Charlotte Observer.

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CREATE YOUR LEGACY Want to make a lasting impact in Cumberland County? Cumberland Community Foundation helps individuals, families, and organizations establish charitable funds supporting causes they care about, from education and health care to the arts and local nonprofits. Ways to give: Donors can establish an endowment during their lifetime, include a charitable gift in their will, or name the foundation as a beneficiary of retirement accounts, life insurance policies, trusts, or bank and investment accounts. Gifts of any size can also support existing charitable funds and foundation programs. Ready to learn more? Contact Maddie F. Kellogg, director of donor services, at 910-483-4449, or maddie@cumberlandcf.org. Visit cumberlandcf.org for information about charitable funds, planned giving, and other ways to contribute.

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The Right Care, Right Now As Cape Fear Valley Health expands its emergency department to meet growing demand, knowing when to seek emergency treatment or visit urgent care can make all the difference in getting timely, appropriate, or lifesaving care. BY TERI SAYLOR I PHOTOGR APHY BY MAT THEW WONDERLY

The holiday season is upon us, and along with celebrations and good cheer come flu, colds, stress, and sometimes accidents. During this busy time and throughout the year, Cape Fear Valley Health is on a mission to provide efficient and thorough care to patients seeking medical treatment, whether they are experiencing an emergency or suffering from annoying sniffles. Increasing access to emergency services is a top priority at Cape Fear Valley Health, which is investing $110 million in improvements. A two-story, 100-bed expansion has raised the Valley Pavilion from five stories to seven, added two helipads to the rooftop and increased ICU and inpatient capacity—all designed to relieve strain on the emergency department. S P O N S O R ED C O N T EN T

Along with the overall expansion comes an additional 24 beds in the Pediatric Emergency Department, larger waiting areas, and overall upgrades to handle high patient volume. The new Pediatric Emergency Department will free up 17 beds for adult emergencies, adding capacity for adults too, said Emily Cribb, corporate service line director of emergency services at Cape Fear Valley Health. “As part of that expansion, we will be remodeling our waiting room, so it will be larger and more patient-friendly,” Cribb said. The remodel will add private spaces for patients and their caregivers and will upgrade bathroom facilities to handle the growing volume which now numbers more than 123,000 visits a year. The triage area is also getting an upgrade, with the addition

of dedicated lab space and EKG rooms and freeing up five triage rooms for patients. The upgrades are expected to be complete in 2028. “It’s going to be super beneficial to our community and the patients we serve here,” Cribb said. “Increasing capacity will decrease wait times and allow us to treat people so much quicker.” About 300 emergency department employees working around the clock to serve patients, including doctors, nurses and ancillary staff—nursing assistants, medical assistants, paramedics. “On average for the adult side of our operations, we run about 50 employees 24 hours a day, and in pediatrics, we run somewhere between 10 and 12 employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year, and that’s 366 days on leap years,” she said. CITYVIEWNC.COM | 23

The emergency department keeps three attending physicians on duty with a full complement of residents and physician assistants, Cribb added. “The most important thing people need to know is we are a busy emergency department,” she said. “They don’t realize how many patients we see.” Cape Fear Valley Health and its clinics serve a roughly six-county region in southeastern North Carolina.

Choosing the right care option can be a life-saving decision, ... When life is at risk, that's the most important time to use emergency services. - Dr. Richard Ferro In 2025, Becker’s Hospital Review ranked Cape Fear Valley Health’s emergency department as the 21st busiest ER in the nation and the second busiest in North Carolina right behind Wake Med in Raleigh. Visiting the emergency department is just one way patients can access immediate health care through the Cape Fear Valley Health system, which also offers SameDay Care and ExpressCare. Choosing the appropriate level 24 | NOVEMBER 2026

Emily Cribb, Cape Fear Valley's corporate service line director of emergency services, says upgrades to the hospitals emergency department are beneficial to the entire community.

of care is the first step towards a speedy recovery “We want patients to know they have options, and understanding those options can help them get the care they need in a timely way,” said Dr. Richard Ferro, medical director at Cape Fear Valley Health ExpressCare. “We want people to feel confident about where to turn when an unexpected illness or injury occurs.” Ferro was on duty on a busy Saturday afternoon treating a steady stream of patients arriving at his Health Pavilion North office, and that’s just the way he likes it. “Treating patients at urgent care or express care can be exciting, and

the days are never the same,” he said. “It keeps us on our toes, and those who work here really enjoy it.” Cape Fear Valley Health Express Care also operates a clinic at Bladen Medical Associates in Elizabethtown. Both offices provide walk-in evaluations and treatment for illnesses and injuries that need prompt attention but are not life-threatening emergencies, helping bridge the gap between primary care and the emergency department. Patients can receive CT scans, ultrasounds, labs, and X-rays, making Express Care the best option for non-life-threatening urgent health concerns and keeping S P O N S O R ED C O N T EN T

the emergency department open for patients with life-or-death emergencies, Ferro said. The offices are open seven days a week. “We mostly see patients with acute, nonemergency illnesses like sore throat, earaches, sinus symptoms, flu, Covid, urinary tract infections, minor cuts,” he said. “Sprains and strains are also among the issues we treat day in and day out.” This level of treatment differs from the new SameDay Medical, which opened on Nov. 3, 2025 on Raeford Road. Here, patients can get treatment for minor injuries, infections, flu and cold symptoms. They can either walk in or schedule S P O N S O R ED C O N T EN T

same-day appointments when they feel sick but are unable to see a primary care provider. ExpressCare and SameDay Medical treat children too. “Our goal is to provide timely assessment, treatment and guidance about follow-up care,” Ferro said. For true emergencies, or anytime people are fearful about their health, if they are experiencing chest pains, shortness of breath or a serious injury, Cribb encourages patients to visit the emergency department. “We are happy to see anybody that walks through our door, regardless of what’s going on,” she said. “Urgent cares serve an important purpose for minor injuries and flu-like symptoms,

but when in doubt, or when you truly believe you’re in crisis, then come to the emergency room.” Ferro often encounters patients reluctant to access emergency treatment when they show up at his office with serious conditions because they consider calling EMS as a last resort due to financial concerns or when they don't want to bother anyone. “Choosing the right care option can be a life-saving decision, and that means not hesitating to call for an ambulance during an acute illness or after a serious accident,” he said. “When life is at risk, that’s the most important time to use emergency services.” Urgent situations requiring emergency care include signs or symptoms of a heart attack or stroke, a loss of consciousness or major trauma from a vehicle accident. Calling 911 can be lifesaving, Ferro added. “Choosing the appropriate care helps patients see a doctor immediately and efficiently, but if they come in to ExpressCare with chest pain, they might have taken an hour or two of potentially lifesaving treatment time away,” he said. “For anything that can become an emergency, call EMS and don’t waste precious time.” Regardless of patient needs, at Cape Fear Valley Health, all levels of care have one thing in common. No one is turned away. “We see anybody and everybody that walks through our door regardless of insurance, or financial status,” Cribb said. “All we know is that it's a patient in need of care, and we're here to help.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Teri Saylor is a freelance writer based in Raleigh.

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Fayetteville State University celebrated the grand opening of its newly constructed College of Education building on Aug. 20, 2026. Photo by FSU

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With a growing student body, expanding facilities and innovative programs, Fayetteville State University is creating new opportunities for student success and a vibrant campus experience BY TERI SAYLOR

The Fayetteville State University campus was buzzing with excitement on homecoming weekend as the pep band practiced fight songs and visiting alumni navigated a familiar campus that is rapidly changing. The last five years have brought new energy to the university, buoyed by the state’s NC Promise Tuition Plan and millions of dollars in appropriations from the North Carolina General Assembly, the U.S. Department of Defense, local grant funding, and donations. The result is a record-setting increase in both freshman and transfer enrollment, higher graduation rates, and new facilities that are enhancing student life, improving educational opportunities, and lifting school spirit. “Today, our total enrollment is approaching 7,800 students,” said Pamela Baldwin, vice chancellor for strategic enrollment and student success. “Our goal is to have 8,000 students enrolled by fall 2027.” This achievement comes as FSU has surpassed 80% in student retention for the first time in its history, up from 63% in 2021.

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FSU recently joined three other universities in the NC Promise program. The UNC System and the North Carolina General Assembly launched it in 2018 to make higher education more affordable for students, bolster college degrees, and strengthen the state’s workforce. In-state students pay $500 per semester for tuition in addition to campus fees, housing and meal plans. FSU’s population increase has fueled substantial growth in academic programs, ushering in new bachelor’s degrees in high-demand fields like cybersecurity, sports and fitness management, public health, supply chain management, and construction project management, Baldwin said. “Cybersecurity is one of our fastest growing degree programs,” she said. “We started with 26 students in 2022, and it has expanded to 249 students today.” Last year, the university’s nursing program celebrated a banner year after receiving a $2 million gift from Cape Fear Valley Health to boost future healthcare professionals. Known as the Cape Fear Valley School of Nursing, the program enrolls over 900 students.

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Pamela M. Baldwin, vice chancellor for the Division of Strategic Enrollment and Student Success, talks with Vincent Harris, assistant vice chancellor for enrollment operations. Photo by FSU

Cape Fear Valley Health’s gift comes on the heels of another $2 million appropriation from the UNC system in 2024 as part of a systemwide grant. FSU also received $900,000 from Cape Fear Valley Health to support a state-of-the-art health and wellness center on campus. The new 24,631-square-foot center will consolidate clinical care, health education, and counseling under one roof, said Hector Molina, FSU’s chief operating officer. “We hope to open it before the end of this calendar year, and it will house not only health and wellness services, but it will have an on-campus pharmacy,” Molina said. The health and wellness center is just one of several capital improvements on campus, Molina said. Last August, the university opened its new 72,000-square-foot education building, funded with a $69.3 million appropriation from the North Carolina General Assembly. It features a STEM lab, outdoor learning spaces, and a dedicated mock courtroom for pre-law students. “It's an amazing building, and our faculty, students, and staff love working in that space,” Molina said. “We’re looking forward to producing more teachers in North Carolina.” With growth comes an increased need for student housing, and FSU has answered the call, Molina added. In 2025, the university cut the ribbon on Bronco Pride Hall, a $50 million dormitory spanning 87,930 square feet with 336 double-occupancy rooms that will help

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accommodate on-campus living, which rose 65% over the last five years. Today, student housing is home to more than 1,700 residents. Fayetteville State University is the oldest public HBCU institution in North Carolina, founded in 1867 as the Howard School. It became Fayetteville State University in 1969 and joined the UNC system in 1972. The military has a strong presence at FSU, home to two ROTC programs for both the U.S. Army and the Air Force. More than 2,500 military-affiliated students represent about one third of the university’s student body, the highest in FSU’s history, according to Baldwin. “We are adjacent to one of the largest military installations in the country,” she said. “Its presence is woven into the fabric of our culture, and we’re intentional about ensuring our military students are successful.” A new Military and Veterans Academic Center, currently under construction in the historic H.L. Cook Building on campus will add resources to the 18,300-square-foot building to provide counseling and academic support for students and is projected to open in 2028. In February 2025, FSU became the first public university to sign an educational partnership agreement with the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg for curriculum development. And last September, the university was one of five institutions receiving a $10 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to establish artificial S P O N S O R ED C O N T EN T

Hector Molina, chief operating officer for the Division of Enterprise Operations at Fayetteville State University, addresses students during Bronco Kickoff 2025. Photo by Top End Shoots

intelligence for defense systems, biomanufacturing, battlefield communication, and disaster response. Molina said the resources and efforts pouring into the university are part of a 10-year strategic master plan with ambitious goals for growth, academic success, and contributions to local workforce and economic development initiatives. To further bolster workforce development and opportunities for local students to succeed, FSU collaborates with Fayetteville Technical Community College to support the FTCC Keen Scholarship, which provides a transfer pathway and financial support for associate degree graduates to transition into FSU and later into jobs. The work has resulted in rising graduation rates, Baldwin said, reaching 36% for six-year graduates for the first time with a target of 50% by 2031. To continue improving graduation rates and support student success, the university’s 30-60-90 Summer School Program is backed by a $6.5 million gift from Anonymous Trust and a $2 million award from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The summer school program provides free summer credits, housing, and meals to help students hit the milestones they need to graduate in four years—30 credits for sophomores, 60 for juniors, 90 for seniors. Taking its hands-on approach a step further, FSU has established teams of advisers to shepherd students through their college experience, Baldwin said. “Our success counselors support students through S P O N S O R ED C O N T EN T

tutoring, at our writing center, and our mathematics lab,” she said. “Our goal is to make sure students that come in the door as freshmen will cross the stage in four years and graduate.” Vibrant campus life keeps students engaged and eager to stay in college through graduation. FSU has made broad changes that make campus an enjoyable place to be, Molina said. “We continue to build on our student experience, like the Bronco Horseshoe near our College of Education where we station six food trucks every week,” he said. “It’s exciting to see students gather there and fellowship with each other at lunchtime.” One source of pride and school spirit is FSU’s athletics program, offering students a chance to compete in NCAA Division II sports in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). As of mid-October, the Broncos were tied for fourth place in the conference standings. At homecoming, students, alumni, and visitors were not disappointed. The Broncos trounced their rival Elizabeth City State University Vikings 43-7, handing FSU football fans one more reason to celebrate.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Teri Saylor is a freelance writer based in Raleigh.

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No Fixed Address NE ARLY THREE YE ARS AF TER BRE AKING GROUND ON THE UNHOUSED SUPPORT CENTER , THE FACILIT Y REMAINS UNBUILT AND CUMBERL AND COUNT Y IS LOOKING FOR OTHER POTENTIAL SITES .

STORY BY PAUL WOOLVERTON

Cumberland County commissioners and staff stood behind a mound of soil, smiled for the cameras, and scooped 10 shovels of dirt into the air during the groundbreaking ceremony for a homeless shelter and services center planned for Hawley Lane near downtown Fayetteville. That was February 19, 2024. They aimed to come back for a ribbon-cutting within two years. But as the groundbreaking at 344 Hawley Lane approaches its third anniversary, no ribbon has been snipped, no more dirt has been moved, the ceremonial soil mound is covered with grass and a few wildflowers, and the project has been scaled back. The county is now looking for at least five other potential places to build the $17 million center. The project, now dubbed the Unhoused Support

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Center, is delayed, not dead. “This board remains committed to getting a permanent facility in place,” Commissioners Chair Kirk deViere said. Officials hope to open it in early 2028. In the meantime, the county offers 60 beds through a partnership with the Salvation Army, he said, and provides 150 beds on nights with freezing temperatures. The county is actively seeking another partner to provide additional beds. While the Unhoused Support Center remains on hold, homeless people remain visible around Fayetteville. In 2025, the Point-in-Time Count—an annual census of people without housing taken in a 24-hour period— documented 383 people in the county. Advocates working to end homelessness said the number is likely a vast undercount.

A rendering of Cumberland County's planned Unhoused Support Center, presented to the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on October 15, 2026. LS3P | Barr & Barr | McFarland Construction

More Than a ‘Homeless Hospice’ The Unhoused Support Center would be far more than what former County Commissioner Jimmy Keefe called a “homeless hospice.” That is, a place for homeless people to stay that doesn’t truly help struggling people get into homes and jobs. Keefe is disappointed that the project is unfinished. Keefe, former Commissioner Toni Stewart, and Commissioner Glenn Adams envisioned a gamechanging project when they took part in the February 2024 groundbreaking ceremony. It would help families break free from the cycle of generational poverty, Keefe said. “It would have been one of those programs where people would have come across the country to look at it and say, ‘Look what Fayetteville’s doing,’” he

said. “It truly would have. Because nobody’s fixing homelessness. Everybody’s just making homeless people comfortable as best they can—give them a place to stay.” The plan was—and still is—to provide multiple services, according to interviews with deViere, Keefe, and other officials. Among them: emergency shelter for homeless people in crisis, a place for homeless individuals and families to stay temporarily while they seek a permanent place to live, access to adult education programs and job training, employment services, and other programs to help struggling people get on their feet. The county is working on a plan to partner with Cape Fear Valley Health to provide behavioral health services to clients of the Unhoused Center, deViere said.

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From left to right: County Manager Clarence Grier, Community Development Director Dee Taylor, Engineering and Infrastructure Director Jermaine Walker, Department of Social Servicfes Director Brenda Reid Jackson, Commissioner Toni Stewart, Chair Glenn Adams, Commissioner Michael Boose, Commissioner Jeannette Council, Commissioner Jimmy Keefe, and Assistant County Manager Heather Skeens pose at the groundbreaking for the Cumberland County Homeless Support Center on Feb. 19, 2024. Photo by Lexi Solomon

The center is budgeted at $17 million, plus $900,000 more to buy land, if necessary, according to county staff. The legislature in 2022 gave Cumberland County $1 million to help pay for it. Setbacks Caused Delay Several factors delayed the Unhoused Support Center, according to deViere and a history of the project that he provided to CityView. In November 2024, nine months after the groundbreaking ceremony, the county found that the original proposal would cost $32 million—nearly double the $17 million budgeted to build it. The original plan was for a 157-bed, 45,536-square-foot building. Over the next year, the county and the architect, LS3P, scaled it

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back to a 100-bed, 24,000-squarefoot building. A recent rendering shows living areas and outdoor courtyards allocated for women, men, and families. Other wrinkles emerged since February 2024 that are pushing the project away from the countyowned Hawley Lane site. People from the B Street neighborhood protested the Hawley Lane site, saying they didn’t want a homeless shelter in the area, said Commissioner Veronica Jones, the board’s vice chair. The Hawley Lane site adjoins the campus of the recently opened Pauline Jones High School, and there are concerns about making them neighbors, Jones said. Pauline Jones is an alternative school serving students with behavioral problems.

Our focus ... is on providing a safe, secure, and dignified place for people in our community ... - Kirk deViere

This rendering shows the shared sleeping area of the women's portion of Cumberland County's planned Unhoused Support Center. This was shown to the Board of Commissioners on October 15, 2026. LS3P | Barr & Barr | McFarland Construction

“I feel like the shelter and the school—that’s not necessarily the best combination. Mix two vulnerable populations that are there, that are in need of help, and stress factors, mental health, substance abuse,” she said. Back in 2022 and 2023, when the Unhoused Support Center’s plans were first developed, Cumberland County Schools had shuttered the Pauline Jones campus. It previously had been a middle school. During the planning stages for the support center, Fayetteville Technical Community College used the Pauline Jones campus for adult education. Fayetteville Tech’s program next door was expected 34 | NOVEMBER 2026

to be a good match to support homeless people at the Unhoused Center. But Fayetteville Tech later vacated the Pauline Jones campus and moved the adult education services to its main campus. In August, the county school district reopened the campus as a high school to replace a recently closed school on Ramsey Street. In October 2025, commissioners voted 5-1 to seek other locations for the Unhoused Support Center. After a year without success, they did so again in October 2026, while keeping the Hawley Lane site as a possibility.

Looking Ahead Stewart, a county commissioner from 2020 to 2024, was an advocate for homeless people and for the Unhoused Support Center while in office. In December 2025, she posted a photo of the 2024 groundbreaking ceremony on social media. It shows her and other leaders tossing dirt from their shovels. “I began my campaign in 2020 as an advocate for our unsheltered neighbors, and for many, this image symbolized that their voices were finally being heard. Hope felt tangible. Progress felt real,” she said. “What makes this photo even more powerful—and painful— is that we were closer to seeing this building manifest then than we are today, as our community now faces the coldest temperatures of the year.” She said there was no reason for the project to have stalled. Adams had similar thoughts. “It would have been built by now if we had moved, kept going on,” he said. He still prefers the Hawley Lane site, and has voted against the decisions to look elsewhere for a location. No matter where the shelter is built, Fayetteville

Tech will work with the county to provide education to its clients, college President Mark Sorrells told CityView. The county is looking for a new, more suitable location because conditions around the Hawley Lane site have changed, deViere said, with the neighborhood opposition and the reopening of Pauline Jones. The center will open, deViere said. “Addressing the lack of emergency shelter for families, women, and men in our community has been a priority for me and for this Board, and I share the frustration of those who need it and those who advocate for it,” he said. “Our focus has never been just a building. It is on providing a safe, secure, and dignified place for people in our community who need it at one of the most difficult times in their lives.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Senior reporter Paul Woolverton can be reached at pwoolverton@cityviewnc.com.

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Heroes Without Trophies BY CL AUDIA Z AMOR A

Every city has heroes who will never receive elegant awards. They will not walk onto a stage dressed for a gala, pose beside a sponsor’s logo, or take home a plaque with their name engraved in gold. Their names may never appear in a program, and their work may never be mentioned in an annual report. But when life becomes difficult for someone else, they are often the ones who show up. They bring food or medicine when someone cannot get out of bed. They call after a surgery, drive a friend to an appointment, explain a confusing form, translate words that might otherwise leave someone feeling lost, or make sure a family has groceries before asking whether there is a program or grant available to help. They are also the people who give their laptop to someone who does not have one, then continue working from their phone because they tell themselves they can manage. Someone else needs it more. Someone deserves a chance. Some people give this way not because they have plenty, but because they know what it means to go without. They have known grief, illness, financial stress, loneliness, or the confusion of trying to find their way through a system with no Robin Hoods. They remember needing help and not knowing whom to call. Because they know how that feels, they notice the neighbor who no longer leaves the house, the mother trying to carry too much, the newcomer who smiles politely but understands very little, and the friend who says, “I’m fine,” but is not. They do not always call themselves volunteers. They may not have a title, grant funding, a seat on a board, or a polished website behind what they do. They simply see a need and respond. We tend to celebrate generosity when it is large enough to be photographed or connected to a campaign, an institution, a major donation, or a sponsor. All of that matters. Organizations need funding, and public generosity can encourage others to give. But not all care comes with a logo.

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This season, perhaps the most meaningful gift we can offer is our attention. Some of the work that holds a community together happens in kitchens, cars, waiting rooms, school hallways, and latenight phone calls. It happens through people who remember a family’s story, know whom to contact, make one more connection, or stay long enough to hear what is really being said. They rarely think about changing the world. Most of the time, they are trying to help one person get through Tuesday. It is easy to insist that people who give should expect nothing in return. I do not believe that is the whole truth. We give because we want our lives to matter. We want to know that the meal, the ride, the computer, the information, the encouragement, or the simple act of staying reached another person. We want to feel that our presence made a difference. That is not vanity. It is human. Wanting to be recognized is not the same as needing applause. Recognition, at its best, means being witnessed. It is someone saying, “I saw what you did. I saw what it cost you. It mattered.” The difficult truth is that recognition does not always follow the work. Too often, the applause goes to those who are already visible, while others quietly perform the slow and unglamorous work of holding people up. Their help

Young volunteers pack Rise Against Hunger meals at the First Presbyterian Church on February 22, 2025. Photo by Tony Wooten

is welcomed, their knowledge is sought, and their hearts are needed, yet their names may never be mentioned when the community talks about those who made a difference. That can hurt. It hurts when people remember what you can do for them but not what it costs you to keep doing it. It hurts when a community benefits from your care but does not truly know how to see you. We should not romanticize that kind of invisibility or call it humility. Being grateful for the opportunity to help does not erase the human need to feel valued. Still, many of these heroes continue, not because disappointment has never touched them, but because they remember what it felt like when no one came. They know that a kind response can change the course of a day and, sometimes, the course of a life. Even after being overlooked, they refuse to make indifference their response to another person’s pain. That is a fierce form of love. Giving should not mean disappearing for the sake of others or becoming useful and silent. Giving is a relationship. It says, “Your life matters enough for me to respond.” A healthy community answers, “Your care mattered enough for us to see you.” This season, perhaps the most meaningful gift we can offer is our attention. Look for the person whose kindness has become so familiar that others have stopped noticing it. The one who remembers, responds, makes room, carries the extra bag, sends the message, brings the meal, shares a resource, or sits beside someone when there are no useful words left. Say their name. Tell them you remember what they did and that

their presence changed a difficult moment. Let them know their care did not simply disappear into the air, invisible and unnamed. Gratitude is more than a response to what someone has given us. It is a way of returning dignity to the person who gives. It reminds those who carry so much for others that they also belong within the circle of care. They, too, deserve the phone call, the warm meal, the person who notices they are tired, and the reassurance that they do not always have to be the strong one. Heroes without trophies may never stand beneath bright lights, but they are already leaving light behind them in the people they helped, the burdens they made lighter, and those unseen moments when one human being decided not to leave another alone. Perhaps we will never know how many times a small gesture kept someone from giving up. Kindness does not always change the whole world at once. Sometimes, it changes one person’s world, and that is already immense. That is how kindness continues, moving quietly from one person to another until, almost without noticing, a community becomes a home.

Claudia Zamora is an Argentinian author, mental health and wellness coach, and passionate community advocate. Since 2011, she has made Fayetteville her home, uplifting the Hispanic community. CITYVIEWNC.COM | 37

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A Love and Passion for Reading BY DIANE PARFIT T

One of the greatest gifts adults can give—to their offspring and to their society—is to read to children. - Carl Sagan

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Do you often think about a book you read when you were growing up and later read to your children or grandchildren? You might see a copy of it now, and right away you have that special memory. Or, perhaps, you remember a book you read when you got older and you recall how it affected you then and just have to read it again. This is what the joy of reading is all about. While reading guides or manuals is a requirement for many careers, reading for pleasure with thoughtful intent is a genuine joy. Unfortunately, scholars are finding that people today are reading less. Rose Horowitch wrote an article, “The End of Reading is Near” in The Atlantic and found that “fewer than half of all adults reported having read a book of any kind in 2022.” The number of Americans reading for pleasure dropped from 28% in 2004 to 16% in 2023. What are the reasons for this dramatic decline? In a recent article in the The New York Times, “Is This What a Post-Literate Era Looks Like?” writer David Wallace-Wells postulates that “Few things are more intuitive about the smartphone era than the fact that devices have torpedoed our interest in reading and dragged down the status that books and their authors once seemed to enjoy.” If we want to help turn this trend around, we can do it by finding that passion for reading again. We can take our library cards and go search for the books we remember bringing us joy in the past. We can drop by a bookstore and ask the clerk to help us find a book that might just spark our interest. If we are a parent or grandparent, we can take the children with us. Here are some books to help you on this journey, and they will also make great gifts for friends and loved ones to inspire them to rediscover their love of reading.

1. The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation: Essays on Nurturing a Passion for Reading by Jennie Orchard If our goal is to rekindle a love of reading, we need to start by giving books to children and young people. I once read an article about how to figure out what to give as gifts to our grandchildren and it said give them, “something they want, something they need, and something to read.” This collection of essays is about the joy of giving books to children. Some of our favorite authors from around the world share their stories about the power of reading. If we share books with children and read to them and with them, we can help set them on a path of becoming lifelong readers and successful adults leading a life of fulfillment. “All royalties generously donated to the two organizations founded by John Wood, Room to Read and U-Go, promoting literacy and education for girls and young women.” 2. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Ou by Shannon Reed People read for different reasons — some for practical purposes, such as learning to garden, finding recipes, or building a child’s playhouse. Some read to escape, to learn, and to discover new things. Many people are in book clubs, and reading becomes a way to connect with others. Reed, a longtime teacher and writer, shares humorous stories from her reading experiences, the poignant ways books touched her and her students, and the impact that some of the wellknown classics and contemporary books have had on her. 3. The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life – A Heartfelt Memoir of Literary Criticism and Soul-Searching by Andy Miller As Andy Miller approached his 40th birthday, he felt he was not as well read as he thought he should be. This was a sad discovery for this author and critic and true book lover. He set out on a path to read the books he thought he had read, some he started but had not finished, ones he always wanted to read, and even those he claimed to have read to impress others. His yearlong journey to read 50 great books is humorous and heartfelt and might just set you on a path of discovery of what it means to be a reader and why it is so joyful.

4. The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time by David L. Ulin As we face an ever-growing digital culture, we are losing the simple act of reading a book. David L. Ulin poses a timely question—why is literature so important, especially now? He deals with the importance of reading—either a real book and touching the pages or turning the pages on the screen. It doesn’t matter as long as you are reading a book and allowing your mind to grasp the importance of its message in these troubled times. 5. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel For many of us, reading isn’t just a hobby; it’s a lifestyle. Books have shaped who we are, whether they delight us, bring us joy, motivate us, or even infuriate us. They are how we plow through life in the good times as well as the bad. Author and blogger Anne Bogel helps us remember the books that first drew us into reading. Memories of those books that caused us to fall in love with reading should be cherished. With her blog, Bogel brings readers together to learn new things about reading and help us find the next book to read that will cultivate our love of reading. 6. Bedside Companion for Book Lovers: An Anthology of Literary Delights for Every Night of The Year by Jane McMorland Hunter Many of us read a book in bed as we try to fall asleep or even stay up late at night to read one more chapter. Why not try this book with its varied mix of essays, letters, and diary entries sharing fact and fiction about the joys of books and reading? It has tidbits about some of the greatest writers in history, sharing their particular love of books. Charles Dickens writes about the smell of books, and Maya Angelou speaks to the pleasures of reading aloud. Keep this book by your bedside to enjoy some informative but relaxed reading before lights out!

Diane Parfitt owns City Center Gallery & Books in downtown Fayetteville. She can be reached at citycentergallerybooks@gmail.com.

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THE TO-DO LIST Here are just some of the things happening in and around Fayetteville this month. Scan the code with your phone for more events, additional information, and to post your event on our website. Events are subject to change. Check before attending.

Holly Day Fair. Photo by Matthew Wonderly

November 1–December 6 Letters From Santa Hope Mills Parks and Recreation Center 5766 Rockfish Road townofhopemills.com

November 4 Founders Council Methodist University Golf Pro-Am Tournament Methodist University 5400 Ramsey St. methodist.edu

November 5–7 Godspell Butler Theater, Fayetteville State University 1200 Murchison Road uncfsu.edu

November 5–8 59th Annual Holly Day Fair Crown Expo Center 1960 Coliseum Drive jlfay.org

November 6 Pokémon Party West Regional Library 7469 Century Circle cumberland.librarycalendar.com

November 6–December 20 2-4-6 (2 Words, 4 Artists, 6 Tracks) Arts Council of Fayetteville/ Cumberland County 301 Hay St. wearethearts.com

November 7 Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade Downtown Fayetteville Hay Street and surrounding downtown area distinctlyfayettevillenc.com

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November 7

November 10

November 14

30th Annual Fort Bragg 10-Miler Fort Bragg bragg.armymwr.com

Veterans Day Honor Wall Kiwanis Recreation Center 352 Devers St. fayettevillenc.gov

Methodist University Football vs. Greensboro College—Senior Night Monarch Stadium, Methodist University 5400 Ramsey St. mumonarchs.com

November 7 Pop-Up Elopement Day at the Garden Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

November 7, 13–15, 25 and 28 Fayetteville Marksmen November Home Games and Theme Nights Crown Coliseum 1960 Coliseum Drive marksmenhockey.com

November 8 Cape Fear River Run Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. runsignup.com

November 9 55+ Landscape Painting with SaraJane Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

November 9 Native American History Month Bus Trip Fayetteville History Museum 325 Franklin St. fayettevillenc.gov

November 10 Tai Chi in the Garden Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

November 14 The Vintage Vegan Block Party 200 block of Franklin Street Downtown Fayetteville eventeny.com

November 11 Harry Potter Day Camp Cape Fear Regional Theatre 1209 Hay St. cfrt.org

November 14 Dogwood Nights on Hay Street Downtown Fayetteville Hay Street faydta.com

November 12 Paint & Sip: Poppy Close Up Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

November 14 Family Waxed Leaf Garland Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

November 14 Dirk Meyer Conducts Brahms 1 First Presbyterian Church 102 Ann St. fayettevillesymphony.org

November 15 Fourth Annual Ichi Kaku Ramen Eating Contest and Block Party Ichi Kaku Japanese Ramen 350 N. Eastern Blvd., Suite 200 upandcomingweekly.com

November 16 Lake Rim Park Nature Story Time: Things That Go Lake Rim Park 2214 Tar Kiln Drive cumberland.librarycalendar.com

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November 9 WKML 95.7 Stars & Guitars Crown Coliseum 1960 Coliseum Drive crowncomplexnc.com

Serenading the Sandhills Since 1991

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A Dickens Holiday. Photo by Sabreena Czarnecki

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November 21

Homeschool: Indi's Big Balloon Parade East Regional Library 4809 Clinton Road cumberland.librarycalendar.com

Advanced Knots & Rigging Workshop John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center 7489 Raeford Road ncwildlife.gov

Basic Rod Building Workshop John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center 7489 Raeford Road ncwildlife.gov

November 17 and 21 Nature Tales: Tired Turtles Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

November 19 As You Wish: An Interactive Princess Bride Experience Spring Lake Community Library Spring Lake cumberland.librarycalendar.com

November 20 Kids Night Out: Living Lightshow Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

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November 20 Army Community Service Family Game Night Fort Bragg bragg.armymwr.com

November 20 55+ Thanksgiving Luncheon Hope Mills Parks and Recreation Center 5766 Rockfish Road townofhopemills.com

November 21–December 6 It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Gilbert Theater 116 Green St. gilberttheater.com

November 21 Tough Turkey Shoot Fort Bragg bragg.armymwr.com

November 21 The Lantern Express Fort Bragg bragg.armymwr.com

November 21 Craft Festival Bill Crisp Senior Center 7560 Raeford Road fayettevillenc.gov

November 21 Autumn in the 1800s: Heritage Farm Family Day Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Blvd. capefearbg.org

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November 22 Echoes of Time, Whispers of Winter Community Congregational Church Southern Pines cumberlandchoralarts.org

November 24 Fayetteville State Men's Basketball vs. USC Aiken Fayetteville State University 1200 Murchison Road fsubroncos.com

November 26

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Tuesday, December 1, 2026

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Christmas Eve

at Village

Thursday

DECEMBER 24TH 1, 3, & 5PM

Fayetteville Turkey Trot 5K & 1 Mile Cape Fear River Trail visitdowntownfayetteville.com

November 26 Thanksgiving Day Feast Iron Mike Conference Center 2658 Rock Merritt Ave., Fort Bragg bragg.armymwr.com

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November 27 A Dickens Holiday Downtown Fayetteville Hay Street adickensholiday.com

November 27–December 31 Fayetteville Holiday Lights Segra Stadium 460 Hay St. milb.com

November 28 Fayetteville State Men's Basketball vs. UNC Pembroke Fayetteville State University 1200 Murchison Road fsubroncos.com

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SEEN @ THE SCENE Folk Festival Flash Vibrant colors and a blend of cultures are a treat for visitors to Fayetteville's International Folk Festival on September 25, 2026. The flashy scene is displayed in its fullest on Hay Street during the annual parade of nations. Participants don cultural garb, partake in traditional dance, and share beauty from around the world. Photography by Jason Beck Want CityView at your event for Seen @ the Scene? Email us talk@cityviewnc.com.

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Cole’s World Fayetteville-raised rapper J. Cole ended his U.S. tour in September with a stop at a sold-out Crown Coliseum. Cole’s hometown reunion concert included a stage backdrop featuring the Market House and Dogwood flowers—along with a copy of his first car lowered by a cable from the rafters. Photo by Matthew Wonderly

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Nature Shines

Brighter VISIT

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THOUSANDS

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December 4 - 22, 2026 (select evenings) CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDEN Tickets & Information: capefearbg.org | 910-486-0221

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