Last month the Duke Energy Foundation announced a $25,000 grant awarded to the Cleveland County Family YMCA to advance work around systematic solutions to racial equity.

While schools in Davidson County remain closed for in-person instruction, the E-Learning Academy at the J. Smith Young YMCA in Lexington is living its mission in an important way for seven homeless students from three families.

When the Coronavirus pandemic hit last spring, many in Nash and Edgecombe Counties lost jobs and were being forced to choose between buying medicine and buying food. The Harrison Family YMCA in Rocky Mount has been filling the gap to provide families with food since April.