Advisory Board, Left to Right: Gerry Doubleday, Scott Carter, Cindy Trevathan (Vice Chair), Colleen Kerrigan, Geoffrey Nixon, Libby Lanier, George Manning (Chair), Cantey P. Callaway, Jeff Weller, Lisa Armstrong, Anne D. Bailey, Kelly Tandy, and Donna Lathem. Not pictured: Florence C. Holmes (Secretary) and John Mitchener.
Rise and Shine is a sophisticated gathering of community members to benefit the Highlands Community Fund, an affiliate fund of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.
Last year’s Rise and Shine event raised nearly $70,000 thanks to the generosity of our community.
Funds raised by the Highlands Community Fund since the event began in 2015 have been added to an endowment fund that has grown to over $2.4 million to-date.
The investment income from this endowment is used annually to provide grant support for nonprofits that serve the Highlands community. Last fall, the Fund was able to award 17 grants totaling $96,555. This year’s Rise and Shine event will be Saturday, June 28, from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. The event will be held at the Highlands Falls Country Club (a gracious partner of Rise and Shine) and brunch will be served.
The Junior Appalachian Musicians of Jackson County will perform. These students, ages 8 to 18, participate in an after-school program during which they learn traditional old time and bluegrass music, as well as Appalachian dance and culture.
Their band, The String Beans, performs for local festivals, such as Sylva’s Greening up the Mountain and Canton’s Cold Mountain Music Festival. Recent performances include the Youth Talent Celebration of Asheville’s renowned Mountain Heritage and Dance Festival, as well as Echoes Across the Smokies at WCU’s Bardo Center, where they opened for the award-winning Kruger Bothers.
Tickets are $125 per person, $60 of your ticket is tax deductible. For more information, please visit highlandscommunityfund.org or contact Florence Holmes at (404) 291-0933.
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