Providing Health Care for the Working Poor One of the most controversial political issues in modern America is health care. Alliance Medical Ministry, a faith-led nonprofit in Wake County, North Carolina, is providing solutions to the health care crisis without the intervention of the federal government. The idea behind Alliance is simple: Bring together a community [...]

Walk into Dr. Charles Mann’s office and your attention is immediately drawn to the walls, covered with memorabilia from Bolivia. The mementos, gained decades ago when Dr. Mann took medical missionary trips to the South American country, reflect the birth of his long-term mission of ensuring that low-income workers in the United States have access [...]

Barbara Gotay’s face lights up when you ask her about homeownership. “That was my biggest dream, to have a home,” she said. “Not for me, but for my kids. That’s the future for them.” It’s a future that wouldn’t have been possible without Barbara’s local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, a charitable nonprofit that helps [...]

Crime in the Long Acres neighborhood was bad, and getting worse by the day. Drug dealers walked the streets, abandoned houses abounded, and decay was setting in.

Fulfilling Dreams for Special-Needs Children For many developmentally challenged youngsters, a miracle is waiting on a 13-acre farm north of Raleigh: a horse. Time on horseback can be life changing for special-needs children. Some children speak their first words while riding. Directing a powerful animal like a horse boosts confidence, improves coordination, and teaches valuable [...]

Celebrating Life in Our Community Similar to most western nations, the United States is expected to see a significant increase in its older adult population in the coming decades. With that fact of life comes a bevy of needed services. One of those is compassionate end-of-life care. In Hospice of Wake County, North Carolina’s capital [...]

It took five businessmen at a church in Charlotte, North Carolina, to set Juan Nelson on the path to new life. That was no easy task: Juan had just arrived in the Queen City seeking recovery from a nagging drug addiction. His criminal record scared away potential employers. But after he joined a ministry geared [...]

The Pope Eagle Scout Scholarship paves the way for today’s promising youngsters to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Robert came to the Raleigh Rescue Mission with a long list of medical problems: prostate cancer, lupus, a knee injury, and a hernia. At the time, he had been living on the streets of downtown Raleigh for five years, destitute and alone.

Providing a Home for Seriously Ill Patients Cancer. It’s a word that strikes fear into thousands of hearts each day in the United States. For many families, this dreadful illness arrives with little warning, cutting short the lives of their loved ones. But for those suffering through painful treatments at UNC Hospitals in the Triangle [...]

StepUp Ministry is breaking the poverty cycle in North Carolina through a hand up, not a handout.