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Southmountain Estates Children are “Giving Back”

A group of 12 NYPUM students on Saturday, September 30th participated in a service project with Grace Church in Marion, North Carolina.  Southmountain joined 150 other volunteers at Pleasant Gardens Elementary School and packed 106,000 meals (that's correct ~ 106,000 meals were prepared) for Servants with a Heart, an organization committed to serv…

Brown Mountain Bottleworks hosts art contest to benefit Southmountain

It’s Back to School Time!

With the 2017-2018 school year now upon us, many of our children are heading back to school. This year, we have 19 students attending Glen Alpine Elementary; 11 attending Table Rock Middle School; and 8 attending Freedom High School.  We hope this will be the best school year ever for our students and wish them all success in the school year …

Agency Back to School Picnic Planned

Southmountain Children and Family Services on August 24th will host a Back to School picnic to kick off the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year.  The event will take place at the picnic shelter at Southmountain Estates, our Foster Community.  The principals and teachers from Glen Alpine Elementary, Table Rock Middle School and Freedom…

Thank You to the High Country United Way!

Southmountain Children and Family Services was recently awarded a grant for $445.60 by the High Country United Way.  The grant will benefit clients served at the Watauga and Avery County Center of Excellence who are receiving Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy in order to overcome trauma symptoms resulting from abuse, neglect, or other…

BYOP Awards Grant to Southmountain

A special group of high school students in Burke County has been working hard to make our community a better place. The Burke Youth Organized Philanthropists or BYOP recently awarded 4 grants to non-profits in Burke County, and Southmountain Children and Family Services is the proud recipient of a BYOP grant. The youth hosted a warm reception on J…

Summer-Time fun!

Southmountain Children and Family Services kicked off the beginning of the summer break with our first outing.  Every Wednesday during the summer, the Southmountain recreation department and Southmountain staff, led by Adam Scott takes children on a trip to enjoy time together and give parents a break.  The first outing on June 21 was to…

NYPUM Finishes Its Twelfth Class

Southmountain Children and Family Services is currently finishing up its 12th class of The National Youth Project Using Minibikes (NYPUM). Nearly every child 10 and older at Southmountain completes this comprehensive course in minibike riding and safety practices.  The program was developed by NYPUM - a charity of Honda Motors, Inc., in colla…

Annual Sonshine Saturday Sponsored by Enon Baptist Church

On Saturday May 20, 2017 Enon Baptist Church in Drexel hosted “Sonshine Saturday” for children, parents and staff that live and work at our Foster Community, in Nebo, North Carolina.  For over 25 years, Enon Baptist Church has held the event on the church grounds and this year, over 100 people enjoyed this exciting day!   Our…

Southmountain Children and Family Services Receives Grant from the Community Foundation of Burke County

Children at Southmountain Estates, a Foster Community operated by Southmountain Children and Family Services, now have the opportunity to participate in an art program, made possible by a $5,080 grant from the Community Foundation of Burke County. The Foster Community is a one-of-a-kind program serving children in out of home care as a result of a…

Southmountain Participates in Couch to 5K Race

Eleven runners from the Southmountain Runner’s Club on April 29th participated in the Camp Cedar Cliff 5K race near Asheville.  These eleven runners, ages 7- 52, including children and staff, set a record for the number of participants from Southmountain that ran in this race.  The children and staff worked their way up to being ab…

Southmountain receives COA re-accreditation

The Council on Accreditation (COA) has chosen to expedite and re-accredit Southmountain Children and Family Services.  Our agency for decades has been accredited by COA and has officially completed this process again which is repeated every four years. COA is a non-profit accrediting body that since 1977 has created a means for both governmental a…

Art of Quilting Class at Southmountain

Since last September, seven girls from Southmountain Estates have been enjoying a new hobby and learning a new skill—quilting! Maxine and Victoria Clayton from Bridge42 Church have been teaching the Art of Quilting class that meets every other Tuesday. Each girl is making their own quilt and they have also made pin cushions and small pillows. This…

Southmountain Staff Get Fit!

Since the fall of 2016, children and staff at Southmountain Children and Family Services have been focusing on fitness and health, due in part to a grant from the Baxter International Foundation. Southmountain purchased Garmin Fitness Trackers for all staff; and they have been using them to see who is the most active and to participate in competit…

Children's Advocacy Centers Host Open Houses – Come by!

April is Child Abuse Prevention month and an open house has been scheduled for each of the four Children's Advocacy Centers operated by Southmountain Children and Family Services.  While the open houses for the McDowell Children's Advocacy Center as well as the Children's Advocacy Center of the Blue Ridge were held in early April, there are s…

Foster Community Staff Complete Adoption Training

Southmountain Estates Program Administrator, Social Workers and Clinicians recently participated an intensive training called “Training for Adoption Competency (TAC)”. The training was provided by The Center for Adoption Support and Education and was hosted by the Catawba County Department of Social Services. The classroom training sec…