Barium Springs

1. AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CHANGE
LIVES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

2. ROTARY reminder:
Largest service organization on the planet
- 1.2 million members in over 34,000 clubs in more
than 200 countries
- Professionals and business people from diverse
backgrounds and locations
 Founded and dedicated to serve local community
AND the larger world
 We are changing lives in a dramatic way

3. PROVIDE MORE SERVICE:
In 2012, we established a foundation to help raise
additional funds to support Rotary service projects in
our area
Vehicle for tax deductible contributions, locally
or thru Rotary International
 More access and appeal to non-Rotarians
 Allows donors to be generous anonymously, if
desired
Opportunity to provide long term service and
significant support to designated projects

4. OUR GOAL – LONG TERM
Focus on three projects in WNC:
Provide long term financial support
Raise significant funds from the immediate five
counties

5. Barium Springs’ Hawthorn Heights
--Bryson City, NC
Only Teen Emergency Homeless Shelter west of
Asheville
Serves youth 12 to 18 years old in our counties
In the shelter for multiple reasons:
Abuse/Neglect
Homeless
Runaway
Seeking safety and refuge

6. Hawthorn Heights --Bryson City, NC
• Provide immediate shelter, food, clothing and
long term nurturing
• Provide medical care and therapy to address the
trauma they have endured
Provide therapists to work with the teen’s family
on problems within the home
Ensure teens attend school
Provide close twenty four hour monitoring

7. The current Hawthorn
Struggling to keep up with overwhelming need

8. The Shelter is Small and Old
limited storage space
Food must be stored in basement
Teens share a bedroom
Kitchen is very small
house is not up to current code

9. Buying and Renovating new facility
Each teen will have their
own room
Separate, more
confidential therapy rooms
Large functional kitchen
Open floor plan to allow
for better supervision
Will meet all state
standards for safety
They need our help

10. New Shelter

11. THE OPPORTUNITY - IMMEDIATE
Raise $10,000 for Barium Springs’ Capital Campaign
supporting a teen homeless shelter in Bryson City
Currently $xxxxxx short of needed $xxxxxx
Rotary Clubs provide $10,000 to use as a challenge
donation
Challenge fund will be announced at the 23 April
Breakfast Event Kickoff
Participating clubs recognized in Program and at the
event
Breakfast provided at no cost to Rotarians

12. Homeless to Hope
YOU can be a Child’s Hero
Barium Springs Annual Fund Raiser
Thursday April 23, 2015
8:30-9:45 a.m.
SCC, Sylva Campus Burrell Conference Center

13. How can we raise $10,000 challenge
amount? Work together!!
•Franklin has pledged
$1000
•Franklin Day Break
•Bryson City
•Cashiers Valley
•Clay County
•Haywood County
•Highlands
•Highlands Mountaintop
•Murphy
•Sylva
•Waynesville
•Waynesville Sunrise
Need your pledge not later than April 10th
Any amount helps!

14. Questions?
Contact Tom Coley at 706-308-5684 or email
tomcoley@cginvestorsrealty.com
For breakfast reservations contact me or Katie Henry
at 828.231.5413 or at Kqueen@BariumSprings.org