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Endowment Intends to Distribute Up to $5B Over 15 Years

December 10, 2024 | The Duke Endowment

The Duke Endowment’s Trustees announced their intent to distribute up to $5 billion in grants across North Carolina and South Carolina over the next 15 years.

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Story Helping Communities Reduce Childhood Obesity

Helping Communities Reduce Childhood Obesity

She felt self-conscious when she participated in physical activities. She was always teased about her size. She said she “felt sad” every day about her weight. She was 8.

September 25, 2017 | Lin B. Hollowell III

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Working Together for Kinship Care Families

With their mother battling substance abuse, the three children were no longer safe in her care. The boys faced placement with a foster family – until their uncle, Reggie, stepped forward.

September 6, 2017 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Gathering Through Faith and Fellowship

For three days in early August, a group of 200 United Methodist clergy gathered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to tackle racism and religion and the role that they — and their rural North Carolina congregations — can play.

September 6, 2017 | Robert R. Webb III

Story / Video Connecting Children to Quality Foster Care

Connecting Children to Quality Foster Care

At the South Carolina Youth Advocate Program in Columbia, it seems the phones are always ringing. CEO Lex Cole has a simple explanation for why: “We’re always busy.”

July 18, 2017 | Tamika D. Williams

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Smart Technology for Healthy Living

Ramiro Mora knew it was serious when he was diagnosed with high blood pressure at age 29. Hypertension runs in his family, and he was aware of the risks of letting it go uncontrolled.

January 2, 2017 | Lin B. Hollowell III

Story Opening The Pipeline In Health Professions

Opening the Pipeline in Health Professions

As head of a health careers program in South Carolina, Angelica Christie was troubled by the low number of minority students going into medicine. The field seemed to interest the high schoolers she worked with, but they often turned to other professions in college.

January 2, 2017 | Lin B. Hollowell III

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Partnering for Better Care

In the Carolinas, most mental health specialists work in cities. But mental health issues, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities occur all across the region, leaving rural residents to struggle with conditions that can impact every area of their lives.

January 2, 2017 | Lin B. Hollowell III

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Accessible Health Care in Rural Community Hospitals

The Duke Endowment has a long and successful history of supporting hospitals throughout the Carolinas, particularly those in rural communities. Through this work, the Endowment has ensured that those in underserved communities have access to high quality health care close to home.

January 2, 2017 | Lin B. Hollowell III

Story Building Stronger Families

Building Stronger Families

When Beth and her daughters started making brownies that Sunday afternoon, Brian expected the inevitable. The girls would bicker. Someone would cry. Beth would grow so frustrated, she’d lose her temper and give up.

December 15, 2016 | Tamika D. Williams

Story Expanding Services for Families in Recovery

Expanding Services for Families in Recovery

When her name is called, the young woman walks to the front of the crowded courtroom. She studies the floor, nervously tucking her pink T-shirt into faded jeans as she waits for Judge Stanley Carmical to begin.

December 15, 2016 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Growing Stronger Families

Antiganee Kemp spotted the flyer outside a classroom at Midlands Technical College and was intrigued. The notice highlighted a program to help parents and children grow together by developing family-building skills and Kemp, a single parent, decided to sign up.

December 15, 2016 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Helping Students Flourish

The picture showed a single leafy sprout surrounded by cracked dirt. Corey Keyes, a sociologist from Emory University, used it to set up a conversation about resilience.

November 10, 2016 | Susan L. McConnell