Our Mission:
Empower.
Being a part of the solution by serving our community.
Our Mission
The mission of the Friends Committee, a grassroots non-profit community organization, is to identify the challenges and needs of all underserved communities in Wake, Durham and Orange Counties of North Carolina. The organization in turn will design and enact calculated methods to address these communal needs of the disadvantaged by targeting areas of education, health, employment and any social injustice.
Our Impact
2018 Annual Report
The Friends Committee
Message from the President:
As we move into the new year of 2019, I am very elated about the job that we are doing as the Friends Committee and very excited about what is to come. We have forged partnerships with quite a few community non-profits and have built a strong
presence in the Raleigh/Wake County Area and beyond. Since our beginning, the Friends Committee has been at the “tip of the spear” in combating social ills plaguing our community.
Our commitment to this resolve remains strong as we continue our work in bringing relief to those that are suffering.
Johnny Blaylock, President
Mission Statement
The mission of the Friends Committee, a grassroots non-profit community organization is to identify the challenges and needs of all underserved communities in Wake,
Durham and surrounding counties of North Carolina. The organization in turn will design and enact calculated methods to address these needs of the disadvantaged by targeting areas of education, health, employment and any social injustice.
2018 Activities
Solution Focused Workshops:
Opioid Harm Reduction Workshops: We are immensely grateful to RTI/ International for providing funding assistance in this area. We are also extremely appreciative of support and collaboration with the NC Harm Reduction Association/ Kay Sanford as presenter.
June 21 st , 2018 Darryl Howard Corporation 512 Simmons
Street Durham NC – 48 participants
August 4 th , 2018 Little Zion Baptist Church, Youngsville
NC – 40 participants
October 18 th , 2018 Passage Homes 513 Branch Street,
Raleigh NC – 25 participants
November 17 th , 2018 Darryl Howard Corporation 512
Simmons Street Durham NC – 7 participants
2018 Empowerment Fair:
September 22 nd , 2018 -Third Annual Southeast Raleigh
Community Empowerment Fair. 45 vendors/ 250 participants.
Auto Bell Fund Raiser: March through April 2018. Members sold gift cards to support our scholarship initiative.
Scholarship Awards: Two students attending North Carolina Central University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University were awarded $500.00 each
Thanksgiving Food Basket Give Away: 16 families in Durham
and Wake Counties received Turkeys and other food items for Thanksgiving dinner.
Special Thanks: Special thanks to RTI/International, Passage Homes, NC Harm Reduction Coalition, Antwuan Smith and Darryl Howard Corporation and many others who helped us have a successful year in 2018.
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Our Story
Our Story
The work of the Friends Committee began in the late 1980s when concerned citizens in southeast Raleigh witnessed the untimely deaths of friends, neighbors and family members from opioid use and AIDS. At that time, the focus of the Friends
Committee was to empower the community by increasing awareness of substance use and HIV/AIDS through education and service. Today the mission remains the same. Our vision however has expanded to address areas of any social injustice, which negatively impacts the quality of life of citizens.
education
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Employment
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Health
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Social Injustice
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Get Involved
The Friends Committee is a completely volunteer and community based grassroots 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is committed to working and partnering with communities surrounding Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
Volunteers are important part of our organization and needed to accomplishing our mission of enacting calculated methods to address the needs of the underserved communities by targeting areas of education, health, employment, and social injustice.
If you are interested in volunteering with our organization, please complete the form below. We would love to have you!
Sign Up For a Program
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Volunteer opportunities
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Make a Donation
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