same time,” says event organizers. Ticket prices are $40 per ticket, $125 for a two-VIP-ticket package, or $625 to reserve your own table for eight. To find out more about Masquerade Ball, visit the HHC’s events page at https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/events. Find out more about the work of the Hunger and Health Coalition at www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com.
App State’s Team Sunergy Wins Big in U.S. Solar Racing Challenge
Hunger and Health Coalition’s Fall Fundraisers
The mission of the Hunger and Health Coalition is to relieve poverty and hunger in a compassionate manner for families and individuals who are experiencing economic hardship and food shortages. This assistance may include food, medicine, wood and referrals to other community resources. Each year, the organization hosts several popular fundraising events and the community is invited to participate. On September 25, HHC will hold their Fall Blast. This beloved clay tournament event is held at the Chetola Sporting Reserve at the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain Club, where participants can enjoy a Shotgun Style tournament with 12 stations nestled in the woods of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Breakfast and lunch are provided as well as a wine social after the event. Stick around for fun prizes and a silent auction. To find out more about Fall Blast, visit the HHC’s events page at https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/events. And you won’t want to miss their annual Masquerade Ball on October 29! Now in its 7th year, this crowd pleaser will be held at the beautiful Mill at Rock Creek just a few minutes from downtown Boone.Dust off your best costumes and dancing shoes for the only “Adult Halloween” party in the High Country. There will be prizes for different costumes, a silent auction and a DJ to ensure the best tunes are playing to keep you dancing throughout the night. The party will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. and end at 11p.m. And if you don’t feel like dressing up, you don’t have to! “We welcome everyone who just wants to celebrate Halloween while fighting food insecurity all at the
A New Name for Crossnore School
For more than 100 years, the Crossnore School & Children’s Home has delivered a continuum of resources and services to families in crisis, promising every child respect, acceptance, happiness, and the opportunity to know and trust a loving place called home. Knowing that a safe home is built through ongoing collaboration and commitment, Crossnore recently made the decision to update its name to reflect the belief that collective engagement among diverse communities is essential to healing and fostering resilience in children. To that end, Crossnore School & Children’s Home is now Crossnore Communities for Children. “Our tagline, ‘the way home,’ represents for us the longing in each child to return home—whether that’s a foster child returning to their home, a child receiving day treatment services returning to their home school, or a child and their family creating a safe and healthy home through therapy services,” said Brett Loftis, Chief Executive Officer of Crossnore Communities for Children. “We are so excited to embrace this refreshed look for our organization. We truly feel that it represents our work, aligns with our values, and will serve us well for years to come.” You can find learn more about Crossnore Communities for Children and download a comprehensive FAQ page at www.crossnore.org/about-us/.
Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, blazed through the 2021 American Solar Challenge (ASC) in late July and early August, finishing in first place for multiple-occupant vehicles (MOV), winning all three stages of the race from Missouri to New Mexico and clocking a total of 964.8 miles. The team also took top awards for teamwork and electrical design. App State Chancellor Sheri Everts applauded Team Sunergy, saying they “are the epitome of true Mountaineer spirit. Our App State team excelled among a roster of highly elite institutions. I am extraordinarily proud of their ingenuity, perseverance and teamwork.” App State was one of nine university teams—including MIT, University of California, Berkeley, Georgia Tech and North Carolina State University—that qualified to compete and among only two universities that do not offer engineering programs. Team Sunergy began in fall 2013 as a class project to build a solar-powered golf cart and developed into an interdisciplinary team of App State students, faculty and staff working together to research and develop solar-powered race cars. Learn more at https://sunergy.appstate.edu/. Photo: Solar-powered ROSE glides by a wind farm during the first leg of the 2021 American Solar Challenge. Photo by Kyla Willoughby
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