OUR PARTNERS
Since our founding in 2017, Resources for Resilience has worked with almost 200 community partners to bring our events to countless educational institutions, businesses, healthcare centers, first responder agencies, and other vital organizations at the center of our communities. In addition to these individual partnerships, our team has had the honor to collaborate with the following mission-aligned public health organizations, undertaking a range of large-scale projects to support resiliency-building efforts across the state of North Carolina.
WNC Impact Grant for Resilient Family Adventures (2026-2027)
GROW NC Helene Recovery Project (2025-2026)
- Hurricane Helene Relief Project (2025-2026)
- CCFW Helene Response Project (2024-2025)
- Healthcare & First Responder Project (2022-2023)
- Resiliency Kits Project (2021-2022)
- Helene Response & Recovery (2024-2025)
- Resilient Schools in Action (2025-2028)
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Hurricane Helene Disaster Response Project (2025-2026)
Buncombe Health & Human Services Circle of Security Project (2020-2024)
- NC Certificate in Trauma and Resilience Project (2022-2023)
- Ongoing partner for CEU credit
Raising Resilience WNC Project (2022-2024) in collaboration with Dogwood Health
Resilience Programming in partnership with HIGHTS (2024- 2025)
Resilience Programming in partnership with Evergreen Foundation (2024- 2025)
Community College Project (2024-2025)
- Resiliency Educator Apprenticeship Project (2024-2025)
Helene Response & Recovery (2024)
Early Childhood Education Project (2020-2021)
Charlotte ReCAST / Charlotte Resilience Project (2019-2023)
Youth Resiliency Programming (2021 – 2022)
- School Safety Project (2018-2020)
Community Benefits Grant – Ahoskie Community Interventions Task Force Violence Prevention/Reduction (2022 – 2023)
- North Carolina Partnership for Children Project (2020)
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