Our Mission Partners
The Presbyterian Women take pride in partnering with organizations that make a difference in their communities.
Asheville Period Project
The Asheville Period Project provides free feminine hygiene items to
any woman in need. We serve sex workers, women housed into poverty,
homeless women, domestic abuse survivors and anyone in between. The
“Period Packs” that we distribute to homeless women have everything
they need to manage their period that month. The packs contain
tampons, pads, feminine wipes, disposable bags, condoms and a
health/safety info sheet.
Feminine hygiene items are expensive and not available for purchase
through SNAP (food stamp) funds. Women are often caught shoplifting
these items. We provide feminine hygiene items for free and hope to
alleviate negative stigma surrounding menstruation by empowering
women and giving them access to hygiene items and support.
Thank you so much for your interest in the Asheville Period Project.
Our thanks to you for supporting the Asheville Period Project isn’t as
important as the gratitude of the many women who have received the
feminine hygiene products that are distributed for free.
The Asheville Period Project is a 100% volunteer powered organization.
Dignity. Access. Period.
Church World Service is one of our mission partners joining us this June in the Gathering Place.
Church World Service was founded in 1946 and is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions, providing sustainable self-help, development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world.
They have one goal--"building a world where there is enough for all."
In 1883, two Presbyterian Women in Charlotte, North Carolina founded the Presbyterian Orphans Home, now called Barium Springs.
In 1914, almost 100 miles away in the small mountain community of Banner Elk, N.C. the Presbyterian minister, Edgar Tufts was working diligently with his local church to establish a home for orphans in the rugged mountain areas, and Grandfather Home for Children was born.
In April of 2014, the two organizations merged in an effort to have a greater impact in helping children and families across the region. The name chosen for the newly formed, merged organization was Children’s Hope Alliance.
Green Hummingbird Fair Trade Clothing is back this June! Green Hummingbird offers unique clothing made by workers and artisans from all over the globe who are paid a living wage for their product. Clothes are made locally, nationally, and internationally, and provide the producers with good wages, safe working conditions, and most importantly, their dignity.
Sunnyside Communities have been caring for seniors for over a century and inspiring those they serve to live their best life. They are guided by their founding faith-inspired vision of exceptional service and care to older adults bonded by compassionate people that respect diversity and preserve dignity. Always a perennial favorite to have with us at our Gathering!
For over 50 years, Medical Benevolence Foundation has been an independent non-profit organization working in partnership with individuals and churches throughout the U.S. to equip Presbyterian partners in developing countries to proclaim the gospel through medical ministry.
The Presbyterian Children’s Home of the Highlands strives to give the best possible care to the children that they are privileged to serve. They do this in a Christian environment with staff members whose mission is to love and care for our children. They provide the best possible training for their staff in order to give the children the best possible chance for success. The Children’s Home hopes that the experiences the children have while in their care will lead them to break the cycles of abuse and neglect that originally brought them into their care. By accomplishing this, the children can achieve the hope and purpose for the future that drives their ministry.
