Women for Women
Giving back

Meet Ruby Begley

Marcus and I came to the Swannanoa Valley as a young couple with no resources, but lots of hopes and dreams. For us and our family, now four generations, this community has provided wonderful opportunities for family, business, faith, school, civic and cultural relationships. This special community has played a vital role in raising and shaping the life values of our family’s children, grandchildren, and now, great-grandchildren. Promoting and supporting our local endowment is the very best way for us to pay our gratitude forward, so that many others in our Valley can thrive.

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How to Donate

Donate online or send a check made out to "CFWNC" with "BMSVEF" in the memo line to the address below. (Please note that checks not made out to CFWNC may be returned.)

Or mail a check to:

CFWNC
4 Vanderbilt Park Drive, Suite 300
Asheville, NC 28803
Memo: Black Mountain - Swannanoa Valley Endowment Fund

Adult with physical challenges rock climbing
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Waypoint Adventure received $5,000 for an outdoor program that serves adults with physical challenges and to purchase an adaptive off-road wheelchair.  Photo courtesy of Waypoint Adventure.

Thanks to Our Donors (07/01/2024 - 06/30/2025)

  • Anonymous
  • Mr. Michael Arones
  • Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Barker
  • Mr. and Mrs. David Barstow
  • Dr. Sylvia M. Bassett
  • Black Mountain Savings Bank
  • Ms. Mary Anna B. Belz
  • Mr. William C. Biebusch
  • Mr. and Mrs. Gary Biggers
  • Black Mountain Family EyeCare
  • Mr. John F. Buckner
  • Mrs. Katharine R. Cannon
  • L. Clemens
  • Mr. Austin C. Cooley
  • Ms. Lynn J. Deese
  • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Dektor
  • Mr. Jeffrey Dektor
  • Mrs. Lucy Dusthimer
  • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Farmer, Jr.
  • Mr. Charles E. Fitzgerald and Mr. Jack Hammack
  • Mrs. Margaret H. Fouse
  • Dr. Norman Gottleib
  • Griffin, Mrs. Barb and Mr. Henry
  • Ms. Carol Groben and Mr. Douglas A. Lebbon
  • Mrs. Mary E. Hafley
  • Ms. Cheryl Ann Harper
  • Ms. Rebecca P. Harris
  • Dr. Robert N. Headley
  • Mr. C. Roger Hibbard
  • Mr. and Mrs. R. Anthony Lee
  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Linton
  • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Litton
  • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mayer
  • Mr. and Mrs. William McGuire
  • Rev. and Mrs. Neil M. McMillan
  • Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Mims, Jr.
  • Dr. Jean C. Norris and Dr. Bluford B. Hestir
  • Mr. Don Reid
  • Mr. and Mrs. James M. Skidmore, Jr.
  • Mr. Joseph Standaert
  • Mr. and Mrs. Ed Turley
  • Betsy Warren
  • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams

Want to know more?

Contact Melissa Edgington
Development Associate
828-367-9917