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Discove r Cit yV iewN C.co m's fre s h up d ate d loo k ! | 53 • Ranked #1 in the Niche.com 2019 Best Private High Schools in the Fayetteville, NC area • Chromebook and iPad pilot programs • Grades 4-7 LEGO ® Robotics Team • New Middle/Upper School STEAM SmartLab ® • 76 percent of AP exams taken resulted in a score of 3 or higher. • The 29 members of the Class of 2018 were offered more than $3.2 million in college scholarships and grants. • More than $500,000 in need-based financial aid awarded annually to qualified applicants. 910.868.5131 | 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 | www.fayacademy.org Fayetteville Academy Fayetteville Academy admits qualified students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion in the administration of admissions, educational policies, financial aid, athletic programs, or other activities. COMING SOON Contact us at 910.423.6500 for advertising opportunities "e Cumberland Community Foundation tries to be very proactive in looking at community needs and also in finding ways to increase philanthropy," she said. "In 2004, our director became aware that a number of community foundations in the U.S. had started women's giving circles and found them successful. e foundation pulled together some volunteers in our area and presented the idea of the giving circle as a concept for Fayetteville. ese initial volunteers ran with the idea and, with the backing of the CCF, built the program into what it is today." ese founding members attended the North Carolina Conference for Women Givers in 2007 and came back with a wealth of knowledge, ready to forge a new path for giving in Cumberland County. ese women were Christin Bellian, Mary Lynn Bryan, Patty Collie, Michelle Courie, Alisa Debnam, Laura Devan, Margaret Dickson, Jean Harrison, Lucy Jones, Sarah Moorman, Terri Union, Kaki Van Sickle, Cynthia Wilson and Denise Wyatt. is list has grown over the last decade to 221 cumulative members to date. Mary Flagg Haugh, the circle's current chair, was an early member who helped host a "think tank" community breakfast back in 2010 to brainstorm what to do about homelessness in our county. e numbers that year were looming and large: more than 1,000 women and children were counted as homeless. ese numbers were tracked then, as well as today, by circle members using data from two major governmental measures of homelessness. e disturbing statistics were made public on the circle's scorecard, a published document released every other year. Haugh reflected on the public outcry from the findings.

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