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20 November 2022 encouraged others to give. "People are more willing to give when they know others who have given. It makes it more trustworthy and appealing," Lucy says. Aer Wes le the Cumberland Community Foundation board, Lucy served her maximum term a few years later. "Wes grew the foundation in assets. Lucy grew in impact since we then had money to award. She was a strong advocate for change," Holmes says. "ey are total givers and a couple very worth celebrating." e Joneses were the largest donors to Fayetteville Academy to establish the Edwin and Lou Jones Center for Science, which was dedicated in May 1994 with the stated purpose of "encouraging scientific inquiry into God's universe." It is named aer Wes' parents. ey also helped fund the Bergland Retreat Center at Rockfish Camp and Retreat Center that helps keep the faith- based camp financially solvent. Wes served on the Methodist College board of trustees when he and two others persuaded other trustees to rename the school Methodist University. Wes and Lucy both have served on out-of- state and international boards. Lucy was a member of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Health Care Advisory Board and the Prevent Child Abuse NC board. Wes was the largest individual donor to Curamericas Global and served on the Hope rough Health Foundation board. Lucy has served on the boards of Fayetteville nonprofit organizations including the Women's Giving Circle; Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation; Child Advocacy Center; Vision 2026; Better Health; United Way of Cumberland County; Cumberland County Medical Society Health Education Foundation and Alliance; Fayetteville Academy; Cape Fear Regional eatre; Fayetteville Family Life Center; YMCA; and Methodist University Foundation. She also helped raise money for the Care Clinic and Cape Fear Botanical Garden. One of Lucy's most recent endeavors was helping found Connections of Cumberland County, a day resource center for women and children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. "It is a hand-up and not a hand-out organization," Lucy says.

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