“Sweet Solitude” A Commissioned sculpture by Ronnie Walker

Cultural, North Carolina

Kay Borkowski Sculpture Garden-Turchin Center for the Visual Arts The cast bronze sculpture was commissioned specially for the Appalachian State University’s permanent collection by the Clabough Foundation. “Sweet Solitude” depicts a young woman,...

Mountain Home Music

Cultural, North Carolina

In 2003, the Clabough Foundation awarded a grant to Mountain Home Music, Inc. to purchase sound and recording equipment. The equipment purchased with this grant enabled Mountain Home Music to improve the sound quality for every concert and capture the audio sound...

Community Art in Schools

Cultural, North Carolina

Turchin Center at ASU In order to implement its educational program, The Turchin Center, at Appalachian State University, founded The Community Art School. The mission of the school is to make the visual arts more accessible to the greater Boone community by providing...

Gardens for Humanity

North Carolina, Social Services

Watauga County, NC During World War II, backyard vegetable gardens, contributed to 40% of the USA’s food production. Today more and more people want to remember how to garden due primarily to rising costs of fuel, food and transportation. A grant of $2,500 from...

Hospitality House

North Carolina, Social Services

Boone, NC Hospitality House has welcomed the homeless and those in crisis for the past 26 years, providing shelter, food, supportive counseling, health and employment referrals to its clients. As the only homeless service provider in a seven county area, Hospitality...

Project Bog Turtle

Environmental, North Carolina

Clabough Foundation grant funded a radio telemetry and tracking bog turtle habitat and population project with Ann Somers/UNC Greensboro and Project Bog Turtle, a non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve habitat, and advise state and federal agencies in...