Legacy | A Publication of Lena Pope Legacy | Winter 2014 | Page 4

Built on a
Foundation
of Love

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ext year will mark Lena Pope’s 85th
Anniversary. It’s safe to say that when Mrs.

Pope and her Sunday school class from Broadway
Baptist Church took it upon themselves to care for
children left alone during the Great Depression, the
campus that now stands today would have been
impossible to imagine in 1930.
Caring for children and families has changed
and evolved dramatically over the years. Early
intervention, prevention, and counseling have
proven to be absolutely essential in restoring families
to well-being and creating pathways to hope,
happiness, and success for those served by Lena
Pope. We have implemented these models of care
in our Early Learning Center, Chapel Hill Academy
charter school, Counseling Services, and Alternative
Education programs, to reach children when they
are most vulnerable, long before they’ve come to
believe they are invisible and forgotten.

Lena Pope’s original duplex, where the first children were cared for.

Although our surroundings have changed, our
mission has not — we are here to show children that
they are indeed loved, and to provide them every

Photo courtesy of Gary Logan

opportunity to live a full and happy life.

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