Скачать или смотреть Kitty and Earl Congdon | 2021 Citation Award Honorees

Inspired by their strong faith and sense of moral obligation to use their good fortune for the benefit of others, they have been reshaping the community since the 1960s (when their family moved to High Point from Virginia) by making strategic investments in education, healthcare, economic development, and other critical community needs.

For the Congdons, family is everything. Kitty and Earl instilled a strong habit of giving in their children and grandchildren, who are carrying this philanthropic legacy forward through personal gifts, family business Old Dominion Freight Line, and the Earl and Kathryn Congdon Family Foundation. The Foundation invests in organizations that promote improved quality of life by reducing barriers to opportunity. Education is a key focus area, including significant gifts to High Point University and organizations like Say Yes, the Guilford Education Alliance, and Communities in Schools. Another focus area is economic development, including a partnership with Business High Point to create Congdon Yards, a community-focused entrepreneurial endeavor to attract youth professionals and promote job development, small business, and equity-focused growth.

In 2018, the Congdon Foundation helped fund Community Builders, a grassroots initiative spearheaded by YWCA High Point to help residents and leaders in High Point understand systemic racism and create strategies for achieving racial equity. Other organizations the Congdons have supported include United Way of Greater High Point, Family Services of Greater High Point, Greater High Point Food Alliance, Guilford Education Alliance, and the Community Clinic of High Point. Kitty and Earl have been recognized with awards including the High Point Enterprise Citizen of the Year (2015) and Salvation Army’s Darrell and Stella Harris Champion of Hope Award (2020.)

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