Because Every Older Adult
Deserves a Place to Belong
Across Western North Carolina, older adults are living longer than ever before. Yet too many face challenges that can make aging difficult—food insecurity, isolation, declining health, transportation barriers, and the demands of caregiving.
At Mountain Aging Partners, we believe no one should navigate those challenges alone.
Every day, we help older adults remain healthy, independent, and connected through Meals on Wheels, Community Dining, Adult Day services, caregiver support, transportation assistance, volunteer engagement, and programs that foster purpose, dignity, and belonging.
For the older adults and families we serve, MAP is more than a service provider. It is a community.
Your generosity makes that community possible.
Whether you make a gift today, volunteer your time, become a monthly donor, or leave a legacy for future generations, you help ensure that older adults throughout Western North Carolina have the support they need to age with dignity and grace.
Together, we're building a future where every older adult has a place to belong.
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Send a check to our headquarters:
Mountain Aging Partners
105 King Creek Blvd
Hendersonville, NC 28792
Let's Start the Conversation
Your charitable goals are as unique as your life story.
Whether you're making a gift today, exploring tax-smart giving opportunities, volunteering your time, or creating a lasting legacy, we would be honored to help you find the giving option that best reflects your values and philanthropic goals.
Andrew Schmidt
Development Director
(828) 398-1195
AndrewS@mapnc.org
Mountain Aging Partners is a nonprofit organization. All gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
MAP's Federal Tax ID # / EIN is: 56-0936674
Your Impact
Every gift helps older adults and caregivers navigate the realities of
aging with greater confidence, connection,
and peace of mind.
Your support helps:
- Deliver nutritious meals to homebound older adults.
- Reduce loneliness and isolation through Community Dining and social engagement.
- Provide meaningful activities, care, and companionship through Adult Day services.
- Support family caregivers with respite, resources, and guidance.
- Connect older adults to services that help them remain safely and independently at home.
When you support Mountain Aging Partners, you're investing in healthier lives, stronger families, and a more compassionate community for all our aging neighbors in Henderson and Buncombe Counties.
Become a Monthly Giving Partner
Aging doesn't happen one day at a time - and neither does our work.
Monthly Giving Partners provide dependable support that allows Mountain Aging Partners to respond when an older adult's circumstances suddenly change, when a homebound neighbor needs nutritious meals, or when a caregiver needs support.
Your recurring gift creates stability for the older adults and families who rely on us throughout the year.
Even a modest monthly contribution can help ensure that someone has a meal to look forward to, a place to gather with friends, a caring hand to guide them, or a community that welcomes them.
Honor or Remember Someone Special
Celebrate a loved one, honor a caregiver, recognize a friend,
or memorialize someone whose life made a difference.
A tribute gift is a meaningful way to honor the people who have shaped your life while helping older adults throughout Western North Carolina thrive.
Upon request, Mountain Aging Partners will notify the honoree or family that a gift has been made in their name.
A tribute gift creates a lasting expression of compassion, dignity, and care.
Volunteer Your Time
Some of the most meaningful gifts cannot be measured in dollars.
Every year, hundreds of volunteers help make Mountain Aging Partners' mission possible. They deliver Meals on Wheels routes, welcome Community Dining participants, support Adult Day activities, assist caregivers, work in our thrift store, serve on committees, and provide countless acts of kindness that strengthen our community.
Volunteers remind older adults that they are seen, valued, and connected.
Your time and talent can make an extraordinary difference.
Robyn Wells
Volunteer Coordinator
(828) 233-1561
RobynW@mapnc.org
Partner With Us
Strong communities are built together.
Businesses, civic organizations, faith communities, foundations, and community groups all play an important role in supporting older adults and caregivers across Western North Carolina.
Partnership opportunities include:
- Event sponsorships
- Workplace giving campaigns
- Employee volunteer opportunities
- Community fundraising initiatives
- In-kind donations
- Professional services and expertise
Together, we can create a region where every older adult has the opportunity to thrive.
Tax-Smart & Non-Cash Giving Options
Many donors choose to support Mountain Aging Partners through charitable gifts that maximize both their
impact and their financial goals.
- Recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund to help older adults and caregivers throughout our region.
- Stocks, mutual funds, and other appreciated securities may allow you to make a larger charitable gift while potentially reducing capital gains taxes.
- If you are age 70½ or older, you may be able to make a tax-efficient gift directly from your IRA.
- Donations of goods, supplies, equipment, and professional services help strengthen our programs while reducing operating costs.
- Many employers will match charitable contributions, doubling or even tripling the impact of your generosity.
- An unused vehicle can become meaningful support for programs that help older adults remain independent.
For assistance with any of these giving opportunities, please contact our Development Office.
The Tom and Melinda Raab Legacy Society
Some gifts change lives today. Others help shape the future.
The Tom and Melinda Raab Legacy Society honors individuals who have included Mountain Aging Partners in their estate plans or made other planned gifts to ensure that future generations of older adults and caregivers receive the same compassion, support, and sense of belonging that define our mission.
The Society is named in honor of Tom Raab, a longtime Adult Day participant, and his wife, Melinda, whose experience reflects the profound impact of community-centered care.
For more than seven years, MAP staff and participants embraced Tom as a valued member of their community, celebrating his abilities, encouraging his independence, and surrounding him with friendship, laughter, and love. As his needs changed, the support never wavered.
Years later, Melinda continues to serve as a volunteer, donor, advocate, and Board Chair because she believes every family deserves the same support that she and Tom experienced.
Today, members of the Tom and Melinda Raab Legacy Society carry that belief forward.
A Legacy of Belonging
"One day I told Tom that the staff loved him. He barely was able to whisper, but he replied,
'I know they do.' In that moment, I felt gratitude beyond measure."
- Melinda Raab
Legacy gifts may be made through:
- A bequest in your will or trust
- Retirement account beneficiary designations
- Life insurance beneficiary designations
- Gifts of real estate
- Gifts of personal property
- Gifts of appreciated assets
- Other planned giving arrangements
By joining the Tom and Melinda Raab Legacy Society, you help ensure that future older adults
will always have a place to belong.
For assistance with any of these giving opportunities, please contact our Development Office.
MAP's Federal Tax ID # / EIN is: 56-0936674