Ferguson Charitable Center meets medical, social needs

CANDLER – An area nonprofit organization and medical facility have teamed up to increase medical and crisis service provision to people in need in the Enka/Candler area.

Last week, Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry and Mountain Area Health Education Center opened the doors to the Ferguson Charitable Center. The building, at 1914 Smoky Park Highway, houses the new MAHEC Family Health Center at Enka/Candler and ABCCM's renovated Hominy Valley Crisis Ministry.

The Ferguson Charitable Center aims to meet two major areas of need, said the Rev. Scott Rogers, executive director of ABCCM, a nonprofit organization made up of a collaborative of 277 churches, which addresses poverty, hunger, homelessness, incarceration and access to health care in Buncombe County.

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