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. .................................................................................... <br /> Outside Agency Descript ons w continued <br /> 23. Family Violence Prevention Center <br /> The Family Violence Prevention Center seeks to prevent and end family violence through <br /> community education and provision of direct services including emergency assistance, case <br /> management and court advocacy. <br /> 24. Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina <br /> This agency provides regularly scheduled distribution and delivery of nutritious food, including <br /> fresh produce and high-quality high-protein meats, to seven Food Bank partner agencies in <br /> Orange County serving low-income individuals. <br /> 25. Freedom House Recovery Center <br /> This agency provides extended care and transitional living in order to promote recovery from the <br /> disease of addiction. The goal of the Freedom House is to help alcoholics and drug addicts by <br /> providing the tools necessary to lead a life of recovery and to become productive members of <br /> society. <br /> 26. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County <br /> Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (HHOC) provides decent affordable housing for families <br /> earning less than half of the area median income and who live in substandard housing. HHOC <br /> constructs simple but well-built homes that are then sold to qualifying families at affordable <br /> prices. <br /> 27. Hillsborough Youth Athletic Association (HYAA) <br /> This agency provides youth baseball programs for Orange County children, ages 5 through 17, <br /> in a supervised and structured environment. HYAA provides playing facilities, supplies and <br /> equipment, and organizes players; parents, volunteers, coaches and umpires. <br /> 28. Historic Hillsborough Commission <br /> The Commission owns and maintains the Burwell School located on Churton Street in <br /> Hillsborough, which is on the National Register of Historic Buildings. The two-acre site consists <br /> of the main house (ca 1821, 1846), a brick classroom building (ca 1837), a rare,brick necessary <br /> (ca. 1837), and the Carrie Waitte Spurgeon Garden. The site is open to the public year round <br /> and there is no charge for tours of the school. <br /> 29. Historical Foundation of Hillsborough and Orange County (Formerly the Historical <br /> Museum) <br /> The Orange County Historical Museum, located In Hillsborough, preserves the past and <br /> encourages interest in local history through the exhibition of the economic, political, social, and <br /> cultural aspects of Orange County's 18th and 19th century history. The Museum is open to the <br /> public, free of charge, 6 days per week. <br /> Page 4 of 8 <br /> 29-7 <br />