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-3 <br />Outside Agency Descriptions -continued <br />Habitat for Humanity <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 />Haw River Festival <br />Grant funds support this program and allow third- and fourth-grade children to participate in a <br />traveling, hands-on learning situation along the banks of the Haw River. About 500 students <br />from the two school systems participate in this program annually free of charge. <br />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 />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 />Historical Foundation of Hillsborough and Orange County (Formerly Historical 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 18"' and 19"' century history. The Museum is open to the <br />public, free of charge, 6 days per week. <br />Hope Line <br />This organization operates a 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year crisis intervention/suicide <br />prevention telephone service. This service is staffed by trained community volunteers and <br />offers individuals of any age support in understanding and resolving problems that affect their <br />ability to cope and function effectively at home, at school, or at work. In addition, Hope Line <br />offers the PhoneFriend program, which is an after-school telephone service for elementary- <br />school children (k-5) who are home alone, or need someone to talk to. Hope Line's most <br />recently established program, Teen TalkLine, offers teens a source of support through peer- <br />based help. Hope Line services are free, anonymous, and confidential. <br />Interfaith Council for Social Service <br />Funds from this grant will continue to address local poverty, hunger, homelessness, <br />underemployment, transitional housing (Project HomeStart), substance abuse and other <br />problems through specific programs offered by volunteers and paid staff or in collaboration with <br />other community agencies. <br />Page 4 of 8 <br />