Over the past few years, Mr. Garman Troup has worked with Granville County Senior Services to lead its ramp building program. Garman handles most of the planning and prep work by himself. This includes meeting with the client, creating a materials list, receiving material deliveries at the home, pre-cutting pieces for assembly, and recruiting a volunteer construction crew. On the build date, volunteers arrive at the home and assemble the ramp.
In 1984, Frankie DuBose was serving on the community advisory board for the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center when she heard something that would change her life—and the lives of thousands of patients to come. A social worker shared a simple but urgent need: cancer patients traveling long distances for treatment often had nowhere affordable to stay.
Over the years, Catherine George has fulfilled many different roles at Diaper Train, the only diaper bank exclusively serving Wake County. From 2018 to 2024, she served on the board as the President, Vice President, and Program Committee Chair. She has counted and packed thousands of diapers and wipes as they are donated and go out the door to families. Catherine meticulously records client and donor data in the Airtable database that she helped build. She keeps all of Diaper Train’s records up to date for staff to use for grant applications and reporting.