Case Farms has pledged $10,000 a year for five years, a total of $50,000, to the Alder Springs Deaf & Blind Community in Morganton for their phase 2 expansion.
The Alder Springs expansion includes a new 26-unit apartment building designed to meet the social, emotional, and lifestyle needs of the deaf, blind, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. In addition, a free-standing 8,000-square-foot activity center will become the hub for local and regional deaf and blind activities. The current estimated total cost to construct both buildings is $8.4 million, according to a news release from Case Farms.
“After attending the Alder Springs Phase 2 Expansion meeting and talking with board chair Sam Avery and board member Sandy Turner, I was utterly amazed to see and learn that communication has no bounds when there is a willing heart. The Alder Springs Board truly has a committed compassion for the future of our deaf, blind, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing community. Case Farms is incredibly happy to have the opportunity to support such a wonderful part of our community,” said Charles Rigdon, senior vice president of operations-North Carolina at Case Farms said in the release.
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Case farms is a poultry farming and processing company. In Morganton, Case Farms has a processing plant on Rand Street.
“Alder Springs is honored that Case Farms is contributing $50,000 to the $3.75 million capital campaign to help fund its Phase 2 expansion,” said Alder Springs Board chair Sam Avery. “Case Farms has a long, proud history of dedicated support for the deaf in our community as well as many other charitable and nonprofit causes in Morganton and Burke County. We are grateful for their exemplary corporate and business support.”
In addition to the capital campaign which seeks gifts and pledges from individuals, families, businesses, and grant-makers, the other expansion funding will be in the form of loans. Construction is expected to start in the second half of 2025 and take two years to complete, the release said.
About Alder Springs
Doing business as Alder Springs Deaf & Blind Community, LLC – a nonprofit subsidiary of the North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton Foundation, Alder Springs’ mission is to provide and sustain a safe and secure independent-living apartment community that simplifies daily living and meets the unique social, emotional, and lifestyle needs of the deaf, deafblind, blind, and hard of hearing, and enriches the education experience of NC School for the Deaf students.
About Case Farms
Founded in 1986, Case Farms processes 3.8 million birds per week, has over 3,500 employees, and produces in excess of 1.1 billion pounds of poultry products per year.