In 1980, four people signed an incorporation application to establish a hopeful project with the objective of creating positive human connections to address personal crisis among residents and visitors to the beautiful, but isolated, communities of the Northern Outer Banks. This grass-roots effort has since grown into a large human service organization with a volunteer force composed of more than 300 full and part-time Outer Banks residents.
We are dedicated to providing information and referrals, crisis intervention, temporary shelter, advocacy and prevention education services to residents of and visitors to the Northern Outer Banks. Our Mission is to promote a safe and compassionate community.
Outer Banks Hotline offers the following programs and services:
- 24-hour crisis phone line (473-3366)
- Domestic violence program
- Sexual assault response program
- Support groups
- Training and education
- Outreach in the community and the schools
We believe in . . .
the value and inherent dignity of each person
- each person’s right to receive complete confidentiality and non-judgmental help
- each person’s right and ability to make his/her own decisions and to live with the consequences of those decisions
- seeking non-violent solutions to all situations of conflict - the cycle of violence begetting violence can and must be broken
be broken
- ending sexual victimization and harassment that undermines the core of personal safety and one’s sense of self
- offering dignity and compassionate care for those infected with the AIDS virus
- the power of trained and compassionate volunteers to render significant help to those in crisis
- promoting education and training opportunities in affirmation of our belief that knowledge is power
- honest and total accountability, fiscal and otherwise, to our supporting community and to all funding sources
- being the one to make a difference!
Outer Banks Hotline, Inc. is a private, non-profit human services organization, tax exempt under the IRS code. We are governed by an all-volunteer fifteen-member
board of directors. Our programs are funded by contributions, grants, special events, thrift shops and a recycled weaving program that serves as a metaphor for the agency’s commitment to rebuilding and strengthening lives.
ives.
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Hotline Board
of Directors
Carole Sykes Dixon,
Chair
Kym Rock,
Vice-Chair
Warren Davis,
Treasurer
Katharine Pearce,
Secretary
Judy Burnette
Rob Crawford
Nancy R. Caviness
Terri Kirby Hathaway
Debbie Montgomery
Shirley Mozingo
Karen Sealock
Margaret Suppler
Virginia Tillet
Dr. Nancy White
Gus Zinovis
Volunteer
Representatives
Louise Gray
Dottie Mann
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