Who We Are
The Cap and Mabel Burrow Foundation, formerly Lighting-the-Way Projects, Inc. is a non-profit agency that works throughout the year to provide additional support to meet the medical, social, housing, transportation and other needs of people with developmental disabilities, mental illness and addictive diseases.  The Foundation provides help to people throughout Randolph County, the Sandhills area and the Triad.

History
Cap and Mabel Burrow founded Therapeutic Alternatives in 1958 when they began operation of the Randolph County Home at the request of the county commissioners. The agency has continued to grow over the years and today serves nearly 1,000 people and employs around 700 people across the Triad area. Lou B. Wilson, President of Therapeutic Alternatives and the daughter of Cap and Mabel Burrow, said, "Giving to others and sharing the things in life God had blessed their family with was such a great joy and blessing to our parents. We feel honored to continue that tradition today in their name."

What the Foundation Does
To date, the Foundation has provided well over $100,000 to assist people in the community in the form of purchasing medications and groceries, helping with utility and heating bills, providing assistance during the holidays, making home improvements in the form of ramps and other projects and purchasing adaptive equipment such as hearing aids and wheelchairs.  In many cases, people seeking help from the Foundation have exhausted all other efforts for assistance.

To raise funds, the Foundation holds several fundraisers throughout the year and seeks support from the community and local businesses.

Ways You Can Support The Foundation
Become a Sponsor- We need in-kind donors and financial sponors to help underwrite the costs of fundraising events and special projects throughout the year.

Support Our Fundraisers-

We have raffle tickets for sale!  There are two raffles.  The first raffle is $1 tickets or 6 for $5.  1st Prize-$500 cash, 2nd Prize-$300 gift card of choice, 3rd Prize-$100 gas card. The second raffle is $5 for the chance to win a Browning Citori 12 guage, over & under, 3 1/2 inch chamber White Satin Hunter shotgun.  Contact Jennifer Swift 336-495-2735 to get your raffle tickets!  The drawing will be held on November 8, 2011.

We are selling cookbooks featuring a variety of recipes submitted by people we support, staff, families and the community for $15.00 each and note cards featuring seasonal photography for $10 (12 cards and envelopes).

Two hundred signed and numbered prints of the former Randolph County Home are available for $25.  The sketch was done by Meredith Seals, great granddaughter of Cap and Mabel Burrow, the Founders of Therapeutic Alternatives.  To purchase a print, contact Jennifer Barbee Swift at 336-495-2734.

Share Our Mission with Others
We welcome the opportunity to share information about the Foundation with groups.  If you would like someone from the Foundation to speak to your church, civic group, business or other organization, please contact us.

If you are interested in volunteer opportunities with the Foundation, please contact us.

For more information about The Foundation or any of our upcoming events, contact Jennifer Barbee Swift at 336-495-2734 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it