Raking leaves for our neighbors
MISSION TRIPS
Our annual Senior Trip is
always mission oriented, so the last taste of HCA for our students
is serving others instead of themselves. Our high school mission
trips
have included the following:
- Lynch,
Kentucky
-
Morristown, Tennessee
- New Orleans,
Louisiana - Samaritan's Purse Katrina relief
-
Enterprise, Alabama - Tornado devastation
- Queens,
New York - Hospital volunteers
- Puerto
Rico
HAITI
Haiti is one of the
most impoverished countries in the entire world and continues to
decline over time. One out of every seven people in Haiti is at the
point of starvation. Many more are physically ill due to lack of
medical resources or even worse spiritually ill due to the ominous
presence of Voodoo in the nation.
Our headmaster,
Mr. Robinson, is on the Board of Directors for New Vision Ministry,
a non-profit mission to St. Marc, Haiti. Since 2005 New Vision has
sent dozens of teams to Haiti for medical clinics, teaching
seminars, evangelism, hurricane relief and food distribution.
Hickory Christian Academy has raised thousands of dollars towards
this effort and has sent a few teams itself, including current
students and parents within the school. We feel that this ministry
opportunity is one way we can minister to the "least of these"
around the world (Matt. 25:40).

Other organizations that HCA has supported and/or
partnered with include Cooperative Christian Outreach Ministry (CCOM), Pregnancy
Care Center of Hickory, Safe Harbor Women's Shelter, The Hickory Soup Kitchen,
Spring Arbor Retirement Center, World Vision, Compassion International, Sipe's
Orchard Home and Soles 4 Souls.
FIELD TRIPS
Perhaps one of the most exciting aspects for the students of HCA is the frequent opportunity to participate in field trips. We recognize that there is more to learning than the academic challenges within a classroom. Our students travel to areas that complement the classroom curriculum providing a hands-on appreciation for the history of our state and country.

Our older students' travel adventures have included:
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Gatlinburg, TN.
- North Carolina Outer Banks
- Charleston, SC
- Richmond, VA