Students learn early that serving others in our own community is another way of serving God. Our students have participated in a multitude of community service programs including:

• Drama & Music outreach with the Boys & Girls Club of the Salvation Army
• Working at the Christmas Toy Bureau warehouse in support of area families in need, packaging clothing, food, bicycles, & carrying Christmas trees to their cars
• Serving in the local soup kitchen
• Collecting shoe boxes for worldwide distribution through Samaritan's Purse
• Traveling to Boone to help with the Samaritan's Purse
• Collecting used eye glasses for those who can' afford new prescriptions

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 each semester to areas that complement the classroom curriculum providing a hands-on appreciation for the history of our state and country.

Within the last year or two our older students' travel adventures have included:

• Colonial Williamsburg
• Gatlinburg, TN.
• North Carolina Outer Banks
• Charleston, SC
• Richmond, VA
• Arlingdon, VA
• Philadelphia, PA
• Baltimore, MD
• The home of Carl Sandburg in Flat Rock, NC
• A council meeting with the Chief of the Cherokee Nation
• Professional theatre productions such as Anne Frank Remembered and To Kill a Mockingbird
• Mission/service trips to Kentucky and Washington, DC