6/28/08: Sgt. Mike Beam of the Hickory Police Department is seen holding Jalil Smith with Amber Jones and Keisha McClem who attended an outreach event.

6/28/08: On Sunday evening June 29, 2008 a 30 member youth group from Winkler's Grove Baptist Church in Hickory descended on Exodus Homes' main complex to learn about the faith-based United Way supportive housing program and give it a landscaping make-over.

6/21/08: Members of the Young Women of Distinction, an Exodus Homes United Way youth outreach program, are seen with their founder and director Sylvia Ratliff after performing an African dance at the Juneteenth community celebration in the Brown Penn ball field in Ridgeview on Saturday.

6/21/08: In the group photo Ms. Ratliff is seen down front with the young women from left to right; Emerald Abernethy, Labrecia Jenkins, Tiffany Gray, Amber Abernethy, Akira Jenkins, Adriana Galindo-Tabron, Jayana Linder, LaTia Tucker, and Adia Tabron.

12/28/07: Peg Schulten of Hickory donates a 1998 Mercedes SUV to Exodus Homes.

12/17/07: Exodus Youth braved the cold to provide a live nativity scene during the Exodus Homes Christmas Lights Celebration and Food Crawl Monday night in the Ridgeview neighborhood.

12/13/07: The Young Men of Integrity and other community repesentatives volunteered distributing toys at the Christmas Bureau on Monday December 10, 2007.