International Friendship Center
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
El Centro de Amigos serves Highlands, Franklin, and Cashiers with food assistance, bilingual interpretation, social services, and immigration support.
Best for
- Residents needing food and personal hygiene assistance in the Highlands area
- Spanish-speaking clients needing medical or dental appointment interpretation
- Families needing housing, utility, education, or community-service translation assistance
- Immigrants needing DACA, passport, power-of-attorney, or minor-travel documentation support
- People seeking domestic violence or child abuse interpretation assistance
Look elsewhere if
- People living or working outside Highlands, Franklin, or Cashiers, North Carolina
Specialties
- Highlands Food Bank food and personal hygiene assistance
- Medical and dental appointment interpretation
- Housing and utility translation assistance
- Education-related translation and interpretation
- Domestic violence and child abuse interpretation assistance
- DACA application assistance
- Powers of attorney application assistance
- Minor international travel letter assistance
- U.S. passport application and renewal assistance
Certifications
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) participant
What makes them different
- Operates the Highlands Food Bank in partnership with Highlands United Methodist Church
- Highlands Food Bank participates in the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
- Highlands Food Bank partners with MANNA FoodBank
- Provides translation and interpretation in clients' native languages for medical and dental appointments
- Highlands Food Bank is located at 350 Spring St. and operates Mondays from 3:30–5:30 p.m.
- Serves
- Highlands, Franklin, Cashiers
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 348 S 5th St, Highlands, NC 28741
- Phone
- +18285260890
- Website
- https://www.elcentrodeamigos.org/
- user@domain.com
Services
- Food assistance
- Medical and dental access support
- Housing and utilities support
- Education support
- Safety and domestic violence support
- Social service navigation
- Immigration assistance
- Translation and interpretation