On Sept. 17, more than 150 business and community leaders gathered at the Poe Center for Health Education to celebrate 35 years, raising more than $105,000 for health-science education for more than 2,100 North Carolina youth. The event featured a silent auction, an awards ceremony, and a cooking demonstration, plus a first look at Wired: The Teen Brain Experience, its new exhibit.

This article originally appeared in the November 2026 issue of WALTER magazine.