Community groups find home at Eliada

Eliada is an innovative children’s home serving youth daily in their residential treatment facility, day treatment school, and child development center. For the community of Asheville and the greater Western North Carolina region, Eliada not only serves children, but provides an open door policy for community groups and organizations to use our over 320-acre campus. The campus includes recreation facilities, outdoor space, and indoor meeting space.

Currently a range of groups benefit from Eliada’s community-mindedness. Kia Rice plays on a basketball team that practices at Eliada’s gym. When she and her teammates learned they’d have a space to practice, Kia says, “We were so excited! We are [now] able to meet up and practice before our games which has made us one of the better teams in [our] league.”

Check out who uses Eliada’s facilities!

• Children and from a local Daisy Troop meet at Eliada
• The Obedience Club of Asheville meets at Eliada
• Members of the Asheville Kennel Club meets at Eliada
• Staff and clients from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety-Department of Juvenile Justice use Eliada’s recreation facilities
• Senior Citizens from the Life Long Learning Institute at UNC-Asheville meet at Eliada
• Homeschoolers and their families from A Brighter Tomorrow hold their annual graduation at Eliada
• The Buncombe County Board of Elections uses Eliada’s indoor space for the City of Asheville and Municipal voting days
• The “Warrior Takedown” wrestling group meets at Eliada
• The “Strong and Courageous” wrestling group meets at Eliada
• A regional basketball league meets at Eliada
• An Asheville City basketball league meets at Eliada
• A middle school basketball team stays fits through “Agility Fitness Sessions” during the offseason at Eliada

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