The Blue Ridge Institute

The Blue Ridge Institute for Southern Community Service Executives is the oldest continuing institute of its kind in the country, organized more than 80 years ago. The Institute is a nonprofit organization which provides an opportunity for its members to gain practical knowledge about current problems in their organizations or field of service. The Institute offers a chance for enrichment of professional knowledge in a natural setting of beauty and in an atmosphere of warm friendship. REGISTER TODAY!

Here's what our members are saying...

Our diverse membership comes from all areas of the nonprofit community service sector:

Wanda Phibbs
Retired, Reidsville, NC

"I probably wouldn't have stayed as long in my work, for 40 years, if I hadn't met lots of friends up here."

Louise "Weezie" Burgess
Retired, Laredo, TX

"This is my laughing place...this is my soul place."

Joe Tolan
President & CEO, Metro United Way, Louisville, KY

"I'm always looking forward to it..."

Weldon Mikulik
Retired, Greenville, SC

"Simple conversation...just talking to one another, experiencing one another...you can do that here..."

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The 2010 Institute

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