Ashe Really Cares (ARC) is a faith-based agency that provides many types of support to people in need in Ashe County. ARC provides help to those who are out of work or financially challenged with food and clothing while they pursued the education they needed to get back in the work force. ARC helps about 500 people each month.

Some of the ministries that ARC provides are food and clothing pantry, kerosene and electric heaters, and building handicapped ramps. ARC and the Ashe Baptist Association are lead agencies in Ashe County’s annual Christmas Project which provides toys, clothing and other items to children whose families are at the poverty level.

ARC counts about 100 churches of all faiths that help as contributors.