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Non-Profit

Safelight Shelter/Counseling Services

If you are in danger, call 911 A safe place to rest, heal, and gain support. You are provided with all your basic needs while in shelter which includes food, clothing, and toiletries. Our staff are present 24/7 to answer our hotline, provide support, and ensure that you are always receiving support. Our facility is 40-beds with additional space for cribs/bassinets. While residing in our safe shelter, you access all our programs at Safelight. We provide weekly case management and work hard to make sure you are referred to our amazing community partners so that all your needs can be met.

Apple Country Public Transit

Henderson County encourages everyone to try Apple Country Public Transit. Apple Country Public Transit provides bus service throughout the City of Hendersonville, Town of Fletcher, and Laurel Park with three (3) bus routes running from 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (exceptions include holidays and severe weather). Routes 1 (White) and 2 (Red) run on a 1-hour cycle, and Route 3 (Blue) runs on a 90-minute cycle. See the maps at the bottom of this webpage for timetables.

Depot Museum/Apple Valley Model RR Club

The club is located in the 1902 Hendersonville Train Depot by the former Southern Railway route through the famous Saluda Grade on active tracks now used by shortline Blue Ridge Southern RR. Around the corner are a bakery, coffee shop, pizza place, restaurants, ice cream shop, coffee shop and two micro-breweries. We are only a few blocks from downtown Hendersonville. The historic 7th Ave District was the primary commercial area of Hendersonville in its early years.

Rescue Mission Hendersonville

Through Christ-centered programs and services, Hendersonville Rescue Mission guides those experiencing homelessness on a path towards transformation and self-sufficiency, by ministering to their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Building History: built 1952 Building Name: Hendersonville Rescue Mission REID 9971317 PIN # 9568-89-9425

French Broad e'N'pire Model Railroad Club

Founded in 1993, The French Broad E’N’Pire is a N Scale Model Railroad Club consisting of members in Hendersonville, NC, and the surrounding areas. The Club is named for the French Broad River Railroad, an actual railroad chartered in 1855 to operate between Greenville and Asheville. The real railroad was never constructed but lives in a railroad layout as the French Broad River Railroad.