Poe Center for Health Education

The Poe Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to positively impacting the lives of North Carolina's youth and families through health education. Since opening our Raleigh facility in 1991, the Poe Center has educated almost one million participants in 78 of North Carolina's 100 counties using innovative teaching theaters, exhibits and offsite programs.

By engaging in fun, highly interactive lessons, preschoolers through twelfth graders receive information that follows the NC DPI Healthful Living Essential Standards on a variety of health topics including nutrition, dental health, general health, family life, drug prevention and anti-bullying.

The Poe Center is partially funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help you buy nutritious foods for a better diet. To find out more, call 1-800-221-5689. In accordance with Federal law and Department of Agriculture policy, the USDA and the Poe Center are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, political beliefs or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Right, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TTY). The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. The Poe Center is an equal opportunity provider and employer.