I founded the High Point Rowing Club in 2012 to get people of all ages out on the water and to promote health, discipline and youth development through sport. I have been fortunate to watch our sport grow here ever since. When we began, only a handful of teams in North Carolina were rowing, and…
We are excited for the Lenny Peters Cup event Saturday, October 24 at Oak Hollow Lake in High Point! This event brings together thousands of visitors from the Triad and beyond. Historically, about 70 percent of attendees come from other states, and the event contributes more than $2.5 million in economic impact. More than that…
I’ve known Dr. Lenny Peters since the late 1980s, when we both arrived in High Point earlier in our careers. He was working to open Bethany Medical, I was starting my career in law. Neither of us could have guessed how our paths would keep crossing over the decades that followed. We worked together to…
A new school year brings a new chapter for the children at the Lenny Peters Home for Children in Klerksdorp, South Africa. In January, the Lenny Peters Foundation shared a glimpse of the children beginning 2026 in its Back to School video. The young faces featured in the video represent the children at the heart…
For the community surrounding the Lenny Peters Home in Manizales, Colombia, August 10 began like any other day. Then, within seconds, an earthquake changed life for families throughout the area. The Lenny Peters Foundation responded by supporting families connected to the Home as they began to recover. But the Foundation’s relationship with this community began…
For the third consecutive year, the Lenny Peters Foundation and Bethany Medical sponsored the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, bringing thousands of people to High Point for a weekend centered around music, community and the legacy of one of the city’s most influential musicians. Held Sept. 5–6 at Oak Hollow Festival Park, this…
Thousands will come together for the High Point Autumn Rowing Festival on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Oak Hollow Lake. Once again, the Dr. Lenny Peters Cup will be a featured event. Up to 1,000 rowers will compete in youth, collegiate and adult races, with participants from surrounding states and…
HIGH POINT, NC (September 1, 2026) — The Lenny Peters Foundation has donated $100,000 to Open Door Ministries of High Point, contributing toward the organization’s goal of raising $250,000 to support its work preventing and ending hunger and homelessness in the community. Dr. Lenny Peters, founder of Bethany Medical and now the organization’s Chairman, presented…