White Oak Foundation, Inc. was organized in 1998 in North Carolina to serve Wake, Durham, Chatham, Lee, Harnett, Johnston and Orange counties.
The foundation's mission and purpose is "Caring for the Total Person" through the implementation of programs and projects to address hunger, to promote home ownership and to establish economic self-reliance.
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.