Kara Lopp

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May 11, 2026

URGENT UPDATE!

Federal food reductions mean your generosity is urgently needed!  Just 5 DAYS LEFT in the $50K Kickstart Kindness match and we just found out that we will not be receiving nonperishables from The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for at least the next six weeks! TEFAP – a federal program administered through Second […]
April 30, 2026

Giving Machine results!

The results are in!!! Community donations at the Giving Machine Charlotte during the holidays raised $20,870 for Common Heart!  WOW!! THANK YOU to everyone who donated! We had such fun celebrating with our friends at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the big reveal! Donations will be […]
April 17, 2026

Thank you Aramark!

Many thanks to our friends at Aramark who generously donated $2,400 to purchase food for our kids snack bags AND sent a team of energetic employees to pack it all up! 300 kids bags are ready to go out to our evening food pantries! Thank you Aramark! How can your […]
April 15, 2026

A Getting Ahead story: ‘I just want to do better for my children’

When Priscilla Waddell first heard about our Getting Ahead program, she was waiting to receive free groceries at our evening food pantry in Monroe. She took the flyer and read it – a small moment that would eventually lead to big change, she said. As a single mom of four, […]