Kara Lopp

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November 13, 2024

SAVE THE DATE! Giving Tuesday is Dec. 3!

Giving Tuesday, a national day of giving, is coming on Tuesday, Dec. 3! Mark your calendar and help us spread the word! Our goal this year is to raise $10,000 to help our neighbors facing food insecurity and poverty long after the Thanksgiving feast is gone. There are lots of […]
November 6, 2024

Learning together: Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop

Common Heart sponsored and provided training last month for the Bridges Out of Poverty workshop hosted by Thrive! Union in Monroe. Thrive! Union is the local Union County collaboration of organizations and individuals seeking to address poverty and improve upward mobility for resident. Common Heart is one of the founding organizations of […]
October 31, 2024

‘I realize now … I can fight back’

A Getting Ahead story … April Hunt said her challenges with anxiety almost kept her from attending Getting Ahead. She has difficulty meeting new people and being in new places. But those fears quickly faded away after getting to know the other participants, who she now calls family.  “It seems […]
October 22, 2024

Celebrating our Getting Ahead grads!

Many thanks to everyone from the community who came out to celebrate our October Getting Ahead graduates: Heidi Goss, Olha Havryliuk, Meter Casseus, William Harvey McLarty, April Hunt, Elise Byers, Tammy Rayley, Tracey Barnett, Brenda Stevens and Jeanette Barbour. Our GA facilitator is Ruth Wilson and her co-facilitators this session […]