Common Heartbeat
September 11, 2020
Whether you’re new to this “small revolution of kindness” or have been around for years…we think you’ll enjoy this video. We simply cannot operate without volunteers! If you’d like to get involved in any capacity (food pantries, literacy, economic empowerment, office work & more!), email Volunteer@CommonHeart.org or call 704-218-9060. We […]
September 3, 2020
We got a phone call yesterday from a local grandmother who was so excited to share a story about the difference our volunteer T-shirt was making (yes….we said a T-shirt!). Her grandson volunteered with us for the first time at our Mill Grove food pantry and loved it so much […]
September 3, 2020
Sarah Kimbrough signed up to take Common Heart’s Getting Ahead classes for the $425 in gift cards (the free weekly dinners and free childcare were nice bonuses, too). But this Common Heart focus group quickly became much more to Sarah and her family as they started their journey out of […]
September 3, 2020
Dion Rymer didn’t know how his family — both locally and those still in the British Virgin Islands — would react when they found out he enrolled in Common Heart’s adult literacy program to improve his reading and writing skills. He describes their reactions in two words: Very proud. The […]