Common Heartbeat Blog

In just three months, 16-year-old Nitya Kapilavayi from Weddington volunteered 100 hours in our Indian Trail Common Cupboard. You read that correctly — 100 hours!!! This amazing accomplishment earned Nitya a Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award through AmeriCorps. During the summer months she was a fixture at our Indian Trail location doing everything […]

We’re thrilled to introduce you to one of our newest members of the Common Heart staff, Amanda Kurtz, Engagement Event Leader. During this Love in Action season, Amanda has been working hard behind-the-scenes to bring you an amazing experience at our Love in Action Gala fundraiser on Friday (Do you have […]

It’s Love in Action season! During some of her darkest days before Getting Ahead, Tacara Howard says she turned to drugs and alcohol to try to cope. She was homeless, living in her car and unemployed all while trying to care for her two sons, ages 9 & 14.  Her […]

Have you heard?? It’s Love in Action season! LoveInAction.CommonHeart.org We got a message on Facebook last week from “Sally” who heard that we might be able to help with groceries. She explained that she’s disabled and though her husband is working he’s also fighting cancer and the bills are piling […]

When Tacara Howard walked into her first Getting Ahead group session she was “heavy hearted.” Still grieving the loss of her Mom, she had just gotten out of a bad relationship, was homeless, unemployed and sleeping in her car. This single Mom of two boys, ages 9 & 14, was […]

We’re so excited to introduce you to our newest member of the team, Ayana Meacham, who is now our Indian Trail Pantry Manager. If you’ve volunteered with us in Marshville recently you’ll know Ayana as she started her time with us there. She’ll now be working with volunteers and our […]

We know there’s power in kindness … and flowers!! Thanks to our friends at Trader Joe’s-Charlotte, NC , we’ve recently been able to giveaway flower bouquets along with free groceries at some of our evening food pantries. The location of the flower power changes so as many people as possible […]

Many hands make light work…as the saying goes. That’s definitely been the case around Common Heart the last few weeks as we’ve welcomed groups from several churches including Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, Elevation Church, Sardis Baptist Church and Weddington United Methodist Church.  Thanks to these volunteers our conference room was repainted, ceiling tiles were replaced, […]

There are several recent Getting Ahead graduates and two current participants who are in need of diapers, especially sizes newborn, 5 & 6. We’ve added some to our Amazon Wish List if you’d like to purchase some. Our Wish List: https://a.co/6xFpukW Remember, when you shop off our wish list all […]