June 30, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at June 30, 2022
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A letter from Executive Director Keith Adams. “Thank God for your pantries. My food stamps were cut from $350 last year to just $16 now. You are a real lifeline for my family.” – “Dot,” a wife and mother of 3 young children I’ve been looking forward to a brief summer […]
June 27, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at June 27, 2022
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We heard a VERY special story from one of the volunteers at our Union UMC food pantry last week. In his own words: “A car pulled up with a young man in the back seat that was 5 1/2 years old. He talked with me about the stages of the […]
June 20, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at June 20, 2022
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Last week one of our Cupboard Ally volunteers, Kim, had to step down because with rising prices, she needed to pick up extra hours at work. That meant no free Saturdays for food delivery. Another Ally volunteer began visiting the neighbors Kim had served. When he visited David he gave him […]
June 14, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at June 14, 2022
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“We are very grateful. There’s no way we could do this without you guys.” That was the response from one of our Getting Ahead graduates at last weekend’s free veterinary clinic with her 3 dogs who were there for treatment. Her daughter, a current GA participant, was also there with […]
June 10, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at June 10, 2022
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We’re so thrilled to introduce you to another amazing addition to our team, Jeff Gardner, Partner Engagement Leader. Jeff is a retired pastor and former Common Heart board member who has been a fan, supporter, and donor throughout the past 16 years! He retired in 2021 from Threshold Church in […]
June 3, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at June 3, 2022
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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, said […]
June 3, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at June 3, 2022
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It’s World Bicycle Day! What a perfect time to highlight a local resource you may not know about where you can donate used adult sized bicycles for a great cause … helping our neighbors! This guest blog is from Tom Williamson of Ride Again Bicycle Ministry. My name is Tom […]
June 1, 2022
We’re SO excited to be a sponsor & participant at this year’s Juneteenth celebration in downtown Marshville on Saturday June 18!! Check out all the cool things that’ll be happening…and be sure to swing by our booth and say HI! Event runs from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. and includes live […]
May 31, 2022
SATURDAY!!! We’ve rescheduled our Pop-Up Shop for Saturday (June 4) and are excited to host it INSIDE our Indian Trail office in the nice, cool air-conditioning! 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. 116 Business Park Drive, suite A, Indian Trail Drop by for some AMAZING bargains like: -$1 women’s clothing (sizes XS-3X!)-$3 […]
May 19, 2022
Published by Kara Lopp at May 19, 2022
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UPDATE: Thanks to your donations, this need has been met! It’s been a couple years since Desiree has been in our Getting Ahead economic empowerment group but she’s still using the skills she learned. Since GA, she was able to negotiate a raise (twice!) at her current home health care […]