Common Heartbeat Blog

Look at this amazing group of kind folks ready to deliver groceries (and hope!) once a month! We had an amazing Cupboard Ally volunteer training session last month.  For Danny Thompson, this is a chance to “give back” on a more regular basis after being introduced to Common Heart this year delivering […]

Could you survive one month living in poverty? Find out Friday, Feb. 21 from 10am – 1pm at South Piedmont Community College in Monroe when Thrive Union North Carolina presents a Community Action Poverty Simulation. Common Heart is a founding Thrive member.   This is a FREE event open to the […]

We’re less than 3 WEEKS AWAY from the Common Heart Hunger Walk and are building a community of kind folks willing to take steps to end local hunger!  We met a new neighbor last week for an emergency box of food. This local Mom  “almost cried” when she saw the eggs, […]

Gladys Collins is so enthusiastic about sharing her experience in Getting Ahead, that she keeps flyers in her purse. “You never know when you’re going to run into someone who could really use the Getting Ahead program,” she said. “Doing GA has been like walking out of darkness. I’ve learned […]

We’re thrilled to introduce you to one of the newest members of our Common Heart team, Delan Fulgham, Economic Empowerment Director.  Delan is a certified Bridges Out of Poverty trainer and comes to us after leading a Bridges program for a nonprofit in his home state of Maine. Here at […]

We’d like to welcome the following friends who recently joined our volunteer Board of Directors (from left): Joy Pearson Robbins of Creative Counseling and Consulting, PLLC, Kim Couthen of Europa Sports Partners, Brian Scott of Philips, Maggie Powelson of AmeriSave Mortgage Corp., Caitlin Green of Sodoma Law in Monroe and […]

We’re so excited to introduce you to a new member of the team, Greg Tucker, Operations Director. He recently moved into that position after serving as Interim Economic Empowerment Director and has become a vital part of the team in just a few short months.  A retired pastor, Greg and his […]

Walk set for March 2 in Indian Trail; Registration now open We got a message last week from “Susan,” who recently became caregiver for her elderly mother as she navigates many serious health issues. The medical debt has become “overwhelming” and once the bills are paid, there’s not much left […]

Brenda Stevens is looking forward to this New Year for the first time in a long time. One of our most recent Getting Ahead graduates, Brenda recently completed the Money & Me workshop where she learned skills to help her family not just survive — but thrive and look to […]

In this New Year, we have many reasons to celebrate — including a RECORD-BREAKING 14 graduates from our most recent Getting Ahead session! These dedicated and hard-working moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas put in the hard work over the last several months investigating poverty in our community and in their […]