Vision to Learn Queen Smalls Vision to Learn provides free vision services and glasses to children in low-income communities. By partnering with local community organizations, such as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Mecklenburg County Health, The Boys and Girls Club, and Freedom School Partners, Vision to Learn helps to eliminate barriers to vision care. Vision to Learn has provided…
She Built This City Demi Knight Clark She Built This City empowers women and girls in the construction and manufacturing trades. The mission is to make startups, careers and exploration in these areas as interesting as the tech sector and to take on the challenge of #20Percentby2020. Through after-school programs, camps, workshops, career fairs and conferences,…
Safe Families for Children Charlotte Emily Kemmann Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled by compassion to keep children safe and vulnerable families intact. Volunteer host families, family friends, and family coaches temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis while they get back on their feet. Safe Families deflects…
Mooresville Soup Kitchen Brittany Holbert In an effort to reduce medical costs and increase the mental health and overall well-being of its guests, Mooresville Soup Kitchen will be offering Fresh Start. This is a free 12-week program that will provide weight loss and nutrition education, exercise training, and group support to individuals who are clinically overweight or…
Mind Body Baby Cynthia Wood Mind Body Baby educates and supports caregivers through the postpartum experience because when caregivers are nurtured and knowledgeable, children have the ability to reach their fullest potential. Today, caregivers may be isolated and less likely to raise children around family and a village where it is safe to struggle. Mind Body…
Metrolina Association for the Blind Tracy Libertino-Fegarsky Metrolina Association for the Blind provides independent living skills directly to clients and delivers transformative accessibility solutions in Charlotte. Metrolina Association for the Blind has a new program to provide B2B consulting services designed to support any organization’s ability to hire and employ people with disabilities due to visual…
The Lotus Campaign Beth Silverman The Lotus Campaign was launched because the founders of the organization believe the challenge of homelessness is too pervasive for the government and nonprofit housing providers to solve on their own. The Lotus Campaign is an innovative organization dedicated to increasing the availability of housing for people experiencing homelessness by engaging…
iSpeak Now Yolanda Trotman iSpeak Now instills passion, pride and confidence in young adults so that they recognize their future is limitless. iSpeak Now does that by deploying models–including mock trials, Nzuri, and iWrite–in Title 1 schools or schools with high minority populations. Listening and speaking make up as much as 75% of adult communication but…
Hope to Home Janice Hinton The Hope to Home program provides lasting solutions to housing instability through a network of collaborative partners who believe that all people possess the capability to make transformative life choices. Hope to Home is committed to the power of “client voice, client choice” and believes all relationships should be guided by compassion,…
Galilee Ministries of East Charlotte Toni Hagerman Galilee Ministries builds community among the diverse population of East Charlotte and fosters cooperation among nonprofits that work together to provide vital wrap-around services. The goal of The Galilee Center is to provide a welcoming place of learning, service and fellowship. The result is a true reduction in social…
Friends of the Children – Charlotte (A program of Thompson Child & Family Focus) Erica Reid Thompson Child & Family Focus has collaborated with the national nonprofit Friends of the Children to launch this program locally. The program provides Charlotte’s most vulnerable children with a long-term, salaried professional mentor, called a friend. This professional mentor is…
Emerge – The Art of Leadership Ryan McGill The mission of Emerge is to develop Charlotte’s youth into confident, powerful, and compassionate leaders. The focus of Emerge is to teach students “leadership in life” skills through the practice of martial arts. Through martial arts, meditation, and project-based leadership training, Emerge teaches the tools needed to prepare and…
