Sept 17, 2024 A cookout for a small group of friends some years ago has grown into a westside event for neighbors to experience "joy, belonging and togetherness." Listen in as Applesauce Group Executive Director Winston Robinson explains what's behind the event Saturday from 2-9 p.m., and what's ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte Area Fund stretches dollars through partnerships
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Group promotes giving back as a near-universal Black practice
Aug. 20, 2024 Prospective members of The New Generation of African American Philanthropists are asked for a monetary pledge of just a dollar a day. That's much less, members of Tuesday's panel asserted, than most African-Americans are already committing every day to their kin, their neighbors and ... Continue Reading →
Stories of collaboration in the home repair sector
July 30, 2024 Tuesday’s Forum involved more than an hour of information-sharing about how various groups are helping Charlotte-area homeowners afford to stay in their homes or get help arranging for and affording critical home repairs. The last question of the day, however, cast the entire ... Continue Reading →
Bringing national resources to bear on unmet local needs
July 16, 2024 GreenLight Fund is a Boston-based organization with funding and a small staff presence in Charlotte and 12 other U.S. cities. Charlotte Executive Director Sam Smith Jr. shared the group's mission by bringing to the Forum leaders of four groups that have been or are now being ... Continue Reading →
Housing
June 18, 2024 This morning's Forum livestream failed for yet a new reason. To get the meeting available as quickly as possible, the following video is an unedited version. ... Continue Reading →
United Way needs volunteers to help judge grant applications
June 4, 2024 Tuesday's presenters explored how changes at the United Way have redirected community funding toward the entrepreneurs who are creating new ways to assist some of the community's underserved populations. And to keep the momentum going, the director of neighorhood services for United ... Continue Reading →
Reed a finalist in annual ‘Remarkable Women’ presentation
May 6, 2024 Donna Reed of Charlotte was a finalist in an annual Remarkable Women presentation sponsored by Nexstar Media Group, Inc. More on Nexstar's annual event, including clips of some previous winners, is here. Five finalists were featured on the Jennifer Hudson Show, a daytime talk ... Continue Reading →
Applesauce Group: Creating safe places for fun & learning
April 23, 2024 In spring 2020, Charlotte native Winston Robinson got to thinking: Aside from supporting his family, what would he be remembered for if COVID ended his life, too? Earlier in his life, he’d sold stylish clothes out of his college dorm room. He’d organized an annual cookout for some ... Continue Reading →
Foster care: Willing adults in short supply
April 16, 2024 More than 400 of Mecklenburg's children are in the state's foster care system. Tuesday's presenters focused on the way the system works, who it serves, and the need for additional support for these children and the adults willing to give them shelter, protection and ... Continue Reading →
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