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Fall 2023

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Thank you to our 2023-2024 Board Members!

We are grateful for our 2023-2024 Board of Directors–volunteers committed to serving our community’s families in need. Pictured below: Edgar Duarte (Bank of America), Martha Bergstedt (Novant Health), Richard Pappas (F.N.B. Corporation,) Lisa DeMao (Atrium Health), Bradford McMillian (Piedmont Federal Savings Bank) , Patricia Potts (U.S. Bank), Angela Kirkby, SPHR (Thermo Fisher Scientific), and Stacey Riemer, Ph.D.Davidson College)… with Ada Jenkins Center CEO Harold Rice Jr. 

Not pictured: Laura Colson, Ed.D. (Bennett College) Iretha Kerns, and Jay West.

 

 

Service Updates

Our most recent program year ended June 30. Between July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023:

  • We responded to 2,086 e-mails, calls, or texts seeking information about financial assistance or other family needs
  • 2675 people obtained groceries through our Loaves and Fishes food pantry
  • 159 families received emergency financial assistance, preventing client evictions, foreclosures and disconnections
  • 335 people participated in our Economic Mobility program, receiving tenancy education, connections with area housing, budget assistance, employment and training opportunities, and more
  • 55 people experiencing homelessness were connected with emergency supplies and services
  • 57 students were enrolled in our LEARN Works afterschool academic program
  • 386 volunteers contributed 7,166 hours to help tutor our students, restock and organize the food pantry, manage our Open Gym hours, beautify our campus, and so much more

Thanks to you, we are able to live our mission every day: We exist to help people create lasting solutions for economic stability.