Remembering the “Why” Behind Our Work
In meetings and events I attend around town I am often asked to describe Care Ring and talk about the ...
Maribelle Connerat Award!
Care Ring honors Dr. Alisahah Cole and Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown with Maribelle Connerat Award: Recipients are recognized for their contributions ...
TEETH – We all should care about oral health.
The mouth is the gateway to the body, and yet we treat oral health care as somehow different and apart ...
INNOVATIONS IN ORAL HEALTH CARE
The Need Mecklenburg County has a population of more than one million people and vast financial, educational and cultural assets. ...
Leading on Fighting Poverty
Many hold dear to the Horatio Alger "rags to riches" story of how a poor child can make it in ...
What’s Next for Health Care? The Answers are Right in Front of us
Health care policy is in maximum head-turning spin-cycle these days. Rates of the uninsured are at historic lows, but overall ...
Won’t you be my neighbor?”
I was alerted by my sister this week that by happenstance I share a birthday this coming March 20th with ...
Heart Healthy
For women in America, heart disease is the #1 cause of death. This coming Friday, February 3 is National Wear ...
Hope for Community Health Luncheon 2016
On December 12, 2016, nearly 600 of Charlotte's top healthcare, government, non-profit, and business leaders joined Care Ring for the ...
Care Ring hosts inaugural Black maternal health conference
On April 11, 2024, at the start of National Black Maternal Health Week, Care Ring hosted its inaugural Black Maternal Health Conference at The Conference Center at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, to a sold-out group of over 300 participants. Guests included physicians, doulas, community health workers, mental health providers, healthcare executives, students, birthing justice advocates, […]
Care Ring Makes Historic Announcement
On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Care Ring hosted a gathering of some of our key stakeholders, funders and community partners to make a historic announcement – that after 20 years in our current space at Ascend Nonprofit Solutions (fka Children & Family Services Center) – we will be moving into a new home at 1514 […]
The Care Ring Connector, Vol. 23
The latest edition of our quarterly e-newsletter, The Care Ring Connector, is now available! With a new look we hope our readers will like, this quarter’s edition features a peek at and link to our FY23 Annual Report, welcomes new Board and NFP-CAB members, a look at how we are improving our reproductive healthcare in […]
The Care Ring Connector, Vol. 22
The latest edition of our quarterly e-newsletter, The Care Ring Connector, is now available! This quarter’s edition features a memorial tribute to our colleague Ana Frey; very big news about our new Healthy Start funding to help combat the maternity and infant health crisis; The Bridge adds 2 new locations; Nurse-Family Partnership graduates 15 […]
Remembering Ana Frey, NP
Ana Frey, NP In June of 2023, Care Ring lost one of its shining stars with the passing of Low-Cost Clinic Nurse Practitioner Ana Frey. Hailing originally from Ecuador and living in the United States for over two decades, Ana joined Care Ring in 2015, and was well-respected and beloved by both the staff and […]
Davidson Fellow Alexa Montgomery shares experience at Care Ring
Author: Alexa Montgomery “I discovered the importance of loving what you do.” During the Summer of 2023, I interned at Care Ring as a Davidson College Nonprofit Leadership Fellow. The goal of my fellowship was to explore Charlotte’s nonprofit sector and understand Care Ring’s role as a healthcare nonprofit. I learned about programming by helping […]
The Care Ring Connector, Vol. 21
The latest edition of our quarterly e-newsletter, The Care Ring Connector, is now available! This quarter’s edition features news about our Board, an A Guided Journey client success story, year one of The Bridge accomplishments, shout outs to our new PRO providers, and more! READ IT HERE. To have our e-news and more delivered […]
Care Ring hosts first-ever “Parents’ Day” event
Care Ring hosted its first-ever “Parents’ Day” event on Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 at Oakdale Elementary School to celebrate the mothers and fathers who participate in our maternal-child health programs – Nurse-Family Partnership and A Guided Journey. In prior years, the organization has hosted Mother’s Day events, with fathers welcome to attend. This year, we […]
The Care Ring Connector, Vol. 20
The latest edition of our quarterly e-newsletter, The Care Ring Connector, is now available! This quarter’s edition features news about our Uber rides grant from LISC, free physicals for daycare workers, a new investment opportunity to help at-risk mothers, and more! READ IT HERE. To have our e-news and more delivered straight to your […]
LISC grant provides free Uber rides for Care Ring patients
Care Ring’s patients will have one less obstacle to accessing care, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Health Access Fund of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a community development financial institution that supports community development initiatives across the country. In partnership with Uber, PayPal and Walgreens, LISC created the Health Access Fund to […]