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Care Ring Executive Director Don Jonas stepping down
Care Ring's executive director, Don Jonas, is stepping down from his position with Care Ring after more than eight years ...
Guest Blog: My Internship with Care Ring
By Madison Snyder, Levine Scholar at UNC Charlotte and Summer 2020 Intern at Care Ring As soon as I interviewed ...
The Care Ring Connector, Vol. 9
The latest edition of our quarterly e-newsletter, The Care Ring Connector, is now available! In it we talk about the ...
PRESS RELEASE: Care Ring forms partnership to address social drivers of health and well-being
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 16, 2020 CONTACT: Kelly Musante, Development Director 704-477-3732, [email protected] CHARLOTTE, NC - Care Ring was ...
Care Ring In the News: COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise among uninsured in Charlotte
Care Ring Executive Director Don Jonas was interviewed by WCNC's Michelle Boudin, along with Clinic provider Jenny Lutz and patient ...
Care Ring In the News: Telemedicine pivot serves more uninsured, high-risk patients
WCNC Charlotte's Nate Morabito recently featured Care Ring in a story about how community health clinics have quickly implemented telemedicine ...
“A Relentless Force for Longer Quality of Life”: American Heart Association
Note: This blog post is a companion piece to Care Ring's "Seeking the Heart"podcast series in which we talk with ...
CRBA interviews Don Jonas about COVID-19 response, challenges
The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance invited our Executive Director, Don Jonas, to be a guest on their podcast, "CLT Alliance ...
Care Ring in the News: COVID-19 brings new challenges
Over the past few weeks, our local media have highlighted some of the ways individuals and organizations are stepping up ...

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 […]