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Sep 18

🏡 El Condado de Mecklenburg ofrece asistencia financiera a propietarios de viviendas de Mecklenburg que califiquen. Obtener más información y aplicar. dcr.mecknc.gov/Housi…

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Sep 18

🏡 Qualified Mecklenburg County homeowners may be eligible for a HOMES program grant up to $426. Charlotte residents may receive additional funds (up to $234), up to $660 total! Apply by 11/17. Applications are first come, first served. MeckNC.gov/4HOME… or call 980-314-4663.

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Sep 15

Congratulations to the 15 families who recently graduated from our Nurse-Family Partnership program! They were celebrated with a circus-themed party. Thank you to our hard-working NFP team for making this a special day, along with event partners Project Glimmer Promising Pages Maná4U Baking Point and Leticia Santos for photography. We wish our families all the best and know they will continue to have bright futures they have worked so hard to build.

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Sep 11

We are so excited to be partnering with @givingkitchen today and tomorrow to provide free healthcare to 60 restaurant and bar workers here in Charlotte. We are thankful to Giving Kitchen for funding these important medical visits so that our patients can take care of any concerns and continue to work so they can thrive and contribute to their families and community. Patients are also receiving additional information on the other types of aid that Giving Kitchen can provide, should they ever be in need. For more info on Giving Kitchen, visit: https://thegivingkitchen.org/. If you are a food and beverage industry worker in need of medical care, we may be able to assist, at little to no cost to you. Give us a call or visit our website. TY to @charlotteworks for the great quote.

#charlotterestaurants #eatoutcharlotte #charlottebars #charlottefoodservice

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Sep 6

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Aug 31

We'd like to welcome Superior Industrial Maintenance to the Care Ring circle of Corporate Champions! Mike Oswald, VP of Operations, (pictured 2nd from left) stopped by yesterday to personally deliver their sponsorship check. He is pictured with (l to r) Dean Cikins from our Board of Directors; Tchernavia Montgomery, Care Ring CEO; and Paula Culp, Care Ring's Chief Administrative Officer. Mike is extremely passionate about helping others and serving his community, and we appreciate his and SIM's investment in our mission.

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Aug 29

We conclude our celebration of Black Philanthropy Month with a highlight of Care Ring Board member Jewel Greywoode, MD. Dr. Greywoode is an otolaryngologist who specializes in cosmetic and functional facial plastic surgery. He practices with Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, P.A. (@ceenta1923) and is part of Care Ring's Physicians Reach Out network of volunteer providers who donate free care to our patients. Dr. Greywoode also volunteers internationally with Samaritan's Purse, and shared this with us:

"Since 2018, I have been a part of a medical mission trip with Samaritan's Purse to Liberia to repair cleft lip and cleft palates. The patients are so grateful and the work is very rewarding. One of the highlights of this past year has been the opportunity for me to work alongside Liberian doctors improving the lives of their fellow countrymen. Building capacity and training the surgeons there to do the work has been so rewarding. This group of surgeons have dedicated their lives to work in the ELWA mission hospital providing care for those who need it. It has been an honor to be a part of of the story of those providing healing and hope."

Pics: Dr. Jewel Greywoode; Dr. Greywoode with Dr. Elvis, Dr.Juvenal, Dr. Lemfuka; and a cleft palate patient.

For more on Dr. Greywoode, check out the blog post he wrote for us last year by visiting the Blog link in our bio's linktree.

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Aug 22

We were delighted to again host for the summer a @davidsoncollege student intern with their Nonprofit Leadership Fellow program. Alexa Montgomery wrote about her experience for our blog - check it out by visiting our bio's linktree, "Blog" tab.
Alexa contributed significantly to our mission and we wish her the best in what is undoubtedly a bright future! #studentinternship #interns @davidsonserves

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Aug 21

We continue our celebration of #BlackPhilanthropyMonth with Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority's Chief Financial Officer Anthony Shelborne, a new supporter to Care Ring, but a long-time advocate for the underserved. He says: "I met {Care Ring CEO} Tchernavia Montgomery and learned about her journey; her story resonated with me. I am the product of a young, single, underinsured mother who worked hard to ensure I had opportunities. I like Care Ring's mission, and I wanted to support an organization that gives women healthcare access and helps their lives so they can concentrate on other things. I also serve on the Boards of two other nonprofits that benefit underserved communities." Thank you, Anthony, for all you do to make our community better for everyone!

#CFO #bpm2023 #blackphilanthopy #servantleader #charlotte #cityofcharlotte #visitcharlotte

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Aug 18

Impactful training this week with the @americanheartnc Aleah Johnson (in red), their Community Health Equity Program Director & visit from Shannon Emmanuel, VP of Community Impact. Our Nurse-Family Partnership team received “Measuring Accurately" training. AHA is providing 100 automatic blood pressure cuffs for our expectant & new mothers experiencing hypertension, which will be loaned out to moms. NFP staff will train clients in accurately taking their blood pressures in the home, educating clients on what the numbers really mean & how to report their blood pressure readings to their OB provider.

🙏🏼 to have this tool to support our mothers to have healthy & SAFE pregnancies and deliveries & to help us address disparities in outcomes for women of color.

DYK:

Undetected & uncontrolled high blood pressure may lead to stroke or heart attack, as well as preeclampsia & eclampsia — potentially fatal conditions in which blood pressure spikes during pregnancy.

High blood pressure is common, affecting 17.6% of women of childbearing age in the US and has increased in the past decade, according to the 2019 National Center for Health Statistics

Black women of childbearing age with high blood pressure were more than 2x likely to have uncontrolled high blood pressure than white women, and among those who were aware of their diagnosis, Black women were 3x more likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure.

The risk factors for high blood pressure persisted among Black women after considering social determinants of health.

Black & Asian women had a higher average blood pressure and were more likely to have uncontrolled high blood pressure than white women; 38% and 36%, respectively, versus 25%.

Food insecurity was higher among Hispanic and Black women compared with white women, 32% and 25%, respectively, versus 13% among white women.

Asian women were more often unaware of their high blood pressure and were more likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure compared with white women.

1 in 4 Black women and 1 in 3 Hispanic women reported food insecurity.

Source: AHA
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Aug 17

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Aug 17

We are feelin’ GOOD about Week 1 at our second mobile health unit (The Bridge) community neighborhood location—North End! Thank you @northendcommunitycoalition, Melissa Gaston, @campnorthend, @novanthealth, @mecklenburgcounty, @unitedwaygreaterclt, Mecklenburg County ABC Board, and our staff and patients for helping us kick off our first Thursday! See you next week, 12-4pm. Always free! Blood pressure checks, blood sugar checks, counseling support, connection to resources, and more!

#freehealthcare #charlitt #charlotte #communityhealth #diabetes #bloodpressure #mentalhealth #northend

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Aug 16

Our friends at YWCA Central Carolinas are hosting an important discussion on race tomorrow evening at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Hickory Grove location, with our CEO Tchernavia Montgomery as part of their panel discussion. Thank you to community and corporate partner WellCare NC for sponsoring.
For more on the event: https://ywcacentralcarolinas.org/events/

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Aug 14

August is Black Philanthropy Month, celebrated globally to commemorate and advance Black giving and funding equity. We are highlighting Care Ring Board member and Finance Committee Chair Samuel Long, PhD who is a Finance Lead Consultant with @wellsfargo. He says of his involvement with Care Ring, "When I think back to the environment in which I grew up, and even today, there was and still is a lack of access to proper medical care across the minority and/or lower income communities. There is also a lack of knowledge that exists in those communities, which often results in people not seeking proper medical care, even when it is accessible. Not only does Care Ring provide affordable care to the underprivileged, they also educate where possible to help close that gap of knowledge and put more people from those communities in a position to better care for themselves and families. I have been blessed and fortunate enough to reach a point in my life and career to where I can give back. I have chosen to do so by supporting Care Ring because of the positive contribution they make in the communities that lack the knowledge and accessibility to proper medical care." Thank you, Sam, for giving back to your community with your time, talent and treasures!

#blackphilanthropymonth2023 #blackexcellence #servantleadership

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Aug 7

Care Ring was thrilled to be invited to Oakdale Elementary School's PTA meeting to talk about the services we provide. Pictured left to right: Dr. Sharrone Powell (Principal, Oakdale Elementary School), Sherresa Falls (Director of Maternal Child Health, Care Ring) and Blanca Labrada (Community Health Worker, Care Ring).

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Aug 3

WOW! Thank you @pbskids for the donation of 80 children's books in English and Spanish to our A Guided Journey maternal-child health program! Pictured, l to r: Simone Gales, Brenelys Zambrana, Sarah Woldum (PBS Kids), Omeika Dhanpaul, Blanca Labrada and Sherresa Falls.

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Jul 31

The latest edition of our e-newsletter is out and full of info about the impact Care Ring and our supporters are making in the health of the Charlotte community! Visit our Story highlights “News” tab to get the link.

#communityhealth #charlotte #charlit

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Jul 24

Thank you to @rvohealth whose interns gathered and donated 25 gift bags with diapers, wipes, baby care basics kits and water bottles, along with a little over 100 individual packs of baby wipes to our maternal child health program for us to gift to the mothers in our Nurse-Family Partnership and A Guided Journey services. Thank you also to Rose Aka-James with RVO Health who helped to coordinate the project.

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Jul 21

Thank you @drjewelgreywoode for sharing this testimony about being a Physicians Reach Out provider and the work we do, together to improve health equity in Charlotte Mecklenburg.

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Jul 17

Thanks @qcitymetro for doing a story on The Bridge, our mobile unit partnership serving @grierheights. Link to story in their bio.

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