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Crisis Assistance Ministry

Charlotte, NC

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January 27, 2020

Restoring Home For Lakisha And Her Family

Working mother Lakisha is grateful to the community partnerships and volunteer labor who helped restore and furnish her family home after a devastating roof collapse.

Filed Under: Customer Stories Tagged With: Elevation Church, Furniture, Furniture Bank, Partnerships, Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte

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April 10, 2019

A Beautiful Thing

Because of you, things are looking up for Patricia and her family. “I know it will get better,” she says. “Knowing you can reach out and get the help you need, it’s just a beautiful thing. That’s all I can say. You changed my life today. Thank you.”

Filed Under: Customer Stories Tagged With: Customer, Financial Assistance, Free Store, Furniture

January 11, 2019

You Helped Patricia and Her Son Rebuild Their Lives

When her husband walked out on her, Patricia and her 15-year-old son Jamil were plunged into an unfamiliar world of financial distress. Fully disabled after a surgical mistake years earlier, Patricia had relied on the income from her husband’s job to pay the mortgage and other bills. Left with only her monthly Social Security disability payments, she soon found the situation unmanageable.

Filed Under: Customer Stories Tagged With: Customer, Economic Mobility, Family, Financial, Furniture

October 29, 2018

Friends Find Each Other, and a Home, with Your Help

Between the two of them, Michael and Ronnie have survived two heart attacks, a near fatal infection, P.T.S.D., and a stroke. After all that, the two friends who met at the Men’s Shelter of Charlotte are ready to settle into “everyday life,” as Ronnie puts it, after working together for over a year to meet goals and achieve housing.

Filed Under: Customer Stories Tagged With: Customer, Faith, Furniture, Housing First, Partners

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