Community Partnerships
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University City Partners invests in resources that shape public spaces and plan for a better environment because we know that the University City landscape influences the way we live, work, play, and learn.
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Studio 345, a program of ASC, is a free, out-of-school creative youth development program. It provides unique artistic experience for students in grades 9-12 in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.
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University City Connect engages business and organizations in the region, creating strategic partnerships and volunteer opportunities that strengthen our community.
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Care Ring is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing preventive health services for the uninsured, under-insured, or those lacking access to affordable, high-quality preventive health care. The organization annually serves more than 7,000 people in Mecklenburg County and is a leader in collaborative efforts to improve community health.
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Levine Museum of the New South– Levine Museum’s mission is to engage a broad-based audience in the exploration and appreciation of the diverse history of the South since the Civil War, with a focus on Charlotte and the surrounding Carolina Piedmont. The Museum promotes life-long learning about this history.
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Discovery Place is a private, not-for-profit education organization dedicated to inspiring exploration of the natural and social world through extraordinary exhibitions and educational programs that inform, challenge and engage audiences of all ages.
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Informative Technologies reduces barriers to the ability to access, use, evaluate, create, and communicate information while using digital technologies. They empower at-risk students through hands-on STEM training in skills needed for upward mobility in today’s knowledge based economy.
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Friendship Trays/Friendship Gardens working together as a network of community, school, faith-based, institutional, and backyard gardens. These partnerships share their harvest for the benefit of Friendship Trays who provide over 750 meals a day to members of our community who have limited access to healthy food.
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Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency embraces refugees who arrive in Charlotte, recognizing their troubling experiences, trying to ease their transition into a new country, and respecting their need to remember where they came from. Our infrastructure allows us to settle refugees of all nationalities and religions.
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Camino Community Center devotes its energy to passionately serve low-income families and individuals. Camino offers bi-lingual services including a free clinic, a thrift store, food pantry, and a meals program.