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FDT Supported 87 Families During the Holidays
Over the holidays, with the help of generous donors and dedicated volunteers, our Families Doing Time (FDT) program supported 191 children in 87 families by providing? toys and necessities through…
Read MoreNewsletter – December, 2017
CCT News Playing for Others Honors CCT On November 17th, the nonprofit teen arts organization,?Playing for Others, held their annual “Connecting Charlotte” event, where they premiered spoken word pieces for…
Read MoreUpcoming Volunteer Opportunities
Families Doing Time Contact Charis Blackmon, cblackmon@centerforcommunitytransitions.org Toys for Tots volunteers are needed to sort and prepare toys for our client families. Additionally, we will need volunteers to assist on…
Read MoreThe Cost of Parental Incarceration
by guest blogger, Nicholas Perry, CCT Intern If you asked me a week ago about the financial struggles of a family with an incarcerated parent, I?d have brought up the…
Read MoreIt’s SummerSHARE! Give Back with a Backpack!
July 10-21 is SummerSHARE in Charlotte! Summer is the greatest time of need for many nonprofits in Charlotte, when needs are high and supplies are low. CCT is no exception.…
Read MoreNC Seeking to Raise the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction
North Carolina is the only state that tries 16 and 17 year old children as adults for misdemeanors and nonviolent crimes. New York recently passed legislation to phase out charging…
Read MoreFY 2016 Annual Report
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Read MoreSpring Fling 2017
CCT held its 5th Annual Spring Fling event on May 11th. The event was a great success with the highest turnout yet! We had a great time honoring our volunteers…
Read More#DoGoodWeek in Charlotte and CCT
It’s #DoGoodWeek in Charlotte – a week of honoring AND recruiting volunteers! CCT Executive Director, Myra Clark, and CCT Volunteer,?Joanna Patcha, appeared on FOX 46’s “Good Day” show to talk…
Read MoreApril is Second Chance Month
All month CCT has been celebrating Second Chance Month as an informal month declared by a peer organization, Prison Fellowship, but today, it became official. The U.S. Senate Declared April…
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