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Family Focus: Agency helps young men who have aged out of foster care
Statistics show one in four kids who age out of foster care will end up homeless or in jail, but one local agency is trying to be a safety net, specifically for young men. Chris Sardo, who’s just 18, has been through more than most people twice his age, and ...
Family Focus: 2 local leaders to walk in cancer survivor fashion show
Local cancer survivors are getting ready to walk in a charity fashion show in Charlotte. Two well-known community leaders will be part of that group. Harry Jones is used to getting fitted for suits. He wears his fair share as Mecklenburg County manager. The same goes for his friend, Moira ...
Family Focus: Organization helps support area college students
During the past 20 years, the Latin American Women's Association has raised money to support more than 150 Latino college students in Charlotte. Paula Barreto is a junior at Queens University and originally from Colombia, South America. She's attending school with help from a scholarship awarded by the Latin American ...
Dad pays teen to quit Facebook
A Wellesley, Massachusetts father is paying his daughter to quit Facebook.
Family Focus: Woman organizes barefoot 5K to benefit nonprofit
A Charlotte woman is recruiting people for a charity 5K to help children. What's different about this race is that people will run barefoot. As Joanna Gammon spent a windy morning going for a run in Frazier Park, she was feeling a little chillier because she was making her strides ...
Family Focus: Single mother works to earn college degree
A local woman is in the home stretch of earning her college degree. She's managed to keep a GPA above 3.0 while raising her five children. When Michelle Cade greets her youngest son, Gerald, at the bus stop, she's already had a full day at school herself. The single mother ...
Family Focus: Adoption agency recruiting families for summer
A local adoption agency is trying to recruit families for the summer. The ultimate goal is for the family to adopt a child from the Philippines. Vanessa, 16, is enjoying time with her family, which she joined one year ago when Amy and Chad Martin adopted her from the Philippines. ...
Family Focus: Program teaches kids about multimedia photojournalism
Mecklenburg County has a new take on the after-school program that is grooming future reporters. It's getting kids off the streets and opening their eyes to possible new career options. A video crew is full of kids who are learning every aspect of how to tell a visual story. Tenth-grader ...
Family Focus: Local nonprofits team up to help veterans
Some local nonprofits have teamed up to help Charlotte families and veterans in need. Megan Wilder is now back in her hometown of Charlotte after six years away serving in the Navy. Since moving back in June, it's been a big adjustment. “It's very structured and you know what you're ...
Family Focus: Middle-schoolers say program is changing their lives
Some Charlotte middle-schoolers say a new program is changing their lives for the better. TJ Lockley, a seventh-grader who's full of life, has a message for other teens. “Stay in school!” he said. He didn't always feel that way. Last year, he said he wasn't interested in school and was ...
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