Professional Development (for Professionals in Family/Child Care Services) The Urban Restoration, Inc., Charlotte o Since 1993 The Urban Restoration has served the children and families of Charlotte's inner city. Our focus is to provide hope and healing to these communities. As the tide of risk factors: crime, drugs, gangs, and abandonment increases, The Urban Restoration remains committed to strengthening the ministries that will meet the ever-increasing needs of lost and hurting people. o Our Mission: To restore the people of Charlotte's inner city to the plan that God has for their lives through Jesus Christ by ministering to their physical, social, and spiritual needs. o Our Vision: To see urban families strengthened and restored to rebuild their homes and communities. o Our Strategy: To provide support and leadership to urban-focused ministries and leaders and to equip them to work effectively in urban settings. o Event: Amazing Love – A Father Daughter Experience. Youth Development Initiatives, Inc. (see Youth Education) YWCA (HSN) o Slogan: “Eliminating Racism. Empowering Women.” o Our Mission: YWCA Central Carolinas is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. o Our Vision: The YWCA Central Carolinas will be the community's leading nonprofit agency for empowering women, strengthening youth and families and working toward racial justice. o Programs: Families Together (FT) Program – Transitional housing program for homeless families Women In Transition (WIT) Program – Safe affordable housing, intensive case management, support services and connections to the web of available community services Youth Programs – The Youth Program's Tolerance and Prevention Initiative provides weekly workshops to engage at-risk youth in character-building activities that address communication, anger management and conflict resolution. Sarah Belk Gambrell Fitness Center
Education for Disabled Individuals
Abilities Unlimited of the Carolinas, Charlotte o Mission: To create, develop and energize the human spirit for those individuals with physical disabilities through adaptive activities and enhancements in their able-bodied environment. AUCarolinas is the primary sponsor for three programs for physically disabled individuals that compete regionally and nationally in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair softball and wheelchair track, field and swimming. Allegro Foundation, Charlotte o Slogan: “…a Champion for Children with Disabilities.” “Movement that Changes Lives!” o Allegro teaches 500 children with intellectual disabilities, Down syndrome, orthopedic challenges (wheelchairs and walkers), Spina bifida, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, muscular dystrophy, visual and hearing impairments, children “at-risk”, and children with cancer in FREE classes every week! o Mission Statement: Allegro Foundation… a Champion for Children with Disabilities is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization that combines movement instruction with educational & medical expertise, creating new techniques to teach children with disabilities and enhance their quality of life. o Basic Philosophy: Allegro’s basic philosophy emphasizes the total learning process by combining cognitive and muscle memories together to stimulate sequential and conceptual learning, problemsolving skills and communication, while also building motor skills/physical coordination, and eliciting strong emotional and physiological changes in the body. o Programs: Free Community Outreach Classes School Programs Pre-school Programs
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