Stories

When Charles Thomas looks back on his earliest memories of being at a library, he can still picture the narrow aisles of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library’s Independence Branch, […]

*Names changed to protect privacy. Every time Sarah* saw the school’s number flash on her phone, her heart clenched with dread. In that instant, the world […]

For 15-year-old Sandy Bressler, summers at Camp Judaea in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina have shaped more than just her childhood memories, they have […]

The messy middle of parenting is never easy. For Elizabeth and Stephen Meyer, who live in Knightdale, North Carolina, it’s been a winding journey through change, […]

The Leon Levine Foundation has launched the Carolina Career-Connected Learning Challenge, a multi-million-dollar RFP designed to expand career-connected learning opportunities for students in grades 7–14 across […]

When Oksana Feterosvkaya moved to North Carolina’s Triangle area from Uzbekistan in 2010 at 29 years old, she was trying to decide what she wanted to […]

The board of The Leon Levine Foundation authorized $425,000 in emergency funding at the start of November to provide emergency cash assistance for SNAP-dependent families in […]

Author: Lauren Sawyers There are couches in the lobby of Upstate Warrior Solution, the Greenville, SC-based nonprofit whose mission it is to connect veterans and their […]

By Jessica Goldfarb, Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte Across the country and right here in Charlotte, Jewish summer camp has become one of the most meaningful […]