CCM January 2022 Perspective Newsletter

JANUARY 2022
PERSPECTIVE
FROM THE FRONTLINES
CELEBRATING OUR 40TH YEAR OF RESTORING HOPE
From Our Executive Director, Ed Hosack
A MODERN-DAY PARABLE
A businessman was on a trip.
He was a family man with
his own small business. As
he drove along, he noticed a
guy on the side of the road. It
wasn't unusual to see someone
standing at an intersection
holding a sign and asking
for help, but this guy caught
his attention. Perhaps it was
because he wasn't holding a
sign or standing by the road
seeking attention. In fact, he appeared to be distraught
and somewhat disoriented. Never before had this
businessman allowed himself to be dragged into the
chaos of such undisciplined lives, but he found himself
pulling over to the side of the road. Perhaps it was the
holiday spirit, but he had to stop and see if he could
help.
The man was homeless and in pain. He had been
robbed as he slept just days before, his medications
had run out and so had his money. He was hungry and
helpless to do anything about it. The man offered the
stranger a ride to a local restaurant, bought him a meal
and listened to more of his story. It wasn't a story of
an undisciplined life; rather a couple of bad choices,
trusting the wrong person and one setback after
another. From there he took him to a local health clinic,
then a grocery store for some food and supplies and
to a local hotel where he paid the bill in advance. As he
drove away from the hotel, not even thinking about the
half-day he just lost, he was consumed by the question;
what's next for this man that I have just come to know?
• Saw the man, felt empathy for him and responded.
• Provided immediate relief to ensure no further harm.
• Relocated the man to a place of
safety and healing.
• Made provision for his recovery
until he was able to do for himself.
continued »

PARABLE cont.
In the rest of the story not told, he took care of
business for the day and then began exploring
resources in his community. He discovered a
network of resources that help people to stop the
cycle of loss, work through the challenges, and
restore the life they once lived. He also learned that
every one of those resources was full to capacity
serving individuals just like his new friend.
There are many more heartbreaking stories like this
one in our community; some that involve children
and senior citizens. Unfortunately, most of the
resources serving these needs are operating at
full capacity. This is our challenge for 2022. We
need a sense of urgency to expand the capacity of
resources like CCM and others in order to restore
lives that are being damaged and futures that are
being lost.
WE NEED A SENSE OF URGENCY.
IN THIS EDITION...
Pastor / Leader Update...................................2
Dental Care for Adults and Children......... 4
Families Adopted.............................................. 4
The Uptake...........................................................5
Annual Report.....................................................5
Honoring the Past............................................. 6
The Power of Prayer......................................... 6
Thank You!............................................................7
Breaking Free graduation.............................. 8
Point In Time Count......................................... 8
With your help, we can do this together.
Coming Soon...
CCM’s Senior Adult
Resource Guide,
packed full of
information on topics
such as
Housing, Health
& Wellness, Food
& Nutrition,
Transportation, and
Volunteerism.

From Our Director of
Community Engagement, Jeremy Burleson
WE START BY SAYING THANK YOU!
As I began to type this January 2022 newsletter message, candidly I struggled to
wrap up my thoughts around an impactful topic or thought-provoking theme to
begin this New Year. As I prayed and asked God for that direction, I couldn’t help but
be increasingly thankful for the position that He has put CCM in as we leap into 2022
with confidence that His provision is right in front of us.
Oftentimes, we in the nonprofit space tend to amplify our thank you messages to our
partners, supporters and friends as we wrap up a given calendar year. However, I’d like to START this 2022
year by simply saying THANK YOU!
THANK YOU to our wonderful supporters throughout the Faith Community here in Cabarrus and Southern
Rowan Counties. It is a privilege to partner with each of our churches in obedience to God’s Word and to
carry the Gospel of Jesus to those community members we serve daily. We eagerly await opportunities in
2022 to reconnect with those churches that we incidentally lost connection with as we collectively navigated
through the pandemic.
“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his deed.”
– Proverbs 19:11
To our numerous corporations and businesses that
have made collaborating with CCM a priority in its
core company values, we also say THANK YOU. The
impact that you all have, even beyond monetary
support, is instrumental to our overall influence here
in this community.
To those individuals and families that make
the decision to support CCM and our crisis to
restoration efforts, we offer our sincerest THANKS.
In 2021, God blessed our Ministry with over 200
first-time donors and for that, we are very grateful.
Each and every one of YOU who walk alongside and
minister with Cooperative Christian Ministry year
upon year is VALUED and APPRECIATED beyond
measure. CCM certainly could not serve in the
capacity in which we serve currently, without that
support.
2022 is here … and the needs in our community
continue to grow. As has been the case for the past
40 years, CCM will continue to respond to those
needs. But only through God’s grace, His provision
and by way of partners, supporters and friends like
you is that response even possible!
THANK YOU to our partners and friends at Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County, Elder
Orphan Care, AYA House, and N.C. Works for joining CCM during a recent meeting where
two bold housing initiatives were discussed. Our ministry is grateful to partner with each
of you as collectively we work to remedy the housing crisis in Cabarrus County.

ACCESS
AND
Family
EDUCATION
OUTCOMES
FOR
CHILDREN
IMPROVE THE OVERALL
DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG
CHILDREN IN VULNERABLE
HOUSEHOLDS
• Access to Early Nutrition and
Prenatal Care
• Proactive Medical and Dental
Care for young Children
• The Spiritual Well-being of the
CLICK TO VIEW
the full Strategic Plan
OUTCOMES
FOR
CHILDREN
• Linkage to Educational Programs
and Opportunities
CAREER
SERVING
STRATEGY: CHOICES & Establish Dental Home
SENIOR
structure to achieve the optimum
FUNDAMENTALS
level of oral health and preventative ADULTS care for young children birth to
age 5.
• Engage families within CCM’s programs to adopt prevention oral
health care
• Create a referral mechanism to connect individuals accessing CCM
programs to appropriate oral health care
• Incorporate oral health education into CCM’s programs
CCM AND THE CABARRUS HEALTH ALLIANCE (CHA) HAVE
PARTNERED TO PROVIDE:
• Access to Dental Care for adults and children who are uninsured
and underserved at or below 200% federal poverty level.
• A Community CAREERHealth Worker to SERVING improve health literacy and
insurance CHOICES enrollment, & to increase SENIOR regular medical and dental care,
coordinate FUNDAMENTALS access to prescription ADULTS medications; and referrals to
healthy activities, nutrition, and lifestyles for those with chronic
disease.
For more information call
CCM's Education & Support Services: 704-918-1502
“We are thrilled to create an official partnership with CCM to help
serve the people who need it the most in our community. Dental care
is unfortunately overlooked as a necessary part of health and this is
one way that we can help address this need.”
Elly Steel, DMD, MPH
Dental Director, Cabarrus Health Alliance
• CCM received 140 applications through our Empty Stocking Fund/
Adopt a Family program. Every applicant was adopted by an
individual, church, or organization that reached out wanting to help
a family in need. Many have adopted families consecutively for many
years and several people took more than one family providing gift
cards, gifts and food for our clients.
• All of CCM’s housing families/clients were adopted, which included
several single adults and seniors in our housing programs.
• The Kannapolis Cannon YMCA, assisted 9 families with toys through
their Toy Closet.
• Through CCM’s Senior Care & Share Shoebox program, 298 Senior
Care & Share boxes were collected and distributed by Meals on
Wheels to their clients. Bobby Moffitt, our CCM weekly volunteer,
helped distribute the boxes.
The Christmas needs in our community were great this year, with
COVID-19, continuing to make this year extra challenging. Thanks to
the generous support of our community partners including, Connect
Christian Church, Crossroads Church, Gilwood Presbyterian Church
and First Citizens Bank in Concord, who were instrumental in providing
Christmas gifts and gift cards to all of our families in need.

Click To Read Our
Annual Report
Through this video series entitled “CCM’s Uptake,”
CCM gives the Cabarrus and Southern Rowan
county community insight into a variety of relevant
community topics that align with the Mission of our
Ministry.
Serving as program hosts, CCM’s Executive Director
Ed Hosack and Director of Community Engagement,
Jeremy Burleson offer these 7-10 minutes videos on a
bi-monthly basis on CCM’s YouTube page.
Episode 7
“Financial Assistance"
EPISODE 7
Episode 8
“Annual Appeal”
EPISODE 8
Episode 9
“The Cabarrus Dream Center”
EPISODE 9
MIKE WOJCIECHOWSKI
Congratulations on your retirement from CCM after
12 years of service! We’re so glad we could surprise
you with a party, and we know you will be living
your best life!
Episode 10
“Christmas Episode”
EPISODE 10
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
to view previous episodes
by clicking the button below:
EPISODES 1-6

HONORING THE PAST
Throughout its 40 years of ministry here
in Cabarrus and Southern Rowan counties,
CCM has developed a reputation for being
ever-so-present in times of crises for the
members of our community in need. In
2003, our community faced the largest
permanent mass layoff in the history of
our state with the closure of Pillowtex in
Kannapolis, N.C. God showed His favor
indeed on our Ministry during that time by
allowing CCM to serve as a vessel for those
facing uncertainty following those layoffs.
POWER OF PRAYER
By: Ashley Dudley
Over the past decade, CCM’s Adopt-A-Family has played an integral part in
my Christmas tradition. Similar to years past, community outreach, family and
friends have been instrumental in our mission to bring Christmas cheer to
those in need. Prior to obtaining a family, I have always prayed to ask the Lord
to guide me in whichever family I am able to bless and have the opportunity
to help them in ways other than simply gifts. Out of all of the families I have
adopted, God has bestowed the tools needed to complete the Christmas
mission. Over the years, I have gained knowledge through my assessments and
delivery. More importantly, I have learned each family’s needs and circumstances
differ. This year, I was reminded of the power of
prayer and how our community came together
to help a family with five children. Through the
prayers of many, God led, directed, and blessed the
family in every avenue we had set out to conquer.
I have never received so much community support
in a matter of 10-15 days. With prayer being the
common denominator, our ultimate thanks were
lifted to our Savior prior to the distribution of
Christmas Cheer.
Grandparents embrace the
challenge of caring for five
children under the age of
twelve
Adopt-A-Family
As I began to collect furniture, I quickly ran out of
space. Like clockwork, friends offered their homes
as storage. When I fretted over how to deliver
furniture acquired through generous donors,
Caliber Packaging and Supply offered their truck
with two workers. When I thought there would
be no way the repairs required by DSS could be
completed, Journey UMC Men’s Group offered to
construct, deliver and build the items necessary to
be compliant. As I tried to come up with enough
money to have an outdoor playset purchased and constructed, Matthew’s Family
Tree Lot of Weddington offered to purchase and build a new one. I prayed over
not supplying daily necessities, food and supplies. The next day, the Carolina
Fire Department of Ballantyne, Concord Fire Department & Safe Kids Cabarrus,
and Cabarrus Professional Firefighters Association reached out to provide car
seats, food, clothing as well as gifts which included Santa himself! Countless
coworkers, friends, friends of friends, new Facebook marketplace supporters as
well as family offered gifts, gift cards, food, baby-related items, and furniture.
This mission reiterated my trust, belief in God’s work, and to have faith despite
the circumstance. At every roadblock, God stepped in, asked me to trust, believe,
and allow Him to work through others.

CCM is grateful to have received a
$3,500 grant from Food Lion Feeds
Charitable Foundation to help our
ministry battle hunger in Cabarrus
County. Food Lion Feeds has donated
more than 800 million meals since
2014 and has committed to donating
1.5 billion meals by 2025. We are thankful for their partnership in our
mutual mission of ensuring the food security of our community.
Thank you to the Executive Leadership team from Food Lion for their
recent visit to our CCM Food Program Crisis Center.
Seventeen members of their staff packed individual food boxes in support of CCM’s Food Desert Drop program.
Those boxes were delivered to the families within the Logan community in Concord just before Christmas.
CCM thanks the United Way of
Central Carolinas for their recent
grant of $24,375 in support of
our Education & Support Services
division, specifically to advance
programmatic outcomes through
CCM’s services! Thank you!
Thank you to the Corning
Incorporated Foundation for
generously granting $5,000
to support CCM’s Education &
Support Services division!
Through leadership and
collaboration, the Corning
Incorporated Foundation strives
to foster vibrant, enriching, and
supportive Corning communities.
CCM is grateful for its partnership
in creating life-changing
opportunities for Cabarrus County
residents.
CCM is grateful to the Cabarrus
County Community Foundation
for gifting a $10,000 grant to
expand our Education & Support
Services division! With their help,
we will provide critical life skills
education to disadvantaged
community members throughout
Cabarrus County.
Thank you CCCF!
Thank you!
• NOVA Credit Union & The Sweetest
Thing Ice Cream Shop, for
designating CCM as the beneficiary
during the 2021 Trees of Hope
event at Atrium Health Ballpark in
Kannapolis.
• The City of Kannapolis Youth
Council, for gifting each CCM
Housing resident child with a
personalized stocking filled with
Christmas goodies. The smiles on our
resident kid’s faces are permanent!
• Bourbon Club of Concord, for your
generous donation of $3,500 to CCM.
Those funds will certainly be used to
further the mission of our ministry
here in the county.
• S&D Coffee, who conducted an
employee-driven food drive during
the Holiday’s. CCM picked up the
donation in late December and we
couldn’t be more thankful.
• Treece Financial, for their generous
donation to the CCM Food Program,
by way of an employee food drive.
• Army Reserves, for their incredible
labor on our Poplar Tent Road
Teaching House property, in
preparation for a resident to move in.

Cabarrus County
HOMELESS POINT-IN-TIME
COUNT
January 26, 2022
Identifying Cabarrus County's:
• Unsheltered homeless individuals
• Homeless in shelters and transitional
housing
• Sheltered victims of domestic violence
BREAKING FREE
Our second ever Breaking Free From the Money
Traps course was recently completed by 13
participants, who met weekly from September
25 through November 20. All participants were
celebrated with a graduation ceremony.
Participants included residents of CCM’s Housing
Programs, AYA House, and one Atrium employee.
Thank you to co-facilitators from Nova Credit Union
and Prosperity Unlimited,
to Midway UMC for the
use of their facility, and to
Chick-Fil-A.
CCM thanks Ketchie, Inc.
for recent work conducted at our Mothers & Children (MaC) facility. Courtney Silver and
her staff are tremendous and we’re very grateful for the years of support of our ministry.
246 Country Club Drive NE, PO Box 1717
Concord, NC 28026 TEL: 704-786-4709
GIVE ONLINE: www.CooperativeMinistry.com or TEXT: ccmhelps to 44321