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CCAP eNews
Volume VIII, 2012
December 2012
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Greetings! :
Included in this eNews edition... We hope you enjoy our news, and if you see something that might interest a friend, forward this email to them by clicking the button below!
As always, if you have anything you would like to share with us like news, a success story or your opinion, let us know by emailing communications@ccap-inc.org.
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CCAP hosts holiday end-of-year meeting
 | | Angela Stevens, Lead Teacher |
"CCAP Head Start is for children, parents, and employees," Lead Teacher Angela Stevens announced in a videotaped interview to the CCAP Governing Board. Ms. Stevens described several certificates plus the Associate's degree and the Bachelor's degree she received through CCAP supported training and the agency's tuition aid program. From bus driver to teacher assistant to lead teacher, her career pathway has received encouragement and support from the agency and the Head Start management team.
The annual Board and Senior Staff (Directors and Managers) end-of-year meeting was the venue where Angela Steven's interview, along with those of an ASPIRE participant, a Weatherization participant, and CCAP employee Felicia Boyer Smith were presented.
"I encourage all employees to look into the CCAP Educational Assistance Program," said Felicia Boyer Smith in her video. "This is one more benefit that comes from working at CCAP," she added. Ms. Boyer-Smith is pursuing her Bachelor's degree.
The comments from program participants and employees were met with applause by the 20 members of the board of directors and 20 CCAP senior staff who attended the meeting-held in a beautiful setting at the Fayetteville Botanical Gardens.
Each CCAP Program Director plus the CFO and Human Resources Director presented three top accomplishments of their team.
Stephanie Ashley, Weatherization Director, mentioned the more than 400 homes that her team has made more energy efficient in 2012-increasing the comfort and decreasing utility expense-for each home.
Patricia Tyson highlighted the 1042 families who, through the work of Consumer Credit Counseling Service's housing counselors, avoided foreclosure and were able to stay in their homes.
 | | CCAP Board Chairperson, Lisa Chance, and Board Vice Chair, Terri Thomas |
Board Chairman Lisa Chance said, "In the face of challenges, such as the close out of American Recovery and Reinvestment projects, CCAP board and staff produced many, many accomplishments in 2012 that benefit individuals, families, and the community."
"The successes of the year give board and staff a positive foundation," said CEO Cynthia Wilson, "the foundation that will carry us forward into even better and stronger ways of providing guidance to and opportunities for those of humble means. I look forward with excitement and pleasure to expanding CCAP's repertoire of strengths in 2013!"
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CCAP in 2012: Accomplishment and Growth
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Hawkers For Hunger
 | SHFB volunteers stand outside of Chick-fil-A
distributing the Fayetteville Observer |
This year was the first time Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina partnered up with The Fayetteville Observer for Hawkers for Hunger. SHFB volunteers stood outside of approved businesses and distributed newspapers from 6 am until 6 pm.
For every newspaper purchased for $1.00, .75 cents was donated directly to the SHFB.
"Thank you to all the volunteers who made this event possible," says Laura Henry, Volunteer and Events Coordinator. "We had some of the most enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers out there this year. Volunteers were asked to stay for 2 hr shifts, but some volunteers stayed most of the day. It was truly amazing."
Hawkers for Hunger were able to raise over $1,500 to help assist families in need this holiday season.
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Heart of Carolina
 | Cumberland International Early College High School students volunteer
at the Heart of Carolina |
The Heart of Carolina Food Drive is a community-wide food drive to help support Food Banks in North Carolina. Hundreds of local corporations, businesses, schools, club and individuals came together to raise food and funds, which provides help to more than 560,000 children, parents and grandparents who are at risk of hunger throughout central & eastern North Carolina.
Second Harvest Food Bank received 170,090 pounds from personal donations, 35,071 pounds from the Students Against Hunger campaign and 13,604 from the Heart of Carolina Drive Thru Day. SHFB had a total of 218,765 pounds of food donated.
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ASPIRE Yard Sale to Raise Funds
 | | ASPIRE Yard Sale |
The ASPIRE program participated in a community yard sale to raise money for the ASPIRE families. Employees were asked to donate any unwanted items they would be willing to part with. The ASPIRE program was able to raise $382.50, which went to the ASPIRE families for the Holiday season.
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ASPIRE Intern Graduates
 | | Stephanie Ashley, CSBG Director pins Vanessa Hines at the Methodist College Honors Ceremony |
There were 16 graduates and one of the biggest graduating class of Social Workers for Methodist College. Vanessa Hines was an intern with CSBG for the past 6 months. Vanessa will be graduating with honors from the Phi Alpha National Social Work Honor Society.
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Latest CCAP News...
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Check out the latest news about CCAP and our programs by visiting the pressroom page on the CCAP web site: CCAP PRESSROOM
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WANT MORE OF CCAP OR OUR PROGRAMS?
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Verizon Employee Discount
You can save 8% off your Verizon Wireless bills as a CCAP employee! There is no need to start a new account, existing customers can take advantage of this discount too! Contact the local representative, Robert Bowden at or register your current account at
Verizon Discount. You will need to enter your CCAP email address to apply the discount to your plan.
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| Cumberland Energy Fair Hosted by the Weatherization Assistance Program
 If any employees are interested in receiving FREE Weatherization Assistance, please contact the Weatherization program for more information. You may be eligible to receive assistance.
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New hires
The greatest asset in the CCAP family is the staff and volunteers. Every employee comes to the table with the specific skills necessary to bring about the change in the lives of those we touch through the various programs and services. CCAP welcomes our most recent new employees:
- Quantessa Al-Amin, Teacher Aide
- Zaneta McCrimmon, CSBG Case Manager
- Janeyah Wells, CSBG Case Manager
- Jean Phillips, Teacher Aide
- LaTina McDonald, Teacher Aide
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Coming Events of Interest
Stay involved with CCAP and your community! We will post upcoming community events we think may be of interest to you here. Do you know of something that you would like us to publicize for free? Let us know by emailing the event information to communications@ccap-inc.org.**
- December 24 - January 1 - Offices are closed Have a Happy and Safe Holiday Season
**CCAP reserves the right to screen all events for appropriateness. CCAP additionally retains editorial rights for all information submitted and published through this medium.
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This newsletter is a service of CCAP, for editorial comments or suggestions, retractions, permissions or reprints please contact CCAP Communication Department at communications@ccap-inc.org.
Editorial Staff:
Editor
Jodi Phelps
Design, Layout, Copyrighting, Photography, Graphics
Krista Guin
Courtney Otero
Miranda Teel
Cumberland Community Action Program Inc.
316 Green St.
Fayetteville, NC 28301
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