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Credit Counseling Agencies are Creating Pathways to Financial Success
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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Cumberland Community Action Program's CEO, Cynthia Wilson recently received the 2013 ATHENA Award presented by the Fayetteville Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce.
The ATHENA Award recognizes the person who has demonstrated excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession; provided valuable service by contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community and actively assisted women in realizing their full leadership potential.
Wilson received this award because of her ability to foster a continuous learning environment within an organization of 300 staff members, her leadership and guidance for a CCAP program that provides job readiness training for women entering or re-entering the business world and because of her ability to develop and implement strategies that sustain high service delivery when faced with a $430,000 budget cut.
Wilson's dedication to helping those in need in our community through her visionary leadership continues to set the bar for other nonprofit leaders.
Congratulations Cynthia!
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 Congratulations to L. Ron Pringle for being nominated to Fayetteville's Forty Under 40 class of 2014. After joining CCAP during 2012 as Operations Manager, Pringle was appointed Food Bank Director November 2013.
Pringle came to Second Harvest Food Bank and CCAP from the Low Country Food Bank in Charleston, SC.
Congratulations Ron!
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Celebrating Patricia Tyson's Years of Service
 | CCAP Chief Executive Officer, Cynthia Wilson (left), and
Doris Ann Shipman, CCAP Board of Directors (right),
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During January, CCAP celebrated the more than 25 years of dedicated service of Patricia Tyson. On January 17, CCAP and CCCS staff, board and volunteers gathered to wish Tyson well in her future endeavors.
Throughout her tenure at CCAP, Tyson was instrumental in establishing Consumer Credit Counseling Service, the ASPIRE program, the Weatherization Assistance Program, and CHDO. Most recently, Patricia held the title of CCCS Director. In every role Tyson held at CCAP, she applied her unique education, skills and experience to make CCAP programs increasingly successful each year.
Tyson will continue her work in the community, serving on multiple boards, and will be performing consulting work in the future.
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Kathy Hall, Executive Assistant at Head Start was recently recognized for as the Prevention Facilitator of the  Year by the Child Advocacy Center. Between April and Dec. Kathy led 13 workshops and trained 192 people in child abuse prevention.
Congratulations Kathy!
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Owen Tracy Celebrates 10 Years with the Weatherization Assistance Program
Owen Tracy, Energy Auditor for Weatherization Assistance Program, recently celebrated 10 years of service with the Cumberland Community Action Program.
"Ten years of service with one organization is a long time," remarks Stephanie Ashley, WAP Director, "We appreciate and value everything Owen has done for us and will continue to do."
Tracy has a history of excellent customer service and high quality work while employed with CCAP, we salute his dedication.
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Head Start Earns "Partner in Prevention" Designation To Protect Children
 CCAP, Inc's Head Start has achieved "Partner in Prevention," a nationally-recognized public standard to end child sexual abuse (CSA). The designation was awarded for Head Start's commitment to protecting children by training over 90-percent of its staff and volunteers to how to prevent, recognize the signs and react responsibly to CSA. "Partner in Prevention" was created as a national standard to help parents and caregivers recognize organizations who take CSA prevention seriously by implementing policy and training staff. The training and designation award is provided by Charleston, SC-based Darkness to Light (D2L). D2L has championed the movement to end CSA since its founding in 2000 and now has education programs in 49 states and 15 foreign countries. D2L's training curriculum points out that CSA is pervasive in a society where it is repressed and not discussed. Thousands of organizations across the U.S. and Canada are now seeking out a dialogue for prevention and they are sending parents and the community a message with the Partner in Prevention distinction. To learn more about CSA prevention training or to enroll your organization in D2L's "Partner in Prevention" program, please visit www.d2l.org. Please also contact D2L Program Coordinator Erika Rowell at 842-965-5444. About Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Crime and behavioral studies have long cited CSA for its devastating impact on society. Statistics are startling, according to the Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse & Neglect: - 95% of abuse is by someone the child knows and trusts.
- 73% of children don't tell anyone until well after the abuse has occurred, if they tell at all.
- Statistically, approximately 500,000 babies born in the U.S. each year will be sexually abused before they reach age 18.
- In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 42 million adult survivors of child sexual abuse.
- CSA is linked to a host of social issues including teen pregnancy, psychiatric disorders and substance abuse.
- CSA ranks second to murder as the most expensive victim crime in the U.S., where costs exceed $35 billion annually.
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Credit Counseling Agencies are Creating Pathways for Financial Success 
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Fayetteville is part of a national network of credit counseling agencies, the NFCC (National Foundation for Credit Counseling.)
A recent article published on Yahoo! Finance shows the success of our agencies and the impact specifically on women in debt.
Check it out to hear these amazing stories: How We Paid of $440,500 in debt
To start your journey toward financial success and stability, call us for an appointment today at (910) 322-3192.
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CROP WALK 2014 
The City of Fayetteville has approved holding the CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, April 13, 2014. The main route is 5K and we have a 1 Mile short route. The running/walking begins at 3PM following
registration. We begin at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on N Cool Spring St., downtown.
Participants may run or walk either route. Runners will start before the walkers. There is police coverage at cross walks and water stations along the route. Participants with dogs are asked to start last and are required to clean up after their pet.
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CCCS and ASPIRE Offer FREE Tax Preparation Until April
For ASPIRE services in Cumberland county, please call 910-223-0116
For ASPIRE services in Sampson county, please call 910-249-4805
For CCCS service, please call 910 - 323-3142 ext: 21
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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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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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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:
- Roberta Foy, SHFB Bus Driver
- Grace Pemberton, SHFB Administrative Assistant
- Tekella Sanders, HS Special Needs Teacher Assistant
- Wanda Seals, HS Substitute
- Quintara Smith, HS Substitute
- Denisha Tyson, HS Teacher Assistant/Bus Monitor
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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 advancement@ccap-inc.org.**
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CROP WALK, April 13, Registration begins at 2:00, Step -off begins at 3:00, Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church.
- First-Time Homebuyers' Workshop, March 22 at Seabrook Resource Center from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm. Limited space available, call (910) 323-3192
**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 advancement@ccap-inc.org.
Editorial Staff:
Editor
Jodi Phelps
Design, Layout, Copyrighting, Photography, Graphics
Courtney Otero
Cumberland Community Action Program Inc.
316 Green St.
Fayetteville, NC 28301
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