Rebuilding Trust + Community / The Violence Interrupters Street Team
Rebuilding Trust + Community / The Violence Interrupters Street Team In 2021, Ernestine and Leslie moved into Klondyke Apartments – just a few doors, and a few weeks apart. For Leslie, 67, Klondyke is her first home in Asheville, after relocating from a lifetime in Raleigh, NC. This is also the first time […]
SPARC’s Executive Director Awarded with 2021 CoThinkk Ally Leader Award
SPARC’s Executive Director Awarded with 2021 CoThinkk Ally Leader Award CoThinkk is dedicated to social change philanthropy by investing our time, talent and treasure to accelerate positive changes in communities of color in Asheville and Western North Carolina. Each year, CoThinkk honors local community leaders who diligently strive to advance communities of color in Asheville and […]
SPARCing Sustainable Careers
SPARCing Sustainable Careers Buncombe County’s INCLUSIVE Hiring Partners joined the great families and energy at Hillcrest! The SPARC Foundation team enjoyed the conversations, food and family fun with community members and partners. Thankful for this time to get to know our neighbors even better and to team with other local employers to successfully bridge opportunity […]
SPARCing Connections Newsletter – August 2021 – Equitable Communities + Services
Lessons with Leasha – August 2021 – One year @ SPARC
Lessons with Leasha – August 2021 – One year @ SPARC Reflections on My 1-Year SPARCiversary It’s hard to believe a full year has passed since I signed on as SPARC’s People and Culture Coordinator! When I applied for and accepted the role, we were in the midst of the first round of […]
SPARC Expands Family Centered Treatment Recovery (FCTR) in WNC
SPARC Expands Family Centered Treatment Recovery (FCTR) in WNC The SPARC Foundation Earns Multi-Year Funding to Expand Innovative Program Serving Families in Crisis Federal agency commits $2 million for Family Centered Treatment Recovery (August 10, 2021, Asheville, NC) – The SPARC Foundation was recently awarded $2 million by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]
SPARCing Connections Newsletter – June 2021
SPARCing Connections Newsletter – June 2021 Celebrating 6 Years of Igniting Connections – Join us HERE
SPARCing Healthy Families – April 2021 Newsletter
SPARCing Healthy Families – April 2021 Newsletter SPARCing Healthy Families – find this month’s Newsletter HERE
Lessons with Leasha – SPARCing Healthy Communication
Lessons with Leasha – SPARCing Healthy Communication How Skills Learned at Work Can be Helpful at Home I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “check your work at the door”, which implies that a person should separate their work life from their home life. One primary focus at SPARC is healthy families. So it is interesting […]
March Newsletter – SPARCing Support for Parents
March Newsletter – SPARCing Support for Parents Click HERE to read now!