// archives

ada jenkins

This tag is associated with 12 posts

Affordable housing agency will become part of Ada Jenkins

June 9. Community Link in Charlotte, a non-profit that has helped clients obtain affordable housing, will become part of the Ada Jenkins Center. Community Link will discontinue operations as an […]

Ada Jenkins Center needs your help: LEARN Works – Volunteer Opportunities

Dec. 18. The Ada Jenkins Center is urging you to  welcome 2025 in  a way that makes a  lasting impact. The center needs volunteers to help  give the gift of […]

Time for contestants to register for Ada Jenkins Food Fight

Sept. 9. Contestant registration is now open for the Ada Jenkins Center’s annual Food Fight competition where restaurants and home chefs compete to be named the best in categories like, […]

New volunteer opportunities at Ada Jenkins Center

Aug. 28. The Ada Jenkins Center has expanded with two new after-school programs to help area families, which means new volunteer opportunities: Drop In and Volunteer any or all weekdays, […]

Spots open in 2 Ada Jenkins after-school programs

Aug. 5. The Ada Jenkins Center is expanding with two new after-school programs: —Kindergarten-level spots in Ada Jenkins Center’s LEARN Works program, the only free after school academic program in […]

Growing after school program needs volunteers

June 25. Ada Jenkins Center’s LEARN Works program—the only free after-school academic program in North Meck—needs volunteers to help as the program grows. LEARN Works currently serves local elementary school […]

‘Food Fight’ Nov. 4 supports Ada Jenkins Center

Oct. 18. The Ada Jenkins Center’s community “Food Fight,” a friendly competition among area chefs and restaurants, takes place Saturday, Nov. 4 from 11:30 am to 2 pm. Participating restaurants […]

Ada Jenkins Center offering tax assistance services

March 16. The Ada Jenkins Center is hosting two program sites — Davidson and Huntersville — for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE). VITA volunteers will […]

Dan Houston, standing, emceed the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce diversity council's discussion with, from left, Ruby Houston, Ron Potts and Betty Caldwell.

The ‘what’s next’ after Black History Month

March 15. By TL Bernthal.  Even with Black History Month celebrations over, there are things anyone can do as a “what’s next” in race relations. In February, which is Black […]

Ada Jenkins Center seeks input from food truck operators on kitchen makeover

Feb. 15. The Ada Jenkins Center will use part of its American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to make over its campus kitchen and cafeteria. “We are in the […]