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Fifteen ways to serve LKN

BY RENEE ROBERSON

The residents of Lake Norman care, in so many ways, whether it is addressing food insecurity, housing needs, the digital divide, or those experiencing other difficult times in their lives. Want to get involved? Below you’ll find 15 local ways you can serve. Many of these suggestions are places that we’ve likely featured in CURRENTS over the years. Spread kindness!

1. Donate items like men’s, women’s and children’s clothing along with blankets, sheets, and comforters at Lydia’s Loft in Huntersville.

2. Have the youth in your home sign up to be a volunteer at Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson.

3. Get together a team of family, friends, or co-workers for a service project at Hope House Foundation in Huntersville.

4. Sign up to be a driver and help deliver bagged lunches to area schools each week through Bags of Hope.

5. Organize a supply drive for Children’s Hope Alliance in Barium Springs.

6. Train to be a volunteer at Angels & Sparrows: A Community Table and Resource in Huntersville. 7. Donate a laptop from your business or organization to E-2-D. org and help eliminate the digital divide for area students.

8. Become an animal foster for Lake Norman Humane.

9. Donate household items at the Cornelius location of the Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region ReStore.

10. Volunteer for set building, clean-up days, usher and box office help at Davidson Community Players.

11. Donate a Kuranda Dog Bed to Happy Tails Rescue, Inc.

12. Help provide basic hygiene and feminine products to women and girls in the community through Well Equipped Period.

13. Help residents who don’t have access to affordable health care with a donation to Lake Norman Community Health Clinic in Huntersville.

14. Volunteer at the various fundraising events at Davidson Housing Coalition or help provide maintenance support at the DHC’s properties.

15. Learn how you can get involved with Davidson Lands Conservancy.