Giving an Hour Can Make a Difference

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) invites you to join its team as it helps others make great and small strides toward personal and professional success.

We are not currently accepting new volunteers. Please click here if you would like to be added to our New Volunteer Wait List!

Did you know:

  • In North Carolina more than one million residents cannot read well enough to hold a job.
  • In Mecklenburg County, 20% of all adults are considered functionally illiterate.

You can help teach an individual to learn English as a second language or prepare for a GED exam.

At CPCC you can leave a legacy that reflects not what you took from life,
but what you gave!

Begin Volunteering Today!

If you would like to begin volunteering now you can sign-up through Hands on Charlotte! Hands on Charlotte assists students working at the Foundational Skills Learning Resource Centers at the Central and Harris Campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm and on Thursdays at the Central Campus only from 1:00-2:30pm.  Please contact Hands on Charlotte at 704.333.7471 for additional information.

 

Making a Difference Daily

“The reason I volunteer is because it continuously teaches me something and I enjoy working with other people.  Also, volunteering allows me to support more experienced people and work towards my goals”.

– Mark Anthony, Central Campus Foundational Skills Learning Resource Center Volunteer

"I love making a difference. Going to Goodwill has been so exciting for me. I love working with the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Sight Impaired. Their excitement when they accomplish something is very rewarding.  I love volunteering at Goodwill and helping ABLE"

- Roslyn Meyers, Volunteer at Goodwill Industries

"I am fascinated intellectually by language and literacy acquisition. I enjoy working with people, kids and adults, who are learning to speak, read and write. Beyond intellectual curiosity,  like many others I am convinced that we can strengthen and enrich our community by assuring that all can speak, read, and write English. I want to help out with this. And beyond this, I know from experience that public institutions such as CPCC need public support to succeed. That support includes committees that help organize things."

- Betsy Anderson, Communications and Events Volunteer Committee Member
"Once you stop learning, you stop living!"
- Renee Macon, Communications and Events Volunteer Committee Member
"The tutors have really helped the students and attendance in my class is up because they are able to get one-on-one help when I am not able to help them. I have also seen an increase in math scores when they retake there math test after working with the tutors."
-Cynthia Ham, ABE/GED Instructor, North Campus
“It’s so humbling to know that you can step back and touch another human being through something as simple as reading and writing”
- Joey Popp, Volunteer, Harris Campus ABLE Lab

“I do it because I know that they (the students) need help.”
- Alan Levin, Volunteer, Central and Harper Campus ABLE Labs

“I’m so thankful for the people who are here to help us get our education, because education is so important.”
– Nellie Barbour, Student, Central ABLE Lab

Visit our Success Stories to learn more about people involved in CPCC's Community Development programs!