Charlotte is a beautiful city that is known for its tourist attractions and skyscrapers and is the third fastest growing major city in the United States. However, behind all of its advancement, Charlotte is a city with high disability and poverty rates. From age 21 to 64, about 48% of the male population and 52% of the female population are listed with disability. A fairly alarming number of people also receive education of less than high school degree. Disability and poor education are either results of or both leading to poverty, which in turn will create further problems.

        We are hoping to raise more public awareness regarding this topic and what could be the consequences of it. We will be focusing on helping at different service sites with disabled individuals, building community, and public-provided clinics/food bank/centers. Our reflections will mainly cover how disability is not something people can help and how much it can affect one’s life. We also hope to give encouragement to those with disabilities from the small gestures that we can offer them while we are there.

Last tuesday we received our participants! We revealed our location to them through Cake Pops that had letters in them. We are very excited to leave in two short weeks.