CARE Center and Rapid Re-Housing Programs 1st Annual Mistletoe Empty Bowls Fundraising event. Join with community partners, silent audion, custom made bowls, and homemade food.
SVdP CARES Charlotte CARE Center (CCC) and SVdP CARES Rapid Re-Housing Programs in Charlotte are going back to our roots with our l51Annual Mistletoe Empty Bowls, bringing attention to the devastating impact homelessness has on people.Our goal is to engage the community in support of a solutions-based response to rapidly re-house individuals, Veterans, and families with children, without barriers. We want to work together to end homelessness and hunger. Sponsoring the 2026 Mistletoe Empty Bowls Campaign is an investment in the lives of the families with children, friends, neighbors, and US heroes who enter the doors of the Charlotte CARE Center seeking a new chance on life.
SVdP CARES provides assistance in a 22-county service area to prevent and end homelessness for individuals, families with children, and Veterans who have low, extremely low, or no income.While the level and type of assistances vary, all programs are housing focused, with the goal of permanence. SVdP CARES models its programs on the principles of “Housing First,” with a healthy disregard for all community-perceivedbarriers to housing including employment history, criminal/credit background, mental health, addiction, or religious practices.SVdP CARES works to rapidly house those experiencing homelessness within 30 days and concurrently connect them to stabilization support services to assist their needs, with the understanding that stable housing is the only solution to ending homelessness.
Direct services offered by the Charlotte CARE Center and Rapid Re-Housing Programs include case management, emergency shelter, rapid re-housing, prevention and diversion assistance, hot meals and food pantry, hygiene supplies, and other general support.Prevention and rapid re-housing are available to Veteran and non-Veteran households. 21 employees and 104 volunteers provide assistance to help carry out Charlotte CARE Center services and Rapid Re-Housing Programs services, while many other individuals and groups volunteer for special projects throughout the year.
SVdP CARES Charlotte CARE Center and Rapid Re-Housing Program highlights some of our FY 2025 outcomes:
- Provided 45,000+ meals at the Food Center.
- Served over 1,600 people since services began in 2013, through the rapid re-housing and homeless prevention programs.
- Supplied clothing, household items, furnishings, and beds to families with children, individuals, and Veterans.
- Our homelessness prevention programs achieved a 100% success rate among all participants, including Veterans.
- Since 2013, 76.9%of families with children, individuals, and Veterans who participated in housing programs were lifted out of homelessness and into permanence.
Additionally, SVdP CARES Charlotte CARE Center and Rapid Re-Housing connects clients-365 days a year-to life sustaining resources that improve access to employment, health, and financial stability.
Exclusive presenting rights to Mistletoe Empty Bowls 2026 • 16 tickets• all the benefits below
BRONZE sponsorship is available for $500 with 2 tickets to the event
If paying by check, please make payable to “SVdP CARES CCC” with “Mistletoe Empty Bowls 2026 Sponsorship” in the memo portion. Checks may be mailed to: SVdP CARES CCC, 1476 Kenesaw St. Port Charlotte, FL. 33948