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Contact ... CEZ
P O Box 32454
Charlotte, NC 28232
704-375-0635
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Summer Enrichment Camps 
In the dead of winter talking about summer enrichment camps? The Charlotte Empowerment Zone cannot effectively carry out its mission without Church, corporate, and civic (grants) support. Therefore, this is a time of furiously planning for the “Shaping the Future” CEZ summer enrichment camp.
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Chaplin Needed Still Praying
IIt seems like a “Macedonian Call” – the requests from low income Crossroad Apts. and Silverstone Apts. in the gang-ridden Hidden Valley neighborhood to set up our fourth Empowerment Zone there. Because of the make-up of the residency in these apartment complexes, it is critical that the residential chaplain(s) be bi-lingual in Spanish. So far we have not found applicants with all needed qualifications so we simply trust God’s timing. The Chaplaincy (Zone Coordinator) job description and application are posted on our CEZ website (www.cezone.org).
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Tutoring Rewards
The first week of February marks the end of the
second quarter of CMS and posting children’s report cards. Our CEZ
tutoring program rewards children for improving their grades and
making the honor roll with a reward trip to Monkey Joes (who
graciously partner with us to provide free entrance). During the
first quarter, over half of the Oak Park Empowerment tutoring
program qualified and attended. This quarter children from all three
Empowerment Zones will participate, going on February 11th from 11
AM to 1 PM (also receiving lunch and recognition prizes from a CEZ
sponsor). To join us on that day, please call Jeff for details.
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40% of economically disadvantaged children in Charlotte drop out of
school by the 9th grade and 48% do not graduate from high school. By
the fifth grade, these children are typically one to two grade
levels behind in math/reading. For example at Reid Park Elementary
(which serves Pressley Ridge Apartments) only 22.8% of the students
were at grade level in the math this year. Click on the Donate Now
Button to "Make A Difference".
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