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Apparo

Charlotte, NC

Success Stories

Success Stories

WINGS - Women Initiating and Nurturing Growth through Scholarships

Women Initiating and Nurturing Growth through Scholarships (WINGS) is a program for non-traditional female students facing economic challenges. This life-changing program helps them improve their circumstances through education in Charlotte-area universities.

Through our Tech Therapy program, Apparo has helped ensure academic success and economic mobility for the Scholars since 2014 by providing laptop sourcing, set up, and training.

Impact Update: Checking in with The Lupus Foundation of America, North Carolina

Seeking ways to engage and support homebound individuals living with Lupus, The Lupus Foundation of America, North Carolina participated and Apparo's 2016 Technology Innovation Award (now the Mission Possible Award program.) The impact of this work is still being felt today.

Impact Update: OMITT Trade School, Apparo and Duke Energy

OMITT leadership reached out to Apparo with a dream of a computer lab that would allow them to expand their job training programs, helping more recently incarcerated and other under-prepared individuals embark on life-sustaining careers.

Apparo, Bank of America and Habitat Charlotte

Habitat Charlotte reached out to Apparo for help to improve their processes so that more families could find housing they could afford in the long term. Bank of America stepped in to help.
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Leveraging technology to create positive social change.

Recent Projects & Nonprofit Partner Updates

Impact Update: ZABS Place, Application Selection Community Impact Project

ZABS Place received support from Centric Consulting to help identify & select an application that will track and manage the special talented young adults that go through their programs.

Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte + Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company + Apparo

Impact Update: Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte, SQL Database + Reporting Community Impact Project

Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company is helping Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte and Our Towns Habitat consolidate data into one database and set up needed reports.

SoftwareOne Team annd Loaves & FIshes Executive Director at Loaves & Fishes Warehouse

Impact Update: Loaves & Fishes Moves to the Cloud

Volunteers from SoftwareONE have helped Loaves & Fishes migrate to SharePoint and OneDrive in order to improve their efficiency.

Impact Magazine: Fall 2020 Edition

Every quarter Apparo curates the impact you – our donors, volunteers, word-of-mouthers, and overall advocates – have made possible. We hope you enjoy!

Impact Update: Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte

Apparo matched a volunteer team from AAA Carolinas to provide Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte with a comprehensive technology assessment, identification of gaps and recommendations for improvement.

100 Gardens project team photo at project wrap

Impact Update: Checking in with 100 Gardens

The tools 100 Gardens put into place as a result of their Community Impact Project have significantly improved their organizational effectiveness.