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Common Heart www.commonHeart.org Common Heart is a grassroots movement in Union County, NC that started in 2006. Who are we?

Our mission is to foster individual and community engagement to feed hungry families and empower those in poverty, creating a sustainable community where all can thrive. What started as four friends creating a small revolution of kindness has now grown to more than 4,000 friends serving our neighbors each month! Over the years, the core of who we are has remained the same: We seek to create a small revolution of kindness delivering groceries and hope, expanding resources and horizons, and developing empowering and life-changing friendships. The goal: eradicating food insecurity and eliminating generational poverty. We are friends: Just common folks from differing backgrounds and life experiences desiring to serve and make a difference in the lives of our neighbors. We are a community: A community of friends, volunteers, donors, supporters, businesses, community organizations, and faith communities hoping to raise the levels of love, compassion and service to others in our neighborhoods, city, nation and world. We are Common Heart: A small 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization promoting individual and community action, serving people without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, country of origin, legal status, socio-economic class, political affiliations or anything else that divides people. We believe that God is an “equal opportunity lover” of human-kind.

Bins full of cranberry sauce in our pantry warehouse can only mean one thing ... The Great Turkey Countdown is here!! 1,...
10/26/2026

Bins full of cranberry sauce in our pantry warehouse can only mean one thing ... The Great Turkey Countdown is here!! 1,783 turkeys to feed 2,006 families!

Will you help us gather more turkeys? Donate at Turkeys.CommonHeart.org

Your $50 donation provides a frozen turkey and the fixin's for one family.

Your generosity helps neighbors like Beth, who recently came to Common Heart for an emergency food box.

After 16 years with the same company, she lost her job more than a year ago. Despite applying to hundreds of jobs, she’s still searching.

As someone who spent years helping others in our community, asking for help herself was difficult.

“I should have come in sooner, but I just kept thinking I’d get a job,” she said through tears. “When I was working, my company would volunteer at food pantries, and it always made me feel good. But I never truly understood the impact. I do now.”

Your gift will help neighbors like Beth feel the same care and kindness she once gave to others.

Our volunteers put the HEART in Common Heart! ❤These ladies found not one, not two, not three... but FOUR heart-shaped p...
10/24/2026

Our volunteers put the HEART in Common Heart! ❤

These ladies found not one, not two, not three... but FOUR heart-shaped potatoes last week while they were sorting and bagging produce for our evening food pantries. What a find!

Are you ready to serve? Our biggest volunteer needs right now are from 3-5 p.m. weekdays to sort and pack fresh produce, meat and bread for our evening pantries.

Get all the details and sign up online: CommonHeart.org/Volunteer

Staff members from our Economic Empowerment department recently returned from the national "Together We Thrive" conferen...
10/23/2026

Staff members from our Economic Empowerment department recently returned from the national "Together We Thrive" conference presented by Emerge Solutions in Wichita, Kansas.

Our Executive Director Keith Adams and Economic Empowerment Director Detrina Little were both presenters during the conference.

It was a wonderful time of networking and learning how we can better support our neighbors facing poverty!

10/23/2026

What a fantastic Poverty Simulation today with our friends at South Piedmont Community College and Thrive Union!!

Could you survive one month in poverty? What if one unexpected event changed everything? Today's participants got the chance to find out!

Would your school, church or organization be interested in hosting a Poverty Simulation? Call Detrina at 704-870-0012 or email [email protected] for details.

10/23/2026
1,791 to go to feed 2,006 families!!! Yep, the Great Turkey Countdown continues! Your $50 donation provides a frozen tur...
10/23/2026

1,791 to go to feed 2,006 families!!! Yep, the Great Turkey Countdown continues!

Your $50 donation provides a frozen turkey and the fixin's for one family. Donate online at Turkeys.CommonHeart.org

Volunteer driver slots are OPEN and three slots are already full! Don't wait to reserve your pick up time for delivery day on Saturday, Nov. 21! Sign up online at Turkeys.CommonHeart.org

*If you'd like to donate by check (payable to Common Heart), mail to: Common Heart, PO Box 2761, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Write “Turkeys” in the memo line.

*We can begin to accept frozen turkeys on Nov. 16.

  with our new friends at Nature's Own who are donating delicious breads of all kinds 2x/week to help our neighbors faci...
10/22/2026

with our new friends at Nature's Own who are donating delicious breads of all kinds 2x/week to help our neighbors facing food insecurity!

We're happily sharing this bounty with other local food pantries, too.

How can your business help? Learn more about this "small revolution of kindness" on our website: CommonHeart.org

The nonperishables are coming in ... But where are the TURKEYS??? 1,852 to go to feed 2,006 families!!! Yep, the Great T...
10/22/2026

The nonperishables are coming in ... But where are the TURKEYS??? 1,852 to go to feed 2,006 families!!! Yep, the Great Turkey Countdown continues!

Your $50 donation provides a frozen turkey and the fixin's for one family. Donate online at Turkeys.CommonHeart.org

Volunteer driver slots are OPEN and two slots are already full! Don't wait to reserve your pick up time for delivery day on Saturday, Nov. 21! Sign up online at Turkeys.CommonHeart.org

*If you'd like to donate by check (payable to Common Heart), mail to: Common Heart, PO Box 2761, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Write “Turkeys” in the memo line.

*We can begin to accept frozen turkeys on Nov. 16.

1,872 turkeys to go to feed 2,006 families!!! Yep, the Great Turkey Countdown is in full swing!Your $50 donation provide...
10/21/2026

1,872 turkeys to go to feed 2,006 families!!! Yep, the Great Turkey Countdown is in full swing!

Your $50 donation provides a frozen turkey and the fixin's for one family. Donate online at Turkeys.CommonHeart.org

Volunteer driver slots are OPEN and two slots are already full! Don't wait to reserve your pick up time for delivery day on Saturday, Nov. 21! Sign up online at Turkeys.CommonHeart.org

*If you'd like to donate by check (payable to Common Heart), mail to: Common Heart, PO Box 2761, Indian Trail, NC 28079. Write “Turkeys” in the memo line.

Today's   request is for our neighbors with special dietary needs - no salt added or unsalted soups, brown rice and whol...
10/21/2026

Today's request is for our neighbors with special dietary needs - no salt added or unsalted soups, brown rice and whole wheat pasta.

Can you help? Our Wish List: https://a.co/6xFpukW

Volunteers deliver to 216 neighbors with diabetic or heart-healthy diets each month and these are much-needed staples!

You can also always drop off nonperishables at our Indian Trail office using the boxes out front (116 Business Park Drive, suite A, Indian Trail, NC 28079). For a full list of our drop off locations: FoodDrives.CommonHeart.org

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116 Business Park Drive, Indian Trail
Indian Trail, NC
28079

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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