Do Good Charlotte
We could all use more "good." In Do Good Charlotte, a podcast from SHARE Charlotte, award-winning journalist Pamela Escobar talks with the people spreading good around the Queen City each and every day.
Episodes
August 26, 2025 • 28 mins
Courtnie Goble used her own experience navigating the college admissions process solo to creat The Academy of Goal Achievers, which connects students with mentors who walk this journey with them…and she’s joins host Pamela Escobar to talk about their work and how you can help.
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August 5, 2025 • 38 mins
This episode is a perfect example of how a single moment of awareness can spark an entire movement.
When Emmanuel and Adrienne Threatt went on their first date in uptown Charlotte more than a decade ago, they kept noticing homelessness around them. Specifically, they noticed people struggling with things many of us take for granted: a hot shower, clean laundry, even brushing our teeth.
So, they took action.
Emmanual and Adrienn...
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July 22, 2025 • 31 mins
This is the 100th episode of Do Good CLT!
It all started back in February 2019 with a simple idea: Shine a light on all the good happening right here in Charlotte.
We wanted to create something that reminded people of that. And more importantly, that we can do good.
Since that very first episode, we've had the privilege of sitting down with more than a hundred nonprofits doing incredible work—organizations walking alongside fam...
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July 8, 2025 • 21 mins
Communities in Schools Charlotte sees every day how removing barriers can completely change a student's trajectory.
Host Pamela Escobar welcomes back CIS President and CEO Men Tchaas Ari, to share the incredible work CIS is doing in our schools, and Dwight Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Duke Energy, to talk about their partnership in making this Shop for Good campaign possible.
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June 26, 2025 • 30 mins
Mitchell's House provides counseling and therapy for seriously ill children and their families. It’s filling a critical gap in our healthcare system where medical treatment ends, but emotional support is desperately needed.
Host Pamela Excober is joined by its founder, Meg McElwain, who channeled her grief into creating this resource, and Ashley Witt McGarrell, whose family has found crucial emotional support through Mitchell's Ho...
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June 12, 2025 • 22 mins
FeedNC in Mooresville feeds needy families through groceries and meals, and also help train people for jobs, connect them with resources, and offer up great programs for kids.
In this episode, host Pamela Escober is joined by Director of Operations Dawson Graham and Development Coordinator
Karen Belgrader, who, together, are bringing a fresh perspective to FeedNC's mission to not just preserve dignity, but restore it.
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May 27, 2025 • 30 mins
Emerald School of Excellence is an accredited recovery high school in Charlotte serving students from NC and SC.
Host Pamela Escobar talks with the creator of Emerald School, Mary Ferreri, and Nicole Higginbotham, a parent of an Emerald student and now, their Community Development Officer.
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May 13, 2025 • 23 mins
When organizations come together with a shared vision, everything can change.
And that's where United Way of Greater Charlotte comes in.
Host Pamela Escobar is joined by United Way of Greater Charlotte President and CEO Kathryn Firmin-Sellers to hear how this kind of collaboration can create lasting change.
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April 22, 2025 • 27 mins
MeckMIN doesn’t just talk about unity. It creates spaces where it happens, from interfaith dinners to solidarity events.
Their impact ripples outward. Through their work, neighbors who might never have met are finding common ground.
Host Pamela Escobar is joined by Rev. LeDayne McLeese Polaski, MeckMIN's Executive Director, and Glenn Smith, who is being honored for his organization’s work in the community.
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April 15, 2025 • 31 mins
Through summer rock camps, music lessons, and workshops, We Rock Charlotte empowers kids and teens to stand up for themselves and each other—loudly and proudly.
Pamela Escobar is joined by co-founder Krystle Baller, along with Stephanie Klein—who started as a student and now helps lead the program that shaped her.
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March 25, 2025 • 30 mins
Grooming Greatness creatively grooms and empowers youth ages 9-16 primarily from underserved communities through exposure to cultural experiences, literacy, visual and performing arts.
Host Pamela Escobar talks with Grooming Greatness Founder Monique Stubbs, and Board Member Rita Garnto
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March 4, 2025 • 34 mins
Fearless Brown Girls, empowers underserved and underrepresented high school girls to achieve financial confidence and independence, working to bridge the racial wealth gap, starting with our future leaders.
Host Pam Escobar talks with FBG Executive Director Diana Williams, and Ayre Cupid, a FBG mentee and program participant.
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February 18, 2025 • 26 mins
About fourteen percent of children here are living in poverty – and this isn't just a temporary struggle. It's a shadow that can follow them their entire lives. These children are statistically likely to remain on a low income as adults, trapped in a cycle that seems almost impossible to break.
But Families Forward believes in impossible.
Host Pam Escobar talks with Tatiyana Laws, Director of Programming, and Erica Blount, VP of th...
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February 4, 2025 • 30 mins
SHARE Charlotte is highlighting organizations that create safe havens for patients and families navigating medical care.
Facing extended medical treatment is already a difficult situation. But if you’re from out of town and need to find a place to stay nearby, that just adds another layer of stress.
The Hospitality House of Charlotte lifts a weight off people’s shoulders. Their 20-bedroom house offers more than just a place to sle...
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January 21, 2025 • 27 mins
This January, SHARE Charlotte is focusing on organizations that provide crucial support to families during some of their most challenging moments – when their children are receiving medical care.
Host Pam Escobar talks with Kristin Young, the Chief Advancement Officer at Ronald McDonals House of Charlotte, and Diana Warth, the Chief Development Officer.
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December 4, 2024 • 54 mins
Recorded live at Share Charlotte's Giving Tuesday event at Optimist Hall on December 3, 2024. Host Pamela Escobar talks with four local non-profits doing good in Charlotte, about their missions and their needs this giving season.
Guests:
Autumn Well, Executive Director, International House
Tere Gonzalez, Executive Director, Circle de Luz
Leanna Calvin, Executive Director, Exposure Project
Donna Dunlap, President & CEO, Big Broth...
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November 5, 2024 • 24 mins
Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte mobilizes contractors, community volunteers, and a skilled construction team to provide critical home repairs and accessibility modifications for free to low-income homeowners.
Host Pamela Escobar is joined by Rebuilding Together's Will Rimer, and volunteer and board member Maghan Cook.
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October 29, 2024 • 24 mins
The Park Community Development Corporation (The Park CDC) was established by The Park Church in 2018. Its goal is to support the West Charlotte community through initiatives focused on affordable housing, healthy living, and economic mobility.
Host Pamela Escobar talks with Danyae Thomas, who is the Director of Programming & Strategic Partnerships for the Park CDC, and Herb Wilson, a resident.
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October 11, 2024 • 60 mins
Hurricane Helene recently devastated our mountain towns. Our hearts ache for western NC, and as a state, we're uniting to help our neighbors rebuild.
We can all contribute, and many already have. But the road to recovery is long, which is why we're bringing you this special edition of Do Good Charlotte.
In this episode, we highlight three organizations making a unique impact in the recovery effort – and showing you how you can pi...
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October 1, 2024 • 23 mins
A-C-4-Ed is Charlotte's largest nonprofit provider of Early Childhood programming. Host Pamela Escobar talks with Jared Keaton from A-C-4-Ed, and parent Nadia Omally, whose child participated in their Head Start programs
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