Our partners play a key role in financially supporting our capsules of information programs. Without the continued support of these organization, Connecting Community would not be able to achieve its goals.

Z Camp

Z Camp is a group of 50 zumba instructors in NC that started in 2021 as a casual gathering for zumba instructors in January 2021 (outdoors in the middle of the pandemic). After a second event, the idea was born to open the invitation to all instructors and to use this group to help the community. In May 2021, Zumba®Camp organized a Zumbathon for racial equity, supporting Fiesta Cristina, an Apex based non profit organization that among other programs offers a school tutoring program called “Semillas de Unidad” for Hispanic kids and their families to help them succeed in the educational system. Zumba®camp promoted the organization and raised funds so that more families could access this resource. The mayor of Apex, NC -Jacques Gilbert- was invited and he gave all his support to the group. Since then, more connections were made,and Zumba Camp has supported and collaborated in more than 12 events to create awareness of different organizations and to build a more diverse community supporting different festivals and community celebrations.

Root Causes

Root Causes in Durham, NC is an incubator for students interested in innovative social drivers of health interventions through service, advocacy, education and research. With the empowering help of their partners they strive to reduce the barriers impacting access to healthy foods, housing, and environments, as well as providing support for voter registration and safe exercise participation. Their fresh produce program is committed to improving community health by addressing nutrition insecurity and improving our local food system through innovation, partnership, and research. Root Causes work with local health providers to identify food insecure community members and deliver locally sourced fresh fruits, vegetables, and nutrition education to their doorsteps at no cost. They also have a walk up table available every Saturday morning from 9AM-10:30AM at Farmer Foodshare’s warehouse (902 N Mangum St in Durham) where any and all community members can receive fresh food–no identification or referral is required. 

Diaper Train (formerly Saint Saviour’s Center)

Diaper Train in Raleigh, NC is committed to improving the lives of children and families by providing direct access to diapers, ultimately working to end diaper poverty. As the only diaper bank exclusively serving Wake County, we believe that no family should ever have to worry about how they’ll get their next diaper. Diaper Train is unique in that we provide diapers to Wake County residents in two ways: directly to families AND via Distribution Partners. These services are provided at no cost to clients and without regard to race, color, creed, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, or religion. Diaper Train distributes diapers directly to individuals with a referral through their location on Tucker Street. To receive diapers, families must meet the following requirements: Have a current referral on file from one of our community partner agencies.