Caterpillar Ministries

Caterpillar Ministries offers programming for the children, families and larger community living in Huntington Green Mobile Home Park. The park is a multicultural and multiethnic community facing extreme poverty, high educational drop-out rate, increasing problems with addiction, and chronic unemployment. Caterpillar Ministries provides various services for more than 150 children living throughout the 340 trailer community in order to assist community members in overcoming these challenges. The organization is chaired and administered by Anne Crawford (North American Mission Board Missionary), and supported with the help of over 130 local volunteers from the Huntersville community. The organization's services are focused around four key areas: academic education, spiritual education, resource development, and social and emotional support.

Previous and Ongoing programs and services include:
1) After-school tutoring program, partnering with Blythe Elementary School.
2) Summer lunch program, partnering with Angels and Sparrows Soup Kitchen. The three year program has distributed over 10,000 lunches within Huntington Green.
3) Free School Supplies Give-Away, a three year event supporting over 100 kids.
4) Numerous student recreation activities, including soccer and ballet classes.
5) Summer reading program, a three year program encouraging summer reading and maintaining academic reading levels.
6) Establishment of six small Bible study groups for elementary age children.
7) Continually provide family mediation and conflict resolution, when needed.
8) Assist annually with month long Bible education and recreation camps.
9) Provide resource assistance in emergency and crisis situations.
10) Local partnership with EarthFare Grocery Store, distributing free food to community and promoting sustainable food practices.
11) Free preschool program two days a week for 4 year olds.

Partnerships: Angels and Sparrows Soup Kitchen, Blythe Elementary, Radiant Life Fellowship, Ardent Faith Ministries, Christ Community Church, Lake Norman Baptist Church, Lake Forest Church, Lake Haven Church, EarthFare Grocery Store, and numerous community individual supporters.