In its continuous efforts to assist with COVID-19 relief efforts, The Charlotte Hornets Foundation joined the Foundation for the Carolinas and its Charlotte Community Affairs Professionals group to outfit a new 66-room location of the newly-named Roof Above (formerly the Urban Ministry Center Men’s Shelter of Charlotte).
As Roof Above continues to re-imagine its work in light of COVID-19, a big part of that reimagining has centered on how they can continue to meet the needs of those experiencing homelessness, especially because they are anticipating their numbers will grow in light of economic turmoil. In the past, Roof Above opened its doors wider, putting cots down in dining rooms and mattresses in lobbies to serve more people.