Good Morning America To Showcase Holy Angels’ Work With People With Disabilities in the Charlotte Area

ABC's Good Morning America plans a live broadcast from Charlotte next Tuesday. The show will put Holy Angels in the spotlight: a group that opens doors for workers with disabilities. Viewers can catch this story during the My Kind of Town Series about local changemakers.

Will Ganss, ABC's field reporter, visited Holy Angels' downtown Belmont shops. He met with CEO Kerri Massey to learn about their work. The group runs stores that give jobs to workers with disabilities, using store profits to fund support programs.

"The only thing sweeter than the iced tea here at Cherubs Cafe is the community I've gotten to know in Belmont," said Ganss in a statement to CharlotteFive.

The TV team stopped at several spots: Cherubs Cafe, Cotton Candy Factory, and Bliss Gallery. These places do double duty as shops and training sites where workers build skills.

During his time there, Ganss praised the group's work. "From our very first conversation to this week's visit, the team at Holy Angels has welcomed me with open arms, sharing their incredible story of service to the community for the last seven decades," he said.

Holy Angels keeps five shops running in Charlotte's outskirts. Besides their Belmont spots, they run Market on Main and Spruced Goose Station: a gift shop and eatery in McAdenville.

This TV spot shines a light on 70 years of community service. Through the years, Holy Angels has made its mark by mixing business with purpose.

"It's a reminder that sometimes we only need to look down the street to find people who are truly making our community, and our world, a little kinder and a little brighter," Ganss noted in his statement.

Watch Good Morning America tomorrow at its usual time this Tuesday to see Holy Angels' story. The show will tell how this group builds bridges between jobs and community support through local business.