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SHARE Charlotte has been overwhelmed by the selflessness and generosity of our neighbors, community and corporate partners as we continue to manage a flood of inquiries about how people can do GOOD to support our nonprofit partners during this time of uncertainty. 

We are fortunate to live in a world where technology enables us to come together despite being physically apart, and the need to come together in Charlotte to support our nonprofit community has potentially never been greater. If you have something to give, please consider doing so - the organizations serving Charlotte’s most vulnerable need your help. 

What’s SHARE Charlotte’s role in this crisis? It’s to do what we do best - connect those who want to help Mecklenburg County's nonprofit community to all the ways they can.  

 Check back regularly; we will update the below as we learn of more ways you can support our community’s growing list of needs.   

  

←Use this graphic (you can right click and save it!) and the hashtag #SHAREfromHome on social media to show us how you are doing GOOD from your house (other than stopping the spread of germs), and inspire others to do the same! 

 

 

Do GOOD with your wallet-  give now in response to COVID-19!

• Give directly to a local nonprofit in need 

If you’d like to give directly to a local nonprofit, consider these organizations who have identified their most pressing current needs.  See how each is impacted and exactly what they need on their respective pages under “What We Do”. 

• Be an Angel Donor for a Local Nonprofit 

Are you someone who can afford to quickly write a BIG check that will make a HUGE impact in Mecklenburg County? Our community desperately needs you - adopt one of these angel donor initiatives today!  Check back regularly as new angel donor opportunities continue to be added. 

• Give to the COVID-19 Response Fund

Administered by the Foundation for the Carolinas and United Way of Central Carolinas, this fund will award grants to Charlotte nonprofits who are serving those in our community who are most impacted by current events.  Learn more here - thank you to Lending Tree for their incredibly generous $1M gift to kick off this fund!

• Give to the CMS Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund

This fund will help address the needs of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) students and families while schools are closed. Go to cms-foundation.org/donate, and put “Relief” in the notes section of the donation page.

• Give to the UNC Charlotte Student Emergency Relief Fund

The UNC Charlotte Student Emergency Relief Fund helps current students by providing financial support when they need assistance with unexpected, unforeseen, and unavoidable emergency expenses, including pandemics.
 

Do GOOD with your time - check out these volunteer opportunities you can do from home!

Many nonprofits are small businesses whose operations are being impacted by our current environment in a big way. Since we are all being asked to stay home, below is a list of ways you can SHARE from home! Please note, these volunteer opportunities are not in direct response to the current crisis - but are still needed!  Below are some examples - find a complete list of over 100 “Work from Anywhere” needs here.  

• Classroom Central provides free school supplies to area students in need. They are looking for help creating flash cards.

• Changed Choices is looking for someone to write cards to women who need hope and encouragement after prison.

• Ronald Mcdonald House of Charlotte wants to exchange soda tabs for money at the recycling center, they are looking for a Pop Tab Collectors. 

• Charlotte Village Network helps Seniors to stay in the home and community they love, for as long as possible, by providing vital volunteer services. They are looking for Daily Callers to make 5-15 minute daily calls to one or more of our members to check in with them. The purpose of the call is to make sure the member(s) is/are ok and to find out if they are in need of any of their services.

• Good Soles provides a pair of free steel-toed boots and non-slip shoes to people in transition so they can get the job they need and provide for themselves and their families. They always include a love/hope card inside each box distributed and can use your help signing & writing them.

• Grant Research & Writing for Child Proof Advice, Pineville Neighbors Place, Move for Jenn Foundation and more.

• Social media can be done right from the comfort of your own couch. Volunteer to provide social media assistance for CineOdessey Film Festival, Philips Academy, and WYTV7 Christian Broadcasters Network.

• JazzArts Charlotte is made of educators, cultural art patrons, musicians and individuals dedicated to the continued development of Charlotte’s art heritage. They have opportunities for Graphic Design, Social Media and Newsletter Writer.

• Hands for Holly Memorial Fund provides financial assistance to families in need who are caring for kids with cancer. They need a part-time bookkeeper to work from home to help with Quickbooks, data collection, forecasting and more.

• The Diabetes Family Connection provides year-round recreation-based programs focused on building confidence, optimism, and support for people living with diabetes and their families. You can help them write recognition and thank you cards for their donors and volunteers.

• Arthritis Foundation helps conquer everyday battles through life-changing information and resources, access to optimal care, advancements in science and community connections. You can virtually volunteer for them by completing zip code analyses, creating contact databases, doing research projects, maintaining Microsoft Office records and more.  

• Purple Heart Homes invites the community to write letters to Veterans, thanking them for their service and their sacrifice for our safety and preservation of our country and its freedom. 

(NEW OPPORTUNITIES ADDED 3/25)

• Child Proof Advice helps parents learn how to child-proof their house. They have a variety of remote skilled volunteer opportunities available such as Marketing Assistant, SEO Manager, and more.

• Move for Jen Foundation offers grants to sarcoma researchers and those who have suffered the loss of a limb to sarcoma or other affiliated diseases. You can join one of their Events, Finance, or Marketing & Media Committees to help make a difference. 

• Charlotte Family Housing empowers working families experiencing homelesness through housing, supportive services and advocacy. You can put your Amazon shopping to good use and create a  Welcome Baskets filled with fresh linens and other household items or a Happy Home Bucket.

(NEW OPPORTUNITIES ADDED 4/9)

• Help Parkinson Association of the Carolinas create social media videos communicating that their annual walk has moved to digital: Social Media/Marketing Virtual Walk Volunteer.

• Southend Arts needs a volunteer for Website Redesign, Hospitality, Grant Writing, and Fundraising.

• Queen City Unity is looking for an Ambassador to organize festivals and community events, lead food drives, and more.

• Hands for Holly is looking for a Marketing Manager to guide the strategy for all communications, advertising, social media, and public relations.  

• Foundation for Girls needs help creating snack bags that will be delivered to young girls in need: Virtual: Food Coordinator COVID-19.
   

If you have considered serving as a Board or Committee Member for a local nonprofit as a way to give back with your time and particular skill set, why not start now? Check out these open positions:

Board Positions:

• Hemophilia of North Carolina - Board Member

• Raise a Child of the Carolinas -  Board Member

• Davidson Village Network - Board Member

• Charlotte Village Network - Board Member

• A Brighter Day, BND Ministries - Board of Directors & Committee Chairs 

• Shining Hope Farms - Board Member

• Make An Impact Foundation - Board Ambassador

• Psychology for All - Board Members

• Teaching Fellows Institute - Board member

• Families Forward Charlotte - Board Members

• The Paula Takacs Foundation for Sarcoma Research - Board Member

• Xcel to Fitness (Dream Chasers Organization) - Board Member - Business Networking, School Engagement, OR Event Planning

• Greenhouse Scholars - Development & Advisory Board Member

• Answer Scholarship Fund - Board Member, ANSWER Scholarship

• American Cancer Society - American Cancer Society ResearcHERS Board, American Cancer Society Board - Executive Leadership Council

• American Lung Association  - Local Leadership Board Membership

• Arthritis Foundation - Leadership Board Member

• Kids with Possabilities - Board Member with Marketing Experience

Committee Positions:

• Hemophilia of North Carolina - Committee Member

• Raise a Child of the Carolinas - Fundraising Committee , Finance Committee , Event Planning Committee, Program Committee

• Move for Jenn Foundation - Finance Committee

• Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte - Program Committee Member, External Committee Member

• The Glorious Performance Team - treasury, administrative assistant,accounting,acting coach, counseling and mentors,internships

• Alzheimer's Association - Western Carolina Chapter - The Longest Day Planning Committee Member

• Talented Girls in Action - TGIA Fundraising Committee

• Brave Step - Program Committee Member

• Arthritis Foundation - Charlotte - Jingle Bell Run Committee Member

• Charlotte Village Network - Outreach Committee

• Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy - Advocate from Your Couch for a Stronger N.C.

 

Willing to venture out? 

If you are willing and able to venture out to do GOOD, you can help our local nonprofit partners below, all of whom are taking extra precautions to keep volunteers safe and at the lowest risk possible while they assist with efforts. 

• Join the CharMeck Responds Coalition.  Charlotte-Mecklenburg is coming together in a unified response to the COVID-19 Crisis. The CharMeck Responds Coalition is made up of faith partners, nonprofits, businesses, and other community organizations that are committed to making sure all the members of our community are cared for during this unprecedented time.

(NEW OPPORTUNITIES ADDED 3/25)

• Loaves and Fishes is in need of volunteers who can help pack emergency food boxes (volutneer group sizes are limited to no more than 10 helpers at a time as an extra precaution).
• Second Harvest needs volunteers to help packing and sorting donated produce (they are taking extra precautions during this time of crisis such as limiting size of volunteer groups and additional sanitation measures).
• Give Blood. American Red Cross (Greater Carolinas Region) is calling on those who feel healthy and well to give blood or platelets to help maintain a sufficient supply & avoid any potential shortages.
• Drop off prepared, individual meals for individuals at Hospitality House (they as that no more than two people visit at a time to come in for drop-offs).
• Charlotte Community Health Clinic is in need of nurse volunteers to assist with providing nursing care at two of their community partner sites so CCHC can use existing nursing staff to meet the medical needs at their clinical sites. 
• Learning Help Centers is seeking kids meal packers, drivers and delivery helpers to distribute meals from their caterer to the families they serve.
• Drop off cleaning and sanitation supplies to RunningWorks as the prepare to distribute care packages to those they serve at the end of the month. 
• Pineville Neighbors Place is in need of nonparishable, canned food donations dropped off.
• Pinky Swear is in need ofvolunteers to both gather and drop off donated items. 
• Easily drop off items for donation to Goodwill during this crisis.

Help our front-line healthcare workers get PPE.

Grassroots effort CLTgivePPE (personal protective equipment) is a call to action for our community to donate items that can help keep our healhcare workers healthy and safe during this crisis.  Learn more here - donations can be dropped off at Goodwill Opportunity Campus or Goodwill's Ballantyne store on Thursdays and Saturdays, April 2 - 23, from 12-4pm.

Have something else to give?

If you have a specific way you want to help, or item(s) you want to donate, let us know and we’ll connect you with a nonprofit who needs you! 

Continue to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to learn about additional needs and see how your fellow Charlotteans #SHAREfromHome.