There will always be a need for mentors in the community, whether it is for a child who needs tutoring, or an adult who needs support. If you desire to help others directly, mentoring someone in need is a valuable use of your time.
Not only would you be building your resume by sitting on the board of a nonprofit, but your existing resume and relevant life experience may be just what an organization needs to drive them forward.
Often outshined by the excitement of the sport, the Charlotte Knights are much more than a baseball team. They are an organization of hard-workers who give back to their community in so many more ways than you may think. The Charlotte Knights even have a charitable arm solely dedicated to enriching their namesake city.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 9, 2018) – SHARE Charlotte, a one-stop shop to connecting to hundreds of Charlotte nonprofits, today announced the addition of five new members to its board of directors. They are:
“Mommy, what were forests like?”
1,426.
That’s how many trees were cut down in the time it took you to read that sentence. And here’s another number:
15 billion.
The number of trees we lose every single year.
Scared yet? You should be. The world has lost more than half of its trees since the beginning of human civilization.
And like just about every other environmental effect we’ve had on this world, the problem isn’t getting better, it’s getting worse.