Stories

Some call it stories. Others call it a blog. But here you will find nuggets of goodness to use and -- you guessed it -- SHARE!

#52Tuesdays: Fueling Kids' Potential with Communities In Schools


Tuesdays are kind of a big deal for Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. As a #GivingTuesdayCLT participant since year one, CIS has added valuable volunteers to its Success Coach and Social Capital Bridging programs, among others. The organization has also gained community awareness by using the #GivingTuesdayCLT toolkit that SHARE Charlotte offers to all participating nonprofits.

#52Tuesdays: YMCA's Giving Challenge Sends 30 Kids to Camp



Kayaking, fishing, horseback riding, and pottery are just a few of the countless and creative activities campers can spend their summer doing at the YMCA’s Camp Thunderbird.

Camp Thunderbird is an overnight camp where campers find a safe, inspiring place to become their best selves and with over 100 acres of land, and nearly two miles of lakefront on Lake Wylie, this natural playground has plenty of room for all of that self growth and personal development.

#52Tuesdays: Dottie Rose Foundation and Harvey B. Gantt Center

Repeat after me: local nonprofits are not in competition, they are in collaboration.

When Dr. Sharon Jones, founder of Dottie Rose Foundation, met Angie Chandler,  Senior Manager of Educational Initiatives + Public Program for the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Art + Culture last #GivingTuesdayCLT, a collaboration that would strengthen the ties between art and technology for young minds was born.

#52Tuesdays: A Whole Lot of GOOD Came to Town

 

Earlier this month, Charlotte played host to the annual #GTCommunitySummit where leaders from #GivingTuesday communities near and far gathered to share ideas, learn from one another’s successes (and failures), and, perhaps most importantly, dream about the future of #GivingTuesday.

Never heard of #GivingTuesday? Let’s catch you up to speed…

#52Tuesdays: A Journey to the Special Olympics World Games, Erykah’s Story

 

Most people have heard of the Special Olympics, but do you know about the Special Olympics World Games? They just took place this past March 14-21 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This  multi-sport event for athletes with intellectual disabilities is no small gig- check out these numbers:

  • 7,000+ Athletes

  • 170+ Countries Represented

  • 2,500 Coaches

#52Tuesdays: Charlotte is Creative and Brixx Pizza, A Partnership Easy As Pie



Brixx Pizza is GOOD. That is a fact.

Here’s another fact- Brixx Pizza does a whole lot of GOOD for the Charlotte community.

Have you ever noticed the feeling you get walking into a Brixx Pizza location? No, not hunger. The other one, the feeling that you are welcome.

That is not an accident- Brixx Pizza strives for each of their five Charlotte locations to be neighborhood restaurants that welcome everyone and that are involved in the community that surrounds them.