Volunteering can work even when you’re crazy busy! Check out this quick opportunity to do good:
Nonprofit: Hope House Foundation
When: Flexible
Where: At nonprofit’s location
Who: Individuals or groups, 18 and up
Why: Hope House provides a comfortable home environment and support services for women and children who are homeless in the Lake Norman area.
What you’ll do: Sort donations
Are you making a New Year’s resolution about volunteering or getting more involved in the community? We love that! Here are three tech-friendly ways to keep track of them.
Lift - This app employs coaching, community, and data to help you be your best and it’s available on iPhone or Android.
Volunteering can work even when you’re crazy busy! Check out this quick opportunity to do good:
Nonprofit: Alzheimer's Association
When: Ongoing Team
Where: Flexible/One time
Who: Group or family
Some people watch fashion trends or the stock market. We’re watching giving in Charlotte. As we kick off 2015, here’s what we’ve seen over the past few months that’s hot, and what’s not, in volunteering.
What’s In:
Volunteering can work even when you’re crazy busy! Check out this quick opportunity to do good:
When: One-time project
Where: Flexible
Who: Individuals (age 18 and up)
On December 2nd, folks here in Charlotte pledged over 9,000 volunteer hours for our community. If you were one of those community heroes, first of all we’d like to say “thanks”! We each have a critical role to play in making Charlotte the best it can be!
It's probably no surprise that the most popular post from November's Smarty SHARE blog was about holiday giving. The time for some of these ideas has passed, but there's still good info here for the last minute shopper (and don't forget that giving can happen at any time of the year)!
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Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store. – Dr. Seuss
Volunteering can work even when you’re crazy busy! Check out this quick opportunity to do good:
Project Scientist
December 15, 2014 from 2-4pm
Where: Packard Place
Who: Individuals (age 15 and up)
Why: Project Scientist educates, coaches and advocates for girls who have a passion, aptitude and talent for STEM. The packages you'll help put together provide more STEM opportunities for past students.
What you’ll do:
Last week's celebration of giving - #GivingTuesdayCLT - was a community-wide effort. Here's a quick look back at just a few of the highlights!
It's time to revisit reader favorites from October! Last month the post loved the most was about...the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF. Check it out - we hope you find an exciting way to get involved!
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“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” – Martin Luther