Stories of Impact
- WAKE COUNTY, NC (January 2008) - Have you ever wanted to volunteer, to help out some way in your community, but didn't know where to start? In Wake County, North Carolina, an organization called ME³ is working to solve that very problem. ME³ (which stands for...
- MAGNOLIA, NC (December 2007) - As a young child, all Lillie Sanders had to ward off winter chills on the way to school was her grandmother's old housecoat. "I didn't want to make grandma feel bad, so I wore the coat to the bus stop, then hid it in the woods and got on the...
- (November 2008) November is American Indian Heritage Month! Ivey, a young native woman from Hoke County, NC, shares with us her journey to discover her heritage, and the inspiration she received to make a difference in her community. Click on the picture below to view or download...
- (October 2007) - All throughout North Carolina, women are celebrating the powerful community impact they can have via the collective giving of giving circles and women's funds. Through our partnership with Creative Philanthropy, we've had the pleasure of working with many of these...
- (September 2007) - Hispanic Heritage Month in North Carolina is September 15 through October 15! Join us this month as we celebrate the many contributions of time, talent and treasure Latinos have made throughout the state. ...
- By Sommer Brokaw RALEIGH (February 2007) - On Thursday morning, Feb. 22, when Air Force One touched down at the tarmac at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Jamie Lathan, a Durham mentor, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award from President Bush. "It was very humbling...
- HENDERSON—Janay Carr is a novice when it comes to philanthropy, but she's learning quickly. Carr, 16, is a member of Vance County's "Teens with Power," one of Henderson's newest grant-making organizations. "I thought it was crazy," says Carr when she first was asked along with others her...
- GREENSBORO—Graham Sheridan, Jr., has been on the receiving end of grants, and now he wants to be on the giving end. That's how the 17-year-old senior at Grimsley High School got involved with the Guilford County Teen Grantmaking Council. "I am on the Greensboro Youth Council, and we run...
- RALEIGH—At the outset of summer, nine men and women human services employees and volunteers gathered to talk about their work and how they could do something more to help. It was a wide-ranging conversation. "It went from lipstick to way out," laughs Jacqueline Kehinde who works with...
- RALEIGH—Quilting has a long tradition in the African American community, and Jereann King knows that history. "I learned it from my grandmother," she says, adding that quilters often used their artwork to help those in need. She is a founder of Heritage Quilters, which draws its 20-25...
- RALEIGH—Ken Perry is a big guy. He likes the camaraderie he knew as a member of an ACC championship football team. And he wants to do "something positive" for his African American community. That's partly why he showed up at a meeting of about 35 African American men to listen to...
- RALEIGH—"You will talk to somebody here who will make a difference," promised Darryl Lester as he spoke recently to a packed room at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel here. Lester, president of HindSight, Inc., a non-profit that helps small "giving circles," founded the Community Investment Network...
- DURHAM—North Carolina posted one of the fastest growth rates of Hispanics during the past 10 years. The Triangle was second only to Atlanta in Hispanic growth among metro areas in the most recent Census. One face in that migration belongs to Ivan "Kohar" Parra, 36, the dynamic leader of...
- WINSTON-SALEM—Linsey Mills, a 36-year-old African American financial planner, isn't your Daddy Warbucks level philanthropist. But he is a philanthropist, and he's making more. "My parents were always helping, working in the church," he explains. "I was working at First Union Bank here and I...
- DURHAM—Tim McIntosh, 32, owns a barbershop and hair salon here, and, as he says, "it's a place where people talk." It was talking with one of his clients that McIntosh first learned about the "giving circle concept" and encouraged him to join NGAAP or the Next Generation of African...
- ASHEVILLE (November 6, 2006) -- Some of the state's most inspiring women philanthropists joined together to celebrate and learn from each other at the Homewood Conference Center. The gathering of philanthropists didn't include the usual suspects: Lillie Sanders instead of Oprah Winfrey; Natasha...
- ASHEVILLE (November 6, 2006) -- The North Carolina Network of Women Givers held their first conference at the Homewood Conference Center, providing women an opportunity to celebrate and learn from the successes of other women across the state. The NC Network of Women Givers provides proof of the...
- WINSTON-SALEM, NC (November 6, 2006) - Natasha Gore is not a wealthy young woman. Although she has a Master's degree in public administration, she reports "I love my work; I don't do it for the money and therefore I don't have a lot of money to give in traditional ways." As a professional, Gore...
- WINSTON-SALEM, NC (November 6, 2006) - With a long track record as a dedicated member of the Winston-Salem area philanthropic community, Janie Butler Wilson began to access initiatives with which she'd been involved. "I realized that we'd provided funding for many worthy causes but nothing...
- HERTFORD, NC (November 6, 2006) - Cynthia Brickey has a way of getting involved even when it's not her intention. Take for instance, the one-woman shows she writes and stars in during Black History Month. She didn't intend to become a playwright; but the need was there. The local library asked...
- RALEIGH, NC (November 6, 2006) - Once Arlene Ugbaja actually said the words out loud, she was destined to begin another aspect of her legacy as a philanthropist. "I mused, ‘I think I could start a giving circle,' and that was the catalyst for the creation of Raleigh's ‘Having Our Say' women's...
- ASHEVILLE—Feeling
alone? Not doing much? Want a change? You need to talk to Cindy Littrell. Littrell,
41, is the Assistant Program Coordinator for the Emma Family Resource Center in
West Asheville. Disabled after a
series of auto accidents, she understands what it's...
- RALEIGH—It's not the typical spring break to the beaches of Florida or Bogue Banks. Rather, it's a spring break tour for high school students to historically black universities and colleges and the students keep coming. Keith and Belinda Shannon, who now live in Wake Forest,...
- ASHEVILLE—Andrea
Arias has been a busy woman since arriving in the mountains of North Carolina. She's
cleaned houses, worked in a factory and taught at the local Community
College. She's now a staff person
for the Center for Participatory Change (CPC) here, a small non-profit that
supports...
