SHARE Charlotte

📣 Calling all CLT Young Professionals! We know you’re looking to DO GOOD in the Queen City and we want to help you connect to Charlotte’s incredible creative arts organizations. 🎭🎷🎨🎤 Come mix and mingle with us on September 25 at Lenny Boy Brewing from 6-8pm for #YPMIXERCLT, presented by U.S. Bank. You’ll get to see performances in art, music, dance, DJs, live music, opera, ballet, comedy, slam poetry, and more! Best of all, you’ll discover how you can engage, volunteer, and give back to our creative community! Invite a friend and get your ticket today at https://lnkd.in/d-T3ZMEY. Thank you Charlotte Is Creative for your partnership in this event!

The Arts Empowerment Project Annual Fundraiser 🎉 SAVE THE DATE FOR October 16, 2024!  Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: The Mint Museum Uptown. Proceeds from this event and the silent auction will help continue the organization’s mission of breaking cycles of trauma by providing art opportunities that ignite change in vulnerable youth. Invitation with ticket, parking, and auction information to follow. Please click on the link below for more information and to secure your tickets today! Details and tickets: https://lnkd.in/eGSDr6d7

As a busy teen or college student, SHARE Charlotte can be the resource you need to find volunteer opportunities that not only fulfill your service hours requirements but also your desire to give back in your community. Student Volunteering Benefits: ✨ Contribute to your community ✨ Reduce stress ✨ Expand your network ✨ Build your resume ✨ Expand your perspective Get and share the guide: https://lnkd.in/eYz6pkuv #sharecharlotte #volunteer #teenvolunteer #studentvolunteer #Charlotte

We loved partnering with Duke Energy Corporation last week for their "Power of Giving" Volunteer Fair! ✨ Together, we welcomed 24 local nonprofits who shared opportunities for Duke's "Do Gooders" to get involved as volunteers, board members, or advocates. This year's fair also featured a jazz trio, salsa dancing, live painting, a beautiful owl named Surrey, a rescue pup. 👉 Get more details about the event at: https://lnkd.in/e4qiQdsJ. We'd love to help YOUR company achieve your social impact priorities! Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/geb7DQTV #DukeEnergy #CorporateEngagement #VolunteerFair #ShareCharlotte #SocialImpact #DoGood

We had so much fun hosting the Duke Energy "Power of Giving" Volunteer Fair this week with hundreds of Duke Energy employees excited and eager to find ways to get involved with local nonprofits. A huge THANKS to Amy Kathryn Strecker, Dominique Johnson, Susan Francis for your partnership and allowing us to host for the 2nd year! We had a jazz trio, salsa dancing, live painting, a beautiful owl named Surrey, rescue pup and 20+ local nonprofits featured: ArtPop Street Gallery TreesCharlotte Carolina Raptor Center  GardHouse Freedom Communities WAYFINDERS Heart Math Tutoring Helping Education Dottie Rose Foundation Digi-Bridge Promising Pages PFLAG Charlotte Champion House of Care Best Buddies in North Carolina Charlotte Bilingual Preschool The Independence Fund Turning Point United Way of Greater Charlotte Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Feeding Charlotte Girls on the Run Greater Charlotte Project Outpour Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture Tales of the Unwanted Let us know if you need help hosting your next nonprofit fair!

#SpotlightOnCLT Early Childhood Learning: This month's presenting partner is Alliance Center for Education (AC4Ed), Charlotte’s largest nonprofit provider of early childhood education programming. They're helping us share the story of more than 45 early learning nonprofit organizations in Charlotte. (Find all of them at www.sharecharlotte.org) SHARE Charlotte got the chance to sit down with AC4Ed to learn more about what they do, how you can sign your child up or volunteer, and how they're celebrating 85 years of early learning programs in Charlotte! Read their full story below! 💜 Meet Alliance Center for Education: https://lnkd.in/ea_pT3UR 💜 Looking for programming for your child or someone you love? Read our #SpotlightOnCLT Early Childhood Education Guide to Nonprofits: https://lnkd.in/eyxmNz6Z 

Tim Miner and Melissa Hovey are reminding you why you don't want to miss this year's #YPMixerCLT on September 25th! 💜 Meet Charlotte's leading creatives 💜 Meet creative nonprofits from 5 creative zones (and learn how to volunteer or get involved!) 💜 Live performances 💜 Young Professional's Networking (but all are invited!) 🎟️ Tickets: https://lnkd.in/d-T3ZMEY (we WILL sell out!! Get your ticket today!) https://lnkd.in/e-8-HTfY SHARE Charlotte & Charlotte Is Creative together with U.S. Bank!

September's #SpotlightOnCLT is Early Childhood Education! Follow along with us all month as we highlight nonprofits who are providing health and early learning to children ages birth to 5 in the Queen City. 💜 Looking for early learning programs or know someone who is? Check out our Early Childhood Education Guide to Nonprofits: https://lnkd.in/eyxmNz6Z 💜 Many thanks to our friends at Alliance Center for Education, as they help us shine a spotlight on early learning programs that they and their nonprofit peers provide. 🍎 In the guide, hear from: Freedom Communities Charlotte Bilingual Preschool La Escuelita Bilingual Preschool National Black Child Development Institute Carolinas THOMPSON Child & Family Focus ParentChild Plus Families First in Cabarrus County

Who should attend our Corporate Volunteer Council Lunch & Learn on October 2nd? ☞ CSR Professionals and Nonprofits Leaders! What we're learning: "How to build a corporate culture that energizes employees to give back to their community!" Join us as we bring together Corporate Social Responsibility professionals and nonprofit leaders to share best practices around volunteerism and employee engagement. The lunch & learn includes: • How TIAA energizes employees through volunteerism: Led by Jillian Peat Hamilton, Senior Director of Corporate Social Impact at TIAA • A CSR leader Panel Discussion on successful ways to engage and reward employee volunteerism: Moderated by Julie Cross, Director of Community Impact at TIAA. Hear from leaders at Vanguard, Trane Technologies, and Bank of America. ⏰ October 2nd, 11am-2pm 📍 TIAA Main Campus 🎟️ Details and tickets: https://lnkd.in/dfqantua (we're almost sold out! get your ticket today!)

Bringing Charlotte’s creativity to YOU! Join us for #YPMixerCLT on Sep 25th! You’ll get to see live creative performances in art, music, dance, DJs, live music, opera, ballet, comedy, slam poetry, and more! You can mix and mingle and meet Charlotte’s creative nonprofits.  Discover how you can engage, volunteer, and give back to our creative community! All are welcome at this Young Professionals event! Click here to purchase tickets: https://lnkd.in/d-T3ZMEY