Headed to the beach? Hurricane recovery needs volunteers

By Melinda McKee

September 02, 2011

Many of you are headed to North Carolina's beaches for the holiday weekend....why not share a few hours of your time with local residents to help with Hurricane Irene recovery?

Local Generosity Is Music to Their Ears

August 24, 2011

Last week, we shared a story about a Cumberland County artist who donates art supplies to local schools, remembering that supplies were hard to come by when she was a child.

Today we bring you Hillsborough pawn shop owner Bob Moulton, a musician since his middle school days, who is donating instruments to Wake, Orange and Durham County school districts.

“Local artist donates supplies to Cumberland County schools” (Fayetteville Observer)

August 16, 2011

Sarah-Lynn Brown remembers taking art at E.E. Smith High School with few supplies in the mid-1990s. "There wasn't a whole lot of money," she said. "That was one thing that kept haunting me." Read more...

Local Giving Circles Are Expanding, Publishing

By Melinda McKee

August 08, 2011

Two North Carolina giving circles we supported in their early days, NGAAP-Charlotte and the (formerly) Women's Giving Circle of Fayetteville, are stepping it up.

Former NC Youth Giving Network member joins Council on Foundations

By Melinda McKee

August 05, 2011

Through the North Carolina Youth Giving Network, NCGives has helped more than 20 youth giving sites get started around the state. We're excited to share that a former student from one site, Youth Grantmakers in Action in Winston-Salem, has recently become a summer associate with the Council on Foundations.

Baseball Buddies and Park Makeovers

July 28, 2011

Kids in Greensboro and Thomasville are showing the adults how generosity is done: Read more...

“Schweitzer Fellows focus on underserved” (From Philanthropy Journal)

July 26, 2011

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Community Care Clinic in Winston-Salem was not offering any physical therapy to clients.

From home cleaning to grantmaking, NC women are paving paths of generosity

By Melinda McKee

July 15, 2011

The past few weeks have seen a lot of admirable action among North Carolina's women givers --

“Goodwill honors Bank of America volunteer” (From Philanthropy Journal)

July 06, 2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In the summer of 2003, Stephanie Johnson received an e-blast through the internal volunteer network at Bank of America, looking for employees to volunteer for either of two agencies that were providing training in financial-management skills for low-income people.