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.

How Millennials Are Changing the Face of Conventional Philanthropy

June 22, 2011

We're attending the Millennial Donors Summit today -- perfect timing to share this blog post from Gen Y-er Reilly Kiernan about the world of giving among this generation.

“Guardian Angel funds Alzheimer’s research” (From the Philanthropy Journal)

June 17, 2011

FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. -- In September 1999, two months before her mother died after living with Alzheimer’s disease for 12 years, Laura Gaddis opened a 1,400-square-foot thrift store in Fuquay-Varina with the idea of generating funds to support Alzheimer’s research.

Byte-Size Volunteering On the Rise

By Melinda McKee

June 14, 2011

Have you ever considered that gifts of time can come in all sizes - even in little packets of 5 minutes here and 10 minutes there? I recently wrote a guest post for the Philanthropy Journal about microvolunteering, which explores how this idea is playing out online. Here's a little taste...

Cultural Perspectives On Money, Giving

June 03, 2011

The Chronicle of Philanthropy published a thought-provoking article a little while back about the cultural context of money. Our question: how does your culture impact your perspective on money, particularly in terms of giving it? And how does your culture impact your giving in other ways (time, talent, goods, etc)?

Volunteers Are “Worth” More Than You Think

By Melinda McKee

May 25, 2011

This summer, we're putting the finishing touches on NCGives' expanded Philanthropy of Community Pathways program, which will help North Carolina organizations and communities identify, measure, and grow all the forms of giving that are locally available to them -- including time and talent.

In the meantime, here are two additional perspectives on the giving of time and talent, and how our communities need to take these contributions seriously: