“North Carolina Giving” premieres tonight! (UNC-TV)

By Melinda Pearce

November 9, 2009

“North Carolina Giving” premieres tonight! (UNC-TV)

DREAMS Center for Arts Education (Wilmington)

Don't forget to tune into your local UNC-TV channel tonight at 10:00pm to watch North Carolina Giving: Philanthropy Across Cultures & Communities, a new documentary from NCGives.

 If you want to participate in the North Carolina Giving Contest, make sure that before the broadcast starts, you print or write down the quiz questions below.




 
 

 
 

North Carolina Giving Contest Questions
 

 1) What does the word “philanthropy” literally mean?

2) Students and adults in the Empty Bowls Project are giving their time, talent and treasure in several ways. Name one of these ways.

3) What did neighbors in Kernersville’s “Patronato Mezquital” raise money to build?

4) Why did the women of SWOOP originally come together in 1996? Circle one.
        a. They wanted to earn some extra cash.
        b. They wanted to help each other and their neighbors in the wake of Hurricane Fran.
        c. They were bored and wanted something to do.
        d. Their neighborhood required community service from its residents.

5) Finish this sentence from Dr. Roytesa Savage of Greenville: “People won’t always remember what you did, but they will remember _______________________________________.”

6) Is this statement true or false? “A group of Native American students volunteered their time to raise thousands of dollars, which they gave away to community projects like a native plant greenhouse.”

Learn how to enter the North Carolina Giving Contest here.

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