Stories of Giving
Category: Women
Jocelyn Negron-Rios: “The two-way street of giving”
Inspired by the Latina teens she is helping prepare for college, Jocelyn Negron-Rios, a wife, mother and full-time worker, has almost completed her freshman year at Strayer University. ...Read More
Lynn Kennelly: “Woman left life earnings to charity”
After she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, Lynn Kennelly and a group of her friends helped form a team for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure 5K event in Charlotte. An avid runner who competed in the event every year, winning her age group at least once, Kennelly took to walking in the event after the disease returned in 2006, metastasizing as bone cancer. And last summer, when the cancer ravaged most of her body, Kennelly turned to Abigail H. Kerr, a friend, fellow breast-cancer survivor and Komen teammate, to help her create an estate plan. ...Read More
Vilma Jose: “Fayetteville woman bridges cultures”
After his first day of kindergarten in Fayetteville, Ian Jose arrived home in tears, having been teased because he looked different. His classmates told him to go back to China, not understanding that he is a native North Carolinian, born to a mother from the Philippines. ...Read More
Susan Springer: “Volunteer enriched by giving”
On Christmas Day, 350 volunteers from the Jewish community in Chapel Hill and Durham will fill in for employees at roughly two-dozen local nonprofits, letting them take the day off for the holiday. ...Read More
Nicole Cashwell: “9-year-old girl thinks of helping other kids” (from The Fayetteville Observer)
With everything else on her to-do list, Michele Ellis wasn't sure how in the world she would get 67 Christmas stockings decorated and personalized in time for the seventh annual Falcon Children's Home party she was helping to plan. Nine-year-old Nicole Cashwell came to the rescue. ...Read More
Gloria Canonizado: “Canonizado exhibits poise in life’s dance” (from the Fayetteville Observer)
[Gloria Canonizado is one of several North Carolina givers featured in NCGives' mini-documentary "Asian American / Pacific Islander Giving," a part of the project North Carolina Giving: Philanthropy Across Cultures & Communities. Learn more at www.ncgives.org/documentaries.] ...Read More
Zoë Kronovet: Charlotte teen catches philanthropy bug
Although she's only 17, Charlotte teen Zoë Kronovet already has awarded charitable grants, worked at a foundation and spent time matching volunteers with projects in need. ...Read More
Marny Penix: Fayetteville woman gives to help kids
When Marny Penix was 11 or 12 years old, her mother asked her and her brother if they would like to give some of their belongings to children less fortunate than they were. ...Read More
Kexin Yin: North Carolina Youth Know How to Give
Kexin Yin, a student from Winston-Salem, NC, is a member of Youth Grantmakers in Action (one of the 17 local youth giving programs launched by NCGives through our partner, Leading to Change). ...Read More
Louisa Warren: From the Stage to the Circle, Giving Thrives in this Hive
If you happened to walk into Raleigh's Helios Coffee on a Wednesday evening several years ago, you might have come across a group of young working women, enjoying each other's company and showing off their knitting skills. Come holiday season, you may have seen their wares displayed around the coffee shop for a holiday auction, raising money for various community initiatives. ...Read More
What Are These Stories?
From barbershops to quilts to fondue, North Carolina is overflowing with inspiring stories of giving — stories of people who are truly making a difference in their communities.
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