Stories of Giving
Category: Young People
Andrew Poon & REACH: “Students fund new schools in China” (From Philanthropy Journal)
At the elementary school in the secluded village of Daping in Guangxi province in southern China, floors were caving in and the roof had holes in it, in part the result of earthquakes that struck nearby Sichuan in 2008. Today, the village has a new school, paid for with funds raised by students at Duke University, N.C. State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...Read More
Kathryn LaMattina: “Cary girl uses art to help local families in need” (From WRAL.com)
Kathryn LaMattina is a little girl with a big message this season. The 7-year-old Cary girl is using her love of art to help The Carying Place, an organization that helps Wake County families get adequate housing. ...Read More
David Hare: “Cycling cross country for cancer” (from Philanthropy Journal)
Last summer, when he was 18, David Hare climbed on his bicycle, rallied a group of 15 co-cyclists and led a 3,700-mile, cross-country ride. That trip, dubbed Cycle20Ten, raised about $25,000 to fight cancer, bringing to almost $44,000 the total amount Hare has raised for the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center, which cured his mother of breast cancer. ...Read More
Triangle students give their skills to benefit nonprofits
We met Micro-Consulting for North Carolina co-founder Deep Mehtaji at the NCTech4Good conference early this summer, and we're looking forward to using this great new resource. But, it's more than just a resource -- it's former students helping current students give back to their communities, by arranging pro-bono projects that benefit local nonprofits. Check it out! ...Read More
Gabrielle Landi: “Onslow youth begin legacy of giving” (Philanthropy Journal)
In what they hope will be the first of many grant cycles, a group of Onslow County teenagers worked together to award a total of $550 to two efforts supporting local youth. ...Read More
Isabella Hardison: “First-grader gives back with unique necklaces” (The Fayetteville Observer)
First-grader Isabella Hardison started with simple ingredients: Uncooked pasta, food coloring and lengths of string and yarn. Simple as the pieces may be, Isabella's homemade noodle necklaces have struck a chord with everyone who has heard her story. ...Read More
Amber Smith: “Woman makes volunteerism life’s work”
As a teenager growing up in Raleigh, Amber Smith longed to “make a difference” in her town, but she didn’t know how. ...Read More
Students of Lucile Souders Elementary : “School kids raise dimes, awareness”
Every weekday morning from Nov. 3 through 13, during the daily-announcements video broadcast, Principal Tammy Holland talked about giving to the staff and 430 students at Lucile Souders Elementary School of Math and Science. Following her talk, fourth and fifth graders on the broadcast quizzed one another about the meaning of philanthropy. ...Read More
Reggie McAfee: “Retired exec teaches kids to persevere”
The slogan "Attitude is everything" is inscribed on Reggie McAfee's business card. McAfee should know: A child of public housing in Cincinnati, he became a star runner in high school in Ohio and college in North Carolina. Now, he heads a Charlotte-based nonprofit that uses running as a tool for teaching kids to keep on keeping on. ...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
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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