Stories of Giving
Category: Young People
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
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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