| Special thanks to our PARTICIPATING NONPROFIT PARTNERS |
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| Adopt A School |
Education, Schools. Adopt a School is a community initiative that provides support to students, teachers, faculty, and parents of the local school in a manner that has a positive impact on the “whole” community. |
www.adoptaschool.us www.adoptaschooltalk.com |
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| American Diabetes Association |
Diabetes, Fitness, Wellness, Health. The American Diabetes Association works to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. |
www.diabetes.org |
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| AniMall |
Pets, Animals, Adoption, Shopping. AniMall Pet Adoption & Outreach Center is a locally-run, independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization. AniMall offers rescues & shelters a place to showcase their adoptable animals inside a public mall to increase their chances for adoption. AniMall also provides outreach by educating the public on adoption, fostering, pet ownership, and proper pet care including diet and enrichment. |
www.animall.org |
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| Artspace |
Art, Culture. Artspace promotes the visual arts by making the creative process accessible to the public. Since 1986 Artspace has provided the community with a unique environment where artists, working in a variety of media with studios open to the public, have invited the community to become part of the creative process, a visual art center where children and adults can express their creativity through enriching educational programs, and a venue for exhibitions by regional, national, and international artists. |
www.artspacenc.org |
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| Boys & Girls Club |
Kids, Sports, Mentoring. The mission of the Boys & Girls Club is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. |
www.wakebgc.org |
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| Center for Volunteer Caregiving |
Seniors, Caring. The Center for Volunteer Caregiving matches community volunteers with elderly (age 60 and up) or disabled adults who need a little extra help to remain independent in their own homes in Wake County. |
www.volunteercaregiving.org |
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| Grow and Share |
Gardens, Hunger, Food, Community. Grow And Share is a non-profit fighting hunger through promotion of gardening and community building. Combating hunger throughout the US is critical during these and future difficult economic times. |
www.growandshare.org |
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| Guatemalan Student Support group |
Guatemala, Students, Poverty, Education. The sole purpose of the Guatemalan Student Support Group (GSSG) is to educate impoverished, young Guatemalans to First World standards as a means of bringing about socioeconomic development in that country with consequent benefits to the United States. |
www.gssg-usa.org |
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| Inter-Faith Food Shuttle |
Food, Poverty, Hunger. The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, in the belief that hunger is unacceptable, alleviates hunger by developing systems to recover, prepare, and distribute wholesome, perishable food for the area's poor, hungry, undernourished and homeless. |
www.foodshuttle.org |
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| International Free Computer Training and Charitable Center |
Computers, Jobs, Education. The mission of the International Free Computer Training and Charitable Center is to share computer technology free of charge by targeting low-income employable adults and the general public to enhance job skills and marketability to mainstream America's work force. |
www.wade.org/ifctcc.htm |
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| Literacy Council of Wake County |
Reading, Literacy, Books. Founded in 1970, the Literacy Council of Wake County (LCWC) provides a range of services to adults who desire to acquire better skills in the English language. In addition to one-on-one tutoring, the LCWC also offers Family Reading Workshops, financial literacy workshops, Life Skills classes, job skills programs, small group advanced conversation classes, and distance learning programs. |
www.wakeliteracy.org |
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| NC Museum of Natural Sciences |
Science, Nature, Education. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. Through our exhibits, programs and field experiences, we provide visitors with opportunities to get up close and personal with science and nature. |
www.naturalsciences.org |
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| Neuse River Foundation |
Rivers, Environment. NRF protects, restores and preserves the Neuse River basin through education, advocacy and enforcement, in order to provide clean water for drinking, recreation and enjoyment to the communities that it serves. |
www.neuseriver.org www.muddywaterwatch.org |
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| Soroptomist |
Women, Jobs, Poverty. Soroptomist is an international volunteer organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. Our main program is a professional women's clothing closet that provides professional work clothes to low-income or unemployed women, at no charge, for job interviews and work. |
www.siraleigh.org |
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| Strike for Survival |
Bowling, Cancer. The mission of Strike for Survival is to raise money to fight cancer through a series of bowling events. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. |
www.strikeforsurvival.com |
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| Ten Thousand Villages |
International, Poverty, Fair Trade. Ten Thousand Villages provides vital and fair income to people in developing regions by selling their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America.Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. This income helps pay for food, education, health care or housing. |
www.villagesofraleigh.org |
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| The Carying Place |
Homelessness, Housing, Self-Reliance. The Carying Place (pronounced "caring") teaches homeless, working families with children life skills for independent living while providing short-term housing and support services. |
www.thecaryingplace.org |
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| The Flower Shuttle |
Flowers, Acts of Kindness. The Flower Shuttle is an outreach service project sponsored by the Raleigh Moravian Church. We use flowers donated from community events, galas, weddings, funerals, florists, warehouse clubs and supermarkets - flowers that would normally be thrown away - and rearrange them into smaller arrangements for delivery to Hospice, Alliance of AIDS-Services Carolina, Wake Med, Raleigh Dialysis, Meals on Wheels, Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen and Urban Ministries, just to name a few, to brighten the lives of people living with sickness, terminal illness, poverty and disability, who normally would not receive flowers. |
www.theflowershuttle.com |
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| Trees Across Raleigh |
Trees, Environment, City Beautification. Trees Across Raleigh is a non-profit corporation dedicated to planting trees in public rights-of-way, along public medians and in public parks for the benefit of all Raleigh residents. |
www.treesacrossraleigh.org |
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| Triangle Family Services |
Family, Financial Security. Helping families and individuals overcome life’s challenges by giving them the tools they need to move away from crisis and into more stable and healthy life situations. Our community is stronger when we eliminate family violence, improve financial stability, and address the emotional well-being of individuals and family members in need. |
www.tfsnc.org |
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