News about grants, gifts
Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded 13 grants totaling over $4.88 million to support projects across North Carolina. Read more.
News about opportunities, initiatives
Durham Arts Council will be accepting submissions for the 2015 Congressional High School Art Competition in the Fourth District Congressional until April 15th. Read more.
Operation North State, an NC organization dedicated to helping deployed soldiers and veterans, will hold several Fishing related festivals throughout 2015. Click here for more.
Allscripts Tobacco Road Marathon (TRM) and GNC Half Marathon presented by Inside-Out Sports, event officials announced “early bird” discount registration effective now. Those who register before April 20 will enjoy pricing of $50 for either the full or half marathon March 13, 2016 events.
The month of April will mark the 52nd showing of the slideshows from the Baker-Barber Collection of the Community Foundation of Henderson County. The Foundation is inviting everyone to celebrate the accomplishments with light refreshments, an update on the efforts of the past year along with the traditional slideshow on Thursday, April 16, 2015 from 1:30-3:30 pm at Henderson County Public Library-Main Branch. Read more.
While students were on Spring Break, Leadership Greensboro Seniors Association and its partners worked April 10-12 to collect food to help fight hunger in the community. The group’s goal this year was to collect and donate 100,000 pounds of nonperishable items for the Greensboro Urban Ministry Food Bank.
SECU has partnered with the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) to certify more than 1,000 employees statewide with the Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) designation over the coming months. AFC certification marks the highest standard of excellence in the field of financial counseling and education. Learn more here.
The North Carolina and South Carolina Planned Giving Councils will be holding their annual planned giving conference on April 28-29, 2015 at the Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, NC. Read more.
Applications for the GSK IMPACT Awards 2015 are now open for nonprofits in the Triangle area. This is the 7th year that GSK has partnered with the Triangle Community Foundation. To apply and register, follow the link.
The Helps Education Fund will be hosting a Teacher Appreciation Brunch on May 2 in Raleigh for Wake County teachers. Organizations wanting to sponsor please visit the link.
Genesis UMC will be hosting the Purple Cloth 5K on May 2nd which directly supports Dorcas Ministries. Read more.
The Battleship North Carolina has released information regarding the urgent need for repair to the ship’s hull and is now asking the public for their help. The Generations Campaign is the crucial effort to fund the imperative repairs. Click here for more.
Activate Good is encouraging Triangle residents to participate in National Volunteer week, April 12-18, by hosting more than 30 projects to encourage community involvement after the week long event.
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