Representative: Charlie Petrizzo Project2Heal’s mission is to reduce the cost and time it takes to place a service dog with a person in need. This is accomplished this by nurturing, socializing and training purposely-bred Labrador Retriever puppies, for donation, to carefully selected service dog organizations. This approach leads to a very high success rate for…
Representative: Emily Kemmann Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled by compassion to keep children safe and vulnerable families intact. Volunteer host families, family friends, and family coaches temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis while they get back on their feet. Safe Families deflects children from entering…
Representative: Demi Knight Clark She Built This City empowers women and girls in the construction and manufacturing trades. The mission is to make startups, careers and exploration in these areas as interesting as the tech sector and to take on the challenge of #20Percentby2020. Through after-school programs, camps, workshops, career fairs and conferences, She Built…
Representative: Erica Reid Thompson Child & Family Focus has collaborated with the national nonprofit Friends of the Children to launch this program locally. The program provides Charlotte’s most vulnerable children with a long-term, salaried professional mentor, called a friend. This professional mentor is engaged for twelve and a half years no matter what. The program…
Representative: Reginald McNeil Transforming Youth Movement inspires social change and community transformation by connecting youth to positive people and experiences using their specific interest areas. The SHIFT Restitution and Community Service program connects court-involved and diverted youth to meaningful opportunities that enhance social skills, facilitate connections with positive adults in the community, promote civic engagement…
Representative: Queen Smalls Vision to Learn provides free vision services and glasses to children in low-income communities. By partnering with local community organizations, such as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Mecklenburg County Health, The Boys and Girls Club, and Freedom School Partners, Vision to Learn helps to eliminate barriers to vision care. Vision to Learn has provided over 25,000…
Representative: Jose Alvarez Prospera is an economic development, nonprofit organization that specializes in providing bilingual assistance to Hispanic entrepreneurs trying to establish or expand their businesses. The organization offers a variety of services specifically designed for Hispanic small business owners to help them achieve prosperity through training, consulting, grants and access to capital. How did…