Swaraj Yoga Laura McCarthy Ghandi’s belief that lasting social change begins with the transformation of the individual forms the core of Swaraj Yoga, whose mission is to work with homeless and incarcerated men in treatment for substance abuse and mental illness.
Promising Pages Kristina Cruise Promising Pages is a revolutionary early literacy and self esteem program, collecting books that kids have outgrown and providing them to children in the area growing up with few, if any, books.
Power 2 Give Laura Belcher, Former Executive Director power2give.org is a “crowd funding” website that allows arts and cultural organizations to promote specific projects in need of funding and empowers donors to give directly to those projects.
Playing for Others Jen Band Through leadership development, working with children with disabilities, and exploring the arts, Playing for Others empowers teens to make a significant difference with their lives … for the rest of their lives.
Beds for Kids Daniel Fogarty Beds for Kids is a furniture bank with a mission to provide beds and other essential furniture to every child in need in Charlotte through the referrals from strategic partner agencies.
Grand Prize ($20,000) and Coaches’ Award Winner ($5,000)
Third Place Winner ($7,500)
People’s Choice Winner ($2,500)
The Center for Community Transitions Myra Clark For the past 40 years, The Center for Community Transitions has focused on building people, not prisons. They help those exiting prison find work, rejoin their families, and identify who they want to be.
Sustain Charlotte Shannon Binns Sustain Charlotte‘s mission is to educate, engage, and unite Charlotte’s citizens and organizations to overcome Charlotte’s sustainability challenges.
Mothers Raising Sons Michelle Houts The mission of Mothers Raising Sons is to establish, educate, and empower proper guidance for positive family structure, targeting low-to-moderate income single females raising boys who are at-risk in kindergarten through high school graduation.
