Helping Area Non Profits from Home During the COVID-19 Crisis
Our April Virtual Luncheon featured SHARE Charlotte Marketing Director, Melissa Hovey, teaching our members how to #ShareFromHome. Just in time for Do Good Week April 19-25, 40 participants gathered via Zoom on April 21 to learn the many ways we can help area nonprofits from direct donations and purchase of Amazon Wish List Items to virtual volunteering activities.
Since we’re all accustomed to paying a $40 luncheon fee, we asked members to donate that same amount to a local nonprofit. 21 members (that we know of because they reported back) responded to the challenge with donations to 19 different nonprofits totaling $840! Here’s where those do good dollars went:
- Katharine Arno, DAR Service to America
- Alexis Baker, Baby Bundles
- Colleen Brannan, JDRF
- Becky Cheney, Salvation Army
- Patty Drummond, Safe Alliance
- Robin Haddock, Humane Society
- Camille Kanofsky, Common Wealth Charlotte
- Spencer Lueders, Safe Alliance
- Marie McLucas, American Cancer Society
- Cristy Nine, Red Cross
- Anna O’Neal, Pat’s Place
- Kristen Pleasants, GOTR
- Ann-Fleming Powell, Loaves and Fishes
- Nikki Ratchford, Florence Crittenton Services
- Angela Saladino, Foster Village, Charlotte Black Dogs, Humane Society and Harvest Center
- Misty Shaffer, Safe Alliance
- Kelly Steele, Safe Alliance
- Natalie Stevens, Humane Society
- Irene Suchoza, Bright Blessings
- Robin Turner, Ronald McDonald House
- Sivilay Xayasaene, Loaves & Fishes
In related news, CREW Charlotte sponsored SAFE Alliance’s SHARE SHINE membership fee for the year and appears on its SHARE profile. To learn more about SHARE Charlotte, visit www.sharecharlotte.org