Meet the Charlotte Nonprofits
The Make a Mark Charlotte committee selected 11 diverse and meaningful nonprofits to serve for their first 12-hour make-a-thon held at Hygge Camp North End on November 17, 2018.
Now is your chance to meet these nonprofits before the Charlotte Make-a-Thon.
A Child’s Place
A Child’s Place works to erase the impact of homelessness on children and their education. A Child’s Place serves both students and families experiencing a housing crisis through individualized student support plans to keep students in school, demonstrate healthy behaviors and promote academic success, while meeting basic needs. Learn more.
Beds for Kids
Beds for Kids works to provide beds and essential furniture to children and their families in need. Beds for Kids refurbishes and re-purposes new and gently used beds and furniture items, and empowers families with children by delivering these beds and furniture items to powerfully supplement the family’s resources as they rise out of poverty and into self-sufficiency. Learn more.
Carolina Family Connections
Carolina Family Connections provides family foster care services for children in need of out-of-home placement in North Carolina. They place children, 0–18, in foster homes and license foster parents from every walk of life regardless of marital status, religious affiliation, race/ethnicity, gender, age (if over 21), sexual orientation and more. Learn more.
Digi-Bridge
Digi-Bridge advocates to provide quality STEAM programming for kindergarten through 8th grade scholars in Charlotte, Mecklenburg and surrounding counties with a special focus on communities of promise where quality, affordable STEAM programming is not available. Learn more.
Pop Up Produce
Pop Up Produce was created from a passion to grow food and grow community. The organization believes that everyone deserves to eat nutritious food, regardless of status, because no one can grow, maintain good health, or reach their full potential if they are hungry.
Pop Up Produce sells kits made of locally sourced organic supplies to start growing your own food. For every kit purchased, they donate kit resources to families in food deserts. Learn more.
Rebuilding Together
Rebuilding Together helps low-income homeowners stay safely in their homes by providing critical home repairs at no cost. To maximize impact, they focus their work on communities with high concentrations of need and are currently engaged in neighborhoods on Charlotte’s West Side. Learn more.
repCLT
repCLT believes contemporary performance work created in conversation with current social and economic contexts enriches Charlotte by utilizing live art as a catalyst for cultural discourse. repCLT’s vision establishes a home for makers and researchers, expanding the diversity of contemporary art practices, and crafting a performance community unique to Charlotte culture. Learn more.
Teaching Fellows Institute
The purpose of the Teaching Fellows Institute is to recognize and honor the Charlotte area’s outstanding teachers and to provide opportunities that further develop their leadership and professional expertise in order to promote retention of these effective educators. Learn more.
Teen Health Connection
Teen Health Connection is a healthcare practice that provides medical and mental healthcare and prevention and health education services for adolescents ages 11 to 22. They are a medical home that offers comprehensive healthcare services delivered by a multidisciplinary team of adolescent specialists in a safe, family-centered environment. Learn more.
Time Out Youth
Time Out Youth Center’s mission is to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth by offering vital programs, fostering unconditional acceptance and creating safe spaces for self-expression through leadership, community support and advocacy. Learn more.
Trips for Kids
Trips for Kids Charlotte provides transformative cycling experiences for underserved youth. They do this through a mountain biking Ride Program, an after-school Earn-A-Bike Program and the Charlotte Re-Cyclery (a used bike shop whose income helps them continue to grow and serve more kids). Learn more.
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
This event is powered by OrthoCarolina, supported by SHARE Charlotte and hosted by Hygge Camp North End. Thank you to Loftin & Co. for in-kind support.
An extra special thank you to our organizational sponsors: Abstract, Balsamiq, Sketch, Real Thread, Mindsense and Sticker Mule.
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