Urban League of Central Carolinas and Run and Shoot Fireworks Inc. sponsoring Charlotte African-American Film Festival, Sept. 19-21.
- October 7, 2008Autism Speaks' Carolinas Walk Now for Autism fundraising event raised over $450,000 research and awareness of autism.
- October 7, 2008Deadline for supplemental grants from United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro is Dec. 15, 5 p.m.; applications online.
- October 7, 2008Wake Technical Community College holding series of workshops this fall for nonprofits on startups, grants, fundraising, QuickBooks; information, registration online.
- October 7, 2008Employees of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, Fayetteville, raised $427 for breast cancer research through Denim Days fundraiser.
- October 7, 2008Carla R. Forte, IT program manager, Cisco Systems, and Ingrid Pisetsky, child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, named to board, Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood, Cary.
- October 7, 2008William Shore, director of U.S. Community Partnerships, GlaxoSmithKline, named chair of President's Roundtable, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and chair of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for a Competitive Workforce.
- October 7, 2008
Cleavage Creek Wine Cellar to donate 10 percent of the price of each bottle sold to fund breast cancer research.
- October 7, 2008Ted Abernathy, former executive VP and chief operations officer, Research Triangle Regional Partnership, named executive director, Southern Growth Policies Board.
- October 7, 2008Merrill Lynch SouthPark office raised over $30,000 for Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.
- October 2, 2008Worth Durgin, former president and staff director, Foundation of Greater Greensboro, named director of development, Cary Community Foundation.
- October 2, 2008Gary Pierce, volunteer for Mental Health Association in Forsyth County, received President's Award for service from Mental Health Association in North Carolina.
- October 2, 2008Mental Health Association in North Carolina bestowed Silver Bell and Operation Santa Claus awards on Forsyth County chapter for excellence in service and holiday outreach, respectively.
- September 30, 2008Lois Ingland, director of corporate community relations, Carolinas Healthcare System, received employee campaign coordinator award from United Way of Central Carolinas; raised nearly $2.3M.
- September 30, 2008United Way of Central Carolinas awarded Community Care Cups to Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Universal Fiber, S&D Coffee, Ingersoll Rand, ATI-Allvac for contribution to Community Care Fund.
- September 30, 2008Jelena Giric-Held, immigration paralegal, International House, Charlotte, received accreditation from Board of Immigration Appeals; International House received recognition for its efforts.