Happy New Year to you all! I am excited to enter 2016 with you as SVP turns to our second decade of serving Charlotte through venture philanthropy! In 2015, we celebrated our first 10 years by looking back and honoring our Partners (members) and our Investees (community nonprofit partners). We also: – Invested in an…
A great thank you to the attorneys at McGuireWoods for hosting the latest workshop for the SEED20 Alumni Network, Ask-A-Lawyer Night! This evening was a direct result of hearing from the Alumni what resources they most needed, and the nonprofit representatives were rewarded with excellent legal advice and new relationships. Dinner was shared followed by…
Join us in welcoming our new Partners! Meet them below: Justin Garton and Ford St. John Justin and his business partner, Ford, are new to SVP Charlotte and both have an extensive background in volunteer work and are eager to leverage their professional experience in support of their community. Ford St. John is currently employed as a business…
In the Spring of 2006, Rachel Humphries was teaching English as a Second Language through Central Piedmont Community College to a group of recently arrived Montagnard (a region in Vietnam) refugees at an apartment complex in East Charlotte. As Rachel and volunteer Lauren Moore were exposed to and educated about the refugee population in Charlotte,…
ourBRIDGE focuses on children of immigrant and refugee families, helping them achieve academic success and integration into the community through innovative instructional methods and celebration of cultural diversity. Founder, Sil Ganzó envisioned a ‘community where refugee and immigrant children won’t fall behind academically because of a lack of resources, encouragement, and English language skills. A community…