On October 3rd, SVP Charlotte hosted its Fall Kickoff SEED20 event at Tyber Creek Pub in Dilworth. Over 35 SVP partners and SEED20 alumni enjoyed sharing partnership stories and successes. Thanks to all that attended, and we look forward to new engagement opportunities with SEED20 this year!
Finding a way to describe the intangible has been my long time goal as the founder and president of Pearls for Creative Healing. How do you quantify the healing effects of art and the work that has literally transformed victims of abuse in to survivors? How do you gain champions and ultimately financial support for…
Whenever new Partners join SVP, we’re eager to share the story of why they’ve chosen to participate in our unique model of engaged and strategic philanthropy. Sure, we think it’s pretty swell: who wouldn’t be drawn to deep, committed work with local nonprofits tackling the most critical issues in their communities? Yet every time we ask, we learn something new about how and why SVP intrigues new community members. That’s why we highlight new Partners: to learn about their backgrounds and previous commitments: their lives before SVP, where they want to go from here, and what role they see us playing in their bright vision of the future.
Less than a year ago, ourBRIDGE was nothing more than an idea. It seemed so far from reality that it didn’t even have a name. After four successful years of serving refugee and immigrant students, the federal program that inspired ourBRIDGE was soon to be terminated, leaving the children it served without the academic support…
Sandy Marshall is a paradigm-shifter, a glass-ceiling-breaker, a nonprofit executive-turned social entrepreneur. She joins several like-minded leaders in spearheading a surge of national, organizational and community-based campaigns to foster more and better opportunities for women and girls in STEM fields. Marshall’s energies are currently focused on Project Scientist, the Charlotte-based nonprofit she founded in 2012…
Dick Sesler describes SEED20 OnStage! as “a cross between a TED Talk and Dancing With The Stars.” As founder and executive director of Camp Blue Skies, Dick jumped at the opportunity to share his organization’s mission and vision with the audience at SEED20 OnStage! Camp Blue Skies walked away with third place prize of $7,500 and…
This March, SVP began working with Circle de Luz, an organization that radically empowers young Latinas by supporting their transformation through extensive mentoring, holistic programming and scholarship funds for further education. Founded in 2008, Circle de Luz works with each girl enrolled in its programs for six years—from middle school to high school graduation. We…
Debbie Darden has a lot going on–and that may be putting it mildly. Graduations, grandchildren, you name it. In the thick of it all, Debbie managed to somehow act as the lead SVP Charlotte Partner on SEED20 2014. We pinned her down to talk about some of the highlights of her experience and of SEED20.…
In the past couple months, we’ve had several new Partners join SVP Charlotte. Let’s get to know them! Dennis Elliott Dennis: I first heard about SVP through my relationship with HEART Tutoring, one of the first nonprofits SVP funded and where me and my roommates volunteer on a weekly basis. Given my education, interest and experience in…
by Justin Ruckman, co-founder of Priceless Misc Our company, Priceless Misc, has always cared deeply about local entrepreneurs — especially those who haven’t yet had the benefit of their story being properly heard. We started CLT Blog some years ago for just this purpose: to shine a light (and a camera) on the people in…