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Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

Gratitude for our Planet: Celebrating an Adapted 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

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This year, April 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. It will also be my family’s 38th day at home due to COVID-19. Although this year’s celebration of Earth Day won’t look anything like how I’d (or probably anyone…
Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

Nonprofits Need Support Now

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Originally published in the Triangle Business Journal in collaboration with Lori O'Keefe, CEO of the Triangle Community Foundation, and Jeanne Tedrow, CEO and president of the N.C. Center for Nonprofits. In the blink of an eye, our world has changed.…
Blog: Triangle Community Foundation

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Statement

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A Message from President & CEO Lori O’Keefe Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparation and Support Triangle Community Foundation is closely monitoring the local impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. While this situation is quickly developing, there is still much we do…
Stories: Donor Stories

A Mother’s Honor Becomes a Community’s Gift

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Glioblastoma. Diagnosis of this particularly aggressive form of brain cancer shattered their world in 2004. The next year, they said goodbye to Caroline—a wife, mom of three, daughter, sister, and friend. Today, this family is making a difference in the…
Stories: Environmental Conservation

Banding Together for the Trees

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“I believe that you just cannot do work on environmental issues at the local level without the community [being] involved,” says Elaine Chiosso, Executive Director of the Haw River Assembly (HRA). Her organization has spent six years advocating for better…
Stories: Youth Literacy

Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Wake County Update

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During the 2018-19 school year, WAKE Up and Read’s book drive program distributed more than 138,000 books at 13 schools, 17 childcare centers, and various community events during the spring and summer. That’s 6,800 students in the program’s schools, and…
Stories: Youth Literacy

Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Orange County Update

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The Orange County Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (OCCGLR) aims to develop childhood readiness and reading by third grade, and, like its counterparts in Chatham, Durham, and Wake Counties, further seeks to address the disparities that exist in learning and reading…
Stories: Community Stories

A Park with Community at Heart

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A park for everyone, built by everyone. That is the foundational vision driving the creation of Dorothea Dix Park in downtown Raleigh. A place where play and adventure are as large as you can imagine, where lush meadow stretches as…
Stories: Donor Stories

Giving Your Time: Why Serve on a Nonprofit Board?

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For Michelle Pavliv, it happened by accident. In 2004, when her friend suggested they join The National Charity League Inc., a national nonprofit organization with local chapters providing ways for mothers and daughters to serve in their communities together, Pavliv…
Stories: Community Development

Care for all: Vidas De Esperanza

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We all want to go to the doctor when we’re sick, injured, or for regular checkups, but not everyone has access to medical care due to resources, lack of access to healthcare, or circumstances. It was with this in mind…