Suzanne Tower told the Athens Kiwanis Tuesday that volunteerism may have slipped a bit during the height of COVID-19 concerns and protocols, but its time to get back up to
WILMINGTON, NC — Since Cape Fear Community College launched Broadway for a Better World in 2017, it has gifted 1,388 tickets to underserved youth through 15…
Like other great ideas, this one started with locals Paul and Tracy Wilkes. Paul is with Homes of Hope – India, ensuring the well-being of girls in orphanages there. One of his fundraising efforts was running an e-bookstore on Amazon, and when his non-profit had to shift gears, his wife Tracy, the founding Director of DREAMS, recommended that he pass along the bookstore as a gift/source of revenue to the Cape Fear Literacy Council. It makes sense, right? Literacy Council…books…a natural fit!
But it wasn’t a step that we took instantly. Our campus was still in a state of chaos from Hurricane Florence in late 2018 when this idea was proposed. We already had a lot going on at our small organization, including piloting an expanded digital literacy program. Would this “natural fit” be a real benefit or too much of a distraction?