S Q's List: Organizations

The mission of Mecklenburg County Homeless Services is to provide outreach, engagement, comprehensive assessment and referral services to people who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness; and to assist clients in developing a plan of action that moves them toward self-sufficiency.

Our mission is to promote the well-being of the individuals and families in our various service areas by providing accessible, quality mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, and their families, utilizing a system of care approach that emphasizes trust, respect, confidentiality, communication, and compassion. We are committed to the highest quality of mental health care that is provided in a collaborative effort with each consumer's overall health strategies and an array of medical services. We are further committed to the philosophy that we exist for the client.

Mecklenburg Ministries promotes interfaith relationships, fosters racial and ethnic understanding, and inspires collaboration to address social issues.

Leading the global movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs around the world

RAIN engages the community to transform lives and promote respect and dignity for all people touched by HIV through compassionate care, education and leadership development.

The youth we serve are ages 10-21.  Statistically, this age range has been more likely to engage in juvenile crimes.  Because of sponsors, partners, and our team of Firelighters (volunteers & parents) we have been able to successfully engage youth in positive alternatives to destructive behavior.
The central purpose of the program is not to develop professional artists.  Rather, the program strives to raise awareness and appreciation of artistic abilities of all students and to recognize and develop the outstanding talents of many students who would not be identified as gifted and talented through academic tests or other traditional means.

This is the official website of Above the Influence. This site, the Above the Influence commercials, and all other Above the Influence ads that you see are created for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, a program of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. This campaign is inspired by what teens have told us about their lives, and how they deal with the influences that shape their decisions.
Every teen's life is filled with pressure, some of it good, some of it bad. Our goal is to help teens stand up to negative pressures, or influences. The more aware you are of the influences around you, the better prepared you will be to face them, including the pressure to use drugs, pills, and alcohol. We're not telling you how to live your life, but we are giving you another perspective and the latest facts. You need to make your own smart decisions. We want teens to live Above the Influence.
You might even consider this site an influence. We know how smart you are when it comes to the messages you see and hear. That's great and you should question us, too. One way to do that is to review our sources. The numbers at the end of many of the facts are footnotes. You can click on them to find out where we got the information.
We hope that this site helps you to be more aware of the influences around you, and that you carefully consider the risks when you're faced with tough decisions.

The Christmas Village Toy Store provides a "hand up" for Charlotte families who want to purchase affordable new toys for their children at Christmas.
Rather than simply giving a handout of toys to at-risk families, we believe in empowering families to purchase Christmas gifts for their own children.

Treasure Our Children is a nonprofit volunteer service organization. Our mission is to help the children and families in our local community. We promote volunteerism and direct community service to meet Charlotte's most critical needs.

Encouraging and uplifting family-friendly Christian music station

We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. 

Faces of Media is a Non-profit organization designed to educate on the effects of negative media while enhancing self-esteem and leadership skills. Our goal is to raise awareness as well as inspire minds to create media that will leave a positive impact on the world.

SideKicks is a non-profit organization with the mission to connect high school students with young professionals in the Charlotte Area. The goal is to establish a mentoring relationship between the student and the professional through community service activities and social events.  The events will be organized by SideKicks, so all that is required of the young professional is to commit time to invest in the life of a high school student.

Angels of '97 began in 1997 to honor the lives of five students who graduated in spirit only from the North Mecklenburg Class of '97.  Angels of '97 has grown in the past years to provide nearly $450,000 to local High School students to assist with higher education.   The organization has expanded over the years to outreach to other families in our community that have suffered the loss of a child or sibling.

HopeMatch, located in Charlotte North Carolina, provides holiday assistance to the working poor, underemployed and otherwise forgotten families, who are struggling especially during this economic climate. HopeMatch gives hope in the form of Christmas gifts and words of encouragement by meeting material needs through private donations and sponsorships.The goal of HopeMatch is to show God's love to people who are going through a tough time in life. HopeMatch allows the community to have a "hands on" approach to helping their fellow neighbor, co-worker, or maybe someone they have never met, cope with the uncertainties of life.

Hats Off 2 U, Inc. is a 501c3, nonprofit organization serving Charlotte and surrounding areas.  Taken from the idiom "Hats off to you", the name Hats Off 2 Userves to both acknowledge with respect and dignity the populations in need in our community, and acknowledge thanks and gratitude for the time, effort, and resources donated by our volunteers. All our programs are designed to enrich the lives and bring comfort to the body, heart, minds and spirits of the people we serve.

To create an environment where Jesus Christ transforms members of our Community to their full potential by providing food, clothing, housing, education, counseling and recovery services and referrals

The primary focus for Justice Ministries is the rescue and restoration of victims of human trafficking. Modern day slavery, the trafficking of persons, is the fastest growing crime industry today. Occurring currently worldwide with an estimated 27 million victims being trafficked in the slave trade, there is an estimated 1 million victims in the USA.

Our mission is to start>  a Good Samaritan movement.We do this by creating programs and initiatives that encourage, educate, and inspire people to live like the Good Samaritan.In doing this we are not interested in using manipulation and guilt trips. Instead we seek to walk alongside people who desire to show the love and mercy of Jesus to people in need.We offer a variety of ways to move away from what is comfortable and into the reality of life, where we can begin to bring hope to those suffering from poverty, social injustice, disease, oppression and more.In short, start> can help us become more and more like Jesus and less and less like ourselves.

Most people who want to change the world and make a profit don’t have the money to buy into the growing number of investment funds that focus on social impact. But what if you only need $20 to get involved?

That's the idea behind WIN-WIN, the Women Investing In Women Initiative, which was created by the Calvert Foundation to fund businesses that improve womens’ lives by targeting women investors. “We are trying to popularize impact investing to make it accessible to everyone,” says Lisa Hall, the Calvert Foundation's CEO. “There is power in the purse. [Women are] not a totally ignored audience... but in the world of impact investing there has not been that much done to bring them in.”