April 2008
UNC Charlotte “Giving Green” at Sixth Annual Playground Build

On April 23, five from UNC Charlotte participated in the Sixth Annual Playground Build Day at Devonshire Elementary School in Charlotte. Chancellor Phil Dubois; Lisa Lewis Dubois (pictured above); Judy Rose, Director of Athletics; Ashley Oster, Director of Community Affairs; and Mike Hummer, Executive Director of the Charlotte 49ers Athletic Foundation (pictured) joined Charlotte’s top business leaders, neighborhood and school volunteers in transforming an empty field into a playground at the school. Ninety-four percent of the student body at Devonshire Elementary receive free or reduced lunches and the school does not have the level of resources needed for some of the typical play activities many students enjoy. “It was a privilege for UNC Charlotte to join with other leaders in the community to get our hands dirty for one day for these students,” said Ashley Oster.

2008
Arts & Science Council Campaign
UNC Charlotte alumnus Mime Hardin Minor and Mrs. Lisa Lewis Dubois visited offices and distributed chocolates and information across campus to raise awareness about the Arts & Science Council Campaign. The first 250 donors received a first-edition "Giving Green"
T-shirt to wear while volunteering in the community. UNC Charlotte faculty and staff contributions to the Arts & Science Council Campaign surpassed our $48,000 goal by
almost $11,000.

October 2007
UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and students join
Norm the Niner at the Komen Race for the Cure.

More than 140 members of the University community participated in this event to help raise awareness about breast cancer as part of the "Niners for the Cure" team.

April 2007
UNC Charlotte employees at the Mallard Creek Greenway.
During last year’s National Volunteer Week and Earth Day, UNC Charlotte employees joined Charlotte City Councilman Michael Barnes and TIAA-CREF employees as part of TIAA-CREF’s Giving Back for the Greater Good program.

February 2008
UNC Charlotte students plant trees at the McDowell Greenway.

This event is part of a "Service in Action" series sponsored by the Office of Volunteer Services and designed to give students an opportunity to take part in monthly pre-planned service projects. It was funded by both the Turner Family Foundation and the Clean Water Management Trust Fund of NC, and was filmed by Louisiana Public Broadcasting for national broadcast.

Partners in this effort included:
• American Forests
• Central Piedmont Community College
• The Sierra Club Central Piedmont Group
• Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreational Services
• UNC Charlotte’s Kappa Sigma fraternity and Alpha Delta Pi sorority

December 2007
Leemire Goldwire reads to children at Belmont Central Elementary School
during a visit by the Charlotte 49ers Men’s Basketball Team.

This was the fourth straight year of the "Christmas Story / Holiday Reading Program" at Belmont Central. Coach Bobby Lutz and Charlotte 49ers players brought posters, signed autographs, read books and answered questions from students as part of a program to encourage reading.

Spring 2007
Traci Ray (Women’s Basketball) and Tim Seibert (Men’s Soccer) visit children at Thompson Child Development Center.

Each year Charlotte 49er student athletes participate in Thompson Child Development Center’s "March Madness for Reading Program."