Corporate Partnership
Mobilize Your Team
are you a business or corproate leader looking to partner with CFK?
Did you know that one study of over 2 million employees showed that turnover was reduced by approximately 36% for employees who volunteered time, 39% for employees who donated money, and 57% for employees actively engaged in both company giving and volunteering efforts?
CFK has a unique opportunity to partner in several different ways with local companies in our city. It is our desire to rally around and empower your employees as you pursue ways to engage in Charlotte’s foster community. Listed below are several ways that we are currently or have successfully partnered with local Charlotte businesses and their employees. Check out the opportunities below to get plugged in today or contact us using the form below if you would like to connect further.
Corporate Engagement
Help stabilize vulnerable kids…
THE LANDING PLATFORM EXISTS TO HELP STABILIZE KIDS in THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM BY URGENT NEEDS. BELOW ARE A FEW WAYS TO HELP MEET NEEDS THROUGH THE LANDING PLATFORM ON A CORPORATE LEVEL.
WHAT: Does your church community have access to some of our most requested Landing Platform items (carseats, clothing, shoes, diapers and baby supplies, beds and mattresses)? We are looking to partner with organizations within our community who are able to provide gift-in-kind donations for new items to help fill Landing Platform requests.
HOW: CLICK HERE to contact the Landing Platform team.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: LOW to MEDIUM
WHAT: Host a group serve or “Champion Drive” event to collect gift-in-kind donations for our most needed Landing Platform requests. By hosting a diaper, car seat, school uniform, coat, or shoe drive you can help meet some of our most frequent needs.
HOW: Contact the Landing Platform team to receive a “Champion Drive” how-to packet with everything you need to host your event. CLICK HERE to contact our team.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: MEDIUM
Host or sponsor a Mentor Match event…
More often than not, kids in care have little to no say in what happens to them. we wanted our mentoring programs to be different. youth in our program make organic connections with mentors at mentor connect events throughout the city and get to be in the driver’s seat when seleting their mentor.
WHAT: Mentor connect events are held monthly at comfortable locations throughout the city and offer youth in care fun or unique experiences through which they can naturally and organically connect with potential mentors. We are always looking for organizations to host or sponsor these events. Learn more about our mentoring programs and see some of our past events.
HOW: CLICK HERE to contact our mentoring programs coordinator.
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: Varies depending on event space and activity, $400 - $2500+
Host a focus meeting…
WHAT: Increase employee engagement by having us come and speak to your team. We can share directly about the current state of the foster care system and ways your employees can support CFK or volunteer within our programs. Continue scrolling for an overview of some of those individual opportunities.
HOW: Contact our team by CLICKING HERE.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: LOW
Impact our bottom-line…
WHAT: Partner with us financially and be able to see the direct impact of your company’s dollars on our programs and in the lives of the youth and families we serve. As a small, local Charlotte non-profit, your financial contributions will go a long way in making a difference in our city and beyond.
HOW: Contact our team by CLICKING HERE.
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: VARIES
WHAT: Encourage your employees to partner with us financially by offering an employee donation matching program or campaign.
HOW: Contact our team by CLICKING HERE.
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: VARIES & FLEXIBLE (you can set a maximum)
Employee Engagement
Come alongside youth in care…
WHAT: Attend our next mentor info session to find out more about our Mentor Match program if you are interested in coming alongside older kids in care and providing relational support.
HOW: Sign-up to attend our next mentor info session to learn more. Click HERE.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: HIGH
Open your home…
WHAT: Attend our next foster parent orientation to learn more about becoming a foster parent and opening your home to kids in care.
HOW: Sign-up to attend our next foster orientation to learn more. Click HERE.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: HIGH
Serve & support social workers…
WHAT: Serve as part of our Socialight Team. The Socialight program exists to support and encourage frontline social workers throughout the year. Serve as a member of our Socialight Team to engage in volunteer activities, helping to encourage and uplift child welfare professionals or commit to pray for social workers as a Socialight Prayer Partner.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: LOW
Meet urgent needs for kids in care…
WHAT: Help stabilize kids in foster care by meeting urgent needs posted on the Landing Platform.
HOW: Sign-up for the Landing Platform email list. You will receive notifications when new needs are posted to the platform.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: LOW
Volunteer…
WHAT: CFK has many different one-off volunteer opportunities throughout the year. This could look like stuffing gift bags, wrapping gifts for youth in care, serving at a lunch for social workers, taking youth on a field trip, or renovating visitation rooms at DSS.
HOW: Sign-up to become a general volunteer by clicking HERE. (Background check required for child-facing opportunities)
COMMITMENT LEVEL: LOW to MED (varies)
Pray…
WHAT: Join other dedicated individuals on our prayer team and commit to lifting up prayer requests for CFK and the foster care system throughout the month. You will receive monthly prayer requests, updates, and names of children to pray for specifically.
HOW: Sign-up to be part of our prayer team by clicking HERE.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: LOW
Partner with us financially…
WHAT: Give a one-time monetary donation or become a regular monthly donor.
HOW: Click HERE.
COMMITMENT LEVEL: LOW
View a list of our current corporate, business, church, and community partners.