Featured
Initiatives
Featured Impact Campaigns and Days of Service
Days of Service and Special Events
National Volunteer Week
About National Volunteer Week Our local call to action for Points of Light’s larger National Volunteer Week campaign. Since 1974, National Volunteer Week has been an annual campaign celebrating the power of volunteers through service, events, and recognition. Here in...
Dignity Week
About Dignity Week Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only U.S. federal holiday designated as a day of service. While formally this is held on the third Monday of every January, some years Activate Good extends this into a weekend or week-long event focusing on...
Family Volunteer Day
Kick off the season with kid-friendly service! Held annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving Day, Family Volunteer Day gathers families from across the Triangle to serve their community together. Family Volunteer Day was founded by Points of Light to demonstrate...
9/11 Service & Remembrance
About This Event Our local call to action for the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. Each year, with the support of local businesses, Activate Good coordinates a Triangle-wide 9/11 Service & Remembrance event to mark the anniversary of...
Ongoing Campaigns
Civic 50 Greater Triangle
Recognizing the Most Community-Minded Businesses in the Triangle In 2023, we launched The Civic 50 Greater Triangle, an initiative in partnership with Points of Light, aimed to recognize and celebrate the 50 most community-minded companies in the region. The Civic...
Learn and Serve
About Learn and Serve In 2023, Activate Good is launching a new model for volunteer engagement: The Learn and Serve. Learn and Serve is a new approach that aims to transform volunteering into a vehicle for greater civic participation and empowerment. The Learn and...
The eLOVEate Schools Project
About This Event Activate Good believes we all have a responsibility to elevate schools in our local community. Between COVID-19 learning loss, staff shortages, and other challenges, schools need support from the communities they serve to thrive – and ensure their...