Making Good in Charlotte
The organization and idea of Make a Mark began with Sarah Obenauer in Blacksburg, VA, and has grown to 14 cities worldwide. Nicole Reyes and Kate Micham brought the 12-hour creative make-a-thon to Charlotte in 2018. thanks to the sponsorship of OrthoCarolina. As of 2023, they joined forces with Do Greater Charlotte to continue making the event possible, and even more rewarding for the greater community.
L to R: Jazzi Goode, Kelsey Van Dyke, Kate Micham, Nicole Reyes, Rachel Jeffway, Amanda Ireland
We’re proud of our numbers:
5 years serving, 60+ nonprofits served
2018—11 nonprofits, 33 makers
2019—15 nonprofits, 55 makers
2020—10 nonprofits, 30 makers
2023—13 nonprofits, 50 makers
2024—12 nonprofits, 45 makers
Past Recipients
A Child’s Place
A Fresh Start
Agape Acres
Anuvia
Angels in Disguise
Baby Bundles
BackSpinz Music Academy
Beds for Kids
Bethany’s Butterflies
Black Pickleball & Co.
BraveWorks
Cakeable
Care Ring
Carolina Family Connections
Champions of Change
Charlotte Black Dogs
Charlotte Community Toolbank
Charlotte is Creative
Charlotte Family Housing
Congregations for Kids
Digi-Bridge
Do Greater Charlotte
Exposure Project
Faith Action House
Fearless Brown Girls
Feast for Good
Food Connection CLT
Foster Village
Green Box Solutions
Healing Vine Harbor
Hinds Feet Farm
Life for the Hopeless Foundation
LiveLearnPlay
Machiah’s House, Inc.
McLeod Centers for Wellbeing
MeckEd
Mind Body Baby NC
Money Magnets
NeedMeeters
Paws & Reset
Pop Up Produce
Rebuilding Together
repCLT
Renaissance West Community Initiative
Resound
RIC’s Market Foundation
Right Moves for Youth
Smithville CommUnity Coalition
Sustain CLT
Soccer Foundation of Charlotte
Teaching Fellows Institute
Teen Health Connection
The Academy of Goal Achievers
The Park Community Development Coalition
Time Out Youth
Trips for Kids
Village to Village Leadership Foundation
Wayfinders
Wayfinders Youth Leadership Council
“Make a Mark is giving us access to resources we just didn’t have. As a smaller nonprofit, it takes community; it takes support.”
Our inaugural event at Hygge Coworking was made possible by OrthoCarolina and 33 volunteer makers. Local nonprofits A Child’s Place and Beds for Kids were among the 11 organizations we served.
