GIVE UNCW

GIVE UNCW

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead.

We are the Student Chapter of Growth International Volunteer Excursions at University of North Carolina Wilmington. The mission of GIVE is to inspire growth, empower global citizens and ignite sustainable change worldwide. Volunteer in four amazing countries: Nicaragua, Tanzania and Thailand and Laos. Message us for more information and like this page to stay up to date with events!

07/02/2024

Attend one of the info sessions or reach out to the contacts listed if you are interested in traveling with GIVE!!!! 🌎 🌱 🩵

29/01/2024

Happy Monday! First Meeting of Spring 2024 will be held Monday, February 5th at 5pm in CH 133! Looking forward to going over some events, as well as seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones! 🩵🦋

11/01/2024

thank you to for organizing this lovely event! and a big thank you to for hosting!

the music and vibes were immaculate! 🎶

28/12/2023

Welcome back uncw give!!

Our first event of the semester is with the lovely people from for another canned food drive show!!

We have had such a blast with these in the past and look forward to seeing y’all out there 😊 Don’t forget to bring your nonperishable food items for admission 🥫🥫

When: January 5th, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Where:

14/11/2023

TODAY 🚨 ‼️

LAST MEETING OF THE SEMESTER!!

Come join us in highlighting our events for the month of November and wrapping up the semester with a PowerPoint on food insecurity!!🍎🍌🥑

07/11/2023

Next Thursday, November 16th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am UNCW GIVE will be partnering with for Rain Garden Maintenance!!

RSVP on Wave-link 🌧️🪴Can’t wait to see y’all there!!

01/11/2023

what a great time we had this past weekend at give-o-ween!!

huge thanks to everyone for coming and supporting and remember the raffles don’t close until November 5th!! buy your tickets 🎟️

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 27/10/2023

Support UNCW GIVE through our three donation based giveaway baskets!! 🧺 ✨

THANK YOU THANK YOU to all of the local artists, restaurants and companies that donated this year!! Go check them out, they absolutely ROCK!!

You can purchase tickets (1 for $5 or 3 for $12) by DMing our Instagram or coming to give-o-ween from 5:00-9:00 pm on October 29th!!

can not wait to see y’all there and don’t forget to bring your clothing items to swap :)

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 26/10/2023
Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 23/10/2023

what a blast we had with this weekend for a masonboro kayak cleanup!! 🌞🐚🌊

a huge thank you to all our friends at Kayak Carolina who were gracious to lead the tour for our members ❤️🌎

REMEMBER - give-o-ween is this weekend October, 29th from 5:00 to 9:00 at Wrightsville Beach Brewery 😎

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 16/10/2023

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR ANNUAL GIVE-O-WEEN!!

👻 October 29th

🎃 4:00 Pm - 9:00 Pm

📍 Wrightsville Beach Brewery Beer Garden

there will be live music, brews, food, a ticket based giveaway, and a clothing swap - we will post more details of the ticket based giveaway very soon 🥰

can not wait to see you there!!

07/10/2023

Next Meeting Alert!!!

Mark your calendars for this Tuesday, October 10th @ 5:00 PM in Cameron Hall.

We will have guest speaker Shelby Diehl from coming in to talk about forever chemicals followed by a short presentation.

As always reminder that anyone is welcome to join even if you haven’t been before ☺️☺️

22/09/2023

thank you to all of our volunteers who came out last weekend for the beach sweep and for rain garden maintenance with UNCW’s Office of Sustainability!!

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18/09/2023

we will be volunteering at the rain garden maintenance this Thursday • September 21st

⏰ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

📍Schwartz and Suites Rain Garden

visit their Instagram page or wave-link to complete the signup genius!!

anyone is welcome to join 🥰

15/09/2023

Beach Sweep is tomorrow at 10:00 am!!

We will be meeting at Johnny Mercers Pier with our friends from and 🌊 🥰

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 13/09/2023

huge thanks to everyone for coming out to todays meeting!! we hope you learned a bit about GIVE and met some new people 🌼🤍

for more information turn on Instagram notifications or join the GroupMe - link in our bio

first event is this weekend - Saturday, September 16th • 10:00 am -11:00 am at Johnny Mercers Pier 🌊

10/09/2023

First UNCW GIVE member meeting this Tuesday, September 16th at 5:00 PM 🤍🌱

We will be meeting in Cameron 133 and will be discussing the upcoming semester, introducing ourselves, and talking about GIVE as a whole!!

We will also be painting plant pots 🎨 🪴we will provide all the materials, but feel free to bring brushes or paint if you have it!!

Can not wait to see y’all 🥰

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 30/08/2023

hello hello!! Thanks to everyone who chatted with us at the involvement carnival 🥰

Meetings will be taking place every second Tuesday at 5:00 PM!! The first meeting is September 12th so mark your calendars 📆 🤍

The first event of the semester will be with for a beach sweep!! 🌊🌊

Lastly, if you are interested in getting more reminders than just the Instagram feel free to join our GroupMe (QR code on the last slide)

27/08/2023

Welcome Back!!!

Come see GIVE UNCW at the Involvement Carnival this Tuesday from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm!!! 🌱🌱

We will be talking more about our club and upcoming semester meetings and events!! Can not wait to see y’all there :)

25/05/2023

thank you thank you thank you!!!

the numbers are in.. 194 lbs of food and $200 dollars all to benefit

as always an enormous thank you to , Waterline Brewing Co, and all of the bands and individuals that came out to support.

y’all are the best and kindest folks to work with and we can not wait to see what is in store in the future!!!

15/05/2023

THIS FRIDAY ‼️ 🚨

we are teaming up again with to host a canned food drive for

Admission is three non-perishable food items🥫🍴

📍 Waterline Brewing - Doors open @ 5:00

Hope to see some of y’all there and huge thank you to the PCE and the bands for what is to be another successful show 🤍🤍

10/04/2023

This Saturday we will be joining for a campus cleanup!!

We will meet at the university suites quad at 11 am 🤍 can’t wait to see you all there!!

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 29/03/2023

During today’s meeting we learned how to make DIY Beeswax Food Wraps!!

All you need is an iron, fabric scraps, beeswax pellets, and parchment paper.

Beeswax good wraps are a great way to rid of single use plastics and help prevent food waste 🤍🤍

Thank you for the great idea and providing us with all the materials!!

12/03/2023

MARCH 17TH! Together with & , we are having a consignment sale from 4-6 pm at Tidal Creek Co-Op! Bring clothes to donate with 5 free swaps, $1 for any swap and $5 to buy!

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 22/11/2022

this years canned food drive was a huge success!! we were able to donate 443 pounds to 🤍🤍

thankful for the PCE for all their work towards this event!! can not wait for next years ☺️also huge thanks to everyone who came out to support as well as the awesome bands that played!!

09/11/2022

Meeting Tomorrow!!

We will be discussing food insecurity within the Wilmington community and talking about ways to make a positive impact.

Guest speaker Shelby Diehl will be coming to talk about The GREEN Program which is a short term study abroad experience for sustainability!!

Can’t wait to see everyone and talk about why donating to nonprofits in food insecure areas is so important

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 08/11/2022

CANNED FOOD DRIVE SHOW!!

November 17th from 7:00-12:00 we are partnering with to host a canned food drive show at Barzarre !!

There are some awesome bands lined up and admission will be any three items from the list from

All items will be donated to Nourish NC so come out to support local bands and help out a great cause 🤍

Thank you so much you all have been wonderful and are really doing so much to better the local wilmington community!!!

We’re so excited 🥰🥰

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 30/10/2022

what a lovely day!! thank you to for allowing us to adventure to Zeke’s Island for a very awesome cleanup

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 25/10/2022

GIVE-O-WEEN!! We can’t thank everyone enough who came out yesterday! We had the best time ever and we hope you did too! The clothing swap & raffle went so well! ✨THE WINNER OF THE RAFFLE WILL BE CHOSEN OCTOBER 31st!!!✨Thank you to the live musicians & our amazing volunteers. That was awesome!🤠

Photos from GIVE UNCW's post 22/10/2022

one day away from GIVE-O-WEEN!! The baskets are ready and we are so excited 🥰

Venmo:
$5 for one ticket
$12 for three tickets
Make sure to Include your phone number and the basket number you wish to enter for!!

Take a look at our previous raffle post for more details on specific items and value!!

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