N.C. Heroes Fund, Charlotte, announced grant and scholarship recipients: SSG Derek Drew, SGT Noble Salerno, Jaasmin Hunte, SGT Tyson Villarreal.
- October 7, 2008KB Home distributed over 1,400 books collected during drive to children of low-income families at Lyon Park Head Start, Durham.
- October 2, 2008N.C. Bankers Association donated $25,000 to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base for Military Family Assistance Group.
- September 25, 2008N.C. Outdoor Advertising Association donated 12 billboards to Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign to promote "Let's Talk" month.
- September 25, 2008N.C. Bankers Association awarded $25,000 to Wounded Warrior Batallion-East at Camp Lejeune for assistance for wounded marines, sailors and their families.
- September 25, 2008BB Corporation awarded $250,000 to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center to fund Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma.
- September 23, 2008Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $150,000 to Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, N.C., for exhibit renovation.
- September 18, 2008Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC received total of $257,467 in grants for food distribution, backpack, Kids Café programs.
- September 18, 2008J.M. Davis Custom Homes donated $27,400 to WakeMed Foundation; funds raised from sale of the WRAL Concept Home during Concept Home Tour.
- September 16, 2008Janet Freeman, dean emerita of information library services, awarded $1.1M to Meredith College to create special projects endowment fund for college library.
- September 16, 2008United States Department of Agriculture awarded $75,000 to Central Park NC of Star, N.C., for renovations to STARworks Center for Creative Enterprises.
- September 16, 2008Winston-Salem Foundation awarded $7,000 to Mountain Valley Hospice & Palliative Care to support Transitions program.
- September 16, 2008State Employees Credit Union Foundation awarded $1M to Johnston Memorial Hospital Foundation to help build hospice center in Smithfield.
- September 9, 2008Bank of America Charitable Foundation awarded $5,000 to Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, for museum visits for fifth graders.
- September 9, 2008Community Foundation of High Point established $100,000 fund to provide financial resources to Guilford County Schools in High Point.
- September 9, 2008Foundation for the Carolinas awarded $25,000 to United Way of Central Carolinas to fund Governance Review Panel.