HAVE A HEART: What are YOU doing for the Greater Good?

Area non-profit organizations need volunteers, and local young professionals are willing to help – if asked. Knowing this, three businesses have joined forces to bring these two groups together.

On Feb. 18, Greater Good Productions, Self-Help and Bon’s Eye Marketing will present “HAVE A HEART: What are YOU doing for the Greater Good?” The event, slated from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Self-Help Center (272 N. Front St.), will feature interactive booths showcasing the work and needs of more than 20 nonprofits. There also will be cocktails, food and live music.

The plan is to attract a new crop of volunteers for these organizations – people with creativity, energy and passion to help them grow.

Nonprofits scheduled to be in attendance include: American Red Cross, Brigade Boys & Girls Club, Cameron Art Museum, Cape Fear Literacy Council, Cape Fear River Watch, Inc., Cape Fear Volunteer Center/ Big Buddy, Carolina Canines for Service, Communities in Schools, Community Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington, DREAMS Center for Art Education, Girls on the Run of the Coastal Carolinas, Historic Wilmington Foundation, Kids Making It, NC Coastal Land Trust, Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons, Sunburst Foundation, The Dance Cooperative, Inc., WHQR 91.3FM Public Radio, YWCA Lower Cape Fear, Guardian Ad Litem Program and Cape Fear Green Building Alliance.