Hi! I’m Elizabeth Haggart and I am so excited to be a TFFT intern in the Charlotte office this summer. After almost a year of emailing and meeting with Meghann and Kaitlin, it is hard to believe I am finally in the office. I just completed my junior year at Dickinson College, which included the
About a month ago I received an email that stopped me in my tracks. The email was from 11-year-old Kieran Caniglia. Dear Meghann and Kaitlin, I received money from my parents this year for my 11th birthday. I was looking through your website when I saw your annual fund. I saw that if I donated
In my last post I mentioned that I went to Nigeria with a certain stereotype in my head, only to learn from the engaged citizens in attendance at SHAPE Africa that my preconception was incomplete. This reminded me of a quote from Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk: “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with
I cannot believe it is May and I am already back in the TFFT office! My name is Maggie Boorman, and some of you may remember me as last year’s TFFT summer intern. So much has happened in the past year, but at the same time, I feel like I was just here in
Meghann has been a Global Shaper in the Charlotte Hub since 2012. WEF defines the Global Shapers Community as a global network of local communities led by exceptional young people whose potential, achievements, and drive make a positive contribution to their communities. Each year the World Economic Forum and the Global Shapers host regional summits
Ahhhhh Seattle! I had never been before and was very much looking forward to this opportunity to FINALLY meet Patty, Stu, and Katy Spencer as well as many of their friends, whom they have rallied to support TFFT over the years. I love that my job allows me to work with TFFT supporters all over
Do you love the idea of RIDETZ, but know you’re not the bike riding type? We have the perfect way for you to feel a part of the crew that will travel 400 miles from Mt. Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean this June. We select one TFFT scholar to participate in each epic RIDETZ journey. This is
The flight from Charlotte to Tanzania was long (thanks to an 8 hour layover in London!) and exhausting. I left the US on a Friday night, landing in Nairobi, Kenya – the last stop on my trip – before sunrise on Sunday. Despite only dozing intermittently on the flights, I was surprisingly awake and alert.
The weeks have begun to run together…I can’t really fathom that 5 weeks have past since I first arrived back in Tanzania. When reviewing my to do lists and Un-Calendar I see many checks and scratch throughs and a lot of highlighting, all of which signal that I am making progress… My visit started with
Well here we are once again, with me trying to put the emphasis on the FUN in TFFT’s Annual FUNd! So come along with me for a second, and we’ll see how I do. At first glance, Annual Funds are not the most exciting topic. They are necessary, but not necessarily glamorous. If glamorous is