We’ve enjoyed giving back in many ways this holiday season, from working with our partners to make sure our clients have an extra special holiday, volunteering with local nonprofits, and even collecting items to donate. Here are a few final stories behind our gifts.
If you’ve visited a County building lately, it’s easy to see that employees are feeling festive. Like most places this time of year, our holiday spirit has taken the form of garland and festive lights.
But what you might not see is the way the holiday spirit shapes our involvement in the community – working with our partners to make sure our clients have an extra special holiday, volunteering with local nonprofits, and even collecting items to donate. County employees give “gifts” like this every day, but here is one of the stories behind the gift.
Code Enforcement employees are making the holidays a little brighter for children in the Carolinas. Like many others, they’re collecting new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots – but here’s why they’re doing it.
A message from Mecklenburg County Manager, Dena R. Diorio:
It’s the time of year to be thankful, and I am especially thankful to County employees and our community over the last two weeks.
After the ransomware attack that disabled virtually all our computer systems and rolled technology back 25 years, I really didn’t know how our employees and customers would react when they suddenly could not access many County services.
If you’ve visited a County building lately, it’s easy to see that employees are feeling festive. Like most places this time of year, our holiday spirit has taken the form of garland and festive lights.
But what you might not see is the way the holiday spirit shapes our involvement in the community – working with our partners to make sure our clients have an extra special holiday, volunteering with local nonprofits, and even collecting items to donate. County employees give “gifts” like this every day, but here is one of the stories behind the gift.
Alice Wirz spends her time Monday through Friday working as a substance abuse coordinator for the County’s Health Department. But, it’s her activities after hours that have captured the attention of many of her clients and coworkers.
This holiday season we’re spotlighting some of the ways that Mecklenburg County and our partners give back to the community in a series called “What’s Your Gift?”
Members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Youth Council are teaming up with Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department to help spread cheer this holiday season. Youth Council members are working with CMPD in organizing toy drives at 20 high schools across Mecklenburg County.
It’s the hap-happiest season of all! Everywhere you go in Mecklenburg County, you’re sure to see folks getting in the festive spirit. Chances are your neighbors have started to put up their Christmas trees, wreaths, and lights, but they’re not the only ones getting into the holiday season – our Park and Recreation department is, too!
by Kim Bayha, Health Policy Coordinator for Tobacco Control, Mecklenburg County Public Health
It’s no secret that tobacco dependence is a wicked addiction. When used as directed, tobacco kills half of its loyal users. Yet, 90 percent of those people start using before they’re 18. The human brain isn’t even fully-formed and able to give informed consent at that age!
There has been incredible progress in the fight against tobacco. Smoking rates have declined from nearly half the population in 1965 to about 17 percent today. But, tobacco use is still the leading cause of preventable death and disease in our community. The Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society every November, provides an opportunity to talk about some of the strategies that are most successful for reducing tobacco use and developing a quit plan.
The Mecklenburg County seal can be found on everything from letterhead to buildings. But what are all of those little images that make up the seal? And an even better question, why are they a part of it? And while we’re at it, how did we even end up with a County seal?
It may be best to start at the beginning. Sometime around the late ‘50s to early ‘60s, the Chamber of Commerce sponsored a contest to design a County seal – something that represented the County’s history, its growth and its future. The winning design, and the one that adorns the side of the County Courthouse, vehicles, signs and numerous other things, was designed by Harvey Boyd, an employee in the Art Department of the Charlotte Observer. The Board of County Commissioners officially adopted it in 1964.
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