The virtual Mission Reveal event will take place via Zoom on Thurs. March 16th, 3:30-4:30pm and feature an interactive game to learn about all the participating nonprofits and reveal your project match for the Corporate Challenge. You will need to register your full team for the event. You may register as many employees as your sponsorship allows (refer to Sponsorship-at-a-Glance drop-down). Once teams complete the game, they will learn their project match and have 5-10 minutes to meet with the nonprofit project host in a breakout room to learn about their project.

Directly following Mission Reveal, you will receive a link to share with your team with the project information and employee registration which will be capped at your allowed volunteer amount (refer to Sponsorship-at-a-Glance drop-down). If you have your own registration through your company, please email melissa@earthsharenc.org to ensure it includes all necessary information and questions.

Teams will meet 1-4pm on April 13th across the Triangle to complete volunteer projects and compete for the coveted, locally-made, blown glass globe awards—and bragging rights!

Awards:

• The Spirit Award – Given to the team that shows the most spirit and excitement about participating.
• Teamwork Award – Given to the team that works best as a unit on the work site.
• Best Overall – Given to the team with the most impressive overall impact.
• The Storytelling Award – At the Celebration, teams have 90 seconds to share their experience through any form of creative expression they’d like!
• Best Picture/Best Video – Teams will submit their best picture and 15 second video from the event for these prizes.

Judging – Each location will have a panel of 7-8 local, well-known sustainability leaders as judges. A judge will join your team onsite for a portion of the project to engage with and observe your team to help determine awards. At the end of the project, your team will be evaluated by the project host and results will be shared with the judges.

Image Sharing – On your Team Registration, you submitted an individual who will be responsible for collecting and submitting the best photo and video via the submission form. We will email this contact before the Challenge Day to submit photos through the form or via email. Please label your submission by company name. For the sake of judging in a timely manner, media must be uploaded by 4:30pm the day of the Challenge.

This event allows the teams to reconvene, hear about each other’s experiences, and celebrate impact! Employees can register in the Corporate Challenge Volunteer Registration form.

Storytelling – Each team is encouraged to participate in the storytelling competition. Teams will have 90 seconds to share their experience in the Challenge through slides, video, song, poetry, or other creative ideas – There is no limitation to the story competition except the 90 second rule!

Awards – Judges will deliberate on award winners and present in Charlotte at the Celebration and in the Triangle at the Earth Day Breakfast. Award winners will be listed on the Corporate Earth Day page on our website and shared on social media.

The Corporate Earth Day Breakfast is the final event of the Corporate Earth Day Events program and will take place in Raleigh on Thurs. April 20th, 8:30am.

Attendance – Each sponsorship team receives a certain number of tickets to the Earth Day Breakfast (refer to Sponsorship-at-a-Glance drop-down).

Program – We’re excited to announce this year’s speaker, Bea Boccalandro, Purpose/CSR/ESG Advisor and author of the book “Do Good at Work”. The program will also include an interactive element for attendees, and the results of the Corporate Challenge.

Our app-based, statewide sustainability challenge contains 60+ actions for employees to reduce their environmental impact on the climate, waste, and water. Companies can learn more here and register by emailing heather@earthsharenc.org by March 15th. to compete against other companies for bragging rights and online recognition, and employees compete to enter a raffle drawing.

To further promote the work of EarthShare NC and our Nonprofit Members, we will host a virtual silent auction April 1^st  – April 30^th.

Auction Items are being donated from EarthShare North Carolina nonprofits and local businesses. If your organization would like to make an in-kind donation to the auction, please email melissa@earthsharenc.org by March 15th.

The auction will be hosted on 32Auctions.com and the direct link will be distributed to all registered participants. There will be Buy Now options for all prizes and participants may bid up through Earth Day—April 22nd. Some items will be limited by location due to local pick-up requirements, and some may be shipped throughout NC.

Be sure to follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook @earthsharenc.

Sponsor announcements – Earth Day Sponsors will be shared on our Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Website. There will be a general announcement made for each sponsor as confirmed and a second announcement made with your match after Mission Reveal. We will tag your company if your social media handles were provided in the registration form.

Internal promotions – Team coordinators will be provided with a URL to their specific company page after the Mission Reveal event to recruit volunteers on their team. We can provide specialized graphics and/or copy for internal communications with a 3-day notice. Please email melissa@earthsharenc.org for special requests.