What started as a homemade Christmas decoration nearly 30 years ago has continued to be something much bigger…and brighter. As the end of January 2023 quickly approaches, we wanted to report on the annual Sunset Hills neighborhood Lighted Christmas Balls and its “Shine the Light on Hunger” efforts. If you’re unfamiliar, you can read our
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2019 Habitat Women Build
One of my privileges in 2019 is to serve as President of the Women’s Professional Forum (WPF). Last fall one of the members of WPF asked me if I thought WPF would like to be part of the 2019 Habitat For Humanity Women Build. I offered her idea to our board of directors who quickly
5 Measures of “Wealth”
Most of us, including myself, get hung up on allowing a dollar figure to determine how “wealthy” we are. When in fact, wealth can be made up of things that are worth far more than money but are harder to quantify. Because of this difficulty in measuring, we often default to overlook these alternative measures.
Abigail Disney and Money Conversations
I recently ran across an interview with Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (posted here at New York’s The Cut What It’s Like to Grow Up With More Money Than You’ll Ever Spend.) It is a surprisingly vulnerable and honest insight into the real-life impact (both good and
Our Most Read Blog Posts of 2017
Wrapping up our year, we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss out on our most read blog posts of 2017. We also want to say a big “Thank You!” for reading, sharing, and dialoguing with us along the way. If you have any suggestions for future topics, send them to us at [email protected]. 6
Lighted Christmas Balls – 2017 Update
It’s hard to go anywhere in our city in December without the conversation turning to the Lighted Christmas Balls, the Food Drive and the Running of the Balls. If you’ve lived in Greensboro twenty-one years or less, you’ve never known a December without Lighted Christmas Balls. In 1996, our daughter, Alison, came home from
Keeping Track of Surprise Joys
May 10th - "Received 'Happy Birth Month' wishes out at dinner with friends" May 11th - "Got up early just to see the sunrise. Beautiful!" May 12th - "Saw a young Eurasian Eagle Owl in person! Still fluffy!" Some of our best friends surprised Jonathan and me with an invitation to join their family on
Giving Back: Why Give? (Part 1 of 3)
This is the first in a three part series on charitable giving. At Smith Partners Wealth Management, we love Giving Back and see it as part of our every day mission. You can read more about what we have learned and what we value on our “Lessons in Giving Back” page. The Gift of Giving
Giving Back: Chuck Feeny, The James Bond of Philanthropy
“You can only wear one pair of pants at a time” – Chuck Feeny The New York Times has a great profile of Charles F. Feeny, an intentionally unknown name in the world of philanthropy who is living his motto of “Giving While Living”. What makes him so rare? For someone who has given away