Corvid Technologies LLC, completed holiday fundraisers to raise money for 11 mission-driven and nonprofit organizations in Iredell County. Corvid pledged a five-to-one dollar match for every employee donation and a 10-cent donation for every push-up completed in the first two weeks of December. The fundraising totaled $146,464.46 with employees raising $29,030.26 and completing 55,426 pushups.

 

“In addition to helping a number of charities, we also want to be good partners in the local communities where we work and live,” said David Robinson, Corvid’s CEO. 

 

The fundraising initiative is a part of Corvid’s matching donation program, which matches the pro-rata employee donations to a percentage of company profits. Corvid employees had the first two weeks of December to select their receiving charity and make donations. The donations included:

 

$35,214.00 – Feed NC

Mission: Creating connections to food, education and resources as a catalyst for change. The result of our mission is to create healthy, stable families who can meet their needs - and can readily call on outside resources when necessary.

 

$8,100.00 – HealthReach Community Clinic 

Mission: HealthReach Community Clinic, located in Mooresville, NC, is a free clinic that provides health services to make a significant contribution to the health and wellness of our Iredell County, NC neighbors in need. To qualify as a patient you must be at least 18 and under 65 years of age, have a combined household income of less than 300% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, and have no health insurance. Our medical services include non-emergency acute medical care, care of chronic diseases, and limited specialty care. Additionally, the HealthReach Community Clinic pharmacy provides free non-narcotic prescriptions to registered patients in need. Other services include health and wellness education and chiropractic care. HealthReach Community Clinic is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit charity with IRS 501(c)3 status, providing health services to uninsured since 2003.

 

$16,127.76 – The Christian Mission

Mission: The Christian Mission serves as a catalyst to transform lives in the Mooresville area. We meet people right where they are and love them as they are. As the hands and feet of Christ, the ‘Mission’ provides resources, skills, education, and services to individuals and families to alleviate suffering and break the cycle of generational poverty in our area.

 

$14,497.80 – Dove House Children's Advocacy Center 

Mission: Dove House Children’s Advocacy Center is a fully accredited 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, that serves child victims of sexual assault and their non-offending family members in Alexander and Iredell Counties in North Carolina. Their mission is to minimize trauma, promote healing, and enhance investigation and prosecution for child-victims of sexual abuse through advocacy, intervention, collaboration, and education.

 

$7,500.00 – Pharos Parenting

Mission: To build positive parenting skills through targeted education, in-home coaching, and supportive intervention programs.

 

$15,831.30 – Hope of Mooresville

Mission: Hope of Mooresville provides temporary, safe shelter and support services to Mooresville’s homeless women and children.

 

$16,200.00 – Fifth Street Ministries & My Sister's House 

Mission: My Sister’s House is a safe place for women and children fleeing domestic, sexual violence and/or human trafficking. Counselors and advocates work directly with individuals, providing hospital and court advocacy, peer support and case management services.

 

$14,400.00 – Lake Norman Humane Society

Mission: Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome. Lake Norman Humane envisions a community where pets are healthy, in a loving forever home with the ability to return to that home should they ever be separated.

 

$12,600.00 – Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County

Mission: A community-based nonprofit organization with a mission to honor life by providing extraordinary care with compassion, comfort and dignity to our patients, families and community. We provide this care for all eligible patients and families regardless of their ability to pay.

 

$450.00 – Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Mission: The LLS mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

 

$5,543.60 – Welcome Home Veterans at Richard's Coffee Shop

Mission: Welcome Home Veterans Living Home Military Museum at Richard's Coffee Shop is a living military museum dedicated to honoring America's veterans, active duty personnel and emergency services personnel. The veterans who visit the shop play a part in the living history through their stories and help find, procure, and institute the artifacts and memorabilia displayed in the museum.

 

Corvid plans to continue the matching program annually and partner with charities to positively impact the local community. 

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About Corvid

Corvid Technologies LLC, headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, is an engineering firm that specializes in high-fidelity, computational modeling and simulation for defense, motorsports, and Olympic customers. Comprised of over 200 engineers and scientists, Corvid’s specialties include structural mechanics, warhead design, fluid dynamics, shock physics, high fidelity computational physics solver development, range safety, biomechanics, launch services, manufacturing, test and evaluation, topology optimization and more.