PTA Thrift Shop Breaks Ground on New Non-Profit Collaborative Venture

The PTA Thrift Shop is digging into a new collaboration project in hopes of uniting youth-serving organizations in the Triangle. PTA Thrift Shop held a groundbreaking Monday to announce the beginning of the Non-Profit Collaborative Venture, and how it will work.

“We’ll be partnering with PTA Thrift Shop specifically on some of the work that we already do,” said Tabitha Blackwell. She’s the director of Youth Forward, an organization that will be partnering with PTATS.

Chapel Hill – Carrboro Chamber of Commerce President Aaron Nelson speaking at groundbreaking. Photo via Blake Hodge.

The Non-Profit Collaborative Venture, or NCV, aims to create an office space by its executive office on West Main Street in Carrboro for five to seven local, youth-serving organizations to build capacity and facilitate programming.

PTATS Board Chair Wil Steen also says she’s excited for the project to begin, and says the NCV is also collaborative in the sense that it’s because of encouragement from the community that the project is even possible.

“Everybody that’s here has done something for us, to get us to this point and so really the thanks goes to you and the applause goes to you because without your help and your support, we wouldn’t be here.”

State Senator Valerie Foushee speaking at groundbreaking. Photo via Blake Hodge.

State Senator Valerie Foushee also attended the groundbreaking. She says the NCV will provide better opportunities for non-profits to provide resources and support for student youth in the Triangle.

“I believe it will be a stellar example of collaboration among local youth-serving non-profits and I, as well as all of you I’m sure, wish it all the best as this new project moves forward.”

Funds for the NCV have already been secured, but organization members are still seeking funding for operations and programming.

PTA Groundbreaking. Photo via Blake Hodge.

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