Basic Organization Information
ALMETTO HOWEY ALEXANDER LAYBRINTH FOUNDATION
- Also Known As:
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Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth Foundation, Inc.
- Physical Address:
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Charlotte, NC
28297
- EIN:
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30-0482980
- Web URL:
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almetto.org
- NTEE Category:
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O Youth Development
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R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
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R12 Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
- Year Founded:
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2009
- Ruling Year:
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2009
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth Foundation is to raise funds to build a labyrinth — which is free and open to anyone who wishes to experience this path for healing, meditation, and peace of mind — in the Washington Heights area of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Impact Statement
The McCrorey Family YMCA on Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte has donated the outdoor location for the labyrinth's placement. In 2009, Artist Tom Schulz prepared a proposal for the labyrinth. He designed a specific labyrinth that, while based on the conventional eleven-circuit pattern, speaks to the ancient African origins of the labyrinth. His studies and to-scale painting interpret aspects of Almetto Howey Alexander's life journey through personalized symbolism, imagery and color. The top goal for 2010 is to raise $51,000 to prepare the location, pour the substrate, and to employ Tom Schulz / EnnisArts, LLC to bring the labyrinth to completion.
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Chief Executive
Almetto Howey Alexander
Term:
Since
June
2007
Chief Executive Profile:
Almetto Howey Alexander, Founder, was appointed to the North Carolina Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, and received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. award from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee for her active involvement in civil rights. She also received a Certificate of Achievement for the "I Have a Dream" National Youth Assembly. A graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (with additional diplomas from Morgan Beauty School and Second Ward high School), Mrs. Alexander taught elementary education for twenty-five years, at several schools, retiring from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. She has worked tirelessly in service to her community and to her church. She is a Life Member and Golden Heritage member of the NAACP, and listed in Charlotte's NAACP Hall of Fame. She is a Life Member of the National Council of Negro Women, received the Woman of the Year award in the Delta Zeta Chapter Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, and has been a volunteer tour guide for the Henrietta Marie Slave Ship project / exhibit at Spirit Square, also in Charlotte. Mrs. Alexander also received Las Amigas, Inc.'s Unsung Hero Award; Nations Ford Elementary's "Training Our Youth" award; a Certificate of Recognition for her efforts to improve community housing from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and the National Women of Achievement President's Award for her volunteer achievements. Mrs. Alexander has always stayed involved in the life and work of Charlotte's First Baptist Church-West, and is currently a member of Missionary Group No. 4, Sunday School Class No. 5 and The Golden Age Club. She has been named Woman of the Year, a member of the board of Christian Education and a member of the Adult Choir.
CEO/Executive Director Statement:
The labyrinth is my dedication to the community to inspire people of all ages to find a peaceful place to reflect, refocus, heal, meditate, find peace of mind and pray.Washington Heights, within the historic West End district of Charlotte, is the location of The McCrorey Family YMCA, which is partnering with the Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth Foundation to advance its mission of building healthy spirits, minds and bodies. We believe the integration of this labyrinth into this established community program will help foster spiritual connectivity and provide no-cost health benefits to people of all ages. From our research, we believe this may be the first Afro-Centric Labyrinth in the United States. We are all coming from what seems like nowhere and we are going somewhere. Seeking. Finding. And we must work together in this. — Almetto Howey Alexander
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Program:
Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth Foundation Fundraising Program
- Budget:
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$51,000
- Category:
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Community Development
- Population Served:
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Blacks
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
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Adults
Program Description:
Through community events, media releases and online outreach, The Almetto Howey Alexander Foundation Fundraising Program seeks to inform interested parties of its mission to build this Afro-Centric Labyrinth in the Washington Heights area of Charlotte, NC. The goal is to raise the building budget of $51,000 so work may proceed on donated grounds at the McCrorey Family YMCA on Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC. Desired completion of the installation is within 2010.
Program Long-Term Success:
Activities are often thought of as group-oriented, competitive sports, skill-oriented, performance or even pressure. The labyrinth provides a balancing activity, one which may best be pursued alone, in one's own time of need, searching, or desire for peace and focus. Experiencing the solace of journey provided by a labyrinth brings peace, healing, and enlightenment — mental health — appropriate for people of any age. The labyrinth itself is a beautiful monument to heritage and history. The spiritual and actual presence of the labyrinth will fulfill the dreams of its founder — a person who spent her life working for her community in education and civil rights — and will offer the benefits and reminders of this continuing journey to the community's next generations.
Program Short-Term Success:
The fundraising program's short-term success will be met when the goal of raising $51,000 for the building fund is reached. It is at this point that the Almetto Howey Alexander Foundation may proceed to benefit from the promised cite donation by The McCrorey Family YMCA, and may begin the installation process.
Program Success Monitored by:
The Foundation Committee, consisting of the Founder and sixteen dedicated volunteers, meets regularly and exchanges duties via email. The Treasurer is vigilant regarding income. Marketing efforts are on a volunteer basis, and out-of-pocket expenditures such as printing are engaged based on a minimum-expense-for-maximum-impact basis. Progress is ascertained by the treasurer's observation of the Foundation account which exists solely to grow building funds. Participation in community events and online drives are designed to increase visibility and to encourage growth spurts of donations towards the goal.
Program Success Examples:
The Almetto Howey Alexander Labyrinth Fundraising Program was just established in the early summer of 2010. It is designed to be a short-term, high-growth program. Initial initiatives of selecting the designer and installation artist, of receiving partnership donation of the location space, and the engagement of sixteen enthusiastic volunteers within and outside of the community are excellent indicators that the fundraising program, set into motion by the Foundation Committee, will be a swift success. The launching of the program to the public, beginning on June 19, 2010 at the Juneteenth celebration in Charlotte, will give us specific numeric testimony, which will be posted thereafter.
Volunteer Needs
Please consult the website: www.almetto.org, for current needs. Please send links to our site to anyone you think may be interested, for any reason. We would like to build awareness as well as reach our funding goal.
Request for In-Kind Contributions
We gratefully acknowledge the partnership and promise of a wonderful space, accessible by all, at The McCrorey Family YMCA, Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC. We would welcome good publicity; please contact Harriett Alexander Whiting if you are interested in arranging interviews. At this time, we do not have other requests for in-kind contributions, but we may change this as our needs are re-assessed. Please consult our website.