4-H Whale Robotics

4-H Whale Robotics is a local nonprofit dedicated to inspiring students of all ages to expand their knowledge of STEM through competitive robotics.

 

Activity: Control and Interact with Robots - Operate and learn about high-level robots built by Cary students!

African American Quilt Circle of Durham

African American Quilt Circle of Durham is dedicated to preserving the heritage of quilting in the African American community and to further promote, share, educate, and sustain its legacy.

 

Activity: Celebrate the Heritage of Quilting – Sew mini quilt blocks with needle, thread, fabric, and batting. Needle and thread not your style? Create a quilt design using fabric swatches and glue sticks.

Asian Focus

Asian Focus (AF) is a nonprofit dedicated to helping Asian Americans navigate cultural and linguistic challenges. AF promotes education, diversity, and cultural exchange to support a thriving, inclusive community. 

Activity: Take the chopstick challenge – Engage your fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination by picking up unique items with chopsticks.

Carolina Performing Arts

Carolina Performing Arts is dedicated to fostering belonging and discovery through live performing arts experiences — on stage, in classrooms, and across communities.

 

Activity: Come Together and Share Your Sound – Post your responses to questions about your arts experiences and create a collective portrait of shared cultural experiences across the community.

 

Cary Ballet Company

Cary Ballet Company’s mission is to share the transformative power of ballet through inspiring performances, broad cultural and educational access, and meaningful community engagement that nurtures the next generation of artists.

Snow at Lazy Daze? You Can Make It Happen. Paint wooden snowflakes and learn hand motions for the Snow Scene for Act 1 of the Cary Ballet Company’s upcoming production of the Nutcracker.

Cary Players Community Theatre

Cary Players Community Theatre provides the citizens of Cary and the surrounding area with opportunities to perform on stage, work backstage, or attend live theatre performances as well as workshops and classes.

Activity: Decorate Your Own Theatre Fan - Beat the heat by decorating your own theatre fan. Participate in theatrical warm-up exercises. Pose for a photo wearing a costume piece. 

CureSearch for Children's Cancer

CureSearch for Children’s Cancer works to end childhood cancer by driving targeted and innovative research with measurable results in an accelerated time frame.

Activity: Write Short Notes of Hope – Write short, encouraging messages to boost the spirits of children fighting cancer.

 

Diamante Arts & Cultural Center

Diamante is dedicated to the preservation, development, and promotion of the culture, heritage and artistic expressions of the Latino/Hispanic community of North Carolina.

Activity: Explore Latino Culture in North Carolina – Celebrate North Carolina’s Latino community by creating tiles for a collaborative paper tile mural reflecting the collective creativity and voice of festival attendees.

Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel

Friends of the Page-Walker-Walker Hotel enriches the community by serving as the guardian for the Page-Walker Arts & History Center, advocating for the preservation of Cary historic sites, archiving history and facilitating history education, and promoting the cultural arts.

Activity: Flag a Place in History – Step back in time to design a North Carolina flag for America’s Revolutionary War. Or jump ahead and design a flag in honor of America’s 250^th anniversary.

 

Hum Sub

Hum Sub seeks to share India's culture and heritage with the communities of the North Carolina Triangle area and beyond through family-oriented cultural events geared toward learning, diversity awareness, and inclusivity while helping to build a stronger foundation for the next generation.

Activity: Discover India’s Culture and Heritage – Solve puzzles and fill in coloring sheets based on Indian folk tales.

 

Lutheran Services Carolinas

Lutheran Services Carolinas is dedicated to providing safe, loving, and supportive homes for children in foster care while empowering families through compassion, advocacy, and specialized support services.

Activity: Build Community and Support for Foster Kids – Help create a wall of hope filled with encouraging messages, drawings, and words of support for children in foster care.

Myles of Great Hopes

Myles of Great Hopes is a nonprofit supporting Kenyan communities through education, sanitation, and health initiatives. Myles empowers youth and families with sustainable programs for a brighter future.

Activity: Art, Culture, and Heritage – Kenya Style – Paint safari animals. Make Masai paper necklaces. Move to the beat of African music as you learn about the rich culture of Kenya.

Save Soil

Save Soil is a global movement dedicated to addressing one of the most urgent and overlooked crises of our time, soil extinction. Specifically, Save Soil works to drive national policy changes across 193 nations that will raise and maintain the organic content of soil.

 

Activity: Create a Seed Pod – Make a seed pod to toss in your garden at home. Then, watch wildflowers grow, prevent erosion, feed pollinators, and restore organic matter.

The Carying Place

The Carying Place teaches homeless working families with children financial literacy and other life skills to attain independent living while providing short-term housing and support services to address their individual needs.

Activity: Add to Our Collaborative Butterfly – Join with other festival attendees to fill a butterfly outline and create a collaborative work of art to hang in The Carying Place office.

Wake County Permanency Planning (Foster Care), Wake County DSS

The primary mission of Wake County Permanency Planning (Foster Care) is to provide temporary, safe care for abused or neglected children while working to reunite them with their biological families. If reunification is not possible, the program focuses on securing long-term, stable alternatives like adoption or legal guardianship.

Activity: Help Us Grow – Fill the outline of flowers and trees on the poster board with kind words and drawings in support of children in foster care.

Yates Mill Associates

 Yates Mill Associates (YMA) was formed by a group of local history buffs in 1989 to restore, preserve, and operate Yates Mill. YMA is solely responsible for the upkeep and repairs made to Yates Mill.

Activity: Discover the Natural Beauty Around You – Learn to identify neighborhood birdsong and plants using photos, narrative, and interactive apps.