Honor Card

If you are in search of a gift for your friend, family member, coworker, or client, we invite you to consider our 2025 Honor Card. Your donation to Roof Above directly funds life-changing services and programs that support individuals on their path from homelessness to housing. When you make a gift to our organization in honor of someone special, they will receive the 2025 Honor Card.


HOW DOES IT WORK?

Make a gift to Roof Above, and let us know whom you would like to honor. You can do so by returning this order form by mail, or by making a gift online and indicating that you would like to send an Honor Card. Here’s the fun part: We will mail blank cards to you so that you can personalize and share them. Or, you can send us your address list with a brief greeting and let us do the mailing FOR YOU! It couldn’t be easier.

Who is the artist?

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Dizzy has been drawing since she was little. As a child, she spent a lot of time in church, and she would often draw in a sketchbook while she sat quietly in the pew. Today, she creates dynamic portraits using digital art. She says, “Art is something I’ve been passionate about for a long time.”

Dizzy became connected to Roof Above when she was a senior in high school. Due to a challenging family situation, Dizzy and her older brother were forced to leave home and find refuge in her brother's car. A caring school guidance counselor helped them with funds to stay in a hotel, but when they had to begin paying for the hotel themselves, the money quickly ran out and they had to sleep in their car.

A different school guidance counselor connected with Roof Above and got Dizzy and her brother in touch with  Roof Above.

Dizzy reflects on her experience of homelessness, saying, “It was hard at the time, but I’m in a good place today.” Now she and her brother are stably housed, employed, and working toward their future goals.

Dizzy didn’t always factor art into her long-term plans, but with encouragement from her high school art teacher, she realized that working as an artist makes sense. Dizzy says, “I want to do art as a career. The more I create, the more passionate I am about it. I even want to open a museum so I can share my art and also other’s people’s art.”

When describing her creative process, Dizzy says, “Mostly, I just flow.” The first step is to find an image that speaks to her. She then sketches the image before uploading her drawing into an app that helps her turn her drawings into digital masterpieces.

Explore Dizzy’s art on Instagram at @noblegreens_arts.


HOW MUCH SHOULD I GIVE?

The best guideline is to give the amount you would have spent on a traditional gift.

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For more information, or if you have questions, email honorcard@roofabove.org.

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Together for Change

At Roof Above (formerly Urban Ministry Center and Men’s Shelter of Charlotte), we believe that home is critical to provide safety, stability, and dignity in people’s lives. We offer everything from street outreach to shelter and housing, reaching more than 1,400 people every day. Click here to learn more about our work.