HIVE - Helping Iredell Volunteers Engage

10/09/2026

Two teams. One unforgettable weekend. Which volunteer role sounds like you?

🎈 Tethered Balloons Team: Help pilots and guests in the tethered balloon area.
ℹ️ Info Tent Team: Welcome festival attendees and help them get oriented.

United Way of Iredell County is recruiting for both roles at Carolina BalloonFest, October 16–18. Morning and afternoon shifts are available.

Find your fit and sign up:
Tethered Balloons: https://volunteer.uwiredell.org/need/detail/?need_id=1290733
Info Tent: https://volunteer.uwiredell.org/need/detail/?need_id=1306129

Bring a friend and volunteer together!

10/07/2026

A warm welcome can make someone’s whole festival day. 😊

We’re recruiting Info Tent volunteers for Carolina BalloonFest, October 16–18. If you enjoy greeting people and helping attendees feel welcome while answering standard questions about the event, this could be your place on the team.

Morning and afternoon shifts are available. See the opportunity and sign up through HIVE: https://volunteer.uwiredell.org/need/detail/?need_id=1306129

Come help us welcome our neighbors to BalloonFest!

10/03/2026

Want to be close to the balloon excitement? Join our Tethered Balloons Team at Carolina BalloonFest!

Volunteers in this area help pilots and guests as part of the tethered balloon experience. It’s a chance to work alongside a team and help make the festival memorable for attendees.

Morning and afternoon shifts are available October 16–18.

Review the opportunity and sign up here: https://volunteer.uwiredell.org/need/detail/?need_id=1290733

Know someone who would love this role? Tag them below!

10/01/2026

09/30/2026

The balloons are coming back—and we need volunteers on the field!

Carolina BalloonFest returns October 16–18, and United Way of Iredell County is recruiting for two teams:
~Tethered Balloons and the Info Tent.
~Morning and afternoon shifts are available.

Whether you’ve volunteered before or this would be your first year, we’d love to have you join us.

🎈 Tethered Balloons: https://volunteer.uwiredell.org/need/detail/?need_id=1290733
ℹ️ Info Tent: https://volunteer.uwiredell.org/need/detail/?need_id=1306129

Choose your team and sign up while shifts are available!

09/28/2026

🍽️ ONE TABLE. ONE COMMUNITY. SO MANY REASONS TO BE GRATEFUL.

💙 THANK YOU!!!!

Yesterday, Blue Devil Boulevard became more than a street—it became a place where neighbors gathered, conversations began and community came to life.

To every guest who joined us at the Longest Table Mooresville: thank you for taking your seat, sharing a meal and helping us celebrate The Power of We.

To our volunteers: thank you for every table you prepared, every guest you welcomed, every meal you served and every task you completed after the final guest had gone. Your generous hands and hearts made this experience possible from beginning to end.

We are deeply grateful to every sponsor and community partner who helped set the table:
~Iredell Health System - Platinum Presenting Sponsor
~Mooresville Graded Schools - Gold Sponsor
~Cheney Brothers - Gold Sponsor
~Coca-Cola Consolidated - Gold Sponsor
~Fifth Third Bank - Silver Sponsor
~Publix Super Markets - Silver Sponsor
~Piedmont HealthCare - Silver Sponsor
~Kevin Harvick Golf Carts- Bronze Sponsor
~Town of Mooresville - Bronze Sponsor
~First Baptist Church Mooresville - Bronze Sponsor
~Williamson Chapel UMC – Bronze Sponsor
~Jo Hayes Images – Bronze Sponsor
~Cavin Cook Funeral Home & Crematory - Table Sponsor
~Sight & Sound - Table Sponsor
~I-Care - Table Sponsor
~Iredell County Partnership for Young Children - Table Sponsor
~Make Camps Safer in Memory of Heaven's 27 - Table Sponsor
~Niagara Bottling Company - Table Sponsor
~Carolinas Asian Chamber of Commerce- Table Sponsor
~Victory Press Printing – Table Sponsor

The Table may be cleared but the connections will remain.

With grateful hearts, thank you for joining us at the table—until next time, your host, United Way of Iredell County.

09/27/2026

🍽️ THE PATH TO THE TABLE

💙 TODAY IS THE DAY “I AND ME” BECOME “US AND WE”!!!!!

The Path to the Table has led us here—to September 27 and one very special community table!

Today, friends and neighbors from across Iredell County will come together on Blue Devil Boulevard to share a delicious meal, enjoy meaningful conversation and celebrate The Power of We.

Whether you are reconnecting with an old friend or meeting a neighbor for the first time, there is a place for you at the table.

Come ready to share, listen, laugh and experience what can happen when a community gathers as one.

📅 Today—Sunday, September 27, 2026
🕧 Guest registration opens at 12:30 p.m.
🕐 Program & Meal begins at 1:00 p.m.
📍 659 E Center Avenue, Mooresville, NC (Mooresville High School)

We are excited to meet you at the table!

Every person. Every partner. Every shared moment. Together we set the table.

09/26/2026

Engines may not be involved, but the excitement is real!

Derby in the ’Dell arrives Friday, November 6, bringing creative carts, friendly competition, and a community cheering together.

~Put a team together and start building your cart!
~Help Sponsor a Team!
~Join the fun as a Volunteer or Spectator!

There is something for everyone in the 'Dell!

Gates open at 4:00 p.m. at the Iredell County Fairgrounds. Save the date — when the carts race, our community wins!

📅 Friday, November 6, 2026
🕐 Gates open at 4:00 p.m., FREE to Spectators: https://events.humanitix.com/derby-in-the-dell-2026
📍 Iredell County Fair Grounds, 630 N Main St, Troutman, NC 28166
📞 For sponsorship inquiries, contact: Tonya Bartlett at (704) 400-1983
🌐 Visit: Facebook event page – https://bit.ly/DerbyintheDell
🙌 Volunteer Opportunities on HIVE: https://volunteer.uwiredell.org/need/detail/?need_id=1146645

Follow along for the next 6 weeks for inspiration and an inside look from our Race Teams as we get ready to celebrate Iredell County at Derby in the 'Dell!!