Young Professionals of Pitt County

Wildwood Winterfest *Volunteer Opportunity*
2022-02-04 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Wildwood Park, 3450 Blue Heron Dr, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
The YPs are hosting the beer & wine garden at the Wildwood Winterfest February 4th & 5th (rescheduled dates). This event is open to the community and will include and the ice skating rink overlooking the lake, fire pits, s’mores and hot chocolate! We’ll share the update FB event when it’s been updated.
The beer garden is a fundraising opportunity for the Young Professionals.
We’re looking for 2-3 volunteers per 2 hour shift to Check IDs and distribute wristbands, collect payment & serve beer and wine.
Each volunteer will receive an ice skating ticket to enjoy themselves!
Sign up at the link!

Wildwood Winterfest *Volunteer Opportunity*
2022-02-05 15:00 - 21:00 | Wildwood Park, 3450 Blue Heron Dr, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
The YPs are hosting the beer & wine garden at the Wildwood Winterfest February 4th & 5th (rescheduled dates). This event is open to the community and will include and the ice skating rink overlooking the lake, fire pits, s’mores and hot chocolate! We’ll share the update FB event when it’s been updated.
The beer garden is a fundraising opportunity for the Young Professionals.
We’re looking for 2-3 volunteers per 2 hour shift to Check IDs and distribute wristbands, collect payment & serve beer and wine.
Each volunteer will receive an ice skating ticket to enjoy themselves!
Sign up at the link below!

Rise & sYP
2022-02-09 08:00 - 09:00 | NC
Join the Young Professionals for another great start to your day! This event is a perfect combination of meeting new connections, professional development and networking with local Young Professionals.

We’re excited to start our day hearing from one of our members, Representative Brian Farkas!

Location announced soon!

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-02-17 17:30 - 19:00 | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
Come meet and socialize with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area at our monthly networking event.

Members will receive a drink ticket.

Feel free to bring a friend!

Date: Thursday, February 17
Time: 5:30pm-7pm
Location: Villedge / Hilton Greenville
(inside Hilton – enter through door on right side of hotel due to remodeling)

FACEBOOK EVENT

*2nd* Thursday Networking Event
2022-03-10 17:30 - 19:00 | MPourium, 814 Dickinson Avenue, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
Our monthly “3rd” Thursday networking and social event will take place on the 2nd Thursday this month due to St. Patrick’s Day.
Come meet and socialize with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area. Feel free to bring a friend or two!
Date: Thursday, March 10Time: 5:30p-7pLocation: Mpourium

Adopt-A-Street Clean Up
2022-03-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Elm Street Parking Lot, 1055 S Elm St, Greenville, NC
Many hands make light work! Join us as we tidy up our adopted stretch of Greenville: 10th St from Elm St to Greenville Blvd.

We’ll meet in the Elm St Park Parking Lot at 6pm. Gloves & Trash Bags provided

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-04-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Sawyer’s Fun Park, 5120 Corey Rd, Winterville, NC, 28590, United States
Join us for the monthly 3rd Thursday networking and social event. Come meet and socialize with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area. Feel free to bring a friend or two!

Date: Thursday, February 17Time: 5:30p-7pLocation: Sawyer’s Fun Park

Rise & sYP
2022-04-27 08:00 - 09:00 | Great Harvest Bread Co., 2803 S. Evans St, Greenville, NC, 27858, United States
Join the Young Professionals for another great start to your day! This event is a perfect combination of professional development and networking with local Young Professionals.

We’re excited to start our day hearing from Derek Niese, Finance Director for Thermo Fisher

Paint for a Purpose
2022-04-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Painted Peacock, 631 Red Banks Rd, Greenville, NC, 27858
Join us for a fun evening of painting pottery!

Painted Peacock has been kind enough to waive their studio fees for our “Paint for a Purpose” event.

We are asking everyone to register with a $10 donation to 86 Hunger. They partner with seven local schools, distributing a bag of healthy food option to 150 at-risk students, weekly. This supplemental food gets them through the weekend. For more information on the impact their making in our community, visit https://86hungercares.wpcomstaging.com/

We’ll provide pizza. Drinks are BYOB!

REGISTER HERE

Social with Washington Young Professionals
2022-05-03 17:30 - 19:30 | The Mulberry House, 189 W Main St, Washington, NC
Expand your social and professional network by joining us as we get together with the Washington Young Professionals at the The Mulberry House – Washington’s newest rooftop bar along the river! Similar to our 3rd Thursday and a great way to meet even more young professionals in our area while supporting a new and growing business!

Pirate Baseball Tailgate & Game
2022-05-13 17:00 - 21:00 | Fieldside Lot (corner of Fieldside St & W Berkeley Rd)
The Pirate Club is offering YP’s $4 Jungle Tickets to the Friday, May 13th game against South Florida!

The game starts at 6:30pm, and we’re planning to tailgate prior to that at 5pm in the Fieldside Lot. Bring your own beverages and bites! If you need a parking pass, please email ai****@**********nc.org.

Purchase Tickets HERE
Promo Code: YPPC

Date: Friday, May 13th
Time: 5pm Tailgate | 6:30pm Game Time
Location: Fieldside Lot (corner of Fieldside St & W Berkeley Rd)

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-05-19 17:30 - 19:00 | NC

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-06-16 17:30 - 19:00 | MPourium, 814 Dickinson Avenue, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
Join us for the monthly 3rd Thursday networking and social event. Come meet and socialize with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area. Feel free to bring a friend or two!

Date: Thursday, June 16Time: 5:30p-7pLocation: Mpourium

Grover Gaming Professional Development and Networking Event
2022-06-22 17:30 - 19:30 | Grover Gaming, 3506 Greenville Blvd. NE, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
Join us for a tour of the Grover Gaming Facility and test out their electronic gaming systems they’ve developed. We’ll then come together for a professional development session about emotional intelligence. This will be a great opportunity to get to know one of our impressive local companies that is growing and expanding!
This event will be open and free of charge to all members and non-members.
For more information about Grover Gaming, visit https://grovergaming.com/.
Date: Wednesday, June 22nd
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Grover Gaming (3506 Greenville Blvd NE, Greenville, NC, 27834)
RSVP by Monday, June 20.
Register Here

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-07-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Jarvis Street Bottle Shop, 211 S Jarvis St, Greenville, NC, 27858, United States
Join us for the monthly 3rd Thursday networking and social event. Come meet and socialize with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area. Feel free to bring a friend or two!

Date: Thursday, July 21Time: 5:30p-7pLocation: Jarvis Street Bottle Shop

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-08-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Pitt Street Brewing Company, 630 S. Pitt St., Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
Join us for the monthly 3rd Thursday networking and social event. Come meet and socialize with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area.

Feel free to bring a friend or two!

Date: Thursday, August 18thTime: 5:30p-7pLocation: Pitt Street Brewing Company

Adopt-A-Street Cleanup
2022-08-31 18:00 - 19:00 | Elm Street Park Parking Lot
Many hands make light work! Join us as we tidy up our adopted stretch of Greenville: 10th St from Elm St to Greenville Blvd.

We’ll meet in the Elm St Park Parking Lot at 6pm. Gloves & Trash Bags provided

Date: Wednesday, August 31st
Time: 6p-7p
Location: Elm St. Park (1005 S. Elm)

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-09-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Greenville Country Club, 216 Country Club Dr, Greenville, 27834
Join us for the monthly 3rd Thursday networking and social event. We’ll be kicking off our Birdies, Beer & BBQ Tournament taking place the next day. All players and sponsors will be invited.

Come meet and socialize with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area. Feel free to bring a friend or two!

Date: Thursday, September 15thTime: 5:30p-7pLocation: Greenville Country Club (19th Hole)

Birdies, Beer & BBQ Golf Tournament
2022-09-16 08:30 - 13:30 | Greenville Country Club, 216 Country Club Dr, Greenville, 27834
Join us on Friday, September 16, 2022 for the 8th Annual golf event, Birdies, Beer & BBQ hosted by the Young Professionals of Pitt County!
This event is a fundraiser for the Young Professionals of Pitt County organization so that we can continue to host events and further our initiative of recruiting and retaining young talent to our area to continue making Greenville and Pitt County a better place to live, work and play!
Enjoy beers and lunch, as you play 18 holes of golf on the beautiful Greenville Country Club golf course. Golf related games and prizes will be available as well. Whether you’re interested in being a player, a sponsor, or a supporter, we hope you will join us for a fun time together.
Tee Time is 8:30am.
Registration is now closed, but we’re still looking for a few volunteers! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4EA8A623A5FD0-birdies1

Thank you to our sponsors!
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— BIRDIE SPONSORS —

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— LUNCH PROVIDED BY —
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Rise & sYP
2022-10-12 08:00 - 09:00 | Bagelman, 104 E Fire Tower Road, Greenville, NC, 27858, United States
Join the Young Professionals for another great start to your day! This event is a perfect combination of professional development and networking with local Young Professionals.

We’re excited to start our day hearing from Rich Balot, Founder & CEO of Victra – Verizon Authorized Retailer
Richard “Rich” Balot founded ABC Phones of North Carolina, Inc. (DBA –Victra) in October, 1996 as a freshman in college. Under his leadership, the company has grown from one location to over 1000 locations and over $1.7 Billion in revenue. As the largest of six National Premium Retailers for Verizon Wireless, Rich has made a name for both himself and the company as leaders in the industry.As a serial entrepreneur Rich has also started and continues to be involved in multiple other businesses. From his first business, Balot’s DJ’s which Rich started as a teenager, to a bagel shop, a finance company, a tech repair business, a property management company, and a hotel, Rich LOVES starting and running successful businesses.
Rich is an active member in the Young Presents Organization (YPO) and on the local council board of the Boy Scouts. He also volunteers with numerous local charities, participating with his family. Rich holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from East Carolina University.Rich is married and has four children. He enjoys spending time with his family; watching his children play sports, fishing, and traveling the world.

Date: Wednesday, October 12th
Time: 8am-9am
Location: Bagelman (1904 East Firetower Rd, #101)

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-10-20 17:30 - 19:00 | 5th Street Hardware, 120 West Fifth Street, Greenville, NC, 27858
Join us for our monthly 3rd Thursday networking and social event. Come meet and get acquainted with other Young Professionals in the Greenville/Pitt County area.

**Professional Clothing Drive – Dress for Success ENC**Bring your gently used professional or business casual clothes to 3rd Thursday or drop off at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce (302 S Greene St.) through the end of NovemberSponsored by the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE)—NC Chapter

Feel free to bring a friend or two!

Date: Thursday, October 20thTime: 5:30p-7pLocation: 5th Street Hardware

The Great Duck Race
2022-10-29 10:45 - 11:15 | Wildwood Park, 3450 Blue Heron Dr, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
The 2nd Annual Great Duck Race will take place on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 10:45am! We will race rubber ducks in the lake of Wildwood Park in conjunction with the City of Greenville’s Festival of Fright weekend.
Over the past 6 years, with the support of our sponsors and supporters like you, we have raised over $50,000 for ECU Health Cancer Care!

100% of the adoptions benefit ECU Health Cancer Care programs and services. We hope to adopt out 5,000 ducks with a goal of raising $20,000.

We have several levels of sponsorship available should you or your company want to join us in continuing our support for local cancer patients and their families. Please contact Kimber Stone for more sponsorship details.

Duck Season is open! Keep an eye out for some fun DUCK-tivities coming up!

We hope you will all be a part of this incredible community event!

To adopt, CLICK HERE!

Trivia
2022-11-08 18:00 - 20:00 | MPourium, 814 Dickinson Avenue, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
Test your knowledge at another fun Mpourium Trivia Night!
Register your Team of (up to) 4 people by clicking HEREDon’t have 4? We can help fill your team.
Clip Brock is back to host the evening & Last Call Food Truck will be onsite!

Adopt-A-Street Clean Up
2022-11-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Elm Street Park Parking Lot
Many hands make light work!
Help us clean up our portion of 10th St (between Elm St & Greenville Blvd) during our quarterly cleanup.
Meet at Elm St. Park Parking Lot

3rd Thursday Networking Event
2022-11-17 17:30 - 19:00 | Nash, 114 East 5th Street, Greenville, NC, 27858, United States
Join the Young Professionals for a fun evening of networking at one of Uptown Greenville’s newest restaurants – Nash!

As we enter into the month of Thanksgiving, the Young Professionals of Pitt County would like to say THANK YOU to its members for their support. We’ll have some delicious appetizers available!

*Feel free to bring a friend or two*

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We’re continuing our Dress for Success ENC Professional Clothing DriveBring your gently used professional or business casual clothes to 3rd Thursday or drop off at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce (302 S Greene St.) through the end of NovemberSponsored by the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE)—NC Chapter

Feel free to bring a friend or two!

Date: Thursday, November 17Time: 5:30p-7pLocation: Nash

Rise & sYP
2022-12-14 08:00 - 09:00 | The Brew Cycle, 207 E. Arlington, Greenville, NC, 27858, United States
Join the Young Professionals for another great start to your day! This event is a perfect combination of professional development and networking with local Young Professionals.

We’re looking forward to hearing from Kyle Parker with Uptown Greenville to about what they have going on over the next year!

3rd Thursday at Uptown Brewing Company
2023-01-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Uptown Brewing Company, 418 Evans St, Greenville, NC, 27828, United States
We’re kicking off 2023 with our 3rd Thursday networking event at Uptown Brewing Company!

Grab a friend(s) and come out for an evening of socializing with other young professionals in Pitt County. Whether you’re new to the area, or grew up here, it’s a great opportunity to meet new people and catch up on what’s going on around town!

3rd Thursday at Blackened Kraken
2023-02-16 17:30 - 19:00 | The Blackened Kraken Bar & Grill, 123 E 5th St, Greenville, NC, 27858, United States
Join us for our monthly 3rd Thursday social at The Blackened Kraken Bar & Grill!

Grab a friend(s) and come out for an evening of socializing with other young professionals in Pitt County. Whether you’re new to the area, or grew up here, it’s a great opportunity to meet new people and catch up on what’s going on around town!

Rise & sYP
2023-02-28 08:00 - 09:00 | Panera Bread, 713 Greenville Blvd SE, Greenville, NC
Have your morning coffee with the Young Professionals of Pitt County!

This event is a perfect combination of professional development and networking with local Young Professionals.

We’re looking forward to hearing from Will Chriscoe, Chief Development Office for the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastal Plain

3rd Thursday Social
2023-03-16 17:30 - 19:00 | MPourium, 814 Dickinson Avenue, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
Join us for our monthly 3rd Thursday social! Grab a friend(s) and come out for an evening of socializing with other young professionals in Pitt County. Whether you’re new to the area, or grew up here, it’s a great opportunity to meet new people and catch up on what’s going on around town!
