Digi-Bridge

Looking for a meaningful activity for your summer interns or new grad cohort?

Are you part of an employee resource group looking for your next engagement?

Need an opportunity for your tenured talent pool to get involved and spend time together?

Enter the 2026 CrownTown Challenge. They’ll build something real, meet peers from companies across Charlotte, and leave more connected to the city and to your company.

Team sizes are flexible and can vary from 6-20 individuals. This is a great way to work on team building, do good for the Charlotte community, and have a whole lot of fun while you're at it.

Head to our website to learn more about registering your team!

https://digi-bridge.org/crown-town-challenge

As the school year wraps up, we want to share some amazing highlights from our STEAMLab program from the 2025-26 academic year!

We had over 1,249 students in K-8 enrolled and attending our STEAMLab program across 36 schools. Over 700 of those students returned to the programming after participating in previous years.

Retention rates exceeded over 80% series by series across the year, which is fantastic to see. We also saw 300 students attend 100% of the sessions this year, and close to 700 students attended 80% of sessions - wow! This speaks to the excitement students had for attending, and we love to see it.

We're so grateful to be able to do this work, and we're grateful to all of you for supporting it. Don't worry - this year might be wrapping up, but we are already planning bigger and better things next year!

Learn how you can get involved: https://digi-bridge.org/

Charlotte, get ready! CrownTown Challenge is back!

In our inaugural year, we saw nearly 150 participants from 13 Charlotte-area companies come together to build 1,000 STEAMKits, all delivered to local students through our partners at Classroom Central. Teams competed in our first-ever LEGO robotics challenge, with Team Honeywell taking home first place and Team SCOR finishing second. It was one for the books, and 2026 is going to be bigger.

Competition day is only a little over a month away on July 22, and we're full STEAM ahead on making it an incredible experience 😉

Will you join us in being part of it all? If you head to our website, you can learn more about the event, register your team, or check out sponsorship opportunities.

Showing up for Charlotte’s kids is worth celebrating, and we're ready to celebrate big on July 22. See you there?

https://digi-bridge.org/crown-town-challenge

We still have some space in our June Digi-Bytes session, and we'd love to see you there!

Digi-Bytes is our lunch and learn series, where you come to the Digi-Bridge offices and learn about the work we're doing and the local need for it. We'll provide food and light refreshments, as well as some STEAM materials for you to play around with while you get to know the others in attendance.

This is totally free! Head here to join us on June 4 from 12-1 p.m.!
https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C0B4AADA928AAF5C61-57490513-digibytes?useFullSite=false

We are thrilled to announce our SPARK Society!

At Digi-Bridge, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to discover, explore, and thrive in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM). The SPARK Society is Digi-Bridge’s new multi-year giving community, designed for donors who want to make a sustained, meaningful investment in young learners, particularly students in Title I schools, who face systemic barriers to high-quality STEAM education.

By joining the SPARK Society, donors fuel hands-on learning experiences that build curiosity, confidence, and critical skills, while also becoming part of a committed community of champions who believe in long-term impact.

Learn more about SPARK Society on our website: https://digi-bridge.org/spark-society

A few weeks ago we held our biggest robotics competition yet, and it was a blast!

A big shoutout to Ranson Middle School for hosting the competition and the many supporters who came to cheer on our students. All the participants had a blast, were challenged, tried and failed, and were celebrated big every step of the way. We are so proud of these kids, and cannot wait to see what next season brings!

We are thrilled to say our CEO, Alyssa Sharpe, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Scott Bertram Award from Equitable Foundation!

This award recognizes a Charlotte-based nonprofit leader who exemplifies impact, innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, and is advancing pathways to opportunity and economic mobility in our community. Anyone who knows or works alongside Alyssa knows how she exhibits these skills and traits in everything she does at Digi-Bridge and beyond.

Congratulations, Alyssa! We're proud to be led by you!

We are still flying high from our Let’s Imagine More breakfast a few weeks ago 💙

That morning was one of joy: Joy in learning. Joy in friendship. Joy in access. Joy in belonging. Joy in believing what’s possible. All of the Digi-Bridge team felt the joy. We hope you did, too.

ICYMI: we announced a big goal that morning. Digi-Bridge aims to serve 5,000 students annually by 2028. We have 14 schools in Charlotte on our waiting list for our STEAMLab after school programming, so we know the need is there.

It’s a lofty goal, but that’s what we’re known for. And we feel renewed and excited after this morning of joy around the work we do. We’re getting to work to not only hit, but exceed this goal. And we’ll keep you posted on the way.

As always, you can support by heading to our website and learning more about donating or volunteering with Digi-Bridge. No act is too small to when it comes to accessible learning for Charlotte students! https://digi-bridge.org/