Service, Projects & Impact
Chad Trivette’s work has focused on public service, nonprofit impact, community outreach, fundraising, wellness, environmental sustainability, youth development, emergency preparedness, and cross sector collaboration. Across these efforts, his work has been shaped by a belief in expanding equity of opportunity and helping communities become more connected, more responsive, and more practical in how they serve people.
Chad has organized and supported initiatives that brought together schools, local organizations, health partners, businesses, volunteers, students, families, and community leaders around shared goals. His projects have included fundraising events, awareness campaigns, policy advocacy, community wellness programs, youth engagement, sustainability projects, and local service efforts.
His work reflects a consistent pattern: identify a community need, bring the right people together, organize a practical response, and help turn an idea into visible action.
Community Fundraising and Nonprofit Support
Chad organized and coordinated two community based half marathon fundraising events. One raised financial support for a family facing pediatric cancer without health insurance, while another helped generate funding for free mammograms and resources connected to a cancer support resource room. These events required planning, outreach, volunteer coordination, logistics, and mission driven fundraising.
He also helped launch the inaugural Pink Games fundraising event, which generated $7,000 for cancer research and awareness in its first year and became a recurring annual initiative.
Chad directed a multi stakeholder fundraising initiative that helped establish a dedicated cancer support resource room within a local hospital and supported funding for free mammograms for underserved individuals. This work expanded access to support services for patients and families and helped reduce financial barriers to early detection.
He also coordinated a community 5K within a two week timeframe to raise funds for hurricane recovery efforts, demonstrating rapid planning, outreach, and community mobilization in response to an urgent need.
Public Service, Outreach, and Community Engagement
Chad has contributed to public service oriented work through community outreach, stakeholder engagement, partnership building, and program support. In a public health internship role, he built relationships with community partners, supported outreach events, and helped communicate important information to the public.
He also contributed to an obesity prevention initiative, where he helped organize materials, support project documents, and contribute to outreach and promotional efforts for participants, stakeholders, and partners.
Chad’s experience includes service on eleven committees, including chairing two. His committee work included public health, wellness, policy, student health, and community fundraising efforts.
Youth, Schools, and Community Wellness
Chad has helped design and support projects that encouraged youth engagement, physical activity, wellness, and stronger school community connections.
He planned and executed a large scale high school health fair serving more than 600 students, staff, and faculty. The event included health screenings and wellness services, while requiring outreach strategy, budgeting, expense tracking, and vendor coordination.
He initiated a district wide school wellness program by marking walking distances in school hallways and distributing activity logbooks to encourage staff members to track physical activity.
He collaborated with a high school to improve concession stand offerings by introducing three healthy snack alternatives and making bottled water more affordable than soft drinks.
Chad also coached cross country at the high school level and track and field at both the high school and middle school levels, emphasizing teamwork, discipline, mentorship, physical fitness, and long term development.
Equity of Opportunity and Community Connection
A recurring theme in Chad’s work has been creating more accessible opportunities for people to participate, connect, and benefit from community resources.
He designed and implemented a one year intergenerational program that strengthened relationships between high school students and older adults. The program promoted mutual understanding, collaboration, and problem solving across generations.
He contributed to the development of five walking trails across a county, supporting access to safe and practical opportunities for physical activity and active living.
He also collaborated with community organizations to design and implement a community garden initiative that strengthened neighborhood collaboration and created a sustainable source of fresh produce for local residents.
Policy, Data, and Systems Improvement
Chad has experience connecting outreach, data collection, partnership building, and practical policy goals.
He spearheaded a successful initiative to establish a tobacco free policy at a community college. The effort required building support across students, faculty, staff, and administrative stakeholders, communicating the purpose of the policy, listening to concerns, and helping move the idea from discussion to adoption. The initiative strengthened the campus environment, supported prevention efforts, and demonstrated Chad’s ability to organize people around a shared public interest goal.
He also conducted a countywide business survey to assess tobacco free workplace policies. The survey collected and analyzed data from 115 businesses, including 91 organizations with tobacco free policies and 24 without such policies. The findings helped provide insight into local policy adoption and supported planning, awareness, and prevention efforts.
Environmental Sustainability and Local Collaboration
Chad has helped advance sustainability through collaboration, resource sharing, and practical problem solving.
He facilitated cross organizational collaboration by convening stakeholders, sharing resources, and connecting organizations with best practices to advance environmental sustainability initiatives. This work helped partners implement strategies that strengthened long term sustainability outcomes and generated measurable financial savings for local businesses.
He also founded a county bicycle committee to promote cycling as a healthy, sustainable mode of transportation and to support awareness around infrastructure, safety, and active transportation.
Communications and Public Awareness
He conceptualized, produced, and edited a promotional video for a local farmers market, using multimedia storytelling to highlight the market’s mission, offerings, and community value. The project supported public awareness, engagement, and participation in a local food access initiative.
Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety Training
Chad has completed multiple emergency management certifications focused on incident command, emergency response coordination, and national preparedness systems. These trainings strengthened his understanding of how public agencies, health systems, emergency response partners, and government organizations coordinate during emergencies, disasters, and large scale public safety events.
Recognition
Chad received a community service award from a local civic organization. The recognition cited his countywide initiatives and their contribution to helping a major community fundraising campaign exceed its annual fundraising goal during a difficult economic period.
Professional Focus
Together, these projects reflect Chad’s commitment to service, collaboration, and equity of opportunity. His work has involved organizing people, coordinating partners, supporting nonprofit and public service missions, improving access to resources, and helping communities respond to real needs.
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