Volunteers will get the opportunity to pack a million meals for seniors living in poverty. The event will take place May 24 – 25 at the Charlotte Convention Center and will be coordinated by Second Harvest Food Bank. Celebrity Race Car Driver Jeff

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Volunteers will get the opportunity to pack a million meals for seniors living
in poverty. The event will take place May 24 – 25 at the Charlotte Convention
Center and will be coordinated by Second Harvest Food Bank. Celebrity Race Car
Driver Jeff Gordon will be there packing meals and will be working side by side
with the volunteers for this event.

AARP and AARP Foundation, in collaboration with the charitable organization
Outreach, Inc., are bringing together thousands of volunteers over the course of
two days with a goal to package one million nutritious meals through Drive to
End Hunger. Be a part of this extraordinary effort to help fight older adult
hunger in your community and across North Carolina. The meals packaged will help feed older people in North Carolina. Together we can leave hunger in the dust.

Jeff Gordon, four-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion and driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, will be at the Convention Center on Thursday 5/24 to
participate. Also participating are tennis legend Martina Navratilova on
Thursday 5/24 and Friday 5/25, and Host of CBS NFL TodayJames "JB" Brown on
Friday 5/25.

All participating volunteers will receive a t-shirt at check-in, on the day of
the event.

Please consider volunteering for this event!
Thank you!!
Tina R. McSwain, Founder & Director
The Charlotte Area Paranormal Society (CAPS)

Residents are asked to leave a sturdy bag of nonperishable items (canned foods, pasta, rice, cereal, peanut butter, etc.) next to their mailboxes prior to mail delivery. Letter carriers will collect the items as they

[Read More]]]> The National Association of Letter Carriers annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive will be held May 12 this year.

Residents are asked to leave a sturdy bag of nonperishable items (canned foods, pasta, rice, cereal, peanut butter, etc.) next to their mailboxes prior to mail delivery. Letter carriers will collect the items as they deliver mail along their postal routes. Donated food will be delivered to local pantries.

It's the 20th year that letter carriers have held their food drive. In 2011 carriers nationwide collected 70.2 million pounds of food, according to NALC President Fredric Rolando.

"For two decades now, our annual national drive has proved critical in helping millions of American families — our customers — who are struggling to make ends meet," he said.

The drive is held every year on the second Saturday in May.  "Sixteen percent of all Americans are at risk of hunger — uncertain where their next meal may be coming from. That includes 1 in 5 children under the age of 18, plus 4 million seniors who are forced every day to choose between paying a utility bill and buying food," he said.

Providing branches and volunteers a boost are the drive's official sponsors: the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, Campbell Soup Company, Valpak, U.S. Postal Service, United Way, AFL-CIO, Feeding America, Uncle Bob's Self-Storage and AARP.

Questions regarding the food drive should be directed to NALC Director of Community Services Linda Giordano at (202) 662-2489 or at giordano@nalc.org.

CAPS Personnel volunteer their services to be stationed at the post office to gather this food from the carriers, sort, box up and load onto trucks going to the pantries.

Please help us help your neighbors by placing donated food by your mailboxes on Saturday – May 12th! A very simply way to make a diffference in the lives of those who are hungry in our community!!

Thank you,

Tina R. McSwain, Founder & Director

The Charlotte Area Paranormal Society (CAPS)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

TINA R. McSWAIN, FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

CAPS

The Second Harvest Food Bank of Metolina is trying to win $1 Million from the Walmart Foundation through a facebook campaign. Would you mind passing this flyer (see above) around your office and getting people to vote for them? Be sure to share with your Friends on Facebook!

Thanks!

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The Second Harvest Food Bank of Metolina is trying to win $1 Million from the
Walmart Foundation through a facebook campaign. Would you mind passing this
flyer (see above) around your office and getting people to vote for them? Be
sure to share with your Friends on Facebook!

Thanks!

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WE NEED YOU TO HELP US WIN A MILLION DOLLARS
TO FEED HUNGRY CHILDREN!
INFO
Wal-Mart has identified the 200 areas throughout the country with the highest
levels of unemployment.

The Greater Charlotte Region quaifies as one of these areas within the Second
Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina's 19 county service area.

HOW
You can help Second Harvest win a million dollars to feed people in need
throughout our 19 counties –
it is easy to help if you have a facebook account!

Every day between April 9th and April 30th, we need for you to go to the
following link:

http://www.facebook.com/walmart

And navigate to the
Walmart Fighting Hunger Together tab
and vote for the Greater Charlotte Community.

Or navigate directly to the Greater Charlotte Community by clicking here:

https://apps.facebook.com/walmartfighthunger/profile/671

Please forward this on to your friends & family.

You can vote every day once for the Greater Charlotte community.
All funds received will help our whole 19 county region.

Copyright © 2012 *Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina|* All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
500B Spratt St. Charlotte, NC 28206 www.secondharvestmetrolina.org

Mark Your Calendars for the 2012 Event!

Buy Your Tickets Now – April 11, 2012!

At Taste of the Nation Charlotte, attendees will enjoy tastings from the area's top chefs restaurants, culinary schools and sample fine wines, local beers, and premium spirits, including an entertaining Mixologist

[Read More]]]> Taste of the Nation Charlotte

Mark Your Calendars for the 2012 Event!

Buy Your Tickets Now – April 11, 2012!

At Taste of the Nation Charlotte, attendees will enjoy tastings from the area's
top chefs restaurants, culinary schools and sample fine wines, local beers, and
premium spirits, including an entertaining Mixologist Bar. Guests will also
enjoy live music and a silent & live auction, including unique dining and other
experiences.

Taste of the Nation Charlotte is a great and fun event that truly makes a
difference!

Event Info:
Wednesday, April 11
Two Wells Fargo Center Atrium
301 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202

Tickets – On Sale!
Preview Hour: $100 (6 pm – 10 pm)
Main Event: $85 (7 pm – 10 pm)

strength.org/charlotte

Tina R. McSwain, CAPS Founder & Director, will again be a guest at ConCarolinas for the 2012 edition. As a matter of fact, we will post the special CAPS discount rate that any of you may use to purchase advanced discounted passes for the event.

We are so excited to announce our

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Tina R. McSwain, CAPS Founder & Director, will again be a guest at ConCarolinas
for the 2012 edition. As a matter of fact, we will post the special CAPS
discount rate that any of you may use to purchase advanced discounted passes for
the event.

We are so excited to announce our involvement in ConCarolinas 2012! They will
once again be hosting a blood drive at ConCarolinas to help give back to the
community. Their security director, Luis Diaz, works for the American Red Cross
and will be organizing the blood drive again. Last year they had over 50 people
donate. Thanks to all who helped make their first blood drive a success!

This year the blood drive will be on Saturday, June 2nd from 11:00am to 1:30pm.
To allow you to spend as little time as possible at the blood drive and more
time at the convention, when you check in you will give them your cell phone
number. Yhey will try to let you know how long the wait is. If it is going to be
a lengthy wait then you can go and check out the con and when your number gets
called they will call you to let you know they are ready for you.

What's the benefit of donating at the ConCarolinas blood drive? Besides helping
people in need, as an incentive to donate each person who donates will be given
a raffle ticket. At the end of the drive several prizes, including a brand new
XBox 360, will be raffled off to some lucky donors.

There is one thing that we need to do to make this a huge success. The American
Red Cross will not commit to being at ConCarolinas unless we can get at least 30
people to pre-register for the drive. Anything less than 30 and they won't come.
If you are interested in donating and would like to pre-register, please email
me your name, phone number and email address. The phone number and email will only be used to remind you as the drive draws near and will not be given to
anyone outside of the American Red Cross.

Please check out this web page if you are a first time donor…
http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/first-time-donors

Please check out this web site to view donation FAQ's…
http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/donation-faqs

Please check out this web page to view eligibility requirements…

http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements/eligibility\
-criteria-topic

You can also go to http://www.redcrossblood.org to get more info on blood
donating.

I know with everyone's help we can make the Blood Drive at ConCarolinas 2012 a
huge success!

Thank you and see you in June,
Tina R. McSwain, Founder & Director,
The Charlotte Area Paranormal Society (CAPS)

CAPS personnel will be at The Mad Monster Party at The Blake Hotel in Charlotte, NC this weekend.

Party starts tomorrow at 6pm! Saturday 11am til 7pm Sunday 11am til 6pm

There are after hours events as well.

See www.themadmonsterparty.com for details

Hope to see you there!! Tina R.

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CAPS personnel will be at The Mad Monster Party at The Blake Hotel in Charlotte, NC this weekend.

Party starts tomorrow at 6pm!
Saturday 11am til 7pm
Sunday 11am til 6pm

There are after hours events as well.

See www.themadmonsterparty.com for details

Hope to see you there!!
Tina R. McSwain, Founder & Director

We'll be at StellarCon36 in High Point, NC this weekend, March 2-4, 2012.  Our Founder & Director, Tina R. McSwain, will be speaking on their Paranormal Panels.  Come by and say Hi if you are in the area.

http://www.stellarcon.com/