Ada Jenkins Center’s ICE 2008 gala at River Run Country Club raised more than $40,000 for the community center and its programs.

The center, at 212 Gamble St., is a non-profit organization that provides a variety of services to the Lake Norman area, including an after-school program and tutoring for 60 kids, a mobile dental clinic and free medical clinic, food pantry, youth education, crisis assistance, career counseling and other programs.

The gala featured an auction, which included an ATV from Interstate Cycle, a beach week on Harbor Island, a getaway in Savannah with dinner at Paula Deen’s Lady & Sons restaurant, a private in-home dinner party prepared by Family Catering with a case of wine from Ashley Oaks Vineyard, a Fantasy Football experience with ESPN senior writer David Fleming, and more.

Business sponsors included: Ingersoll Rand, Charlotte Living Magazine, Interstate Cycle, Aquesta Bank, Harris Teeter, Moore & Van Allen, Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville, Artisan Signs & Graphics, The McIntosh Law Firm, Ivester-Jackson Properties, First Charter, The Wilson Foundation, Chris & Robbie Davis and Patrick Joseph & Associates.

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Jan. 18, 2008, “4-minute interview: Jay Laurens,” an audio interview by DavidsonNews.net with the new director of the Ada Jenkins Center.