Posted on 04 November 2011. Tags: ada jenkins center, flatiron kitchen, fundraisers
John Woods was behind the bar at Flatiron Kitchen Thursday night. Tips went to Ada Jenkins Center. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Davidson Mayor John Woods was behind the bar Thursday night at Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse in downtown Davidson, in the second of a planned series of monthly fund-raisers. A total of $300 in tips from the mayor’s work Thursday went to the Ada Jenkins Center, a social services center on Davidson’s West Side.
John Woods poured a fresh pint of something dark for your photographer (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Posted in Downtown & old Davidson, Fund-raisers, Life in Davidson, Photo of the Day, Politics, West side
Posted on 26 October 2011. Tags: connor house, Davidson College, drink pink
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- Flatiron staff members dressed for Drink Pink, with ribbons and even a tiny pink bowtie. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Members of Davidson's SAE fraternity were among the early crowd at Drink Pink Night. (@ConnorBosomBuds photo via Twitter)
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- More Connor Bosom Buddies at Drink Pink. (@ConnorBosomBuds photo, via Twitter)
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- Even DavidsonNews.net editor David Boraks (Twitter @DavNews) was drinking pink. That's Pink Zombia (White Zombia Ale from Catawba Brewing Co., brewed with a dash of pomegranate. (Shelley Rigger/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Members of Davidson's Connor House at Drink Pink night at Flatiron Kitchen Wednesday 10/26/11. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Members of two Davidson College organizations were at Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse in downtown Davidson Wednesday for the annual “Drink Pink,” a bit of fun – and fund-raising for breast cancer research. It’s
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of early breast cancer detection. The women of
Connor Eating House and the
Sigma Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha are in the midst of a series of events aimed at increasing awareness about prevention, detection, and treatment of breast cancer.
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Posted in Cornelius, Davidson College, Fund-raisers, Mooresville
Posted on 14 October 2011. Tags: emma rae thompson, fundraisers
Family and friends have set up a fund at Fifth Third Bank in Davidson to raise money for 2-year-old Emma Rae Thompson, who was burned in a house fire Monday in Statesville. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Cornelius, Fund-raisers, Huntersville, Mooresville, Public safety
Posted on 12 October 2011. Tags: barnstock, davidson volunteer fire department, fundraisers, Public safety
Daniel Brown presented a check to Davidson Volunteer Fire Department members (from left) Wilson Sadler, Carl Cormier, and Josh Pecklo, at Tuesday's Town Board meeting. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Firefighters from
Davidson Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday night accepted a $6,500 check from the Brown family. That’s how much was raised at last August’s
Barnstock, a concert fundraiser at the family farm east of Davidson.
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Posted in Cornelius, Fund-raisers, Huntersville, Life in Davidson, Mooresville, Photos, Public safety
Posted on 12 October 2011. Tags: erin cobb, fundraisers, Police Blotter
Erin Cobb
Erin Cobb, the 28-year-old woman shot by her ex-husband outside her east Davidson home Sept. 24, is recovering and in physical therapy at a hospital in Charlotte. Meanwhile, her Charlotte banking coworkers have organized a happy hour Wednesday afternoon at a Charlotte pub to help raise money for her expenses. Read the full story
Posted in Calendar, Cornelius, East Davidson, Fund-raisers, Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, Mooresville, Police Blotter, Public safety
Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: Environment, fundraisers, lake norman wildlife conservationists, national wildlife federation, wildlife habitat
A heron surveys a calm Davidson Pond in Roosevelt Wilson Park at sunset Sunday, Oct. 9. Our photographer suggested the title "The Mayor of Roosevelt Wilson Park." (Jay Wilson photo)
A two-year effort by volunteers from the local chapter of the National Wildlife Federation has helped reel in an honor for our area: certification as a Community Wildlife Habitat. The effort included numerous educational programs and certification of 330 back yards, 10 businesses, 11 schools, 10 parks and one church as Wildlife Habitat sites. Read the full story
Posted in Cornelius, Davidson Pointe, Environment, Exit 30 area, Fund-raisers, Huntersville, Lake Davidson, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Nonprofit news, Photo of the Day, public spaces
Posted on 11 October 2011. Tags: christmas, Davidson Housing Coalition, fundraisers, HAMMERS, interior design, north mecklenburg woman's club
North Mecklenburg Woman’s Club
Enjoy seeing different holiday decorations? Then you will love “Over the Tabletop – 2011 Holidays.” This year more than 25 area designers, shops and florists will take “fork on the left, knife on the right” to a whole new level at The Peninsula Club in Cornelius on Nov. 11. Read the full story
Posted in Calendar, Cornelius, Fund-raisers, Mooresville
Posted on 10 October 2011. Tags: aloha cup, fundraisers, Our Towns Habitat for Humanity, paddle board
Stand-up paddle board racers hit the water Saturday in Mooresville for the first annual Aloha Cup, hosted by My Aloha! Paddle Sports and Fitness. (Tammy Cox / Our Towns Habitat)
More than 38 community members on Saturday ‘stood up’ for Habitat, participating in the inaugural Aloha Cup Paddle Board races. Hosted by My Aloha! Paddle Sports and Fitness, the Stand-Up Paddle event (SUP) drew folks from as far as Asheville and raised $950 for Our Towns Habitat for Humanity.
“It was an amazing day for evolution of Stand Up Paddling on Lake Norman,” My Aloha owner Rob Bennett said. “Traffic on Williamson Road bridge slowed to a crawl from everyone taking notice.” Read the full story
Posted in Cornelius, Fund-raisers, Huntersville, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Photos
