Baking Instead of Bullying

Over 120 students and staff members of University Park Elementary school contributed to our Thanksgiving day feast by baking about 200 dessert items as a part of "Bullying Prevention Week". Charlotte Observer has the story:

“Our staff decided that we would observe Bullying Prevention Week by teaching students how they should treat others,” said Carrie Sargent, school psychologist at University Park, a performing arts magnet school off Beatties Ford Road in northwest Charlotte.

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Rev. Billy Graham's Letter

Many of you probably already know that Franklin Graham, father of evangelist Billy Graham, was one of Charlotte Rescue Mission's founders in 1938.

In honor of our 70th year, Rev. Billy Graham has written a letter acknowledging his father's involvement. Our newsletter contains the letter so if you are on our mailing list, you've probably already seen it. If not, click here to request a free copy of the letter.

Volunteers Serve on Thanksgiving Day

News 14 Carolina published the following story regarding the volunteer servers on Thanksgiving day:

CHARLOTTE – Although the Charlotte Rescue Mission has been serving meals for the past 70 years, volunteers pulled out all the stops Thursday for a special Thanksgiving.

About 30 employees from the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille worked in the kitchen cooking and in the dining room serving.

"We're actually bringing tableside service so people can have the opportunity to order eggs however they want and actually pick off a small menu," Chris Alves, of the Dilworth Neighborhood Grille, said.

Read the whole article here.