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Greetings!
United
Way's 2-1-1 of WNC's e-newsletter is a resource for you.
We provide this as a way to keep in touch, highlight local
health and human service initiatives, promote information and
referral tools for serving your clients, gain your feedback,
and strengthen our community
partnerships.
If
you have information to include in this newsletter, or have
questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. The
information in our free e-newsletter is meant to be shared.
Please forward and encourage your colleagues and friends to
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We
hope you find the information useful, and we look forward to
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United
Way's Call to Action
United
Way is sending out the call to action to LIVE UNITED. By
giving, advocating and volunteering, we know we can create
opportunities for a good life for all.
United
Way advances the common good by supporting programs that focus
on areas such as education, income and health; areas we
believe to be the building blocks that must be in
place for a person to be
successful.
Our
goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent problems
from happening in the first place, and together - united - we
can all be part of that change and inspire hope for a better
tomorrow. That's what it means to LIVE
UNITED.
Contact your local United Way to learn
how you can get involved.
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 Upcoming
Community Events
EVENT:
Sexual Abuse Survivor's Art
Show
Brought
to you by The Healing Place
WHEN:
Thursday, November 5th,
5:00-8:00pm
WHERE:
Salon Blue Ridge, 518 S. Allen Rd.
Hendersonville
WHAT:
This 1st annual art show will be a profound evening to
remember. Donations benefitting The Healing Place
will be accepted at the door. For more information,
contact dsierra@thehealingplace.info
EVENT:
Pasta with a Purpose: The Art Fryar Memorial
Dinner
Brought
to you by Western North Carolina AIDS Project and Loving Food
Resources
WHEN:
Thursday, November 12th; Cocktails at 6pm with dinner
beginning at 7pm
WHERE:
11 Grove Street -above "Scandals" nightclub in Asheville
WHAT:
This annual pasta dinner and silent auction benefits Loving
Food Resources, a local food pantry for people living
with HIV/AIDS or in home hospice. Tickets are $15 at the door
with all proceeds going to Loving Food Resources. For
more information, contact wncapvolunteer@wncap.org
EVENT:
WNC Foster/Adopt Fall Festival
Brought
to you by Buncombe County DSS and WNC Foster Care
Agencies
WHEN:
Saturday, November 14th, 2009, from 2 - 5 pm (Drop in
anytime)
WHERE:
The Coleman Place, 3rd floor of the Asheville Chamber of
Commerce, 36 Montford Avenue in
Asheville
WHAT:
Learn how to become a foster and/or adoptive parent; Find
out more about children who need a family right now; Talk
to families who have fostered and adopted; Talk to youth
who are (or who have been) in the system; Bring your own
kids - there will be arts & crafts activities for them,
face painting and light snacks. Admission and
parking are free. For more information,
contact erica.jourdan@buncombecounty.org
EVENT:
A Legislative Briefing
Brought
to you by League of Women Voters, The Community Foundation of
Western North Carolina, and United Way of Asheville and
Buncombe County
WHEN:
Tuesday, December 1st,
8:30-10:30am
WHERE:
A-B Tech Enka Campus, Haynes Building, 2nd Floor Conference
Rooms
WHAT: An
overview of the North Carolina state budget and an
economic forecast and overview of issues affecting our
community. For more information, contact rkatz@unitedwayabc.org
Do
you have an community event in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison or
Transylvania Counties that you'd like promoted in the monthly
2-1-1 e-newsletter? To request a listing (space permitting),
contact 211info@unitedwayabc.org.
Photo
used under a creative commons license by flickr user mwoodard
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Community
Spotlight
Our
community has several ethnic oriented multipurpose centers
that are targeted to Latinos. These centers serve
as focal points and offer, at a single location, a wide
variety of services and activities that are structured to meet
the social, educational, economic, recreational and other
needs of participants in ways that are culturally
appropriate.
Buncombe:
Nuestro Centro, 255-2987
Henderson:
El Centro Comunitario,
693-1981
Transylvania:
Centro Comunitario Hispano Americano,
883-2900
Photo
used under a creative commons license by flickr user
nunui |
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