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2002 Press Release Event to Celebrate Mardi Gras and Help Local Children CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (January 25, 2002) - Kick off Mardi Gras for a good cause! Beads for Needs, a Mardi Gras-themed fundraiser to benefit the Children's Law Center, will be Thursday, February 7, 2002, from 6-10 p.m. at the First Union Atrium, 301 S. Tryon Street. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. The Children's Law Center is a private, nonprofit corporation providing legal representation and advocacy for children involved in court or administrative proceedings in Mecklenburg County. With a staff of only 10, the Children's Law Center represented 2,000 children last year, and there are more than 240 cases pending locally. The Feb. 7 event will have a Mardi Gras theme and will feature live music from the Voltage Brothers, food from area restaurants and lots of fun. Expected attendance is about 850. |
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Sponsors include 106.5 The End, Collier Shannon Scott, LLP, EastCoast Entertainment, Extravaganza Events and Props, Faison, Grubb Properties, Inc., Luquire George Andrews, Moore & Van Allen, NAI Southern Real Estate, Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP, Smith Helms Mullisss & Moore, LLP, Wachovia / First Union and Childress Klein Properties, and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC. Complimentary Food & Beverage have been generously provided by Brixx Woodfired Pizza, Budweiser, City Tavern, Coca Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Cosco Bay, Hooters Restaurant, Jillian's, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Moosehead Grill, Outback Steakhouse, Tony's Bourbon Street Oyster Bar and Tyber Creek Pub. Media Contact: |
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