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The Ways We Gave Back in 2006: Drives and Collections • Cell phones continually collected for CVAN clients • 43 pair of used eyeglasses collected for the Lions Club project • Raised more than $300 for the Community Emergency Fund (CEF) by raffling off two Chocolate Fountains for Valentines Day • DSS Food Pantry Drive in January collected more food than DSS could store • NASCAR Day -collected $ 936 in May for the follow- ing NASCAR Day designated charities: Victory Junction Gang Camp, Speedway Chit- dreri s Charities, Speediatrics • Clothes Drive in July and August for Cabarrus County Sheriff's Deputy who was burned out of her house col- collected many items for the entire family, children, hus- band, and employee • School Supply Drive in Au- gust for CVAN, Church of God, and DSS • Canned food drive at the Fair in September collected over 20,000 lbs of food • Meals on Wheels food drive in October collected approxi- mately 15 boxes of food • Helping Hands Christmas Tree Project collected pres- ents in December for 83 chil- dren and adult clients of CVAN, DSS, Cabarrus County Senior Center, and The Arc. Service Projects • Meals on Wheels - volun- teers distribute meals throughout the year CVAN Clean Up Day - vol- unteer employees and family members cleaned and land- scaped two of the homes yards • Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Concord Mills Mall - volun- teers covered 2 days • Special Olympics Fishing Tournament at High Rock Lake -volunteers assisted the EMS/Law Enforcement with the dinner and fishing tourna- ment. The Toumament raised over $20,000. • NC Big Sweep -over 100 vol- unteers collected trash along Cabarrus County water ways • Adopt-A-Highway - volun- teers cleaned Church St in Concord from the Govern- mental Center to Appleby's. This was done quarterly. Walks The Walks Committee com- piled alist of 4 Walks for the Spring. 26 Employees and their family members participated in Relay for Life, Juvenile Diabetes, AIDS Walk, and The March of Dimes Walks. In addition, $529.33 was raised from a spaghetti lunch at the Cabarrus County Senior Center to help with the Walks. Management and Department Heads were waiters and Transportation deliv- ered meals to those who could not come in. Community Emergency Fund The name was changed from the "War Chest" in 2006. The CEF is a discretionary fund col- lected through the Annua] Cam- paign Drive and used to assist Cabarrus County residents dur- ing times of catastrophic events such as mass layoffs, natural dis- asters or home fires. 2006 saw .several catastrophic events in other parts of the US. The hurri- canes hitting the Gulf Coast caused many residents to leave their homes and seek shelter in other areas. Many came to Cabarrus County. hl order to meet the purpose of the CEF dis- bursement, funds were distrib- uted to the Cooperafive Christian Ministry, Salvation Army/Cabar- rus Chapter, and the Red Cross/Cabarrus Chapter to assist in making sure all funds wereri t depleted. Chi committee members voted to appropriate the remaining funds in 2006 to Cooperative Christian Ministry to help with the following: • Local girl with a very rare cancer for her family to make the trips to Pennsylva- nia to be with her during treatments • To purchase bus tokens for CVAN • To purchase bus tokens and children s coats for DSS To purchase 2 Mobile Food Pantry Days • To purchase meat products for the Salvation Army Food distribution program • Money to a Cabarrus County Sheriff's Deputy whose house burned down ~- 3