Raleigh-Wake Paralegal Association



CELEBRATING 30 YEARS!

    The Raleigh Wake Paralegal Association is Celebrating its 30th Anniversary in 2009. To commemorate this accomplishment, the association will be involved in several local Charity Events throughout the year. Please read below regarding our upcoming Charity Events. We will need volunteers and would love your participation! Thank you.

Congratulations to Jennifer Nelson and Donna Wall for being featured in the May 2009 edition of Carolina Paralegal News regarding the Raleigh Wake Paralegal Association's contributions regarding volunteer projects and the different ways paralegals may get involved with giving back to the community!!!

February 2009 - The 24th Annual Triangle Heart Ball

   This Charity event was a SUCCESS! Please click here for a Thank you from the American Heart Association and the results from the event.

April 2009 - DRESS FOR SUCCESS

   We will be participating in a "successorize" drive for needed items of clothing   and accessories. Please see the attached website for more information. We will be asking that these items be brought to the next monthly meeting on April 8, 2009. Please click their website @ www.dressforsuccess.org.
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June 2009 - FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC

   We are going to participate in a food drive and collect items at our May and June monthly meetings. Please click their website for more information and what items are needed most @
www.foodbankcenc.org.

   If you would like to make a CASH donation on behalf of Raleigh Wake Paralegal Association, please click here @ www.foodbankcenc.org/VFD_RaleighWakeParalegal.

    We will be collecting only cash donations through this link, not tangible goods. We will begin collecting May 20, 2009 and the drive will end July 1, 2009. Thank you for your contributions.

August 2009 - FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY GUARDIAN ad LITEM BACK to SCHOOL with PRIDE PROJECT

   We are going to participate again in the "back pack" program. We will be collecting items needed at our July and August monthly meetings. Please click their website for more information and what items are needed most @ www.wakecountygal.org.


November 7, 2009 @ 2pm - TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY

   This will be an outdoor project where we will assist with trail cleaning and removal of invasive plants at Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve. **We need twenty volunteers to help with this worthy project. If you are interested, volunteers need to sign the attached Liability Release here and bring it with them on November 7, 2009.** Also attached is additional information on Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve here. and the Workday Information Sheet here.

December 2009 - DUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND WAKE MED BOOK DRIVE

   Check back in a few months for more information.

    If you have any questions or comments, or are interested in volunteering for any of the upcoming Charity events, please contact -

    Donna Wall @ dwall@mcguirewoods.com.
   

OR

    Jennifer L. Nelson @ jln@wardsmith.com.
 





































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