RECENT FUNDRAISERS

Thursday, December 10, 2009, "Perry Merry" Holiday Fundraiser
Perry's Emporium (2520 Independence Blvd.) hosted this special holiday fundraiser!  Once again, it was a fabulous year and guest enjoyed complimentary wine, hors d'oeuvres, and shopped for sparkling gifts to give (or keep!). Allen Perry generously donated a portion of the sales to CFLC.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 CFLC held it's Fall Beer & Wine for Words: The Beer and Wine for Words was held at the Wine Sampler on November 18th.

1st Annual Golf FORE Literacy Tournament: The 1st Annual Golf FORE Literacy Tournament was held on November 9th at the Cape Fear National Golf Course. 72 golfers joined us in making this a wonderful event.

22nd Spelling Bee for Literacy: The 22nd Annual Spelling Bee was held on Thursday, September 17th at 7pm. It was an amazing evening. The Wilmington Cape Fear Rotary are the new 2009 Spelling Bee Champs. Congratulations!!

BBQ at the Bright Blue Building: The first BBQ Fundraiser was held Friday June 19th in the CFLC parking lot. Thanks to all those that helped/supported CFLC with this event. You helped make it a success.

SCRABBLE SCRIMMAGE for LITERACY: The Third Annual Scrabble Scrimmage for Literacy was held Saturday, May 16th  at O'Charley's Resturant and was a success.  All skill levels participated. Participants were sponsored by their  friends, families, fellow students, and/or co-workers.  A big thanks goes to Joan Denney and Mike Edmondson for organizing this event.

23rd Annual Mardi Gras Fundraiser was held Saturday March 7th at the Coastline Center- This year we reignited our traditional fundraiser into a truly "new and improved" model. Our longtime Live Auction was transformed into the Online Bid or Literacy Auction-with 100% online bidding. Our Saturday event became a fun-filled "Casino" Night, complete with terrific music by Category IV, a quality Silent Auction, delicious New Orleans fare by Cinema Catering, and of course, the mock Las Vegas style games with raffle prizes. "Casino" Night also included pulling the winning ticket for our $10,000 Cash Jackpot-the newest and most exciting component of this year's Mardi Gras. We even had a New Orleans-style parade to get everyone in the mood-a new tradition we will build on in years to come.

Over 200 guests enjoyed "Casino" Night and Silent Auction, and over 60 bidders vied for the 40 online auction items. We can confidently say that a good time was had by all!  Many thanks to the hundreds of CFLC supporters who make this event a success: the leadership planning team, sponsors, auction-item-donors, vendors who donated products or services, volunteers, and the hundreds who bought Jackpot or "Casino" Night tickets.

A special thanks to Sunrise Broadcasting and its family of stations, which provided amazing PR support of the event, including sharing Craig Thomas and Sheila Brothers of Sunny 104.5. Craig and Sheila along with WECT/Fox's Jon Evans and Kim Ratliff, plus Alan Perry of Perry's Fine Jewelry, added celebrity glitz to "Casino" Night.

A special congratulations to ESOL Tutor, F. Schulz pulling the $10,000 Jackpot ticket

The 23rd Annual Mardi Gras Fundraiser was one amazing evening.

Spring 2008 - Bruce Cavenaugh Suzuki Raffle Ticket Sales
For the third year in a row, Bruce Cavenaugh, a most generous local car dealer, invited charities in our area to sell as many raffle tickets as we could – he donated 2 cars and we got to keep 100% of the sales.

Spring 2008 - Our second ever "Scrabble Scrimmage" was a fun event and raised more than $1,200!  Please call us for more information.

September 18, 2008 - Spelling Bee for Literacy
This year marked our 21st year for the Bee. 24 teams participated and we raised more than $12,000.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 5:30-8:00pm - Wine for Words
A fun wine tasting at the Wine Sampler (4107 Oleander Dr., #1) across from SOHO Steakhouse in Anderson Square Shopping Center, between Copycat Print Shop and Tazy's Burgers. 

Thursday, December 4, 2008, "Perry Merry" Holiday Fundraiser
Perry's Emporium (2520 Independence Blvd.) hosted this special holiday fundraiser!  Guest enjoyed complimentary wine, hors d'oeuvres, and shopped for sparkling gifts to give (or keep!). Allen Perry generously donated a portion of the sales to CFLC.

1st Annual 2009 Mardi Gras Parade-People moved along Front Street on Friday February 20, 2009 during the Mardi Gras Parade for the Cape Fear Literacy Council. The parade kicked off a fundraising effort for the literacy council that includes a Mardi Gras ""Casino" Night" Fundraiser party on March 7th at the Coast Line Conference Center. This is the first year of the parade but the concil hopes to make it an annual event.

RECENT PUBLICITY (updated 7/27/2009)

Sunrise Broadcasting is the most amazing, community-focused media group! Their six stations-Jammin 99.9, Sunny 104.5, Z-107.5, Surf 98.3, La Gran D 98.7, and ESPN AM 630- have been airing literacy spots to help increase awareness of CFLC services for the last 6 months. Nearly all students who walk in our door these days say that they heard about CFLC on the radio! THANK YOU SUNRISE BROADCASTING for your helping us broaden our reach in the community! You are making a huge positive impact.