http://share.triangle.com/node/13443 Comments for "I would like to thank ... 202" en http://share.triangle.com/node/13443 <!-- BeginContext name="" q="forum" --> <p><strong> I would like to thank ...</strong></p> <p>In today's economy, due to the increase in costs of food, fuel and a troublesome housing climate, more people than usual have concerns about the source of their next meals and how far they can stretch their resources. A sample survey of some of our larger partner agencies reported that they are seeing a 20%-30% increase in clients.</p> <p>Corporate and media sponsors for the 21st Annual ABC 11 Heart of Carolina Food Drive placed a call to action, and the response was deafening.</p> <p>We set an ambitious goal to collect one million pounds. Due to your enthusiasm and dedication to our mission, you exceeded that goal. It was extremely humbling for our staff to open thousands of envelopes containing $5 and $10 donations during the week between Christmas and New Years — that greatly contributed to collecting more than one million pounds, which in turn was immediately distributed to our 870 nonprofit partner agencies!</p><!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="forum-teaser" q="*" --> I would like to thank ... In today's economy, due to the increase in costs of food, fuel and a troublesome housing climate, more people&hellip;<!-- EndContext --> <p><a href="http://share.triangle.com/node/13443">read more</a></p> http://share.triangle.com/node/13443#comment thank you Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:34:10 -0500 bwheeler 13443 at http://share.triangle.com