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Dec 18: The World Amateur Poker League Announces Casino Night at Badfish Bar & Billiards (Mathews)
Start Date: 12-18-2009 :
This Charity event is intended to raise awareness and donations for 2nd Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina & Kids First of the Carolinas.
Charlotte, North Carolina The World Amateur Poker League (WAPL) will host a casino night at Badfish Bar & Billiards located at 343 W John Street Matthews, NC 28105 704-246-8373 to benefit 2nd Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina & Kids First of the Carolinas. The event starts at 8:00 PM and will run until 1:00 AM.
Minimum donation of $10.00 to play casino games such as Black Jack, Texas Hold’em and Roulette. For every dollar donated you will receive 1,000 in chips that can be used for casino games or 1 raffle ticket. Drawings will be held hourly for great prizes. Drawings start at 9 PM - 1 AM. Food and heavy hors d'oeuvres will be provided. If you would like to donate additional prizes or offer help please contact Mark Rhoades of the WAPL. You can also drop off food at Badfish Dec 4th through Dec 21st in the food barrels provided by 2nd Harvest. All donations and contributions are tax deductible for both charities.
About The WAPL and the charities
The WAPL provides poker entertainment to local and national restaurants and bars for entertainment and for charity events. The league provides an environment for learning the game of Texas Hold’em and the opportunity to play in real live events such as the World Series of Poker. We also provide services for charity events and corporations in the Carolinas. For more information please visit us online at www.twapl.com or e-mail Mark Rhoades, President of the WAPL at markr@twapl.com.
ABOUT SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF METROLINA
We provide a regional distribution warehouse and branches that supply food and grocery items to charitable agencies that assist people in need. Provide training, consultation, technical assistance, and hunger education to our partner agencies. SHFBM provides food for over 600 partner agencies including soup kitchens like Urban Ministries, emergency pantries like Loaves and Fishes, residential care facilities like Florence Crittenden, homeless shelters like the Uptown Men’s Shelter, senior programs like Friendship Trays, and low income daycares like Wall’s Memorial A.M.E. Zion.
ABOUT KIDS FIRST OF THE CAROLINAS
Kids First is a very small, grass roots charity. We began over 20 years ago as The Shelter Medical Clinic for the Homeless; a facility that provided free medical care to homeless men, women and children.
Also, we have a Christmas party to help over 600 kids and an Easter Egg Hunt for more than 150. Two years ago, due to changes in healthcare regulations; we had to close the medical aspect of our operation. We still wanted to help the families we knew through the Clinic as well as others in need.
We changed our name to Kids First of the Carolinas and continue to support families and especially children. We receive no local, state or federal funding. Nor do we get donations from the United Way.
Our charity is just 2 moms (Sharon & Wendy) and a great group of volunteers. Kids First of the Carolinas works to help families help themselves to a better lifestyle. We have helped a single dad who is disabled go shopping for new clothes for his girls. We helped a single mom with 5 kids move out of a motel room into their very own apartment. Kids First has supplied new parents with car seats and helped families with needed school supplies. Recently, we helped a mom move into a decent home so she wouldn’t lose custody of her little boy.
For more information, press only:
Mark Rhoades, The World Amateur Poker League, (919)247-1675, markr@twapl.com
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