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The mission of Pineville Neighbors

Place is to connect our neighbors

affected by poverty and

homelessness to available services,

empower our neighbors to make life

sustaining choices, and unify the

community of Pineville.

September 2019

10725 Industrial Drive, Pineville NC 28134 . pinevilleneighborsplace@gmail.com . 704-972-8722 . pinevilleneighbors.org

It’s Time to Sign Up!

Fourth Annual Pineville Potato Drop Saturday, October 5, 9:00 am—?

Pineville Neighbors Place 10725 Industrial Drive

Sign up here!

Thanks to the volunteers from Elevation

Church for tying all of the bags for us.

Need Volunteer to Pick Up Food

Second Harvest Food Bank donates 50 food backpacks to Sterling Elementary each month. We need someone to pick them up (500B Spratt Street) on the first Wednesday morning of each month and deliver them to the school. If you would be interested in doing this, please contact the PNP office.

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What’s Going On at Atrium?

Join us for the meeting of Pineville Community Partners on Thursday, September 12, 10:30 am—11:30 am. Alicia Campbell, Vice President of Operations, will share with us the building and changes happening at Atrium Health Pineville. All are welcome. We meet at Pineville United Methodist Church, 110 South Polk Street.

Thanks to the youth

of Forest Hill

Ballantyne for

packing the school

supplies in the

backpacks!

Thanks to all who

donated breakfast

food for the

teachers at

Sterling!

We donated 78

backpacks to

Pineville

Elementary

students in

partnership with

Pineville Police.

August was AWESOME!!

On the first day of school, we

met the students at The Pines

at Carolina Place as they got

off the bus with delicious ice

cream.

With the help of

some outstanding

volunteers,

including our

friends at Atrium

Health,

we distributed over

600 backpacks

to Sterling

Elementary

students.

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Want to Know More?

Do you belong to a civic or church group? Neighborhood association? Business group? We would love to come and share the story of Pineville Neighbors Place and the work we are doing in the community. Contact Jane to set up a time. For more information, contact Jane Shutt, pinevilleneighborsplace@gmail.com or 704.972.8722.

Your Gift Makes a Difference Give online at pinevilleneighbors.org Or by mailing a check to PO Box 986, Pineville, NC, 28134 Or drop off check or donations at our office at 10725 Industrial Drive.

August by the Numbers Financial Assistance: 110 individuals helped

with $10,540.32

Food Pantry: 88 people served with 679.3

pounds of food

Volunteer hours donated: 428 hours

2019 Totals

Financial Assistance: 647 individuals helped

with $55,214.78

Food Pantry: 551 people served with 5,855.5

pounds of food

Volunteer hours donated: 2,022 hours

Expanding Staff

We’re growing and we need more help! We will be interviewing for the following positions:

Special Events Coordinator

Transitional Housing Coordinator

These jobs (as are all of our positions) are unpaid in money but paid with the knowledge that you are making a difference in our community! Hours and location are flexible.

Call or email us to express your interest or get more information.

23 YEARS OF CITIZEN AWARENESS AND EDUCATION

Much has changed in the last twenty plus years, but one requirement has remained constant – the importance

of citizen engagement in local government. Whether newly arrived to Charlotte Mecklenburg or a life-long

resident, we all have the right and the responsibility to be involved in our local government.

The League of Women Voters of Charlotte Mecklenburg invites you to register for our Civics 101 program.

These five weekly, one-evening-per-week sessions are designed for you to learn about our local government:

City, County Courts, CMS Board of Education and County. During these sessions, speakers including former

Mayor Roberts with current and former experience describe the function and share their experiences. The fifth

session is when media leaders at the Charlotte Observer including Taylor Batten bring us up-to-date on the

newspaper’s responsibility to inform citizens. This is particularly important in 2019.

The registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis for a maximum of 60 attendees. The price

for the five sessions, including materials, snacks for the first four sessions and a catered dinner at the

last one, is $60, which is not refundable. The link to the Civics 101 registration is:

http://goleaguego.org/Civics.html .

The sessions run from 6:15 to 8:30 P.M. The dates and days are:

Government Function Date/Day Location

City Government Sep. 23 - Monday Government Center

County Courts Oct. 1 - Tuesday County Courthouse

CMS - Board of Education Oct. 8 - Tuesday Government Center

County Government Oct. 15 - Tuesday Government Center

Graduation and Meet the Press

Oct. 22 - Tuesday Charlotte Observer

Civics 101

Local Government Charlotte Mecklenburg

September 23 October 1,8,15, 22

2019