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03-29-2007, 03:16 PM
Checkers Press Release
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS & SUNCOM TEAM UP WITH WOMEN’S COMMISSION TO HELP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
Bring your old-used cell phones to the Charlotte Checkers hockey game on Saturday, March 31 against the Columbia Inferno. In return, SunCom will give you a FREE ticket to the April 7th Charlotte Checkers game.
The used cell phones will benefit victims of domestic violence. The Women’s Commission tries to give the phones to domestic violence victims through the commission’s own services or other local domestic violence services.
With a donated phone, a domestic violence victim (or a potential victim) can call 911 in an emergency situation.
About the Women’s Commission:
The Women’s Commission provides safety planning and long-term counseling to victims of domestic violence, by enhancing self-esteem, developing independence and counseling child & adult victims. The Women’s Commission also provides prevention education, training and domestic violence awareness throughout Mecklenburg County. Find out more about the Women’s Commission department at www.charmeck.org or call 704-432-1568.
For more information on the effects of domestic violence in the Charlotte community, call the Mecklenburg County Women’s Commission at 704-336-3210 or the Shelter for Battered Women 24-hour hotline at 704-332-2513.
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS & SUNCOM TEAM UP WITH WOMEN’S COMMISSION TO HELP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
Bring your old-used cell phones to the Charlotte Checkers hockey game on Saturday, March 31 against the Columbia Inferno. In return, SunCom will give you a FREE ticket to the April 7th Charlotte Checkers game.
The used cell phones will benefit victims of domestic violence. The Women’s Commission tries to give the phones to domestic violence victims through the commission’s own services or other local domestic violence services.
With a donated phone, a domestic violence victim (or a potential victim) can call 911 in an emergency situation.
About the Women’s Commission:
The Women’s Commission provides safety planning and long-term counseling to victims of domestic violence, by enhancing self-esteem, developing independence and counseling child & adult victims. The Women’s Commission also provides prevention education, training and domestic violence awareness throughout Mecklenburg County. Find out more about the Women’s Commission department at www.charmeck.org or call 704-432-1568.
For more information on the effects of domestic violence in the Charlotte community, call the Mecklenburg County Women’s Commission at 704-336-3210 or the Shelter for Battered Women 24-hour hotline at 704-332-2513.