Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest: It’s A Wrap!

Well, “Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest Fundraiser” is over! I must say that we had a diverse audience of some beautiful spirits gathered at The Duke Mansion in Charlotte, NC. There were some heart moving stories that ignited the spirit of love, compassion, awareness and transformation, invoking everyone to take action and get involved in their communities, to serve those in need. We gained some amazing support from unexpected places and for that, we are truly grateful. A big…no a HUGE thanks to all of our supporters and volunteers who made this event a success! We will compile post-event information and photos soon! So stay tuned!

The Dove's Nest Fundraiser

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN BEGINS…

In 3 days, we will be celebrating the great mission of The Dove’s Nest, during the “Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest Fundraiser” on Saturday September 19, 2009 at 2:00pm. It will be held at The Duke Mansion (http://www.dukemansion.com) in Charlotte, NC. For more information on purchasing tickets or to make a donation, go to http://www.favoritethingsforacause.com. See you there!

Straight Talk with Bea Thompson from WBAV-FM Interviews Feeding Dreams Champions

Bea Thompson, host of Straight Talk on WBAV-FM 101.9 in Charlotte, NC interviewed the General Mills Feeding Dreams Community Champions from Charlotte, NC. The show aired on Sunday August 23, 2009. Bea gave each recipient, Kelly Hutchinson (R.E.F.O.R.M.), Valarie Brooks (Charlotte Girl Talk Foundation) and Kym Gordon Moore (The Dove's Nest) an opportunity to talk about the organizations they are representing for this community service award. General Mills Lead Ambassador for Charlotte, Modesty Dunbar Thompson, was also on hand to explain the Feeding Dreams program to listeners and petitioned that everyone go to http://www.feedingdreams.com/ to vote for the champion of their choice.




Kelly Hutchinson
"R.E.F.O.R.M."

Valarie R. Brooks
"Girl Talk Foundation"







Kym Gordon Moore
"The Dove's Nest"

Modesty Dunbar Thompson

Lead Ambassador
Charlotte, North Carolina

Kym Gordon Moore & The Dove's Nest Need Your Vote!!!

I was recently chosen as one of General Mills’ Feeding Dreams Community Champions in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am honored and humbled to be among some amazing and very outstanding Community Champions chosen in the Charlotte, Birmingham, Memphis and Norfolk areas. However, on behalf of The Dove’s Nest, a subsidiary of The Charlotte Rescue Mission, I am seeking your “vote” that will determine the total amount of the monetary donation this organization will receive from General Mills. If you are not familiar with The Dove’s Nest, it is a women-specific recovery program that provides a loving, highly-structured Christian environment to help women understand and deal with the core issues of their alcohol and/or drug addiction.

In essence, here’s how the General Mills Feeding Dreams Community Champion voting procedure works:- Voting is in progress. There is NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To vote, log onto http://www.feedingdreams.com/ and follow the online instructions for voting. Voting ends at 11:59 PM Eastern Time on November 6, 2009. Limit 1 vote per person per day. You do not have to live in Charlotte in order to vote for Kym & The Dove's Nest. (Additional conditions can be found on the “Voting Rules” page)

Each charity will receive a donation from General Mills, but how much depends on how many votes we receive. In the Charlotte area there are three Community Champion recipients representing their chosen charity. As noted, I am representing The Dove’s Nest. Monetary donations will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place charities, based on who gets the most votes. To help you further understand how important your vote means, I am currently working with The Dove’s Nest to contribute to their Capital Campaign Fund for an expansion facility scheduled to break ground next year. This facility will increase from the current 12-bed facility to a 90-bed facility, to accommodate a growing waiting list of those women in desperate need for their services. This is why the 1st Place Award is so important to The Dove’s Nest and me.

Have you ever personally experienced homelessness, hunger, hopelessness or helplessness? Were you ever the victim of an addiction, abuse or monumental adversity? If you haven’t, let’s hope that you never will. Nevertheless, as our journey in life progresses, we all will eventually deal with some type of monumental adversity, whether it’s spiritual, physical, mental or emotional. For that reason, as the Feeding Dreams Community Champion, I am currently coordinating a fundraiser scheduled for September 19, 2009 to donate the proceeds to the capital campaign project for The Dove’s Nest. If you would like to contribute to this Capital Campaign Fundraiser or if you are interested in attending the “Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest Fundraiser", please feel free to send me an email at diversitiesofgifts@kymgmoore.com. Your generous gift will bless so many women in need.

I would like to thank you in advance for your vote, support, donations and prayers. Please feel free to forward and share this newsletter or link (http://www.feedingdreams.com/) with those on your email list and ask them to vote for Kym and The Dove’s Nest. May God continue to bless and keep you.

Peace & Blessings Always,
Kym Gordon Moore
Author of "Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit"

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS CELEBRATED THROUGH GENERAL MILLS, INC. FEEDING DREAMS™ PROGRAM

Online Polls Open Today at FeedingDreams.com; Vote For Your Favorite African-American Community Champion And Help Support Their Charitable Efforts And Powerful Work

MINNEAPOLIS - August 7, 2009 /PRNewswire/ — Following on the heels of last year's inaugural Feeding Dreams™ initiative to celebrate everyday heroes who are doing extraordinary things to improve communities, General Mills is proudly serving up seconds and expanding its reach to help recognize African-Americans who are selflessly volunteering to make their communities better in four southern cities. Read more...

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“Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest Fundraiser”

“When a woman feels a sense of hopelessness or is hurting, it affects her family, her community and those around her. When you heal her spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically, you heal her family, as well as a community.”

– Kym Gordon Moore

Often, it is difficult for someone to understand where a person is going if they do not understand where that person has been. If at some point in your life, you never walked in the shoes of trials, disappointments and tribulations it’s hard to comprehend how uncomfortable those shoes feel and the difficult journey they endured.

Kym Gordon Moore, author of the book “Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit” and recipient of the General Mills’ Feeding Dreams Community Service Award, is announcing “Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest Fundraiser”, kicking off on Saturday September 19, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will be held at the elegant and historic Duke Mansion located at 400 Hermitage Road in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This capital campaign fundraiser will benefit expansion facilities for The Dove’s Nest, a women-specific recovery program that provides a loving, highly-structured Christian environment to help women understand and deal with the core issues of their alcohol and/or drug addiction. In conjunction with the Favorite Things for a CAUSE mission, our goal is to raise at least $25,000 from this event, to support efforts that will help to increase the program’s bed capacity from 12 to 90.

If you would like to receive more information on our upcoming fundraiser and how you can get involved with the expansion project of this sanctuary for homeless women, please send an email to diversitiesofgifts@kymgmoore.com. Include your name, email address and any contact information in the body of your email. In the subject line of your email, include: “Diversities of Gifts for the Dove’s Nest”. Albeit this event is for a worthy cause, it will surely be educational, enlightening and entertaining. We are so excited about this opportunity to help so many women in need and look forward to seeing many of you at The Duke Mansion in September! This is one benefit that you don’t want to miss!

The Dove’s Nest - http://charlotterescuemission.org/category/outreaches/dovesnest
http://www.diversitiesofgifts.blogspot.com/
http://www.kymgmoore.com/

Diversities of Gifts for The Dove's Nest

Kym Gordon Moore, author of the book “Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit” was recently named as one of the recipients of General Mills’ Feeding Dreams Community Service Award, for her volunteer work with The Dove’s Nest, a subsidiary of The Charlotte Rescue Mission, located in Charlotte, NC. The Dove’s Nest is a women-specific recovery program that provides a loving, highly-structured Christian environment to help women understand and deal with the core issues of their alcohol and/or drug addiction.

She will soon announce an end-of-the-summer project to benefit The Dove’s Nest that she is collaborating with Francene Marie Morris, her co-founder with Favorite Things for a CAUSE. Stay tuned for the exciting details yet to come announcing this worthy project that will help so many women successfully navigate through their recovery process at the Dove’s Nest.

http://www.charlotterescuemission.org/dovesnest.php
http://www.kymgmoore.com/
http://www.francenemarie.com/