As reported by The Charlotte Observer, "More than 90 firefighters, including from five neighboring departments, flocked to the SouthPark Towers area to get the blaze under control. ...The fire reached temperatures above 2,000 degrees...
Firefighters rescued 15 workers who got stuck in the building, according to officials. Firefighters had to issue two mayday calls for help after getting trapped in the fire themselves, Johnson said. Paramedics took one construction worker, who was stuck in a crane for more than an hour, to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries."
The 2023 Col J Quincy Collins Freedom Award will be presented to the Gold Star Mentors TM who change lives, one guitar at a time. As stated by the GSM Founder, "I know music is the great healer and learning to play a musical instrument can make a positive impact on a child's life." BRETT JONES
As we gather on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 we will be transported through time to the years 1965 -1973 by the JAVA BAND playing special music throughout the breakfast program.
DATE & TIME
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023
Time: 8:00am -- 9:30am (Doors open at 7:30am)
Location: Carmel Country Club (4735 Carmel Rd, Charlotte 28226)
Tables/TICKETS
Heroes Patron Table of 8 + complementary tickets provided to First Responders $2,500
Corporate Table of 8 with Program Listing $1,000
Veteran / First Responder Table of 8 $750
Youth Scholarship Patron 4 Seats with Program Listing $500
Flags in Classrooms Patron 2 Seats with Program Listing $250
Buy One/Gift One Individual Seat + Seat Gifted to First Responder / Veteran $225
Individual Seat $125 (limited availability)
EVENT SPONSORSHIPS
For information on event sponsorships contact Susan Yarber at 980-422-3733 or email syarber@carolinasfreedom.org
Each year, the Carolinas Freedom Foundation presents its prestigious Freedom Award to an individual or a group who has distinguished him/herself by serving our country and its citizens selflessly, and with total dedication to further the cause of freedom. Past winners include General Hugh Shelton, former Mayor John Belk, Senator Jesse Helms, Ross Perot, World War II veterans, the USO, the Medal of Honor Society, former POW COL Quincy Collins, portrait artist Kaziah Hancock, Purple Heart Homes, Roddey Dowd, Sr. and Dr. Charles Tsui (Charlie Two Shoes).
PAST PRESENTATIONS
A previous year's Freedom Award recipient was 10-year-old Myles Eckert from Ohio who in February 2014 found a $20 bill in the parking lot of an Ohio Cracker Barrel. Myles saw a service man in uniform and wrote him a note with the $20 bill enclosed, to pay it forward. Watch the video story below.
