Pride Charlotte will take place
Saturday, August 25, 2007

We will once again be at the fabulous Gateway Village in Uptown Charlotte. Stay tuned for more details!



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Cooper Lawrence to emcee Pride Charlotte

Pride Charlotte is excited to announce our celebrity emcee!


COOPER LAWRENCE is a developmental psychologist and the host of her own nationally syndicated radio show, The Cooper Lawrence Show, from Dial Global, airing weekdays M-F 7pm-10pm ET . To hear the show live, podcast it, or find a station near you that carries her show go to www.cooperlawrenceshow.com. It’s smart talk about real life! Cooper is also the author of Been There, Done That, Kept The Jewelry (Adams Media/Polka Dot Press) CosmoGIRL’s All About Guys (Sterling Publications) and her newest book out January 2008, Cult of Perfection: Make Peace With Your Inner Overachiever (Globe Pequot/Skirt!) along with many published articles for magazines.

Cooper appears regularly on CNN’s Showbiz Tonight, and Fox News Live and has been seen on The Today Show, The Insider, The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet, CNN Presents, The CW11 Morning News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Nancy Grace, and Fox & Friends. She has also been featured in print for IN STYLE Magazine, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, Star Magazine, Skirt!, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and US Weekly. Cooper’s first magazine cover was in February 2007 for Today’s Charlotte Woman Magazine.

Cooper is also on the advisory board for CosmoGIRL! Magazine, where she writes a regular column called The Love Doctor and has consulted for actress Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation.



To find out how you can help please email volunteers@pridecharlotte.com



2007 Event Logo Contest
CONTEST WINNER

Pride Charlotte
CONGRATULATES Shawn E. Smith as the winner of the 2007 Theme Logo Contest. Shawn's design won out of over 40 outstanding submissions.    Shawn wins $100 and 2 Pride Charlotte T-shirts with his logo.  Pride Charlotte thanks everyone who participated in this contest.





PRIDE Charlotte 2006 Financial Report:
 
Receipts
      Task Force Contributions                   $3,271.33
      Sponsorships                                   $43,616.00
      Vendor Fees                                     $6,610.00
      Fund Raising & Other                      $14,103.25
      Total Receipts                                 $67,600.58

Expenditures
       Fundraising                                         $829.41
       Entertainment                                   $3,425.00
       Logistics                                        $23,690.11
       Printing                                            $3,250.95
       Vendor Fair                                     $5,871.45
       T Shirts                                            $3,364.33
       Other                                               $7,381.98
            Total Expenditures                     $47,813.23

       Net Gain                                        $19,787.35

Contributions
       House of Mercy                                $1,000.00
       Lesbian & Gay Com. Ctr.               $13,917.35
             Total Contributions                     14,917.35

Balance on hand for PRIDE ’07               $4,870.00



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2008 SPONSORS

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PRIDE Charlotte Mission:
Empowering all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and allied peoples to stand as unique individuals and together as a community, with the purpose of uniting as a creative, social, economic, and influential force.

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