The 6th Annual Carying Place Benefit Auction Announces Presenting and Platinum Sponsors

CARY, N.C. – The 6th Annual Carying Place Annual Benefit Auction, scheduled for Friday, May 11, 2007, at the Matthews House in Cary, has announced that Time Warner Cable is the Presenting Sponsor. Penn Compression Moulding, Inc. and Quality Staffing Specialists are Platinum Sponsors of the event.

Last year’s Maggy award-winning event raised over $50,000 to benefit The Carying Place. This year’s event will feature both silent and live auctions featuring “priceless experiences”. The Carying Place teaches homeless families with children necessary life skills for attaining independent living while providing them with short-term housing support services. For more information, contact event chair Beth Blackman by email: ablackman@nc.rr.com, or call The Carying Place at 919-462-1800 or visit the organization’s official web site at http://www.thecaryingplace.org.

“The Carying Place will greatly benefit from the generosity of these presenting and platinum level sponsors. Their support is helping us take this event to the next level, which will enable us to help our families even more in the upcoming year,” said Beth Blackman, chairman of the 6th Annual Carying Place Benefit Auction.

About The Carying Place:
The Carying Place, Inc. provides a Transitional Housing Program (THP) that gives families an opportunity to stabilize their financial situation, leading to permanent self-sustaining housing. Each family accepted into the program is paired with a volunteer team, which works with the family to develop a personalized plan for self-sufficiency. Through financial assistance and broad-based counseling in life skills, The Carying Place seeks to help people work toward self-reliance and growth. They serve up to eight families at a time, and families stay in the programs up to four months. For more information, please call The Carying Place at 919-462-1800 or visit the organization’s official web site at http://www.thecaryingplace.org.