Cary Visual Art, Inc. Announces Sponsors of Cary Art Ball

Cary, NC, November 02, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Cary Visual Art, Inc. has announced that the following individuals and businesses are gold, silver and bronze sponsors of the 10th annual Cary Art Ball at Prestonwood Country Club on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 6 p.m. to midnight, presented by Atlantic Tire & Service and WakeMed Cary Hospital:

Gold:
· BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
· Fidelity Bank
· SAS

Silver:
· Active Data Services
· Ashworth Drugs/Lynn’s Hallmark Shops
· BB&T
· Capital Bank
· Cary Oil Foundation/Cary Oil Company, Inc.
· Cary Printing
· Crescent State Bank
· J.M. Edwards Fine Jewelry
· Hendrick Cary Auto Mall
· Paragon Commercial Bank
· Progress Energy
· RBC Centura Bank
· Westbrook & Associates

Bronze:
· Jim and Mary Adcock and The Adcock Agency, Inc.
· Dr. and Mrs. Mike Anthony
· Arcadis
· BellSouth
· Boom! Magazine
· Bern Bullard Inc.
· Cadre Systems
· Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
· Carolina Auto Spa
· Sally Cox State Farm Insurance
· Danny’s Bar-B-Que
· Financial Directions Group/Lori and Robert Spivey
· First Citizens Bank
· Fonville Morisey Realty, Inc. – Cary Offices
· Glenn and Joy Futrell
· Garden Supply Company
· Get Results Realty
· Grubb Properties
· Harris Wholesale, Inc.
· Bob Heater
· George and Melba Jordan
· Hal and Gail Jordan
· Dr. Arthur R. Kamm and Mary DePuew Kamm
· Dick and Jean Ladd
· Jack A. Lancaster, CFP
· Lawrence Realty Company
· John and Sandra Long
· Metcalf Painting & Interiors
· Gregory Poole Equipment Company
· Preston Development Company
· Rainbow International of the Triangle
· Senter Tractor Company, Inc.
· Caroline Sinclair/Edward Jones Investments
· Smith & Associates PR and Advertising
· Stone Creek Village/McGinnis Development Group
· Triangle Brick Company
· Univision WUDC-40
· Wake Heart and Vascular Associates

Entertainment for the evening will be provided by CARQUEST Auto Parts.

The Cary Art Ball is a black tie fundraiser that benefits Cary Visual Art, a local art nonprofit, with a cocktail reception, five-course dinner, silent auction and dancing. It is the main fundraising event of the year for CVA.

“Thanks to all of our generous sponsors, we have reached our fundraising goal for this year’s Cary Art Ball,” said Laura Coats, executive director of CVA. “We anticipate a great evening of food, fun and entertainment courtesy of such broad community support for our organization.”

About Cary Visual Art:
Cary Visual Art, based in Cary, is a nonprofit organization with the goal of promoting access to visual art through public art projects and educational programs. Cary Visual Art funds the commissioning and placement of art in Cary through partnerships with other nonprofit organizations, local businesses as well as the Town of Cary, and has placed more than 50 public art displays throughout the Cary community. Cary Visual Art is funded in part by its members and sponsors, the Town of Cary and by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County with funds from the United Arts campaign and the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information on Cary Visual Art, or to join the organization please call 919-468-9500 or visit the Web site http://www.caryvisualart.org.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
7406-H Chapel Hill Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 233-6600 • (919) 233-0300 (fax)
patty@mmimarketing.com

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