MOUNT PLEASANT ó Moose Pharmacy of Mount Pleasant received the prestigious North Carolina Family Business of the Year Award for 2008 from Wake Forest University’s Family Business Center and Business North Carolina magazine.
“It is an honor for Moose Pharmacy,” says Whit Moose, Jr. who with his brother Joe Moose, were informed of the award this week. “We plan to celebrate this achievement with our patients, family and employees.”
Moose Pharmacy received the award in the Century Award category, which recognizes companies that are at least 100 years old.
“The North Carolina Family Business Awards are designed to recognize the achievements of family-owned businesses and their contributions to their communities,” Family Business Center Director Kathy Baker said.
Joe Moose said the award is a direct result of creating trust. “We’ve always placed our emphasis on families and physicians,” he said. “Earning and keeping their trust helps separate Moose Pharmacy from any other pharmacy out there. Our customers know it, and we welcome those who are not our customers to experience it.”
Whit Moose, Jr. suggested that traditional customer care, combined with Moose Pharmacy’s technology helped earn the award. “In many ways, Moose Pharmacy combines the most modern technology available in the pharmacy business with old-fashioned care,” he said. “Many pharmacies can offer one or the other. Both elements help us succeed.”
Moose Pharmacy operates in four different locations: Mount Pleasant, Concord, Midland and Salisbury.
Free homebuyer seminar offered
A free homebuyer seminar is being offered by Kay Dover from 2-7 p.m. Monday at Wallace Realty Co., 301 N. Main St., Salisbury.
Topics covered at the seminar will include learning how to purchase a home, securing the best financing, information on how to get up to a $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers, and what to expect from your buyer’s agent.
Call 704-633-1111 to reserve a seat. Space will be limited.
Ketner, Kirk to serve at celebrity chefs
Food Lion co-founder Ralph Ketner and Catawba College Vice President for External Relations Phil Kirk will be celebrity chefs from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries.
The event supports Catawba College’s Professional Business Organization Phi Beta Lambda.
The chapter will receive $1 for every sandwich sold. Donations also will be accepted.
5 Guys Burgers and Fries is located at 475 Jake Alexander Blvd., near Mooresville Road.
Catawba College’s Phi Beta Lambda is the college chapter for the Future Business Leaders of America, focusing on building business and leadership skills.
Each year the State PBL-FBLA Chapter conducts a Spring Leadership Conference that takes place over several days. This conference provides members with an opportunity to develop marketable skills, hear speakers from business and to compete in individual and team competitions related to business studies.
The Catawba College chapter of Phi Beta Lambda will use proceeds from this fundraiser to support student travel and lodging expenses that are associated with the state conference.
For further information contact Nick Goodman, president of PBL, via email at ngoodman@catawba.edu, or by phone at 704-202-5395.
Curves food drive coming in March
During the month of March, Curves of Rockwell will participate in the 11th Annual Curves Food Drive to benefit local food banks.
Collectively, over the past five years, nearly 50 million pounds of food were distributed to local communities around the world through the Curves Food Drive.
Curves of Rockwell is also waiving its normal service fee for any new member who brings in a bag of non-perishable groceries and joins between March 9-28.
“The Curves Food Drive is always exciting,” said Elizabeth Deterding, the owner of the Rockwell club, located at 610E W. Main St., Rockwell. “We have a chance to help so many people at a time when the food banks are lowest. Especially during these uncertain times, this food is needed more than ever.”
The collected food from Rockwell Curves will be distributed by Rowan Helping Ministries.
Others wishing to donate may drop off non-perishable food items at Curves Monday through Friday during March business hours. For more information, call Jaymie Deterding at 704-279-4936.
R3 Center offers career workshops
KANNAPOLIS ó The R3 Center is offering numerous career development workshops and resume clinics in March for adults in Cabarrus and Rowan counties. All of the programs are free.
Located at 164 Dale Earnhardt Blvd. in Kannapolis, the R3 Center is a career development center established by Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) to assist workers who are unemployed or under-employed.
Due to the popularity of its free workshops, the R3 Center strongly encourages clients to call the center in advance at 704-216-7201 and reserve a seat.
The center’s March schedule of workshops includes the following sessions:
– New Client Mondays ó 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. It’s an orientation program for people who have never attended an R3 Center workshop or taken advantage of its other services.
– Stand Out from the Competition ó 6-8 p.m. March 5;
– The ABCs of Computer Usage ó 9-11 a.m. March 6 and 20;
– Lay-Off Survival ó 9-11 a.m. March 7;
– Looking for Work at 50-plus ó 6-8 p.m. March 10;
– Looking for Work with a Criminal Record ó 9-11 a.m. March 11;
– N.C. Research Campus Careers 101ó 9-11 a.m. March 13 and 6-8 p.m. March 26;
– On-line Job Hunting ó 9-11 a.m. March 14;
– Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ó 9-11 a.m. March 19;
– Careers in Customer Service ó 9-11 a.m. March 28.
The R3 Center will offer a number of free resume clinics to help job searchers improve their current resume or create a new one from scratch. Clinics are scheduled for:
– 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. March 3;
– 9:30 a.m. March 12;
– 9 a.m. March 21;
– 6 p.m. March 24.
The center’s office hours are: 8 a.m-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday.
For more information about the R3 Center and its services and programs, call 704-216-7201, or visit the center’s Web site at www.rowancabarrus.edu/r3center/.
Dixon Hughes among top audit firms
A.M. Best has ranked Dixon Hughes 20th among top audit firms for the insurance industry. This list was published in the January 2009 issue of Best’s Review, a monthly insurance magazine,
Larry Perdue, member-in-charge of the Dixon Hughes Insurance Practice Group stated, “We are deeply honored to have received this recognition. Having a dedicated group serving clients within the insurance industry has enabled us to focus on the specific needs of our clients and issues particular to the insurance industry.”
With a staff of more than 1,200 located in eight states, Dixon Hughes provides assurance, tax and consulting services to clients of all sizes. For more information, visit www.dixon-hughes.com.
Parks joins financial advisers at retreat
Charles Parks, president and chief executive officer of C.F. Parks & Company Inc. in Salisbury, gathered with a group of elite financial advisers on January 25ń26, 2009, in Boston, Mass.
He attended the Commonwealth Financial Network’s Chairman’s Retreat. In conjunction with Harvard Business School professors, Chairman’s Retreat utilizes a classroom format and the business school’s case study method.
Parks and Chairman’s Retreat colleagues examined the current market climate.
Chairman’s Retreat is Commonwealth’s highest level of recognition and is structured as an intensive, high-level educational experience. Attendees, along with senior officials of Commonwealth, reviewed curricula and listened to lectures under the tutelage of two Harvard Business School professors.
C.F. Parks & Company, Inc. is a locally owned financial services practice founded in 1985. As an independent adviser, C.F. Parks & Company, Inc., serves its clients as a financial adviser in numerous areas of financial services and investment products.