Northern Albemarle Community Foundation activates Disaster Relief Fund in response to Hurricane Earl

For immediate release

Sept. 2, 2010

The Northern Albemarle Community Foundation (NACF) announces that it has activated its Albemarle Disaster Relief Fund to immediately support relief efforts related to Hurricane Earl.

The NACF is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF), which accepts credit card donations online through its website under the Giving tab at nccommunityfoundation.org or by downloading a contribution form from the site. Checks can be mailed to the NCCF headquarters office in Raleigh at 4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524, Raleigh, NC 27609. Please designate your gift for Albemarle Disaster Relief Fund. All gifts are tax-deductible.

All funds will go directly to the Greater Albemarle Chapter of the American Red Cross and Food Bank of the Albemarle to assist local victims. The NACF board has already approved $2,000 in funds for local relief to these agencies.

NACF President Marilyn Madrin and the local advisory board approved the actions in meetings held Thursday morning. "This is the first time we have distributed assets from this fund to specifically assist our community following a natural disaster, and we are thrilled to help out in this way,” she said. "We continue to seek donations to be ready when the need is there."

For more information about NCCF visit nccommunityfoundation.org, or contact Peggy Birkemeier at our Northeast Region Office at 252-491-8166 for 252-473-7030.

About NCCF

The NCCF is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has made nearly $63 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With more than $130 million in assets, the NCCF sustains more 1,000 endowments established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations, institutions and scholarships. The NCCF partners with 60 affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance in 66 counties across the state. An important component of the NCCF's mission is to ensure that rural philanthropy has a voice at local, regional and national levels. For more information, visit nccommunityfoundation.org and Facebook.

News media contacts:

Peggy Birkemeier, Senior Regional Associate

Northeastern Region

252-491-8166

252-473-7030 (cell)

pbirk@nccommunityfoundation.org

Noël McLaughlin, APR

NCCF Director of Marketing and Communications

919.256.6901

nmclaughlin@nccommunityfoundation.org