{"id":22401,"date":"2016-04-27T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=22401"},"modified":"2016-04-27T16:25:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:25:31","slug":"clarksville-association-of-realtors-to-hold-f-u-e-l-block-party-and-fundraiser-may-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2016\/04\/27\/clarksville-association-of-realtors-to-hold-f-u-e-l-block-party-and-fundraiser-may-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville Association of Realtors to hold F.U.E.L. Block Party and Fundraiser, May 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ClarksvilleClarksville, TN<\/strong> – The Clarksville Association of Realtors (CAR) will be hosting the 9th Annual F.U.E.L. Fundraiser Block Party on May 7th. This community event is coordinated each year by the Clarksville Association of Realtors Charity Relations.<\/p>\n

100% of the proceeds from this event will benefit F.U.E.L., which helps to provide food for local hungry school children.<\/p>\n

\"9th<\/a>

9th Annual F.U.E.L. Block Party and Fundraiser to be held May 7th.<\/p><\/div>\n

The F.U.E.L. Fundraiser Block Party, which will be held at the CAR office at 115 Center Pointe Drive, will include live entertainment provided by local dance teams, a petting zoo, a Kids Zone with bounce houses.<\/p>\n

There will also be demonstrations from the Army Bomb Squad, Army K-9 unit, and appearances from the Clarksville Police Department and Clarksville Fire Rescue, pet adoptions, a silent auction, craft vendors and more. Admission is free, but lunch tickets can be purchased for $5.00 and will include a hamburger\/hot dog lunch. Donations will also be accepted at the event.<\/p>\n

F.U.E.L. is a food subsidization program designed to feed Clarksville-Montgomery County school children through the weekend whose only food source may be the meals they are receiving at school. Individually wrapped items are discreetly made available to the qualifying students each Friday. The program is funded solely through donations and local fundraising efforts and operated through local churches and civic organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Realtors, we enjoy giving back to the community that provides so much for us,\u201d said Valerie Dirks, 2016 Charity Relations Committee Chair. \u201cThe need is real here in Montgomery County and for the cost of one ticket, you can feed one child for an entire weekend,\u201d said Dirks.<\/p>\n

Because of F.U.E.L nearly 2,000 children in Montgomery County receive food each week. \u201cWithout the help of Clarksville Association of Realtors we would not be able to meet the needs of the children we are currently serving in Clarksville,\u201d said Denise Skidmore, F.U.E.L. Founder. To date, the Clarksville Association of Realtors has raised nearly $75,000 for the F.U.E.L. Program.<\/p>\n

The public is urged to assist with donations, and are welcome to drop off food items or funds at the Clarksville Association of Realtors office.<\/p>\n

The Clarksville Association of Realtors thanks Crabbe Construction for sponsoring the Main Stage, Planter\u2019s Bank for sponsoring the Kids Zone, and Patio sponsor Recer Home Group\/Keller Williams Realty.<\/p>\n

[320left]The Association also thanks its Premium Affiliate Partners, including Platinum members Freedom Title, Movement Mortgage, F&M Bank Mortgage, TN Title, SWBC Mortgage, Morford Allstate, Legacy Mortgage, FCFCU and Veteran\u2019s United, Gold Affiliate Partners Realty Title and Prospect Mortgage, and Silver Affiliate Partners American Home Shield, THDA, Banker\u2019s Title, Stewart Title, Franklin American, Blackwell Construction, and Legends Bank.<\/p>\n

For information on the F.U.E.L program or to find out how you can assist these children, please contact Denise Skidmore at skidmore.denise@yahoo.com<\/a>. Additional information on the 9th Annual F.U.E.L. Fundraiser Block Party can be found at ClarksvilleAOR.com<\/p>\n

About the Clarksville Association of Realtors<\/h3>\n

The Clarksville Association of Realtors has over 716 active REALTOR members and 59 Affiliate Partners that work together to improve the public awareness of the value of Realtors to the community and to the benefits of their services. The Clarksville Association of Realtors also serves to promote the success and future developments of its members in association with the Tennessee and National Associations of Realtors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Association of Realtors (CAR) will be hosting the 9th Annual F.U.E.L. Fundraiser Block Party on May 7th. This community event is coordinated each year by the Clarksville Association of Realtors Charity Relations. 100% of the proceeds from this event will benefit F.U.E.L., which helps to provide food for local hungry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[28119,28120,28123,14327,1790,10080,294,825,696,2678,1890,10343,28112,28117,28122,28111,28118,28116,1559,160,28115,21601,1711,22602,28110,4923,28121,28114,7991,28113,28109],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-5Pj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22402,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22401\/revisions\/22402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}