Roy Underhill of PBS' The Woodwright's Shop to Chair Guardians of Angels Adoption Center Campaign

Sept. 19, 2011 - PRLog -- Raleigh, NC - The Guardians of Angels non-profit dedicated to building an adoption center for cats and dogs in Pittsboro, NC or Chatham County announces the selection of Roy Underhill as the first Honorary Chairperson for their campaign.

Roy Underhill, the popular host of the 3 decades running PBS program The Woodwright's Shop is an avid animal lover, and lives in Chatham County with a wood shop in downtown Pittsboro. http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/index.html

Guardians of Angels organizer Terry Dorsey said, "I couldn't be happier to hear Roy say he'd step up as Honorary Chairperson of our Adoption Center campaign. Roy took a little time to reflect on it, he told me, and to talk it over with his dog. Clearly she thought it was a good idea!"

On Saturday September 24, 2011, Guardians of Angels is kicking-off its Adoption Center campaign with live Beatles music in The General Store Cafe, and a short presentation about the Adoption Center vision by Terry Dorsey. http://www.guardiansofangels.org

Singer/songwriter Jon Shain will start the evening at 7 p.m. with live acoustic Beatles songs, followed by a Guardians of Angels presentation at 8 p.m. and then The BackBeat Beatles band from 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Also attending the event will be cinematographer William S. Pivetta, an instructor at Appalachian State University, The Carolina Film Institute and The Blue Ridge Film Institute. Pivetta has worked with PBS, MTV and on independent films. He will be taking photographs and video of the evening for Guardians of Angels.

Sponsors for the Guardians of Angels Adoption Center Campaign Kick-off include businesses in Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex and Siler City:

* URG of Chapel Hill, a company developing air measuring technologies.

* Catering by Design of Cary, a top catering services company in the Triangle

* Dash Systems, a Web hosting, applications and e-commerce company in Raleigh, NC

* The General Store Cafe, the center for dining and entertainment in Pittsboro, NC

* Souljourn Media, a media and events management company in NC

* A Better Image, a Chapel Hill print shop  

* NC Signs, a sign making company in Siler City, NC

* ClearSight Creative, a boutique social media and Internet publicity firm in Apex, NC

Admission to the Campaign Kick-off event is $20 for an individual, or $30 for a couple. Refreshments such as drinks, appetizers, dinner, desserts and coffee can be purchased separately through The General Store Cafe.

There are many ways to support building the Adoption Center:

·      Attend the Adoption Center campaign kick-off on 9/24/2011 at 7 p.m.

·      Contact  PR@guardiansofangels.org about volunteering

·      Pledge a monthly amount of support

·      Like Guardians of Angels on Facebook, and inviting your friends to spread the word

·      Follow Guardians of Angels http://www.twitter.com/GOAPittsboro on Twitter, and asking your friends to retweet messages

·      Download and obtain signatures for the petition on the GOA Website

·      Call or write the Pittsboro Town Board and Chatham County Commissioner telling them you support a Chatham County Adoption Center

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Guardians of Angels is a humane society in Chatham County, a 501(C)3 dedicated to building an animal adoption center for cats and dogs.