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		<title>The Mooresville Soup Kitchen Welcomes Vickie Traynum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description>Patton McDowell &amp;#38; Associates, LLC is pleased to announce that the Mooresville Soup Kitchen has hired Vickie Traynum as its new Executive Director. Founded in 1987, the Mooresville Soup Kitchen is...&lt;br/&gt;
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		<title>[Innovation Series] May Topic is Collaboration</title>
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		<title>Remembering the Experience – Notes from the 2013 NC/SC Planned Giving Conference</title>
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		<title>Charlotte Nonprofit Buzz: The Mooresville Soup Kitchen Begins Feeding the Veterans Program</title>
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