Every weekend and Holiday you will find residents from Carolina Meadows team of Marketing Volunteers on duty in the lobby to welcome prospective residents looking into retirement options. They tour Carolina Meadows and answer questions about the life style. They are on duty from 11am-3pm on Saturdays and 1-3pm on Sundays.

   After this initial visit, prospective residents often make an appointment with the marketing department for more details. "The Marketing Volunteers at Carolina Meadows provide a wonderful service," says Rosemary Hutchinson Marketing Director, "people who visit like to hear about life at Carolina Meadows from the residents themselves".

   The Marketing Volunteers meet the first Friday every month for a breakfast meeting. They sign up for duty, have a presentation by a staff member or a question and answer session, so they are familiar with all the services of Carolina Meadows.

   Each year in April, National Volunteer Month, Marketing Volunteers are honored by Carolina Meadows Marketing Department with a special function. In past years it has been a special afternoon tea with a harpist playing, and a magic show. This year a Victorian Breakfast was held on April 6, for over 60 marketing volunteers. Mark Maxwell, Director of Dining Services and his staff prepared a variety of breakfast dishes, including a Victorian Breakfast Dish called Kedgeree. This is comprised of rice, smoked fish and chopped hard-boiled egg and was served in Victorian times.

   Dud and Jean Waldner were presented with a gift and thanked for their work in Co-Chairing the Marketing Volunteers. They handed the gavel to Bob and Helen Wilson who will Co-Chair the Marketing Volunteers for the coming year.

   Contact:
   Michelle Westrom
   Marketing Director
   (919) 370 - 7160