^{Jan Scere is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2009 Nine Who Care Awards}

Charlotte, NC - Jan Scere of Cornelius, NC – “Friends for Life LKN/Lake Norman Lucky Cat” has been named as the grand prize winner of WSOC-TV, Channel 9’s 2009 Nine Who Care Awards. Jan received the highest amount of on-line and mail-in votes from viewers which has her winning $2,000.00 for her favorite non-profit 501 ( c ) 3 charity.

“I and the volunteers at Friends for Life LKN are so thrilled to win this award for many reasons. One, we know all the people involved in animal rescue work really hard and it’s great to be recognized for that work in the community. The second is we enjoyed getting to meet new friends from other animal rescues and the other charities and also received support e-mails from all over the country, some even outside the U.S., including England and Australia. The third reason we are so grateful for winning this award, is the prize will really help us with our October spay/neuter, to get the animals ready for adoption. With the economy as it is, donations have been really down and it’s been tough to cover the vet bills! We are so thankful to Channel 9 for recognizing people who are doing special things to help our community! We had a great time and were happy to be part of this contest! Come see us at Petco Huntersville and always spay and neuter your pets,” said Jan.

The 2009 Nine Who Care Finalists who have won $900.00 to be awarded to their favorite non-profit 501 (c ) 3 organizations are: Richard Allred of Hudson, NC – “Catawba Valley Healthy Families/Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc.”, Gwendolyn Brown-Johnson of Charlotte, NC – “Parkview Community Foundation, Inc.”, Barbara Chandler of Indian Trail, NC – “Common Cupboard/Common Heart Missional Community”, Will Hern of Charlotte, NC – “Cabarrus Meals on Wheels, Inc.”, RSM McGladrey, Inc., of Charlotte, NC – “The Relatives, Inc.”, Cheryl Pletcher of Mooresville, NC – “Carolina Comfort Coalition at Serenity House” Dave Yochum of Cornelius, NC – “Big Day At The Lake/Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte” and Roger Wuest of Shelby, NC – “Council on Aging of Cleveland County, Inc.”

WSOC-TV is a Cox Media Group Station and the top-rated local newscast in the Charlotte, NC television market. Cox Media Group, Inc. is a broadcasting, publishing and digital media subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises. It includes the broadcast stations of Cox Television and Cox Radio; publishing titles of Cox Newspapers; and the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps.�