Tar Heel Pest Management News

July 2024

Join us for the 2024 Carolinas/Mid-Atlantic Summer Conference

We are excited to see everyone at the Carolinas/Mid-Atlantic Summer Conference July 25-27 in Myrtle Beach!

Attendees can earn CEUs and enjoy all of the social activities including our annual cornhole tournament, family picnic, and closing beach BBQ!

Where:

Myrtle Beach Marriott Grande Dunes

Myrtle Beach, S.C.

When:

July 25-27, 2024

Don't miss these exciting events which are new to this year's conference!

Freedom Walk:

Don't miss the first ever Freedom Walk on Friday, July 26 which will raise funds for Safe House Project. The event is presented by the NC and SC PWIPM chapters. Register here or find more information below!

NC PestVets Cell Phone Drive:

The NC PestVets Chapter will be collecting cell phones for military families. Check out the article below to find out how you can help.

Communication is crucial for military personnel and their families, serving as a lifeline during deployments and separations. Through our programs, Cell Phones For Soldiers (CPFS) is dedicated to providing free communication services to active-duty military members and veterans, offering free talk time and mobile devices to help them stay connected with their loved ones, regardless of their location.

With a mission to support our troops, CPFS has significantly impacted many lives by providing millions of minutes of free talk time and distributing thousands of mobile devices.  You can support our cause by collecting unused cell phones and other electronic devices to provide valuable communication resources to our troops and veterans.

Cell Phones for Soldiers Mobile is a program that will provide veterans with a free phone and year of paid phone service. By partnering with an MVNO, we are able to provide an affordable monthly plan to give back to our heroes at home. We want to make it easy to connect with loved ones, seek employment opportunities and contact veteran resources. 

Each contribution to Cell Phones For Soldiers provides military members with precious talk time through our Minutes That Matter program, and it gives each qualified veteran a cellular device to assist with employment, contacting loved ones and communicating with veteran resources.

The NCPMA PestVets Unit will be holding a cell phone drive at the Carolinas/Mid-Atlantic Summer Conference. Please bring and drop off any unused cell phones, tablets and MP3 players during Mid-Atlantic. If you will not be attending Mid-Atlantic, you can still participate by collecting these items from your employees, friends and family and someone from our PestVets committee will come to your office to pick them up.  Please reach out to Marie Horner at mhorner@arrowexterminators.com to coordinate the pick up.

Join the North Carolina and South Carolina Professional Women in Pest Management Chapters on Friday, July 26 at 7 a.m. for their first Annual “Freedom Walk."  All proceeds will benefit the Safe House Project. The company that has the most “Freedom Walk” paid/registered attendees will receive a company cookout, compliments of FORSHAW.  PWIPM will kick off this event bright and early with a pre-stretch by certified fitness trainer, AJ Lightbody, prior to the walk/run along the beachfront.

About Safe House Project

Did you know hundreds of thousands of American children are sex trafficked annually, with only 1% of the victims identified? Safe House Project has the audacious belief that eradication of child trafficking is possible through the power of unity, compassion, and collective action. Their mission is to increase survivor identification beyond one percent through education, provide emergency services and placement to all survivors, and ensure every survivor can access quality, safe housing and holistic care.

Safe House Project recognizes the crucial role that in-home service providers can play and offers free, industry-focused training to empower these professionals to be vigilant and proactive in spotting signs of human trafficking. Pest management professionals, who often access various homes and properties, are trained to identify suspicious situations and know the proper steps to report them. This training transforms everyday service providers into the eyes and ears of our communities, significantly enhancing the efforts to identify and rescue trafficking survivors.

Register for the Freedom Walk

The Freedom Walk will be held Friday, July 26 beginning at 7 a.m. on the beach!

• Registration:  Registration is online or at the event in the Atlantic Hall at the Marriott Resort Myrtle Beach at Grande Dunes, if you have questions.  
• On-site Registration:  Friday, July 26 from 6 a.m. - 6:45 a.m. 
• Walk: Friday, July 26 at 7 a.m., on the beach! 
• Cost: $20.00 per person, children under age 15 FREE. 
• Multiple Drawings for various prizes for all paid/registered “Freedom Walk” participants will be drawn on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. (winners do not need to be present).  This will include a GRAND PRIZE drawing for a 5-night stay at the Sands Ocean Club Resort located at 9550 Shore Dr, Myrtle Beach, SC!!!   

It's time to renew your NCPMA membership! We love our members and want to make sure you remain part of the NCPMA family.

Renewal requests were sent via email, so make sure you check your inboxes and spam folders to ensure you don't miss it.

If you have questions or need help, email info@ncpestmanagement.org.