Together, we do what matters.

Hurricanes Coach Peter Laviolette Keynote Speaker at
Triangle United Way Tocqueville Society Leadership Breakfast

RALEIGH, NC--Members of the Triangle United Way Tocqueville Society had an awe-inspiring breakfast today at the RBC Center. The invitation-only event featured Team USA Hockey Olympic Coach and Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes’ Head Coach Peter Laviolette as the keynote speaker. The breakfast was sponsored by Time Warner Cable and honored leadership giving to Triangle United Way from individuals in Durham, Orange and Wake counties.

In addition, to the keynote address from Laviolette, members of the United Way supported program Second Round provided a boxing demonstration. Second Round is a program of Haven House that offers a boxing program that provides an alternative to gangs for young men in Wake County.

“I firmly believe Leadership Matters or I wouldn’t be here,” said Tocqueville Cabinet Chair Mark Ascolese of Ascolese Enterprises, Inc. “If we don’t do it who will?” asked Ascolese to the crowd over 60Tocqueville Society members and prospects.

The Tocqueville Society is a unique group of civic-minded individuals who contribute $10,000 or more to support philanthropy and Triangle United Way’s mission of improving lives by mobilizing the power of a caring community. This event recognized their support and provided new prospects the opportunity to meet and network with board members and Society members from the region.

Caption1: Triangle United Way President and CEO Craig Chancellor presented Carolina Hurricanes’ Head Coach Peter Laviolette with a special plaque at the Tocqueville Society Breakfast to thank him for his support of the 2006 Triangle United Way Community Campaign.

Caption 2: 2006 Community Care Campaign Chairman Tom Adams, division president of Time Warner Cable-Raleigh Division, stands with Tocqueville Cabinet Chair Mark Ascolese of Ascolese Enterprises, Inc., Brad Phillips, vice president of government and public affairs of Time Warner Cable-Raleigh Division and George Douglass vice president of marketing following the Tocqueville Society Breakfast.

Caption 3: Second Round Program participants present shirts to Carolina Hurricanes’ Head Coach Peter Laviolette and Tocqueville Cabinet Chair Mark Ascolese of Ascolese Enterprises, Inc. at the Tocqueville Society Breakfast where Laviolette was the keynote speaker. Triangle United Way funded Second Round is a program of Haven House that provides a boxing program as an alternative to gangs for young men in Wake County.