How we plan to be Thankful!

As Thanksgiving approaches, we at Seven Oaks Doors and Hardware are very aware of the many things we have to be thankful for. Because of that, we have decided to encourage and support Healing Waters Ministries as they collect clothing and other needed items to share with folks in Whitley City, Kentucky. This area has been devastated by the closing of most of the coal mines in the area. Healing Waters Ministries will be delivering and distributing these items December 3, 4, and 5. We are collecting clothes and many other needed items here at Seven Oaks Doors and Hardware to take to the distribution station in Kentucky as well as volunteering our time to help with that distribution. Included in this newsletter are a couple of pictures from last year's distribution to the people in need in an area of West Virginia.

I am asking each of you who receive this newsletter to contribute something we can share with these people. We will be collecting clothing and other needed items here at Seven Oaks Doors and Hardware, 329 South Main St., Oakboro, NC 28129.

Oh, and by the way, this Thanksgiving newsletter would not be complete if I did not thank you our customers and friends for all the business you have sent our way this year. We are very Thankful and will strive to work even harder next year to keep your confidence.

I appreciate you!
Ed Shimpock, AHC, VP and General Manager

The Love Project

Seven Oaks Doors & Hardware, Inc. is collecting supplies for Healing Waters Ministries, a non-profit organization. Healing Waters Ministries is currently working on a project entitled The Love Project 2015 (In Memory of Mrs. Dean Little). The Ministry has a desire to fulfill basic needs in Whitley City, Kentucky and the surrounding area where large numbers of people are unemployed. The Love Project 2015 has been called to supply at least 1,000 children and their families with a Christmas that can provide basic needs with a little love and joy.

The supplies we are in search of, but are not limited to are as follows:

Coats, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Winter shoes, Food, Baby items- diapers, food, bottles, clothes, etc..., Personal hygiene items, Clothes, Toys, Bicycles and riding toys, Teen items, Blankets or sleeping bags

Let's work together for this community providing the basic needs that we all take for granted, with extra for Christmas. One hundred percent of all donations will be used for this purpose only.

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Seven Oaks Doors and Hardware is now an authorized, Schedule 84, GSA distributor for Allegion products. What this means to you is that Allegion has negotiated the prices with GSA and now you can purchase all Schlage, Von Duprin, LCN, and Schlage Electronic products at these negotiated prices without having to go to open market bidding. This is available to you if you have a GSA authorization to purchase. Please contact our office or one of our sales representatives for all the details.

Recent Project

Buncombe Co. Schools

Weaverville Primary

Before

After

We removed the old wooden doors and installed new steel doors with lite kits, new continuous hinges, new exit devices and closers. The doors are now easy to operate and can be secured as needed.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients:

Crust:

1-1/2 cups of graham crackers crumbs

Ľ cup melted butter

Filling:

4 packages (8 ox. Each) cream cheese softened

1-1/2 cups granulated sugar

4 eggs

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 tsps pumpkin pie spice

Garnish:

Whipped cream

Pumpkin spice

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Line baking pan with parchment paper - leaving about 1 inch of paper hanging on the sides.
In a bowl, combine the cracker crumbs and sugar.
Mix graham crackers and melted butter and press crust to the bottom of the prepared pan and set aside.
In another bowl, place the cream cheese and the sugar and beat on low speed until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Pour half the mixture over the cracker crust and spread evenly.
To remaining cheese mixture, add pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice.
Whisk until smooth. Gently spoon into the pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes.
Turn off the oven and leave the door slightly open allowing the cheesecake to slowly cool for about 1 hour or so.
Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before cutting into bars
Top with whipped cream and a dust of pumpkin spice before serving

November 2015, Vol. 7 - Issue 11

www.sevenoakshardware.com

In this issue:

How we plan to be Thankful

The Love Project

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Recent Project

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Extra, Extra...Read All About it!

Trivia Contest

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Extra, Extra...Read All About it!

Watch us grow!

Trent Bowers recently joined our company as an installer. He and his wife Kim have been married for four years and are very excited about the new baby boy they are expecting in January 2016. Trent's hobbies are playing golf and hunting.

Mica Harward is also a new addition to our company. She is a part time assistant in our contractor sales department. Mica is enrolled at Stanly Community College, pursuing her degree in Elementary Physical Education. Her hobbies include coaching youth basketball, hiking, reading and writing.

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Trivia Contest

Enter our trivia contest for a chance to win a $25 Sears gift card.

We will take all the entries and randomly draw a winner. All you have to do is answer the question below to be entered.

Trivia Question:

There were three ships that Christopher Columbus captained on his voyage to the New World in 1492. The Nina, The Pinta, and what was the third ship?

A. Santa Claus

B. Santa Fe

C. Santa Maria

***Deadline to enter the contest is November 10, 2015. ***

Send your answers to:
trivia@sevenoakshardware.com

Last Month's Trivia Question:

What does Charlie Brown keep getting in his trick-or-treat bag?

B. Rocks

Winner:

Robert Draughn
Surry County Schools

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Local Events:

34th Annual Stanfield Arts & Craft Show

Stanfield Elementary School

101 Montgomery Ave.

Stanfield, NC

Nov. 14th - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Nov. 15th - 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Turkey Trot 4.2 Mile Run

YMCA of Albemarle

427 North First St

Albemarle, NC

November 26th at 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

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Did You Know?

We Sell & Install Commercial Hollow Metal Doors, Wood Doors & Fiberglass Doors

We Sell, Key & Install All Major Brands of Commercial Locks, Exit Devices & Door Closers

We Sell & Install Automatic Door Operators

We Sell & Install Computer Managed Access Control and
Wireless Access Control

We Sell & Install Toilet Partitions & Toilet Accessories

SERVICE AREA:

North & South Carolina, South Central Virginia

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