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Helping Hands
Source: Greensboro News & Record
10/30/2005

Activities

The SPCA of the Triad recently featured a day of dog-related activities and fun at the eighth annual Dog Fest, sponsored by the Canine Corps of Randolph County.

SPCA volunteers who came out in support were: Anne and Fred Crowder, June Howard, Mitchell McCollum, David Parrott and Andrea Reddy.

The Canine Corps main goal was to raise money for spay/neuter awareness. Activities included a fashion and costume contest for the animals.

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AmeriCorps members recently participated in service projects for Make a Difference Day. The projects included:

- The Black Child Development Institute of Greensboro, Spirit of Excellence members participated in Make a Blanket Day on Oct. 22. Members helped make blankets for children receiving assistance from Child Protective Services.

- Communities in Schools of North Carolina, Project REACH Greensboro members volunteered at Greensboro Urban Ministries, stocking the food bank, serving meals and preparing items for local families as well as relocated families affected by Hurricane Katrina.

- UNCGs Center for New North Carolinians, AmeriCorps Cross Cultural Education Service Systems members participated in Fall Festival Day on Oct. 22, a community building project at the Glen Haven Development Center, 424 E & F Greenbriar Road in Greensboro. Glen Haven is an apartment complex that houses Montagnard and Liberian refugees. Members also built picnic tables for 50 refugee families who live at the Center.

After building the picnic tables, the members participated in The Rainbow Lunch, a celebration in which families receiving picnic tables prepare food from their native countries to share with everyone.

- Other partners in the project included the Volunteer Center of Greensboro, Lutheran Family Services of Greensboro, the Center for New North Carolinians, The Service Learning Center at UNCG, English for Speakers of Other Languages faculty from Jessie Wharton Elementary School and Wrenn-Zealy Properties.

Fund raising

The Down Syndrome Network of Greater Greensboro held its second annual Buddy Walk Oct. 15 at Bur-Mil Park. What began as a fun raiser to promote awareness, inclusion and acceptance of people with Down syndrome turned into a crowd of 168 people walking the half- mile course around the park and a fund-raiser with more than $800 in donations.

The assistant director of the UNCG Genetics Counseling Program, Sonja Eubanks, and her genetic counseling students volunteered at the event. Local vendors Brueggers Bagels and Harris Teeter provided food and balloons for the walkers. Diana White, one of the coordinators of the event along with Diane Kroeger, and Valerie Spaeth, all of whom have children with Down syndrome, said, It was heartwarming to see the number of families and friends gathered together to show their support.

Down Syndrome Group of Greater Greensboro is an affiliate of the Family Support Network of Central Carolina. Information: www.team- up.org or 832-6507.

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For its annual fall charity book sale, the Animal Rescue and Foster Program is accepting books, CDs, albums and videos from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 5 and from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Next Step Adoption Center, 705 Milner Drive, Greensboro. Volunteers will accept donations and give tax receipts. The sale will be Nov. 11- 12. Information: 574-9600 or www.greensboro.com/arfp.

Gifts

Dr. Grace E. Terrell, president of Cornerstone Health Care, presented a $50,000 donation to the board of directors of the High Point Community Clinic at their monthly meeting Oct. 17 on behalf of the physicians of Cornerstone Health Care. Terrell said the gift is an acknowledgement of the important role the community clinic serves in meeting the health care needs of the community.

As part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the formation of Cornerstone, Cornerstone physicians have added this birthday gift to their regular commitment to staffing the clinic with physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants two evenings every month and to accepting pro bono referrals to their specialty offices.

Grants

For the second year, Partners in Profit, a group of chamber members in conjunction with the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, is soliciting grant proposals from Greensboro Area United Way Agencies. The grant requests will use the services and/or products provided by the businesses to further their efforts in creating a better Greensboro.

Members of Partners in Profit are: Randy Furches, Key Resources; Ellen Swan, Beyond E-Mail; Laura Teter, Pilot Financial Advisers; Steve Wall, First Citizens Bank; Earl Alberson, Systel Group; Susan Russell, Alfred Williams & Co; and Carrie Everhart, FirstPoint.

The grant proposal using the services and/or products in the most complete, creative and effective way will receive the grant. All grant requests must be received by 1 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, attention Teresa Loflin. Recipients will be selected in November, and services/products begin in early 2006. Information: Teresa Loflin, 510-1234, Ext. 312.

Hurricane Relief Efforts

Food Lion stores, in a campaign to benefit the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, have raised $589,543 since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.

Food Lion customers have been able to make donations in any amount while checking out. Their donations appeared on their grocery receipts for easy record keeping. All 1,220 Food Lion stores participated in the campaign.

Food Lion also made a $250,000 donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, in partnership with sister supermarket companies Hannaford Bros., Kash n Karry/Sweetbay, and Harveys, all members of Delhaize America. Food Lion also sent several truckloads of water, food and needed supplies to Gulf Coast relief centers.

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Premier Federal Credit Union in Greensboro is selling silicone wristbands similar to the ones sold by the Lance Armstrong Foundation.The white one reads Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief and the red one reads People Helping People Premier FCU.

The wristbands are $1 each, and all proceeds will be donated to the National Disaster Relief Fund, which assists credit unions and credit union members in the disaster area. Information: Patricia Andrews, 370-1286, Ext. 3531.

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