( Left to right ) Ed McMahon, Lou Raw Is, Marilyn McCoo , Alex Trebeck and Patti Labelle.
UNCF "Parade of Stars" Telethon to Air Jan. 8
Celebrating 50 years of making
a critical difference, Grammy-award
winner Lou Rawls, along with a
star-studded line-up of celebrities in
the film, television and recording
industries, will perform during the
14th "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars"
telethon benefiting the United
Negro College Fund (UNCF). The
national ly te le vised extravaganza,
airing Jan. 8, will pay tribute to
UNCF and its 50-year commitment
to providing educational opportuni
ties to American's deserving minor
ity students. Guests on the show
include Gladys Knight, Alex Tre
bcx, Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton
and many, many more. The broad
cast will air on WFMY-TV 2.
"Education has long been a
stepping stone to a better life for our
youth," says UNCF President and
CEO William H. Gray. III. "And the
need for black colleges and univer
sities has not diminished in 50
years, but has grown. Contributions
through the "Lou Rawls Parade of
Stars" will provide the educational
opportunities our youth need su> well
as helping to upgrade facilities,
award scholarships, expand curric
ula and develop faculty. Join us in
making an investment that benefits
all of American." UNCF hopes to
exceed the SI 1 million raised during
last year's telethon.
Since its founding in 1944, the
United Negro College Fund has
raised more than S800 million to
support hundreds of thousands of
students seeking a better life for
themselves and their communities.
NCC-Opto Receive Grant
The North Carolina Center for
Laws Affecting Women, Inc.
(NCC-LAW) has received a grant
of $20,000 from the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation, Inc. for gen
eral operating support. The founda
tion has proceeded support to the
Center in the past for general opera
tion and for its Pregnancy/Family
and Medical Leave Project; Domes
tic Violence Project; and Child Sup
port Projects. This grant demon
strates the Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation's commitment and con
tinue support for issues affecting
North Carolina's families.
Founded in 1979, NCC-LAW
is a non-profit, tax-exempt research
center which studies laws, legisla
tion. and social changes that affect
women, children, and the family,
and focuses attention on injustices
in the law requiring legal change.
TBie Center publishes four NCC
Reports each year on these
laws, legislation, and changes for
the benefit of its membership. The
membership fee is S20 per year.
For more information or to
contribute to NCC-LAW, call the
Center at 722-0098, or write to
NCC-LAW, Meyressa H. Schoon
maker. president & legal director,
1111 Brookstown Ave., Winston
Salem. N.C. 27101.
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Partnership Helps Students Buy Gifts
By DAVID L. DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer 4
Students at Petree Middle
School were able to improve their
educational status and buy gifts for
their parents last week through a
program sponsored by Wachovia
Bank and Trust Co.
Since 1987, Wachovia has had
a partnership with Petree Middle
School wherein students earn points
through exemplifying good behav
ior, good grades and good atten
dance. At the end of the month, the
points are converted into cash and
students buy personal items, jew
elry, t-shirts and school supplies.
Petree Principal Ben Henderson
said the behavior modification pro
gram is designed to offer incentives
to the kids to strive for excellence.
* "They get to buy things for
themselves and their parents," Hen
derson said. "Many of these kids
don't have a lot so this program
helps out."
Henderson said the program
has been successful in reshaping
students' values as well as helping
them learn financial responsibility.
Catherine Walker, community
relations manager at Wachovia, said
the program, which runs year round,
provides students with personalized
checkbooks to pay for their gifts.
"It's a tool to help them learn
banking skills as well," Walker said.
"We're hoping it will make them
more responsible."
Wachovia provides the gifts
and their employees volunteer as
mentors and tutors, as well as operi ;
ating the "Petree Winner Bank,"
where kids receive their gifts.
? off right!
Join the party
as the
LOURAWLS
RADE OF STA
' Celebrates ?
UNCF's
The seven-hour
entertainment
extravaganza will air
coast to coast
on television and on
American Urban
Radio Networks.*
Paula Abdul
Boyz II Men
Bill Cosby
Sweet Honey i
Paul Simon
Patti Labelle t
Rosanne Arnold
Oleta Adams
Anita Baker
John Forsythe
James Ingram
AlexTrebek ?
Bryant Gumbel
Kool Moe Dee
Chaka Kahn
Reba McEntire
Heavy D
Past and Present Celebrities
ANNIVERSARY
Saturday,
January 8,1994
Tune in and give.
Help make the critical
difference in the lives of
the next generation of
young Americans by V
supporting the United
Negro College Fund.
To Pledge in Advance
Call 1-800-527-5222
'Stations and air dates may vary. Check local listings