Photo by Kevin Walker
YWCA executive director Florence Corpening practices her ping-pong skills.
Downtown ping-pong tourney
will benefit local United Way
BY T KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The heart of downtown is
about to get bouncing.
It was announced Tuesday
that an outdoor ping-pong tour
nament will be held in early
September, a tournament so big
that it will shut-down a large
portion of Fourth Street.
Local residents will be
invited to enter the tournament
for a chance to take home a
treasure chest of prizes, but the
real winner of the tournament
will be the thousands of people
who benefit from United Way
funds.
The tournament will benefit
the local United Way and its
member agencies. Steve
Lineberger. president and CEO
of Sara Lee Underwear and
Socks and the chair of the 2003
United Way campaign, suggest
ed the ping-pong tournament
after he noticed the sport's pop
' ularity at Sara Lee.
"It seems to be this new
cult," Lineberger said, "(Sara
Lee employees) play it in the
morning before work. They
play ping-pong at lunch, and
they play ping-pong after
work."
Tournament teams will be
required to pay a $25 entrance
fee, and local companies are
being encouraged to challenge
other companies to ping pong
duels,
Lineberger got the ball
rolling - no pun intended - by
challenging BB&T to a ping -
pong showdown. Mayor Allen
Joines said he and City Manag
er Bill Stuart will take on Pete
Brunstetter, chairman of Board
of County Commissioners, and
County Manager Graham Per
vier. Joines said the tournament
will give downtown Winston
Salem a chance to shine and
show city residents what it has
to offer.
The tournament will have a
bazaar-like atmosphere with
live music and children's games
and activities. There will also
be several featured match-ups
between local celebrities. Ping
pong- inspired art and an auc
tion featuring celebrity items
will also be featured at the tour
nament.
The theme of this year's
United Way campaign is
"Together Nothing is Impossi
ble." Florence Corpening said
the theme is appropriate for the
city as a whole. Corpening is
w
the executive director of the
YWCA, one of 34 local United
Way partner agencies. Corpen
ing urged the public to support
the tournament and the United
Way campaign.
"There are many agencies
that are part of of this village.
We can't do it without you,"she
said.
The ping-pong tournament
will be latest major event that
has come to Fourth Street in the
last year. The city sponspred
two Rock the Block events over
the last year to re-introduce res
idents to the new Fourth Street.
Rock the Block features out
door music, food and activities.
In the last year. Fourth Street
has undergone a facelift. Trees
and benches have been added
along the street, and sidewalks
have been expanded to give
restaurants the option of offer
ing sidewalk dining.
Information about the 2003
Winston-Salem Whiff Whaff.
the official name of the ping
pong tournament, will be sent to
area companies this week. The
entry date deadline is Aug. 15.
For more information on the
tournament, log onto
www.forsythuniledway.org
Upward
from.page AI
1997 after serving as program
coordinator of Project Upward
Bound from at Purdue Univer
sity in Hammond. Indiana.
Gwen White served in this posi
tion from 1998-2002, and the
current director is Josephine
Reid.
Students in attendance from
1975-1997 will hold an Upward
Bound Reunion Luncheon on
Saturday, Aug. 30 at Paisley
Middle School. In keeping with
the theme "Look How Far
We've Come," the gang of
friends will share memories and
stories to recall the good times
together. Former director
Hymes looks forward to seeing
this event unfold.
"Over the years whenever I
encounter Upward Bound stu
dents, they ask why don't we
have a reunion to meet other
students from the program. I
have run into students, parents
and staff members who would
just love to see the kids" said
Hymes. "I have simply said that
if the students will gjel it togeth
er, I will do what I can to help.
This reunion will give students
an opportunity to fellowship
and to develop contacts for
future networking.'"
Hymes' post-secondary fol
low-up statistics on the almost
500 students who came through
the program during her tenure
reveal that more than 85 percent
of tfte sTudents wentTrn to high
er education. Hymes updated
the report yearly when she was
the program director. Students,
volunteers and mentors from the
program have come forward to
plan this historical event.
Sabrina Holley Stowe. grad
uate of R. J. Reynolds High
School Class of 1982, was a
member of the planning com
mittee in 1994. She has taken a
lead in organizing this celebra
tion. She has established the
Web site - ubreunion75
97@hotmail.com - in order to
post registration materials and
other information about the
reunion. She has been meeting
with the planning committee
since February.
"We want to come together
to see how much the Upward
Bound Program has impacted
our lives. . . . The word is
spreading, and the students def
initely want to come," said
Stowe. "I receive at least ten e
mails or calls a day. Some have
contacted me from the local
area and out of state. They are
anxious to see everybody, to see
how everybody is doing. Every
body is just proud of themselves
and happy to see that we are
doing better than we would
have been
doing had
we not
been in
the pro
gram."
Stowe
credits
Upward
Bound
with get
ting her
Archie Blount
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on her future.
"I grew up n East Winston, a
first-generation college student.
I don't think that I would have
gone to college without that
push. |f you do not have parents
who went to college, sometimes
you do not see the need to push
to further your education." she
said.
The program is designed to
increase the academic perform
ance and motivational levels of
enrollees so that they may com
plete secondary school and suc
cessfully pursue some type of
post-secondary program. Many
parents, instructors, volunteers,
and mentors have _encouraged
Upward Bound students over
the years. One such mentor is
Arlayne Tate who also serves on
the planning committee.
"I met Mrs. Hymes socially
and we went to the same
church. She started telling me
about the program and I decided
to help because this is a pro
gram that is really worthwhile. I
could see that the program was
really helping students," said
Tate.
Tate and a team of volun
teers would help baby-sit at
monthly parent meetings, pass
out programs and agendas at
meetings and other gatherings,
chaperone during cultural
enrichment activities and travel
experiences, etc. Tate will assist
with decorating for the reunion.
"I served as a volunteer in
the program with so many won
derful people like Vera Jordan.
Miss Holley. Carrie Gray and
the late Mrs. Thelma Norwood
HoltzclaW. We wanted to give
volunteer hours to something
worthwhile," said Tate. "I
would love to see some of the
students who have passed
through the program over the
years."
When Josephine Reid, the
current Upward Bound Director
heard about the reunion, she
was encouraged to begin plan
ning for a reunion that will pick
up the years beginning in 1998.
"Reunions .such s this give
students a chance to see stu
dents who have already
achieved. Upward Bound is a
great program to help students -
focus and prepare for college,"
Reid said.
?. -Eur more information, call
Sabrina Stowe at 766-3518 or
Felecia Piggott-McMillan at
788-9217,- or e-mail wssuup
wardbound7S97@hotmail.com
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