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Community
Calendar
IAAP meeting
The Winston-Salem
Chapter of the International
Association of Administrative
Professionals (IAAP) will have
its monthly meeting on June 10
at 5:45 p.m. It will feature the
installation of the 2008-2009
Board of Directors. The
keynote address will be given
by NC Division President
Dianne Hughes. The meeting
will be at Womble Carlyle
Sandridge & Rice, PLLC,
which is in the One West
Fourth Street Building on
the 13th Floor. RSVP to Patricia
Shelton at 336-480-2101 or
p d a t r i
cia.shelton@targacept.com.
The Winston-Salem Chapter of
the International Association of
Administrative Professionals
meets the second Tuesday of
each month at 5:45 p.m. at the
office of Womble Carlyle.
NC Disability Action
Network to host Statewide
Congress
Advocacy in Action" is the
theme of the NC Disability
Action Network Statewide
Congress being held May 30 -
3 1 , 2008 at the Clarion
Greensboro Airport Hotel in
Greensboro.
People with disabilities and
their supporters from across
North Carolina are gathering at
this meeting to share informa
tion, discuss issues and set a
plan of ACTION for the North
Carolina Disability Action
Network in the upcoming year.
The Congress will feature a
dynamic keynote speaker in
Billy Altom, a longtime disabil
ity advocate, who is the
Executive Director of the
Association of Programs for
Rural Independent Living
(APRIL). In addition, the
Congress will offer four great
educational workshops focus
ing on disability rights and cul
ture.
For more information or to
register for the Congress, con
tact Disability Rights at
Resources at 800-755-5749
(toll free) or visit the NC
Disability Action Network Web
site at www.ncdan.com.
Community yard sale
Positive Image Performing
Arts Dance Teams' Fundraising
Committee and Carver High
School's Marching Band will
sponsor a community yard sale
on May 31 from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m
in Carver High School's park
ing lot. The event will take
place rain or shine. Families,
groups or vendors can purchase
a space for $25. For more infor
mation, call 971-1890.
Black History screening set
A Black History
Celebration, "Down Memory
Lane," will be presented on
DVD on June 4 at the Granville
Place Apartments in the din
ning hall from 2-3 p.m.
Featured in the presentation
will be Armenta Hummings,
James Braxton, Pastor Patricia
West and Annie Johnson.
Mamie Brown is the producer.
The pubjic is invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served
and there will be door prizes.
For information contact Mamie
Brown at 703-5488. Granville
Place Apartments is located at
Grandville Drive, at the corner
of Academy.
A volunteer paints the face of a young Rolling Hills resident.
Community
Embraced
Church offers Rolling Hills health and hope
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Residents at Rolling Hills Apartments got a wake up call on
the morning of Saturday, May 17 as members of a Clemmons
church arrived to offer them a plethora of services and activi
ties.
For the second straight year, Agape Faith Church held its
Operation Rolling Hills. The church has adopted Rolling Hills, ,
a development along New Walkertown Road that is inhabited
by low-income residents, and stages various outreach projects
there.
The event offered a health fair, with free screenings, give
a-ways and wellness information. Agape Outreach Pastor
PtKKot by Todd Luck
Agape Outreach Pastor Michael Watson
welcomes participants.
Michael Watson
said the health
fair was just one
of many activi
ties designed to
strengthen the
families that call
Rolling Hills
home.
"Its showing
people they have
value," said
Watson. "No,
you may not
have everything,
but you do have
value and you
can make it."
Rolling Hills
is run by the
Housing
Authority of
Winston-Salem
(HAWS).
Watson said
Agape works
with HAWS
when choosing
communities to
adopt, looking
for ones that
need a "pick me
up." Some of the
other outreaches planned for Rolling Hills include a Math
Camp, Back to School Backpack Give-a-way and a Christmas
gift distribution.
Agape has also adopted Salem Glen, a housing complex on
Reynolds Park Road, and senior citizens high-rise Crystal
Towers. Plans are in the works to adopt Piedmont Park, anoth
er HAWS property, in the near future.
The church maintains a relationship with all the communi
ties it adopts, and likes to think that its presence is making a
difference. Watson says the Winston-Salem Police Department
has had a decrease inicalls from Rolling Hills since Agape start
ed its efforts.
A wide variety of health professions were on hand for the
health fair. Tanya Ford, owner of Liberty Fitness, came with
exercise advice, even bringing along visual aids to show the
difference between muscle and fat. Her work out demonstration
got the kids at the complex dancing.
Free first aid kits where given to residents who attended.
Toothbrushes and toothpaste were given out by employees of
Winston-Salem Dental Care. Folks from Digby Eye Associates
conducted glaucoma tests. Blood pressure and weight checks
were conducted by Wellness & Corp Health Services. Pearl
Resources Unlimited gave out books to children, while city
firefighters showed young people all the gadgets on and inside
a fire truck/ Today's Woman Health A Wellness Center and
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Liberty Fitness' Tanya Ford leads an exercise demonstration.
A young girl accepts a toothbrush and toothpaste.
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Church members and Rolling Hills volunteers Joseph and Teresa Neal.