, ? Photos by LayU Farmer
Children s Home youngsters gawk at the shiny bikes.
Charity ride benefits
The Children's Home
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
More than 55 motorcycles
roared onto the campus of The
Children's Home on Reynolda
Road last Friday afternoon.
They made their way up the
winding driveway toward a
small crowd of young people
who gathered on the grassy
lawn to greet them.
The Children's Home was
one of several beneficiaries of
the Trinity Children
Foundation's Third Annual
Charity Ride, which began
with a rally in Kure Beach on
Aug. 20.
Founded in 2005, the TCF
provides funding for nonprof
it organizations that work
closely with abused and neg
lected children in the United
States and abroad. For the
annual TCF ride, bikers take
to the road, raising tens of
thousands of dollars for chari
ties that help abused children.
"Abuse is a national prob
lem," said TCF Founder Doris
Eakes. "It is time to start get
ting the public (more) aware
of the problem."
The Children's Home -
which provides mental health,
adoption and foster care serv
ices to area youngsters - was
just one of the stops on the
bikers' 600 mile, three-day,
24-county trek.
The sea of helmets and
chrome was a welcome sight
to young people at The
Children's Home. They wast
ed no time in making their
way over to the bikes, eager to
get a closer look.
"I thank them all for com
ing to see us," said one boy,
whose name has been omitted
to protect his privacy. "I saw
them last year at the other
group home where I was ...
they were very good to ride all
that way."
The excitement of the
youngsters is something Ride
Captain Bob Hetrick says he
has come to expect.
"We are generating huge
Doris Eakes with Miss North Carolina, Deanna Chambers.
excitement not only about rid
ing motorcycles, but also
about benefitting the chil
dren," said Hetrick, who has
participated in the event since
its inception.
Watching the long line of
motorcycles snake their way
down the highway in front of
her SUV has been a source of
great pride for Eakes, who
started the foundation in
2005.
"It has just been wonder
ful," she remarked. "It's very
humbling that this many good
people ... are willing to help
the children."
The bikers, many of whom
hail from the Triad area, pay a
fee to participate in the ride.
The fee covers most of the
cost of the ride, Eakes says,
which allows the bulk of the
profits from it to go directly to
designated groups. The
organizations help to boost
the funds raised by selling raf
fle tickets. This year's raffle
prize was a 2008 Honda
Goldwing.
The Sheriff's Department
of New Hanover County,
where Eakes resides, sent two
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deputies to escort the group
on their journey this year.
Others lent their support to
the campaign by showing up1
at one of the riders' designat
ed stopping points.
Raising awareness about
abuse is part of her duty as
Miss North Carolina, says
newly-crowned Deanna
Chambers, who was on hand
at The Children's Home when
the riders arrived Friday.
"I try to get out there as
much as I can," said
Chambers, who was crowned
in March and has since made
nearly 20 appearances to pro
mote awareness about domes
tic abuse. Her work in the
community is supported by
American Queen Pageant, the
organization she belongs to.
The pageant is a staunch sup
porter of DASH (Domestic
Abuse Stops Here), a nonprof
it that fights domestic abuse
by educating young people at
an early age.
"It's important to reach the
children because the children
are our future," Chambers
noted.
Hikers make their way onto the Children's Home campus.
News
Clips
Part of Bowen Boulevard
closed
Bowcn Boulevard was
closed to through traffic
between Rosemary Drive and
Elbon Drive on Monday so that
crews can realign the road in
preparation for moving its
intersection with New
Walkertown Road.
Through traffic is being
routed on a detour using New
Walkertown Road, Dellabrook
Road and Attucks Street. Work
is scheduled to be completed by
Nov. 21.
For more information, call
City Link at 336-727- 8000.
Emancipation Association
news
The Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
Emancipation Association
Board of Directors will meet on
Tuesday, Sept. 16 at noon at
Hanes Hosiery Community
Center.
The group will be gearing
up for its 2009
Contributions/Membership
Drive Kick-off on Oct. 15.
The group has increased its
membership dues for the first
time in more than 50 years.
Dues are now $10, up from $5.
The group also announced that
it plans to publish and distrib
ute its first newsletter, "The
Freedom Journey," in October.
The newsletter will include a
variety of important informa
tion designed to educate its
members, contributors and oth
ers about the organization's
goals and objectives. Some of
its recent successes and upcom
ing plans will also be featured.
The issue will also include a
list of 2008 contributors and
members.
Josephine Jones is the
membership chairperson; Alma
Barber is die recording secre
tary; the Rev. Miller Allen is
the treasurer; Martha G. Jones
is vice president and program
chairperson; Betty Meadows is
the financial secretary and edi
tor of the newsletter; and
Rudolph V. Boone Sr. is presi
dent of the association.
Grandparents Day will be
celebrated with teddy bear
event
In honor of Grandparent's
Day, the Children's Museum of
Winston-Salem will have
Teddy Bear Picnic on Sunday,
Sept. 7 at 1 pjn.
For the indoor event, atten
dees are encouraged to a blan
ket (there will be tables) and
enjoy a picnic lunch (sandwich
es, chips, and drinks), make a
teddy bear craft, and listen to
stories.
It is a BYOTB (Bring
Your Own Teddy Bear) event.
There will be a Teddy Bear
Parade, featuring a "best
dressed bear" contest.
Admission is $5 for museum
members; Non-members pay
$7. Pre-registration is required
by Thursday, Sept. 4.
For more information, call
the Children's Museum at 336
723-9111 or visit
www.childrensmuseumofws.or
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YWCA seeking church
league teams
The Gateway YWCA is
now accepting entries for its
second year of church league
basketball. The league is open
to all faith-based organizations.
The league runs for a mini
mum of 8 weeks and includes a
playoff and championship
round format, with 13-member
teams.
First through third place
teams receive trophies. All
games are played at the three
court YWCA facility.
For more information, all
Davina Simmons at 336-354
1590, ext. 300.
Reynolds grad completes
basic
Air Force Airman Jillian R.
Smith has graduated from basic
military training at Lackland
Air Force Base, Sao Antonio,
Texas.
During the six weeks of
training, the airman studied the
A 1 r
Force
mission,
organi
zation,
and mil
i t a r y
customs
and
courte
s i e s ;
per
formed
Smith
drill and ceremony marches,
and received physical training,
rifle marksmanship, field train
ing exercises, and special train
ing in human relations.
In addition, airmen who
complete basic training earn
credits toward an associate
degree through the Community
College of the Air Force.
She is the daughter of
Robert P. Smith of Winston
Salem. She is a 200S graduate
of RJ. Reynolds High School.
A&T employees taking
Spanish
North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University
extended its push for diversity
recently by starting a
Conversational Spanish Lunch
and Learn Workshop. Q
The idea sprouted out of
meetings with top administra
tors to increase diversity
throughout the campus to
include developing a "multilin
gual staff" using conversational
Spanish as a first step, accord
ing to Dr. Lea E. Williams,
associate vice chancellor for
Academic Affairs/Institutional
Planning, Assessment and
Research.
Though the initial idea was
to focus on staffers located in
the Dowdy building, who fre
quently interact with inquiries
from Spanish-speaking visitors,
participants who signed up
include a cross section of the
university departments.
The lunch and leam work
shop received a lot of positive
feedback after its first day on
Monday, Aug. 18.
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