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"All of them were so
good, it was really hard to
decide," Cook said of the
applicants. "We really could
see that these groups were
addressing the tough issues,
the things women and girls
in our community are talk
ing about."
The Bethesda Center for
the Homeless; Carver Road
Branch Library; the Center
of Excellence for Research,
Teaching & Learning at the
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine; the
Children's Law Center of
Central North Carolina;
Crisis Control Ministry;
Empowering Girls in Real
Life Situations (E-GIRLS);
Experiment in Self Reliance;
Winston-Salem / Forsyth
County Schools; and
Wjn^on-Salem Youth Arts
Institute received more than
$180,000 in combined
grants? from the Women's
Fund for the year.
Crisis Control Ministry
was awarded $30,000 to
expand its Breaking the
Cycle program. Created as a
small pilot program last
year. Breaking the Cycle tar
gets repeat Crisis Control
clients, offering counseling
and other assistance in
hopes of increasing self suf
ficiency. Six former clients
have "graduated" the pro
gram so far.
"We've had a great
response," commented
Maile Philpott, director of
development for the pro
gram "It's very inspira
tional to see the success
story, to see them make that
full transition into self suffi
ciency."
The Winston-Salem/
Forsyth County School sys
tem is the only grantee to
receive funding from the
Women's Fund two years in
a row. The $28,436 it was
given this year will support
the salary of Grizelda
Flores, who is embarking on
her second year of providing
support for Hispanic teen
mothers in the school sys
tem. Flores works closely
with School Social Worker
Faith Lockwood, who has
worked with teen moms of
all backgrounds since 1999.
The two women provide
counseling and support for
the young girls as they
struggle to juggle with the
demands of parenthood and
school.
"Our ultimate goal is
helping teen moms graduate
from high school,"
Lockwood said. "We use a
model that provides counsel
ing while we are accom
plishing concrete tasks."
Having a native Spanish
speaker on staff has been
helpful for both her and for
the Hispanic girls who make
up about a third of the popu
lation she works with.
Lockwood added.
"I don't speak Spanish
... 1 knew I was missing out
on what I was getting from
my English-speaking stu
Photo by Christine Rucker/ Women's Fund
Representatives of the agencies that were awarded grants at last weekls luncheon.
Rev. and Mrs. Runnels stand beside Rev. John Mendez at a
recent banquet celebrating Mendez's pastoral anniversary.
Runnels
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original size by the time he
became pastor, but leader
ship soon garnered an
increase in membership.
"We had some gains in
memberships... A lot of the
(members') children who
had grown up in the church
started coming back," he
stated. "My proudest
achievement is the return Of
the members who left long
ago .?. who came back to
reclaim their church."
Runnels' life has changed
considerably since he came
to First Calvary as a single
pastor eight years ago. He
married nearly two years
ago, and he and his wife
Pamela welcomed the birth
of their first son. Hasting.
14-months ago. The changes
in his personal life have
made the responsibilities of
the pastorate increasingly
challenging. Runnels said.
"I want to take this time
for my son. I want to be able
to watch him grow up," he
remarked. "I'm a preacher's
kid; I understand the
demands of pastors and min
isters, and my demands are
even greater because I have
a full time job. I just thought
it was important to take this
time."
Runnels' October 12
announcement came as a
blow to Administrative
Assistant Mildred Seartfy,
who recently celebrated 58
years of working at the
church.
"I'm going to truly miss
him; I had gotten used to
working with him." she said.
"He's a good pastor to work
with.
"We were hoping that we
were going to get to keep
him," Searcy added. "He
has all the qualities that you
would be looking for (in a
pastor)."
The church will soon
begin the search for another
leader, likely employing a
search committee organized
by the Board of Trustees and
Deacons just as it has in the
past. Searcy speculates, but
she says nothing has been
decided yet.
Despite her sadness at
losing the pastor she /has
come to love, Searcy chalks
Runnels' resignation up to
God's will
"Ministers move, and I
don't think it's always
because they don't like
where they are," she com
mented. "I think that some
times God sends them some
where else. Maybe this is
his time to make his move to
another level."
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dents ... I wasn't really
helping at the deepest
level," she commented.
"Adding Grizelda ... has
been incredibly helpful. It's
magnified our effectiveness
tremendously."
For more information
about the Women's Fund of
Winston-Salem, or to join,
contact Women 's Fund
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