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pAafc 8 Your stories , your voices December a
Community
Atkins Class of 1969
Holds Meeting
The Atkins Class of 1969
will meet on Thursday, Dec.
18 at 6:30 p.m. at United
Cornerstone Missionary
Baptist Church, 2745 Patria
Street. For additional infor
mation, contact Sheila Smith
Astrop at 336-744-1228,
James Berry at 336-760
1307 or Spencer Glenn at
336-661-0705.
Ordination Service
Bishop S. T. Davis, Sr.
and the Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church family is extending
an invitation to worship at
the Ordination of Deacons
and Deaconesses service at
11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7.
The guest minister will
be Dr. H. D. Davis Sr.,
Pastor of the Mt. Sinai
Baptist Church of
Georgetown, S.C. Mt.
Pleasant is located at 49S
NW Crawford Place. For
more information or trans
portation needs, contact the
church office at 336-725
9623.
Holiday Open House at
Darryl Hunt Project
The public is invited to
the 3rd Annual Holiday
Open House for The Darryl
Hunt Project for Freedom
and Justice from 4-7 p.m.
tomorrow (Dec. i). There
will be a brief awards pro
gram at 5:30
p.m. Refreshments will be
served. The office is located
at 8 West Third Street, Suite
350. For questions, call
Vernessa Wright at 336-655
1236.
Inauguration trip
Triad Travelers Group
will sponsor a trip to
President Elect Barack
Obama's Inauguration.
Departure is Jan. 19 at 11
p.m. from Winston-Salem
State University. The group
will return on Jan. 20. Call
336-749-1192 or 336-391
6676 for more information.
Interested in Girl
Souting?
Girls in Forsyth County
can learn about themselves,
their communities, and the
world all through the fun
and friendship of Girl
Scouting. Local troops have
openings for various grade
levels. Contact the Girl
Scouts Tarheel Triad
Council at 336-369-7430 to
obtain further information.
Closing reception
Winston-Salem State
University's Diggs Gallery
will hold a closing reception
on Friday, Dec. 5 from 5:30
- 7 p.m. for its current
exhibit, "Herbert Gentry:
The Man, The Magic, The
Master." Attendees will
enjoy jazz music and hot
cider. The gallery is located
in the lower level of O'Kelly
Library on the WSSU cam
pus. For more information,
call 336-750-2458.
Urban League Photos
Guests are served a delicious Thanksgiving-style meal.
Food
and
Thought
Public housing residents enjoy holiday
luncheon at the Urban League
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Public housing residents were treated to a pre
Thanksgiving feast last week, compliments of the Winston
Salem Urban League and several other sponsors.
The Nov. 25 Thanksgiving luncheon attracted dozens of
people to the League's downtown headquarters for an after
noon of food, fellowship and good advice. The League's
Quality of Life Program put on the event, in partnership with
the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem.
St. Leo the Great Catholic Church provided most of the
food, while the Les Arbres Club, or "The Tree." donated cater
ing services and additional food items. Les Arbres has been
owned and operated by Manuel Johnson and his wife, Mabel,
in East Winston for decades. The club's chef, Norman Dunlap,
prepared a delicious meal of turkey and stuffing, ham, green
beans and yams with all the trimmings for the luncheon.
The Department of Corrections' Forsyth Action Committee
was also instrumental in staging the event, according to Urban
League officials.
The mission of the Urban League's Quality of Life
Program is to empower the community and change lives. To
that end, Greg Cox of Bank of America presented a financial
literacy workshop during the luncheon. A Forsyth Technical
Community College representative also made a presentation
encouraging public housing residents to continue their educa
tion.
Motivational Speaker Morris Morrison was also on hand to
encourage low-income families to persevere during these
tough economic times. He delivered an inspirational presenta
tion, challenging the guests to rise above their current circum
stances by believing in themselves and setting goals to achieve
success.
The Urban League's William Bailey and Patricia Sadler with Greg Cox, right.
Above: A guest
poses for a picture
with her bright'
eyed daughter.
Left: Morris
Morrison gives a
motivational pep
talk to the guests.
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