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Pboto.hy Lavla Famwr Wal-Mart Manager Luke Williams (center) makes the check presentation to DSS' Krista Kindley and Brigitte Lindsay last week as store associates and Synder of Hanover Foods employees stand nearby. Department of Social Services thankful for New Year's Donation . Donation from Wal-Mart and Synder will aid adoption programs B I LAI LA rAKMCK THH CHRONICLE Though the 2008 Christmas season was over, the spirit of the holiday per sisted at the Wal-Mart on Parkway Village Circle in Winston-Salem last week, thanks to - a collaboration between the retail giant and Synder of Hanover Foods. ?'Wal-Mart, along with Snyder of Hanover Foods, was looking for some thing to do within the community." explained Luke Williams, store manag er at the Kester Mill Rd. location. "So we reached out to the Department of Social Services to see how we could help children in the community." The four Forsyth County Wal-.Mart stores worked together with the snack food company to raise the funt^. which totaled $8,000. * "It's very exciting to know that Snyder of Hanover and Wal-Mart could do this in a way that we could help everyone in our community," said Williams, who added that the the group hopes to make the effort an annual event. , Adoption Services Recruiter Brigitte Lindsay says she wa? surprised and elated when she received the the call from Williams and Jearned that DSS would be the recipient of the donation. "Honestly, I thought 1 was going to need some advanced life support," she declared with a laugh. "I was in total shock. This was a wortderfyl, wonder ful wonderful gift and it came at a wonderful time for us." The check was officially presented to members of the Department of Social Services' staff New Year's Eve morning. Tonja Floyd's adopted nephew, liule Angelish, and her daughter, Kyra Brown. Social Work Supervisor Krista Kindley says the donation was truly needed. * ? "Eight thousand dollars provides opportunities to fill gaps ... that are created by limited and inflexible fund ing sources from the government," she explained. "We continually evaluate and identify gaps ^wittlfn the services we provide and are awaiting opportuni ties like this to have gifts of funding." The money will support three pro gramming areas under the Department of Social Services' umbrella. Kindley said. Foster Care and Adoptive service recruitment will be bolstered with the reserve. Events designed to help youth fliake successful transitions into adult hood will also receive additional fund ing. as will the RAPP (Relatives As Parents Program), which provides out ings and support for local citizens who are rearing family members. Thirty-six year-old Tonja Floyd will readily attest to the necessity the lattet represents in her life. Relative parents face a unique sel of challenges, gays Floyd, who ha.s had custody of her fouT year old nephew. Angelish. since he was five months old. Her sister. Angelish's mother, suffers from a drug addiction and is unaWe'to care for her son, Floyd says. She participates in RAPP get-togethers regularly and says she receives some much needed encouragement through the program. "It relieves some stress just to sit in a group and talk, just to find out what someone else is going through." she reported. "Without the Relatives As Parents Program, it would be hard. You can get really stressed out if you' can't talk... I'm grateful because right now I am not working and it helps me a lot." ~ Paul Mrller, district sales manager for Snyder of Hanover Foods, said phi lanthropy is important to Snyder, a Pennsylvania-based, company famous for its pretzels and chips. "We -like to give back to the com munity." Miller said. "It's not all about the profits; you've got to give back." Miller says he feels proud to work for a company that supports people like Floyd. "It's just a good feeling that your company will back you and help you give fo these organizations." he com mented. "Somebody's got to help these people. They've got to have our sup port (in order) to continue what they do." Wake Medical Students to .,i rs hold free health fair Saturday SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Wake Forest University School of Medicine students will hold the 10th annual "Share the Health" fair on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the Marketplace Mall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The health fair is designed to encourage com munity members, especially those who are medically underserved, to become active participants in their own health care. In 2008, more than 200 student vol unteers participated, includ ing medical students, stu dents in the Physician Assistant program and WFU undergraduates, serving more than 1 .000 community mejnbers. 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