BB&T volunteers give students something to remember
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Volunteers from BB&T
lent their time and talents to
North Hills Elementary
School this week.
Employees of the Winston
Salem-based bank have been
busy this summer, doing good
deeds for schools and nonprof
it agencies throughout the
more than a dozen states
where BB&T has branches.
Employees were given time
and funding to contribute to
"Lighthouse Projects" to
improve local communities.
"It's part of our mission
statement to make the commu
nity in which we live a better
place to be," explained
Jennifer Randall, a corporate
- ? sports marketing analyst and
event planning specialist for
BB&T. . With the economy
being the way it is, we felt like
we really wanted to give back
and help even more."
More than 1 ,000
Lighthouse Projects have been
undertaken so far. North Hills,
a school off of Indiana Avenue
. with a student population that
is nearly all black and
Hispanic, is the latest benefici
ary. BB&T's Corporate
Marketing Department has
taken the school under its wing
over the last several months
Bank employees have served
as volunteers in various capac
ities; donated school supplies
and uniforms to student; per
formed landscaping work on
school grounds; and assisted
North Hills' faculty and staff
with the monumental task of
preparing for the first day of
school.
"BB&T and what they're
trying to do is absolutely
amazing in terms of the man
hours that they've provided to
the school and also the dona
tions." said Assistant Principal
Jeff Maglio. "We have a very
small PTA that doesn't neces
sarily have the resources to
provide these things."
This week, the BB&T vol
unteers and North Hills stu
dents and teachers collaborate
ed on a project that will serve
as a lasting tribute to the beau
r
Pfcuto* by Layla Farmer
Cynthia Williams helps students place items on the lighthouse.
Students admire the lighthouse.
tiful partnership the bank and
the school have shared this
summer.
On Monday, construction
began on a large lighthouse
monument with a mosaic cov
ering that is made up of
seashells and trinkets that pay
homage to the state's rich his
tory. Each student and teacher
was asked to place one item on
the lighthouse, whose black
and white stripped exterior
design mimics that of the
Bodie Island LighthouseV
Tara Muzzy, the school's visu
al arts specialist, said the work
that the BB&T employees
have done at the school have
benefitted students in more
ways than one might imagine.
"We're hoping that (the
students) are going to see that
when you work together and
you get involved, you can
make something really cool
happen," Muzzy commented.
.We want them to know that
other people in the community
care about them, and that's
why BB&T's coming here and
helping us with this project."
BB&T Chief Corporate
Communications Officer
Cynthia Williams said she has
enjoyed every bit of the time
she has spent at North Hills,
"1 think it's a wonderful
opportunity to contribute
something back to the kids and
the community," Williams
said. "...Their needs are over
whelming, and it makes you
sad to think that there are so
many children right under our
noses that need help, so I'm
just humbled to to be able to
do that."
The BB&T Lighthouse
Projects were slated to culmi
nate Wednesday.
HH&T volunteers pose next to the lighthouse.
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