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Community section B \iso Sports, Religion and Classifieds novbmb?? 22. 2012 Community Calendar Ongoing Shepherd's Center Volunteers Needed The Shepherd's Center needs caring volunteers to assist seniors with trans portation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, minor home repairs, friendly visits and caregiver respite. Volunteer opportunities can accommo date a variety of schedules. Reimbursement is provided for orientation and mileage. Call 336-748-0217 for more information. . Girl Scout Volunteers Needed Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont (GSCP2P) has opportunities for volunteers who are com mitted to helping girls develop courage, confidence and character. Must be at least 18 years of age or older, bd a positive role model and must become a member of the Girl Scouts for $12 per year. Volunteers can lead troops, help with with events, serve on com mittees or help at camp. Visit www.girlscoutsp2p.org for more information or contact Leisa Fink at 336 274-8491 or e-mail lfink@girlscoutsp2p.org. Lowes Foods Annual Food Drive Lowes Foods' annual food drive, "Friends Feeding Friends," has already begun collecting food donations in all Lowes stores and will continue through Monday, Dec. 31. These donations will be delivered to the local food bank agencies in the areas where the food is collected. In-store, customers may purchase pre-made bags of non-perishable items most needed or donate cash at the register. Teddv Bear Drive for Sandy Victims Family Services Child Development Center Head Start in Forsyth County is currently receiving dona tions of brand new standard sized teddy bears to ship to hurricane ravaged Head Start Centers in Staten bland. The teddy bears will be given to the children so they'll have something warm and cuddly to hold onto. Deadline for donations is Dec. 7. Monetary dona tions also accepted. Donations can be dropped off at any of the five pre school centers: Sarah Y. Austin, 2050 Big House Gaines Blvd.; Buchanan, 2S5S Buchanan St.; Kernersville, 512 West Mountain St.; Mineral Springs, 4527 Ogbum Ave., WSSU. 601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive or Family Services, Inc. Gateway office, 1200 South Broad St. Contact Marcy Sheets at 336-727-0617, ext. 211 for , more information. City Calendar for Thanksgiving ' City offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23. CityLink 311, the city's.24 hour citizen service call center, will be open for needed assistance. Garbage collections regularly sched uled for Tuesday-Thursday, See Cahaisr on B9 '<i i Tara Brown (left) and Donne Terry chop bread for the stuffing. Photos by LayU Garms Turfeetjpalooza Wake Forest opens its heart for Thanksgiving BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Four hundred area residents were the beneficiaries of home cooked meals this Thanksgiving season, thanks to the gen-' erosity of Wake Forest University students and staff. More than ISO volunteers took part in the university's annual Turkeypalooza feed ing campaign in recent weeks, preparing a savory meal of turkey, green bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin cookies for local citizens in need. The first shift of volunteers - a contingent of employees from the university's Human Resources Department - gathered in the Campus Kitchen on the evening of Nov. 13 to craft the meals, which were delivered to the SECU Family House the following day. "It's good - it's a humbling experience," Americorps Vista member Takira Dale said of this year's Turkeypalooza effort, which she helped to organize. "It's something that makes people feel really good after a long, nine hour day. It's good for faculty and staff to get together." Turkeypalooza, which is now in its 11th year, is an extension of Wake Forest's Campus Kitchen food recycling program, which pairs food that was prepared but never served in the university's dining halls with fresh produce donated by Whole Foods to CTeate nourishing meals to be distributed by roughly 10 different partner agencies in the city. Shelley Sizemore, assistant direc tor of Campus Life and Service and a for mer Community Kitchen director, said the event carries deep meaning for the volun teers and staff. "For me. Thanksgiving is really about comfort, and the food is really about com fort, and the issue of food insecurity in Winston-Salem is upsetting for me," said the Wake Forest, N.C. native. "...I see this week of serving food as just a way to take that extra effort to allow people to have that comfort." Additional groups of volunteers flocked to the kitchen on Nov. 14, 18 and 19, to pre pare meals for organizations such as The Children's Home, Prodigal's Community and Samaritan Ministries. The Turkeypalooza event has grown in popular ity and reach, more than doubling its meal output in the last four years, explained Sizemore. a two-time alumna of the univer sity. Volunteers have also stepped their efforts up, adding one new from scratch item to the menu each year. "We have to extend our regular cooking shift from two to four hours, but I think it's See Thankagtrinf on B2 A dam Lavis sports a festive Turkeypalooza inspired hat. ... 4
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