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Lawmakers hosting fundraiser for hard-hit The Children's Home
BY LAYLA GARMS
I HE CHRONIC! I
State Reps. Edward Hanes Jr.
and Donny Lambeth are co-hosting
a fundraiser for the beleaguered
The Children's Home.
The Autumn Ball, an evening of
dinner and dancing, will be held
Friday, Nov. 1 at the Millennium
Center, 101 W 5th St.
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we're trying to
do is build
relationships
throughout the
community
and help tell
their story,
because I
think, quite
frankly, a lot of
people don't
know much
about The
Children's
Home, and that
story needs to
be told." said
Lambeth, a
Republican
who represents
Forsyth
County's
District 75.
"It's a tremen
dous asset for
this communi
ty"
For more
than a century,
the Home has
served thou
sands of chil
dren and fami
lies. providing
everything from substance abuse
counseling to foster care and adop
tion services.
"That place has been a home
for some kids that have come from
some pretty tough environments,
and 1 think that's pretty important."
said Hanes. a Democrat who rep
resents District 72. "That's some
thing that I would like to sec last
and go on for many, many years."
The Home, which is more than
a million dollars in the red. is
undergoing a restructuring that will
bring an end to two of its residen
tial programs and its Peek-A-Moos
Child Development Center and
lead to 79 layoffs.
CEO Maurice Ware said ending
the programs was a difficult but
necessary financial decision.
"It's tough, it's difficult, but at
the end of the day, it's about keep
ing the mission alive," he said. "...
We're still doing great work and
we will continue to do great work."
The Ball will feature a decadent
meal and the sounds of Grammy
nominee John Brown, director of
the Jazz Program at Duke
University, and his group, the John
Brown Jazz Quintet. The event is
designed to generate income for
the Home's general fund while
helping the organization's leader
ship foster new connections and
relationships with community
leaders, said Hanes.
"We're looking at it as a plat
form for them to get introduced to
business leaders that they haven't
met before, and vice versa, to get
business leaders involved in The
Children's Home and what it does
for kids," thp city native stated.
Lambeth and Hanes are hoping
to attract at least 300 people to the
event, which is bipartisan by
design, Lambeth said.
"We've invited all of the legis
lators - both Democrats and N
Republicans," he noted. "...We've '
been very broad based in who
we've targeted and we hope that
we'll get enough response that j
we'll have to turn people away."
"If we can bring some examples
here locally that in fact Democrats
and Republicans can get together
and do things worthwhile when we
want to, 1 think it's important that
we do that," Hanes added. "I think
it's important that folks understand
there's a human element to every
thing that we do."
Despite the setbacks. Ware said
the 104-year-old Children's Home
is positioning itself to be around
well into the next century.
"We're still thriving: we're just
making necessary adjustments," he
said. "The Children's Home is
here, we have a plan to move for
ward. and we're going to execute
it.
Doors open for the Autumn Ball
at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $100. and
table sponsorships start at $1,000.
To purchase tickets, make a dona
tion or for more information, visit
hh-wM-sautumnball.com or contact
Natasha Smith at 336-891-0285.
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Lambtth
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John Brown with members of his group. J
Sunday bus service
preview on Oct. 27
FECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem Transit Authority will preview its
lew Sunday bus service on Sunday, Oct. 27 and is offering
fee bus rides to the program using the new routes.
The program will begin at 3 p.m. at the Clark
Tampbell Transportation Center, 100 W. Fifth St. Light
efreshments will be served. Speakers will include Mayor
Ulen Joines, Northeast Ward Council Member and Mayor
>ro Tempore Vivian H. Burke, East Ward Council
Member Derwin Montgomery and WSTA General
Manager Art Barnes.
Sunday bus service will begin Nov. 3. Buses will run
rom 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on seven Sunday-only routes that
vere devised to serve as many neighborhoods and destina
ions as possible. The routes are posted online at
VSTransit.com.
For the preview, WSTA will run all seven routes to
irovide riders with transportation to and from the event,
??icks ups will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the end of each route
ind work their way in to the transportation center.
For more information, call CityLink 311 or WSTA at
136-727-2000.
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