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Photos by Kevin Walker Above: Steve Susalka works with students Jada King, Chris Ledford and Terrell Harris. Right: Wiley Science Teacher Betty Moore helps the pairs complete the robotics pro gram she designed. Mentors from page HI Wiley teachers Lamar Wilkerson and Susan Danville Zuck take in the scene. cars, from scratch," he said. His mentor is Vishal Khanna, director of mar keting and business devel opment for Wake Forest Innovations, a division of' the Quarter that turns sci ence and technological advances into money making ventures. Jayshawn's very first mentor, though, was his grandpa. "He can fix almost anything," Jayshawn bragged. As an icebreaker, the student/mentor pairs began their session by using bags of Legos to build something that they both like. Elijah Best and his mentor, Mohammad Albanna, constructed an artsy "S" because they both love science and STEAM. Albanna. a Wake Forest Innovations prod uct innovation and com mercialization associate, said he was about Elijah's age when he knew he wanted to pursue a sci ence-based career. "I always had this questions of 'why' - why things did what they did," he said. There was no Innovation Quarter or hands-on robotics lessons like the one the student/mentor pairs com pleted Friday to satiate his childhood curiosity. "I would have loved to have something like this," Albanna said as he helped Elijah program a robotic vehicle to complete a series of tabletop tasks. "It would have been great." Wake Forest Innovations Associate Director of Commercialization Steve Susalka developed the Future Innovators cur riculum and is one of the mentors. He said helping to cultivate young minds and making community inroads are part of the mission of the Innovation Quarter, an ever-expand ing biomedical science and information technolo gy oasis that includes Wake Forest Biotech Place, Inmar and the newly-opened 525@Vine. Recruiting mentors was a cinch, Susalka said. "Who wouldn't want to spend an hour doing this?" he said, gesturing to the excited robotics rapt kids and their equally excited mentors. Even if the students don't turn out to be the next Steve Jobs or Neil deGrasse Tyson, Wiley Physical Education teacher Lamar Wilkerson thinks Future Innovators will make them more con fident and motivated in school and in life. "That young lady there," he said pointing to one of the Future Innovators, "I've never seen her smile like that." Pointing to another student, he said, "I have never heard him speak out the way he just did ... This is awesome. It's really going to help these kids." Submitted Photo (From left) Laura Harrell, Joyce Kohfeldt. Executive Director Clyde Fitzgerald (for Volunteer of the Year Dave Frederickson); Georgia Jaynes, Cindy Ellis, Nutrition Services Coordinator Keren Ferris (for Volunteer of the Year Shannon Sandifer) and Alexander Arnn. Food Bank honors volunteers SPECIAL ro I Hi CHRONICLE Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC held its annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner at Highland Presbyterian Church on Sept. 16 to thank those whose work provides food and hope. The Triad Community Kitchen provided food. More than 70 volunteers were recog nized with certificates for donating at least 50 hours for the year. In addition, seven volunteers were given special recognition for exemplary service to the organization. Laura Harrell was named the 2014 Board Volunteer of the Year. She has served on the executive committee and chaired the personnel committee of the Second Harvest board of directors, and was a lead organizer for a back pack program in southwestern Rockingham County. Alexander Arnn, Cindy Ellis, Dave Federickson, Georgia Jaynes, Joyce Kohfeldt and Shannon Sandifer each received a 2014 Volunteer of the Year award. Arnn has been volunteering at the egg inspection station at Second Harvest Food Bank for more than two years as part of the US Airways "Do Crew." Ellis has been a volunteer for Empty Bowls for 13 years and has worked to promote community aware ness of Second Harvest Food Bank in the school system. Frederickson has served in various departments with mul tiple staff members and is known for his reliability, adaptability and attention to detail. Jaynes has volunteered in the sal vage program every other Tuesday since 2009, as well as volunteering at the annual Empty Bowls event. Kohfeldt, a retired special education teacher, helped Epiphany Lutheran Church launch a back pack program at Ibraham Elementary School, which now distrib utes back packs to 72 children. Sandifer, a recent graduate of the Nutrition program at UNCG, has assist ed with three Cooking Matters courses, donating more than 59 hours of her time to educating others in nutrition and healthy living. Each Volunteer of the Year also received a special gift from Lazy Lizard Pottery in Lewisville. "Our community, our Food Bank and all we serve are blessed by your compassionate service," Second Harvest Executive Director Clyde Fitzgerald told the volunteers. Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC is the leading hunger relief organization for an 18 county service area that includes Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell. Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth. Guilford, Iredell, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin. It works in partnership with more than 400 local food assistance programs that include food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters and spe cial feeding programs for children and seniors. r mxle Classic fair f\ \$auSiant& I I TOMORROW! I
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