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Community Briefs Exchange/SCAN announces 2016 Community Hero Exchange/SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) is proud to announce the presentation of the Community Hero Award durag their annual Spring Gala to Ms. Pansy Glanton. SCAN is celebrating 35 years of serving the people of Forsyth, Stokes, Davie, Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Person, Caswell, Guilford, Randolph, Surry, Yadkin, Iredell, Rowan, Rockingham, and Davidson counties and could not think of a more worthy recipient of this year's award. Ms. Glanton works as an assistant district attorney in Forsyth County, and has served the citizens of Forsyth County in this capacity since 1987. For the past 24 years, her focus has been the criminal prosecution of both physical and sexual child abuse. Ms. Glanton is an expert in the prose cution of child sexual abuse cases and is known statewide for being a strong advocate for children. Pansy is one of the first prosecutors to fight for chil dren's protection in the Forsyth County school sys tem from sexual abuse. A native of Durham, Ms. Glanton is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, graduated with honors from North Carolina Central University followed by law school at Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. She lias served on numerous boards including: the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of North Carolina, Partnership for Drug Free America, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and she currently serves on the Region in TASC Advisory Board. As a member of H.Y-P.E. Soul Line Dance Crew, a line dance group that performs throughout the community, Ms. Glanton helps promote health and fitness for all ages. Ms. Glanton is an active member of her church, Piney Grove Baptist Church in Winston Salem, and dedicated to her family. Exchange/SCAN is honored to work with Ms. Pansy Glanton in the prevention of child abuse and neglect and is pleased to honor her as the Community Hero of 2016. George Bryan announced as new executive director of SCAN Jennifer L. Martin, board chair of Exchange SCAN, announced that George Bryan would begin serving as interim Executive Director on August 1,' 2016. Cynthia Napoleon-Hanger recently announced she is retiring after serving for 10 years as Executive Director and serving the agency for 25 years. The agency expanded programming during these years and developed new initiatives in new counties in North Carolina. Cynthia's selfless lead ership and forward thinking helped the agency transform into a modem non-profit while still focus ing on core values and services for the children in our community. The board of directors recruited Mr. Bryan to help with the transition phase to new lead ership. Mr. Bryan served as the founding director of Exchange/SCAN staring in 1981 and most recently was CEO of The Children's Home in North Carolina and has spent recent years serving our local and state communities by serving on several non-profit boards that focused his efforts in a variety of arenas. Mr. Bryan had published numerous pieces on child abuse issues, spoken nationally and statewide, continued research, all while serving in leadership of Forsyth County's Community Child Protection Team, chairing the N.C. Exchange Club Child Abuse Foundation, serving on the advisory board of N.C. Statewide Community Child Protection Team and serving on national commit tees. Financial Pathways of the Piedmont Receives award for Non-Proflt Management The Triad Chapter of the RMA (Frisk Management Association) has presented its 2016 Excellence in Business Award in the Non-Profit Category to Financial Pathways of die Piedmont, formerly known as Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Forsyth, Inc. The award is presented annually to an organization that exemplifies excel lence in non-profit management and service to the community. Financial Pathways provides profes sional consumer education and comprehensive financial and housing guidance to all meihbers of the community. They serve families and individuals of all incomes in need of financial guidance. Services include counseling and coaching to help clients establish a budget, resolve debt, avoid fore closure, and guidance through other financial chal lenges. They offer programs such as credit and debt counseling, financial education, Senior Financial Care, debt management, and homeownership serv ice. State Employees' Credit Union members award scholarships to area high school students State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) mem bers via the SECU Foundation presented $10,000 scholarships to the following students: ?Jada Lattice Bennett, a senior at John F. Kennedy High School. The scholarship was award ed for study at Winston-Salem State University. ?Devilca Ghosh, a senior at Simon G. Atkins Academic & Technology High School. The scholar ship was awarded for study at UNC-Chapel Hill. ?Tony Bernard Ingram, Jr., a senior at Winston Salem Preparatory Academy. The scholarship was awarded for study at North Carolina Central University ?Alyssa Westberry, a senior at Carver High School. The scholarship was awarded for study at Western Carolina University. Funded solely by Credit Union members and given based on SECU's philosophy of "People Helping People," the scholarship recognizes the recipient's community involvement, leadership skills, character and integrity, as well as scholastic achievement. The scholarship is provided for tuition and university approved educational expenses over eight consecutive semesters. i Have a Story Idea? Let us Know msmmnickm Today, June 30 - Niece of Maya Angelou to speak Join Wanda Starke for an intimate conversation with Rosa Johnson, niece of Maya Angelou today, Thursday, June 30 from 6:30-8 pin. at Amani Village Market, 3279 Robinhood Road, Winston-Salem. Have a virtual seat at Dr. Angelou's storied dinner table as Rosa regales us with personal memories and sto ries of those who came to visit her Auntie Maya in Winston-Salem. Tickets are $10 each and all proceeds benefit the Amani Children's Foundation. For more information, call 336-306-5404; email info@amanichildren.org or go to www.amanichildren .org. Today, June 30 - 14th Street School historic reunion meeting The 14th Street School alumni are meeting weekly to plan an Historic Reunion and ask that all people who were students or teachers to join us every Thursday at 6 p.m. at 14th Street Recreation Center, 2020 E. 14th St. For more information, con tact Alfred Harvey, President, at 336 414-9241. Today, June 30 - CPR Class Winston-Salem firefighters will offer "hands-only" CPR training to the public today, June 30,11 a.m? at Little Creek Community Center. "Hands only" CPR uses only chest compressions. The class lasts about an hour. Interested citizens should sign up at Little Creek Community Center. Space is limited. For more information, call CityLink 311. Fridays through July 29 - Fairground Fridays for Teens Fairground Fridays has returned with dance contests, prizes, give aways and free arcade games from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. Fairground Fridays is hosted by Busta Brown and features music by Mr. Bill's Productions. Fairground Fridays will be held every Friday through July 29. Admission is free. Concessions will be available. Free parking is available in the lot for the Fairgrounds Annex. rriaays tnrougn Aug. lb ? Downtown Jazz Concerts The 19th season of Downtown Jazz presented by the Winston-Salem Federal Credit Union continues in Corpening Plaza at 237 W. First Street. Downtown Jazz is a produc tion of the Downtown Winston Salem Partnership in collaboration with Carl Denerson of Post Entertainment. The remaining per formance schedule is: July 8, Eric Darius with opening performer Saundra Crenshaw; July 22, Urban Jazz Coalition & Will Donoto with opening performer Will Donato; August 12, Dee Lucas with opening performer Vince Crenshaw; August 26, Joey Sommefville, opening per former, Galvin Crisp. Beginning June 27 - Summer Camps for Kids Limited spaces are still available for the Reynolda House Museum's popular Summer Adventures half-day camps for children. Art and writing camps are available starting June 27 and continuing through July for stu dents who have completed grades kindergarten through fifth grade, and an advanced writing workshop camp is offered for students who have com pleted sixth through ninth grades. All camps include exploring the full museum and grounds, and swimming in the historic pool. The museum is located at 2250 Reynolda Rd. Find more information and register online at reynoldahbuse.org/summer-adven tures. Today, June 30 - Insects in the Garden workshop Forsyth Community Gardening will present a workshop on "Insects in the Garden:-Attracting Beneficials, Managing Pests," today, Thursday, . June 30, from 6-8 p.m., at El Buen Pastor Community Garden, 4637 Tim Rd. The workshop is free, but regis tration is required. To register online, go to http://tinyurl.com/FCG-SGS, or call 336-703-2850. For accommoda tions for persons with disabilities or Spanish translation, please contact our office at 336-703-2850 at least two weeks before the event. The first 30 participants to register will receive Mac's Field Guide to Good & Bad Garden Bugs. July 2 - Clean-up of Happy Hill cemetery Clean-up of the Happy Hill ceme tery regularly scheduled for the sec ond Saturday has been changed to July 2; 9:30- 11:30 am. The hope is that the cemetery will be neat in time for the Happy Hill Reunion being held on July 9. Volunteers are needed - please come out and give a helping hand. This is a good way to earn Community Service hours. For other information, call Maurice Pitts Johnson 336-978-2866. July 2 - Talent show auditions Auditions for the Neighbors for Better Neighborhood's (NBN) first Winston's Got Talent Show with the theme "Rep Your Community" will be held 11 ajn. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 2, at NBN headquarters, 502 N. Broad Street. Performers should be prepared with their own music accompaniment. Group size should consist of less than five members, and bands will not be considered for auditions. The stage dimensions are 12 x 18 and acts are limited to that space. For more information, contact Arleatha Patterson at 336-602-2519 or email at patterson.arleatha@gmail.com, or go to atnbncommunity .org. July 3 - Summer Pops Patriotic Pops Concert Piedmont Wind Symphony and Judy Barnes Band will perform at Triad Park in Kemersville on Sunday, July 3 at 6 p.m. Piedmont Wind Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Matthew Tfcoy, along with the Judy Barnes Band, will present music for the entire family - a great way to spend an afternoon in one of our county parks. Guest emcee will be Chair of the County Commissioners, David Plyler. Admission is free and open to the public. Come and bring a chair or blanket and settle in for a musical treat. Food trucks will be on site and refreshments will be available for purchase. July 5 - Forsyth County Genealogical Society meeting The Forsyth County Genealogical Society meets Tuesday, July 5, at Forsyth County Public Library Reynolda Manor Branch, 2839 Fairlawn Dr. Social begins at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. For some of us, the only pictures we have of our ancestors are photographs kept in a box in an attic or closet. The photos in those boxes are fading as rapidly as our memories. Michele Doyle and Dorothy Tucker, owners of Preserving Your Heritage, a photo oiganizing business, will present a program on the importance of pre serving vintage family photographs. Please join us as they show us the best methods to organize, back-up, archive, and share these delicate, pre cious memories. July 7 - Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce meeting The Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce (WSBCC) will meet on Thursday, July 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the WSSU Enterprise Center. During this meeting we will have an interactive information session. You will be part of a small group of cur rent and future entrepreneurs dis cussing the ways in which the Small Business Center at Forsyth Technical Community College and the WSBCC can help you to start or grow your business. This may be your first step to a long-term relationship with these oiganizations as your business devel ops. We invite you to come to this very informative session, and if you own, or are considering becoming a small business owner, please consid er joining the WSBCC. The speaker will be Allan Younger of Forsyth Tech's Small Business Center. July 7 - Reading party READWS will host a reading party at Rupert Bell Community Center for children between the ages of 4-8 on Thursday, July 7, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Join us for a night of fun, games and discover simple and effective ways to strengthen your child's early literacy skills. Free refreshments, party favors, and learn ing resources. Please register by July 6. Email shonette@readws.org or call 336-723-4391 ext. 1507 or 336-972 2518. July 8-10 - 40th McCoUum Family Reunion The McCollum Family reunion will hold its 40th family reunion July 8-10 at Comfort Suites Hotel, 200 Capital Lodging Court, in Winston Salem. The family "Meet and Greet" will begin at 5:30 pjn. on Friday, July 8. Saturday's activities begin at 11 a.m. and the program and dinner will begin at 5 pm. The McCollum Family reunion is unique among fam ily reunions. It is a reunion of cousins and not necessarily siblings, aunts or uncles, with a history in North Carolina that spans 200 years. If you believe you are a descendant of Charles and Minerva McCollum or are a McCollum, you are most wel come to attend the reunion. For addi tional information please contact Mr. Robert Nobel at noblerl9@aol.com. July 9 - Family Fun Day and printmaking activity Join WSSU Associate Professor of art Scott Betz on a printmaking adventure on Saturday, July 9, from 1 - 5 p.m. The printmaking activity will take place outdoors in front of the Diggs Gallery, 601 Martin Luther King Jr Dr. This is part of the Diggs Gallery Family Day activities. All ages are welcome to come explore our exhibition, "A Legacy Reunited: The Gordon and Copey Hanes Print Collection." This event is free and open to the public. For more informa tion, call 336-750-2458. July 10 - Second Sundays on 4th Second Sundays on 4th will be held on July 10 from 3-6 p.m. on Fourth Street between Cherry and Marshall Streets. There is free park ing available in the parking lot of First Presbyterian Church. This is a free, family-friendly event with two bands, as well as a Kids' Zone with bounce houses, games and arts activ ities. Opening band will be Silver Sedans and the headliner is Michael Nau. For more information, visit www.SS04.com or Facebook Second Sundays on 4th. July 11-15 - LEGO Robotics camp Winston-Salem State University will offer two camps which will run July 11-15 for middle and high school students and elementary school students. The LEGO Robotics camp, for 7th through 10th grade stu dents, offers progressive approaches to instruction and the provided kits serve as the foundation for the very popular FIRST LEGO League extra curricular and after-school activities and competitions. The benefits to each student include: hands-on edu cation, meets national learning stan dards, integrates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), builds teamwork, and work that is fun and challenging. Registrations are still being accepted. The cost for the camp is $150. The second camp, for elementary school students in grades 3-5, will offer a math, science and literacy component. Space is limited to 30 students, 10 for each grade level. The cost for this camp is $25. Registration is available at http://www.wssu .edu/centers/cmste/p recollege-program/summer-schol ars.aspx. Both are day camps and run from 8 ajn. to 5 p.m. For more infor mation about these two camps, con tact Joseph Baker, pre-college coor dinator in the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology at 336-750-2996 or email bakeijc@wssu.edu. July 12 - Public Safety Advisory Committee meeting The Lewisville Public Safety Advisory committee has scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday, July 12 at 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall for finaliz ing plans for the committee's partici pation in the Town's 25th anniversary celebration. For more information, call the Lewisville Town Hall at 336 945-5558. July 15 - 17 - Class of '66 gold reunion The Paisley Alumni Association will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the class of 1966 and the 54th year since the opening of J. W. Paisley Senior High School in 1962. A meet and greet social will be held on Friday, July 15, in the Square Room and a dinner/dance will be held on Saturday, July 16, in the Salem Room at the Double Tree Inn, 5790 University Parkway. Hours are 7:30 - 11:30 pjn. each night. There will also be a hospitality room. The class wel comes others to worship with them on Sunday, July 17, at St. John's CME Church at 350 NW Crawford Place. The J. W. Paisley reunion plan ning team, family, and friends will celebrate what the Lord has done with praise, thanksgiving, and prayer on Thursday, July 14, at Saint John CME Church from 6 -7:30 pjn. Cost of tickets is $75 per person and $125 per couple for both the social and the dinner/dance. For those alumni who only want to attend the Friday social, the cost is $25 per person. Persons interested in attending should send checks to Paisley Alumni Association, P.O. Box 16166, Winston-Salem, NC 27115-6166. ?W! ^aAAAAAAKTM II llj II CM imtlj l '
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