Deltas make pillowcase dresses for
1 'Little Dresses for Africa'
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"Changing lives one lit
tle dress at a time" pro
claims the tag line on the
Little Dresses for Africa
website and represents
Winston-Salem Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Inc.'s efforts to make a dif
ference in the lives of some
of the smallest residents of
many African communi
ties.
Members of the chapter
were drawn to the Little
Dresses Project because it
presents a chance for the
chapter to impact the lives
of little girts in a very prac
tical way.
The Sorority's past
national president, Cynthia
Butler-Mclntyre, called
Deltas to "transform lives
and impact communities
through action that reflects
the Sorority's commitment
to meaningful public serv
ice." Making little dresses
presents yet another way
for the Wirtston-Salem
Alumnae Chapter to broad
en Delta's legacy of sup
port of children in Africa
and other countries as well.
Nationally, Delta supports
the Adelaide Tambo
School for the Physically
Challenged in Soweto,
South Africa, The Delta
House, a residential
orphanage in Mbabane,
Swaziland and The TREE
{?reject in Durban, South
Africa, an organization
whose mission is to pro
mote and sustain holistic
early childhood education
centers for more than
75,000 children.
Additionally, the
Winston-Salem Alumnae
Chapter supported relief
efforts in Haiti prior to the
2006 earthquake and since,
has been involved in efforts
to provide clean"drinking
water to Haitian villages by
underwriting well-digging
projects. Raising aware
ness of the worldwide dis
parity in access to clean
drinking water also
remains an ongoing focus
of the Chapter's program
ming.
The Chapter annually
donates to The Haiti
Foundation for Hope and
five years ago rallied to
support the Little Dresses
project. To date, the
Chapter has completed and
donated over 350 dresses
and $500 in funds to assist
with shipping the dresses.
The chapter's International
Awareness and
Involvement Committee in
partnership with Delta Arts
Center organized the proj
ect. This year, members of
the Center's quilting class
were invited to join in the
sewing. Those volunteers
were Natalie Summers,
Irma Jackson and quilting
instructor Clem Mauney.
Submitted photo
Women show dresses made for people in Africa.
In past years, having
learned of the project
through Delta Art Center's
website and social media
outreach, community
members and ladies "from
Augsburg Lutheran Church
have volunteered to assist
with making dresses.
Chapter members making
dresses this year or donat
ing fabric were Billie
Matthews, Viola Roseboro, ?
Marie Jarvis Nicholson,
Deborah Daniels, Suzette
Willis and Peggy Moore.
The ? Chapter's
International Awareness
and Involvement
Committee is chaired by
Glenda Hosch and has the
following members: Peggy
Moore, Karen Dominique,
Sherlane Hill, Billie
Matthews, Brenda
Johnson, Daphne Holmes
Johnson, Cynthia Jeffries,
Laverne Gaither, and
Marie Jarvis Nicholson.
Elizabeth Newton is presi
dent of the Winston-Salem
Alumnae Chapter.
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July 25-27 - Auditions for the
Winston-Salem Youth Chorus
The Winston-Salem Youth Chorus
invites children ages 8 to 18 to audition for
the 2016-2017 season which begins on
August 29. Auditions will be held on
Monday, July 25, through Wednesday,
July 27. Members of the WSYC learn
vocal technique, theory, singing in other
languages, discipline, confidence and
teamwork while performing beautiful
choral arrangements. The chorus also
often collaborates with the UNCSA, The
WS Symphony, Piedmont Wind
Ensemble, Piedmont Chamber singers and
other groups in the region. They also travel
and perform in other countries and around
the nation. For more information and to
schedule your audition time please go to
www.wsyouthchorus.org or contact our
office at 336-703-0001.
July 27 - Homeless Count volun
teers needed
The Homeless Point-in-Time Count is
a one day, unduplicated count of sheltered
and unsheltered homeless individuals and
families in Forsyth County. The count,
coordinated by United Way of Forsyth
"County and the Winston-Salem Forsyth
County Homeless Council, helps deter
mine the extent of homelessness in our
community. Volunteers are needed to help
with the identification and counting of
people who are sleeping outside on
Wednesday, July 27, in Winston-Salem
and the surrounding areas. Volunteers will"
be organized into groups of four or five
and in two shifts, 9 pjn.-12 a.m. and 1
a.m.-4 am Organizers will be assembling
bags of necessities to hand out to homeless
men and women and are seeking donations
of baseball caps/sun visors, individual tis
sue packets, sun screen, bottled water,
canned foods with pop-tops or pre-pack
aged food, and plastic utensils. Volunteers
may register by visiting www.forsythunit
edway.org. Donations can be delivered to
United Way of Forsyth County at 301 N.
Main Street.
July 28 - Lunch & Learn for *
Caregivers
A free Lunch & Learn for Caregivers is
scheduled for Thursday, July 28,11 a.m.-l
p.m. at Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Dr.
Lia Miller, Executive Director of Creative
Aging Network - NC, will share informa
tion about "Creativity and Aging." Terri
Everhart Marion, Adult Coloring
Facilitator, will provide materials and lead
caregivers in a coloring session. Lunch is
provided by Homestead Hills Retirement
Community. Registration is required. Call
'721-6918. Call early to assure a space.
Sponsored by Senior Services, Shepherd's
Center of Greater Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County DSS, Hospice & Palliative
CareCenter, and PTRC Area Agency on
Aging.
July 28 - Downtown Partnership
Night at the Dash
On July 28, the Winston-Salem Dash
will have a Downtown W-S Partnership
(DWSP) night. Tickets are just $11 for the
Downtown WS Partnership tickets and
come with your seat, a Dash hat and a
drink at the Foothills bar in the outfield.
This will be a fundraiser with proceeds
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going to the DWSP. Tickets must be
ordered no later than Friday, July 22.
Tickets must be ordered in advance as this
offer will not be available at the gate. The
game starts at 7 p.m. and gates open at 6
p.m. To order tickets, call Ira at the Dash at
336-714-2287 or at
ira.dogniyol@wsdash.com and let him
knowyou're with the Downtown
Partnership. He will accept cash, check or
credit card. The offer is open to everyone.
Through Labor Day - Program for
Military Families
Reynolda House, 2250 Reynolda Rd..,
will again participate in the Blue Star
Museums Program through Labor Day by
offering free admission to members of the
military and their family. The Winston
Salem museum is one of more than 2,000
museums across the country to offer free
admission to military families in collabo
ration with the National Endowment for
the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the
Department of Defense. This is the sev
enth year Reynolda House has participated
in the program. The free admission offer is
available through Sept. 4 to active-duty
military and their family members (mili
tary ID holder and up to five family mem
bers) including Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marines, Coast Guard, and active duty
National Guard and active duty Reserve
members. The complete list of participat
ing museums is available at arts.gov/blues
tarmuseums. Reynolda House extends free
individual admission year-round to active
and veteran military personnel.
Going on now - Bulky Item
Collection Returning
The city's annual bulky item pick-up
will continue through Sept.2. Crews will
go through the city street by street, collect
ing bulky items that gatbage crews cannot
accept. Furniture, mattresses, appliances,
grills, carpet, old toys, and lawn furniture
can all be set out. The city cannot collect
televisions, computer equipment, building
materials, hazardous waste, tires, cement,
cars and car parts, stumps, tanks and oil
drums, fire wood or yard waste. Do not
mix bulky items with yard waste, recy
clables or brush. Bulky item collection is
for single family residences, not business
es or apartments. The Sanitation Division
will mail post cards in advance to let home
owners know when bulky item collection
will be held in their neighborhood. Crews
will go through each neighborhood only
once. To ensure collection, items must be
at the curb by 6 a.m. the Monday of your
collection week. To find out your collec
tion week, go to
BulkyItems.CityofWS.org and click on the
link for online address lookup. Residents
without computer access can call CityLink
at 311 or 727-8000 and a CityLink agent
will look up the collection date.
Ongoing
Ail. Anderson Class of 1968 class
reunion meeting
The Anderson Class of 1968 will be
meeting monthly every second Saturday at
Forsyth Seaford Cafe' at 6 p jn. to continue
to plan for its 50th Class Reunion to be
held in 2018. For more information, con
tact Laura Hayes Allen at 336-624-8516 or
Reggie Moore at 336-671-7154.
Now through the end of the grow
ing season - Heirloom Plants Available
for Purchase
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Old Salem Museums & Gardens will
offer heirloom plants for sale in the
Garden Shop at T. Bagge Merchant at 626
S. Main Street beginning now through the
end of the growing season in October.
The color, fragrance, and flavor of
heirlooms stir the memory?they also cre
ate a beautiful garden. The Garden Shop at
T. Bagge Merchant offers many of the
same varieties as those found growing in
Old Salem's beautiful and productive gar
dens. All plants are healthy and are locally
grown in the Old Salem greenhouse. A
selection of perennial and annual flowers,
herbs, and vines are available, as are a
broad selection of heirloom vegetable,
flower, and herb seed from Seed Savers
Exchange, Southern Exposure Seed
Exchange, and D. Landreth Seed
Company.
lite hours of the Garden Shop are
Tuesday through Saturday from 10 ajn. to
5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For
more information, call 336-721-7300 or
info@oldsalem .org.
Food and clothing giveaway
Love Community Development
Corporation, 3980 N. Liberty St., serves
those in heed of food and clothes every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to
3 p.m. JobLink is also available Monday
through Friday from 10 ajn. to 4 p.m. for
those needing resumes or who are looking
for a job. For more information, call 336
306-8119.
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