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November i996 Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina • 13 Campaign Continued from page 12 College in Salisbury; and Saint Augustine’s College and Shaw University, both in Raleigh. In the 1995-96 campaign, the College Fund in North Carolina exceeded its goal by more than 15 percent - outperforming all other regional offices of the fund in the U.S. Forty schools in the U.S. are mem bers of the fund. The fund also completed a $280 million capital campaign in June 1995. That campaign exceeded its goal by $30 million. Including the 1995-96 annual fund and dollars raised in the capital campaign, the fund in 1995-96 raised $101.7 million. For information, call Marilyn Richards, North Carolina director of The College FundAJNCF, at (910) 748- 0010 in Winston-Salem. Media Continued from page 11 Charity tax credit In an guest column Sept. 26 in The Wall Street Journal, Chicago lawyer James C. Geoly examined a “charita ble choice” clause in the welfare- reform biull signed by President Clinton that “allows for the privatiza tion of welfare through religious charities, promising a vast revolution that Mr. Clinton never mentions when he trumpets his welfare efforts.” The clause “simply states that, under contract with the state, reli gious groups can provide the same social services as other agencies,” Geoly said, adding that “charitable choice programs pose no threat to the separation fo church and state because they are not directed at the proselytizing or worship activiteis of the groups involved.” Paid time off for charity A number of employers are allow ing employees to take paid leaves to perform work for charities. The New York Times reported Sept. 22. “Some companies are saying, ‘Here’s something to ofer our very best people as a way to keep them,”’ John A. Challenger of Chicago out placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas told the Times. The newspaper cited an estimate by the 'Trends Research Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y., that such programs are offered by fewer than 5 percent of large companies, including American Express, IBM, Time Inc., Wells Fkrgo and Xerox. Fashionable charity Breast cancer research was the beneficiary of “Super Sale 1996,” a shopping event and gala dinner in Washington that matched Washington power brokers with fash ion designers and supermodels from New York’s Seventh Avenue shopping district. The New York Times report ed Sept. 22. “In an unusual alliance of fashion and politics, Seventh Avenue has moved off its usual turf and embraced the rubber chicken crowd [in Washington] in a push to give breast cancer a profile that rivals that reserved for AIDS,” the Times said. Looking for an nonprofit professional? Advertise your job opening in the Journal Call (919) 899-3741 today! Beginnings Continued from page 12 ments, emotional and spiritual sup port, referrals for counseling, child care and food stamps and financial manangement advice and assis tance. Nearly all clients in the New Beginnings program were victims of domestic violence. White says. Clients are required to hold down full-time jobs and be drug and alco hol-free. To “graduate” from the pro gram, they must be able to save 40 percent of their income. TTie prerequisites for participa tion in New Beginnings are also fair ly strict - only after a background check, an interview and extensive screening are clients allowed in. There is good reason for that. White says; “There’s a lot of people out there who need help and then there are those who are ready to receive help.” 'The philosophy of New Beginnings is to provide more inten sive help to abused women and chil dren than just shelter. After clients “graduate” from the program. New Beginnings follows up with them for one year to make sure their situa tions are stable. Both Agnes and Jim Goldston downplay their level of financial involvement in the organization. Instead, they emphasize the good that New Beginnings does. “Agnes and I both have a strong burden for women and children,” Jim says. “'There’s no better investment than the life of a child.” TTie couple say they want to help break the cycle of abuse, and that the best way to do that is to reach the generation of children growing up in abusive situations. Agnes Goldston, a former teacher, emphasizes the effect that a stable home life can have on the education al system. Children who are taken out of abusive situations will be calmer, less disruptive and easier to teach, she says. 'The Goldstons find the pervasive ness of abuse disturbing and depressing. Abused women “look at the ground all the time,” Jim Goldston says. “They won’t talk to you.” Most of the women in the New Beginnings program come from low- to-middle-income backgrounds, but there are some who have left hi^- Income lives. Regardless of their pre vious financial situation, aU women in the program have experienced a severe loss of self-esteem as a result of abuse by their partners. White says. “It tears my heart out when I see it,” she says. “The women don’t deserve it and the kids don’t deserve to hear it.” So far, three women have gradu ated from the program, and five more will graduate before the year is out. For all that New Beghmings does for its clients, it needs a larger bud get. With its current finances, the organization can afford to take on only 10 cUents at a time. But 20 fam ilies already are on a waiting list to get in. Both White and the Goldstons say they would like to get New Beginnings’ monthly budget up to $30,000 to $35,000 to allow the pro gram to help about 40 famihes at a time. Jim Goldston says he eventually would like to see New Beginnings own 40 to 50 apartments and receive financial support from major corpo rate sponsors. But many more pri vate donations and foundation grants will be necessary to raise the program to that level. White says she is working to write grants and make private funding requests. But that is difficult to accomplish with her busy schedule. If nothing else. White and the Goldstons say, they would like to increase public awareness of domes tic abuse. “A lot of times, they’re [the vic tims] right at your back door,” Agnes Goldston says. Basketball Continued from page 12 Keegan & Co. He begins as commis sioner early next year. Black be responsible for man aging the league organization, hiring coaches, setting schedules and pro moting the league in thcorporate community. “This league will give some young men an opportunity to get employed,” he says. “I hope the different spon sors will understand the pUght of the various communities and be wilting to learn about different cultures and help people achieve success.” Team sponsors so far include Harris Tleeter and Kenan Transport. The league received a $15,000 plan ning grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston- Salem. For information, call (919) 962- 8201. Have a story idea? Call Barbara Solow at (919)899-3745. We’ve spent 10 years perfecting the ultimate grants management software. 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