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16 • Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina March 1998 In March CHARLOTTE Boogie Woogie Ball April 4, 8 p.m., Design Center for the Carolinas. Sponsored by the Community School of the Arts. Tickets $150 per couple. Call (704) 377-4181. Salute to the Stars Fundraiser April 4, 6:30 p.m., Westin Hotel.. Sponsored by the Assistance League of Charlotte. Tickets $100 per per son. Call (704)831-0818. Frank Garcia Panther Golf Classic April 6, Piper Glen. Sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Tickets $2000 for 4 people. Call (704) 377-2139. Taste of the Nation Fundraiser April 8, 7 p.m., Founders Hall. Sponsored by Share Our Strength. Tickets $25. Call (704) 376-1785. NATIONAL NSFRE International Conference Philadelphia March 29 - April 1. Cali Michael Niisen at (703)519-8481. TRIAD Fundraising Day in the Triad Greensboro March 9. Call Janet Cunningham at (336)288-7210. Pro-Life Day '98 Greensboro March 14, Embassy Suites Hotel. Keynote'speaker: Robin Hayes, can didate for Congress. Call (336) 274- 5433 or (800) 392-6275. North Carolina Affordable Multifamily Housing Conference Greensboro March 17. Call Community Investment Corporation of North Carolina at (919) 781-7979. Information Fair for Careers in Nonprofit March 1998 s M T W TH F SA liii i®ii iWiH 4 IIHiill 6 Ml 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Greensboro March 18 at Guilford College's Alumni Gym. Call Irene Harrington at (336) 316-2187. Governors Conference on Rural Health Greensboro March 31- April 1. Contact N.C. Office of Rural Health and Resource Development, 311 Ashe Ave., Raleigh, NC 27606. TRIANGLE 13th Annual "Eyes of March" Gala Raleigh March 13. Black tie event spor% sored by Prevent Blindness North Carolina. Call Tricia Arnett or Beth Betts at (919)571-1014. Wide-A-Wake Community Forum Raleigh March 26. "Connecting People Through Partnerships." Call (919) 212-7300. WESTERN N.C. Beanie Babies Raffle Monroe Now through March 31. To benefit the Union County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Tickets are $5 each or six for $25. Call (704) 283- 7402 for information. March of Dimes WalkAmerica Lincoln County Lincointon April 4, 9 - 11 a.m. Call (704) 377-2009. March of Dimes WalkAmerica Cabarrus County April 4, 8 a.m., Les Myers Park. Call (704) 377-2009. COMING UP NATIONAL National Forum on Life Cycles and Volunteering Ithaca, NY April 30 - May 1. "The Impact of Work, Family and Mid-life Issues." Call Peg Hendricks at (607) 255- 8052. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action's 27th Annual Conference November 5-7. Coll ARNOVA at (317) 684-2120. Council for Advancement and Support of Education's confer ence on fundraising for women, minorities and other special constituencies Madison, Wl June 15-17. Call Vicky Cordner at (202) 328-2661. TRIAD 6th annual Dining for Friends Winston-Salem April 25. Benefiting AIDS Care Service and HOPE. Call Theodora Hill at (336) 725-7849. TRIANGLE Piedmont Farm Tour Orange, Chatham and Alamance Counties April 25 & 26, 1 -5 p.m. To benefit Carolina Farm Stewardship Association. Call (919) 542-2402 or e-mail cfsa@sunsite.unc.edu WESTERN N.C. Antiques Show Lenoir May 8, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; May 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., J.E. Broyhill Civic Center. To benefit Caldwell Memoriol Hospital Foundation. $3 in advance, $5 at the door. Call (704) 757- 5525. mmxm April 1: Applications due for 1998 Glaxo Wellcome Opportunity Scholarships. The scholarship recog nizes Triangle area residents who have overcome significant adversity and wish to improve their lives through further education and train ing. Call the Triangle Community Foundation at (919) 549-9840. April 15: Nominations due for the North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the state. For more information, contact Elizabeth Buford or Jennifer McCrory at (919) 733-4867. May 1: Applications due for Community Arts Administration Internships through the N.C. Arts Council. Applications for the next Fellowship Awards will be due November 1. Call the N.C. Arts Council at (919) 733-2111. June 1: Applicatioris due for grants from the Rex Healthcare Foundation. The Rex Healthcare Foundation has created a new grant application form and established a new, once a year, grant cycle. Call the Rex Healthcare Foundation at (919) 783-4434. RISUITS Sotheby's Heirloom Discovery Day at the Ackland Art Museum on October 4 raised more than $6,000 for the museum. The Folk, Round and Square Dance Federation of North Carolina raised more than $40,000 at its annual President's Charity Ball and distributed the funds to 43 hospices in North Carolina. SEND US YOUR CALENDAR ITEMS (meerings, seminars, workshops and fundraisers). The Journal will prinJ os many items os spoce permits. Coll (919) 899-3740 for informoKon or send fox to (919) 832-2369. Hie deodline for submitting items for the April issue is Morch 11. Grants and Gifts & Durham Magnet Center Chorale, $200,000 from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation for the choir's trip to Durham, England. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, $80,000 from the Hillsdale Fund of Greensboro to support the Weotherspoon Art Gallery and the School of Music. Civic Make-A-Wish Foundation, $1,460 from Woke Forest University's School of Medicine's Student Medical Society. From the Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation, $55,700 to 18 Durham non profits. The total amount award ed for 1997 was S117,250. Ebucatioii Appalachian State University, Boone, $1 million from Robert L. and Lillian Turchin for the capital campaign Barton College, Wilson, $80,000 from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation to buy computers and printers. Catawba College, Salisbury, $10,000 to create an endowed scholarship in biology/chemistry in honor of Charles Dewitt Howell, a retired biology profes sor, from Robert Whitener and a group of Howell's former stu dents; on undisclosed amount to create on endowed scholarship in chemistry in honor of Glenn and Edith Deal, Chino Grove, from their daughter, Glenda Poole, and her husband Jerry, Concord; $562,000 from on anonymous donor for scholar ship assistance; $44,000 from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Atlanta, for scholar ship support; on undisclosed amount to create on endowed scholarship in honor of Rosemary and Karl Kinord from anonymous donors; $25,000 from the Charles A. Frueouff Foundation to the work-study program; $26,000 from Anne Blodgett Boshore for scholarship; $35,000 from Robert and Sara Cook to the Student Development program and to support the annual Service of Lessons and Carols; endowed scholarship from on anonymous donor established in memory of Marvin Wigginton, professor emeritus of music. Durham Technical Community College Foundation, Durham, $500,000 from Glaxo Wellcome for a new technology facility. Elon College, Elon College, $500,000 from the Kresge Foundation to purchase equip ment for 0 new science building. Fletcher School, Raleigh, $10,000 from the Mac Fletcher family for o new Internet-access computer lob. Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, $80,000 from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Atlanta, for scholar ships. Gardner Webb University, Boiling Springs, $114,000 in software from Quark Inc., Denver. Gaston College, Dollos, N.C., $300,000 from the Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation to the Campaign for Gaston College. Gaston Day School, Gastonia, o visual and perform ing arts center from the Pomelo Kimbrell Worlick family. The fam ily will pay for oil construction and furnishing costs of the facili ty. The exact amount of the gift was not disclosed. High Point University, High Point, $54,000 from Louis B. and Marjorie Kearns Hoffman, Summerfield, to endow the Marjorie Kearns Hoffman Scholarship in business studies; $151,000 pledged dur ing annual alumni phonothon for the annual fund; $500,000 from Frederick E. Wilson and $100,000 from the Cannon Foundation for expansion of the science building; $10,000 from John F Cagle, Asheboro, and $597,000 from George C. WelcFi Jr,, Harrisonburg, Vo., to | the Founders Campaign. Louisburg College, Louisburg, $150,000 in science teaching equipment from BASF Agricultural Products, Research Triangle Pork. Meredith College, Raleigh, $1 million from Sidney Martin to establish the Martin Family Scholarship, to provide financial assistance to Meredith students oge 23 or older; $14,000 from family and friends of Erika Suzanne Woodlief to establish the Erika Suzanne Woodlief Memorial Scholarship; $10,000 from friends, faculty and alum nae of the Department of Psychology to establish the Psychology Department Fund; $1 million trust from anonymous donors who ore parents of o Meredith alumna; $1.05 million trust from on anonymous donor, North Carolina Center for International Understanding, Raleigh, $49,800 from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to support the International School Partnerships through Technology and the International Educational Exchange Initiative. N.C. State University, Raleigh, $35,000 from R, Stephen Anderson and Cathy J. Riley, Raleigh, to endow scholar ships in the College of Management. $250,000 in equipment from Hewlett Packard Company to support undergrad uate education in NCSU's col leges of Engineering and Physical and Mathematical Sciences; $5,000 from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation in support of the 1998 Emerging Issues Forum; $25,000 from William N. Bullock, Greensboro, to endow the William N. Bullock Scholarship for studies in the NCSU College of Engineering; $30,000 from the Paul N. Howard Jr. family to fund the Howard Family/John T. Caldwell Alumni Scholarship. Peace College, Raleigh, $250,000 from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation for construction of o cellular and molecular biology lob Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, $15,000 from CP&L for interactive video network and computer educa tion. REAL Enterprises, $600,000 from the Lila Wolloce-Reoder's Digest Fund to build the organizational capacity of its 11 state chapters and expand the number of high schools offering the REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) program nationwide. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenon-Flogler Business School, $500,000 from Roy O. Rodwell, Raleigh, for endowed professor ship in entrepreneurship; School of Journalism and Moss Communication, $667,000 from Edgar T. Cato for o professor ship; $50,000 from John and Vivian Dixon, Chapel Hill, for Vivian and John Dixon award for art history graduate students; $137,000 from the estate of Lester E. Asheim for the Lester Asheim Scholarship Fund in the School of Information and Library Science; $40,000 fundraising campaign for the Class of 1998 senior doss gift. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, $50,000 bequest from the estate of Mary Deese Murray, Hickory, to create on endowed scholar ship in mathematics; $25,000 from Thomas R. and Linda F. Sloan to establish funds to sup port programs in international business and theater; $20,000 from Dillard, o ResourceNet International company, to Weotherspoon Art Gallery for the 33rd annual Art on Paper exhibi tion, which opened Nov. 16; $100,000 from the Greensboro News & Record to establish o program to promote leadership skills in undergraduates; on annual gift of undisclosed omount from Sara "Solly" Smith Self, Asheboro, and her son, Smith Winborne Self, Winston- Salem, to create the Luther Winborne Self Fellowship Fund for doctoral students in the School of Education. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, School of Divinity, $150,000 from the Henry R. Luce Foundation to develop multidisciplinary cours es; gift to endow Margaret A. Steelman Lectureship, School of Divinity, from Sanford L. Steelman. Warren Wilson College, Swonnonoo, $50,000 from the Hillsdale Fund Inc., Greensboro, and $50,000 from the Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund, Greensboro, for library renova tions; $100,000 from the Booth Ferris Foundation, New York City, for construction of o new science facility; $25,000 from Hones Foundation of Winston- Salem for construction of o new science facility. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, $100,000 from on anonymous Western N.C. businessman to help low-income students cover the cost of the school's recently announced computer require ment. Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, $50,000 from Coca-Cola Foundation, Atlanta, for on endowed scholarship. immnmm The Conservation Trust for North Carolina, Raleigh, received the follow grants: $50,000 from the Join/e Foundation; $40,000 from the Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund; $35,000 from the Z, Smith Reynolds Foundation; $10,000 from the Cemolo Foundation for its efforts to pro tect scenic lands in the Blue Ridge Parkway corridor. iOUNilATIQNS The African American Community Endowment Fund, Charlotte, o component fund of the Foundation for the Carolines, awarded the following grants totaling nearly $6,000: $2,992 to Lakewood Community Development Corporation for o neighborhood communications network; $1,500 to the McNair Program at LJNC-Chorlotte for assisting qualified minority stu dents preparing for doctoral study; $1,500 to St. Martin's School for on outreach program to diversify the preschool's stu dent population. Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Durham, announced the following $150,000 Hitchings- Elion Fellowships: Kevin S. Dingwell; Frondne Durocher; Reuben S. Harris; Susan C, Hockings; Kenro Kusumi; Laura Rosa Brunet; Kristin S. Scott; Steven R Smith; Dean G. Tong; Michael E. Zuber. The award will support the fellows for two years of postdoctoral research training Look for GRANTS, next page
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