SATURDAY, APRIL30, 2016 - THE CAROLINA TIMES -7
Community Scene
Clubs & Socials
Lincoln Community Health Center Founda
tion Legacy Lunch Honors
Dr. Howard M, Fitts, Jr.
The Lincoln Community Health Center Foundation,Inc., will host
its fourth annual Legacy :Luncheon on Fri., May 13,11:30 a.m. at the
Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, 3001 Cameron Blvd.
Dr. Fitts is a Lincoln Charter Board Member, Foundation advi
sory Board Member and public Health Education Administrator.
Tickets are $50 and you can RSVP to Ms. Robin B. Mason at 919-
956-4004 or robin.mason@duke.edu by May 2. You may purchase
tickets online at http://lincolnlegacyluncheon.eventbrite.com.
Central Carolina Black Nurses’ Council to
Host Violence Prevention Program
The National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) will launch
its national initiative on “Violence Reduction” on Saturday, April 30
throughout the United States. The Central Carolina Black Nurses’
Council, Inc. is one of the 94 chapters of NBNA to host an event to
offer strategies for violence prevention in the community. The event
is “A Call to Action: Preventing Violence in our Community,” and
will be held on April 30 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at the T. A. Grady
Center, McDougald Terrace Apartments. Speakers for the event in
clude, Ms. Jessica Burch, LCSW; Roland Staton, vice president of
the Durham NAACP, and Dr. James Smith, Carolina Partners in
Mental Health Care, PLLC.
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be
served. For more information, contact:
Helen Horton, President
Central Carolina Black Nurses Council, Inc.
Post Office Box 52733, Durham, NC 27713
Website / ccbnc.nursingnetwork.com
(919) 779-0319 / m (919) 810-9428
CCBNCPresident@ymail.com
Durham Church Donates
Facility To School
Durham Nativity School for low-income middle-
schoolers receives free building
Durham Nativity will show appreciation and recognize the
generosity of Grace Baptist Church at the DNS annual Spring Event
on April 29, 2016, at 6:30pm at the Washington Duke Inn. The event
is open to all who wish to support the school.
Grace Baptist Church has gifted its North Mangum Street facility
and campus to Durham Nativity School in support of the school’s
mission to educate middle school boys from under-resourced
backgrounds in a tuition-free, academically challenging learning
environment. The school had previously announced its intention to
add a fifth grade in the Fall of 2016, and the generous donation by
Grace Baptist Church further strengthens the school’s presence in
Durham.
“Our church members have seen the positive impact that Durham
Nativity School has on its students and the Durham community,”
said Walker Stone, Chairman of the Board at Grace Baptist Church.
“Our purpose has always been to serve God with a vision for a strong
community, and we are grateful this building remains a place where
DNS men continue this tradition through education and service.”
DNS has rented classroom space in the church facility for the
past 10 years. As owner of its own facility, DNS can further enrich
its educational environment as it prepares young men for college
preparatory high school and supports them in its 12-year program.
DNS will renovate the historic building to expand classrooms and
upgrade facilities.
“This significant gift gives our entire community a
feeling of permanence and not just in the physical sense.”
said DNS Head of School Dr. Dan Vannelle. “Our young
men now have a place they can always call home.”
Contact: Kim Suarez at 919-597-7794 or via the school’s website,
www.durhamnativity.org.
Register
To Vote
You are cordially invited to the
Lincoln Community Health Center Foundation, Inc.
Fourth Annual Legacy Luncheon
HonovOn^thc/ Legacy of
Vv. Howards M. FHty, Jr.
Lincoln Charter Board Memher,
Foundation Advisory Board Member
and Public Health Education Administrator
Friday, May 13,2016
11:30 am.
Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club
3001 Cameron Boulevard
Durham, North Carolina 27705
$50 per person
Attendees RSVP to Robin B. Mason at 919-956-4004 or
robin.mason@duke.edu by May 2,2016
You may purchase tickets online at
http://lincolnlegacyluncheon.eventbrite.com
Sponsors please complete & return enclosed sponsorship card
Lawrence & Artelia Perry
Scholarship Fund
4 th Annual Legacy Luncheon - May 28
“Honoring Fathers with Large
Families”
The Lawrence & Artelia Perry Scholarship Fund (L&APSF) will
sponsor its Fourth Annual Scholarship Fund Legacy Luncheon
on Saturday, May 28, 2016, 11:30 a.m. at the Washington Duke
Inn, 3001 Cameron Blvd., Durham NC. The Legacy Luncheon
was established to honor persons in Durham and vicinity who walk
in the pathways of faith, family, history, and love of the late Rev.
Lawrence Perry and Mrs. Artelia Marsh Perry (the axiom of the
Scholarship Fund). Honorees for 2016 are “Thirteen Meritorious
Fathers of Large Families”. The 13 Honorees are Mr. Richard E.
Bass, Mr. Preston Blackwell, Mr. Therman Couch, Mr. Ostella Criss,
Sr., Mr. Ervin Lee Hester, Sr., Mr. Jamil Johnson, Mr. Percy Joyner,
Bishop Jerry Meadows, Sr., Mr. Robert Pennington, Mr. Abdul
Qaadir Peterson, Pastor Perry Elroy Tankard, Chaplin Major Omari
Thompson and Mr. Tony Wooten. The 2016 Perry Scholarship
Fund Awardees will also be recognized.
The Lawrence & Artelia Perry Scholarship Fund (L&APSF), an
IRS 501(c) (3) public charity, was established in 2011 to provide
annual support for meritorious, needy students at Bennett College,
Livingstone College, and North Carolina Central University. To
date, the Scholarship Fund has provided nearly $20,000. to these
institutions for students
The L&APSF Board of Directors invite you to join in this
celebration by purchasing a luncheon ticket ($40.) or by purchasing
an ad for the Legacy Souvenir Journal. Please mail check or money
orderto: L&APSF,P.O.Drawer2131,Durham,NC27702. Tickets
may also be purchased online at (www.PerryScholarshipFund.
com) by May 20.
Individual, Organizational and Corporate Sponors are encouraged
to contact Board Chair, Dr. Joyce Perry Edwards.
Legacy Luncheon Co-Chairs are Ms. Stilwyn Perry Brown
and Rev. Dr. Michael D. Page. Dr. Joyce Perry Edwards is the
L&APSF Board Chair. For additional information, please call
(919) 908 - 0153 or email: info@PerryScholarshipFund.com
(Submitted by-Bernadette G. Watts, Publicity Liaison (Bernadette.
watts@frontier.com) - 919-544-5947) 4/12/16
Vote And “Meet Me At The Park”
This Earth Month
One of three Durham parks will receive $20,000 through
Parks Build Community Campaign
This Earth Month, the National Recreation and Park Association
(NRPA) is collaborating with The Walt .Disney Company, including
Disney Citizenship, Disney|ABC Television Grdup and ESPN, to re
vitalize parks across the U.S. for the second year, including a park
right here in Durham. Through Parks Build Community, an initiative
that gives back to these places that shape so much of our lives, one of
three local parks will receive a $20,000 grant and Durham residents
get to choose which one.
Our local parks make Durham a better place to live. Parks are
essential to our community’s health and well-being as they provide
safe places to get active, enjoy nature, preserve the environment and
bring people together. That’s why from April 1 to April 30 Durham
residents will have the opportunity to select one of the three park
projects to receive $20,000 in grant funding to make improvements.
The projects are:
* Hillside Park Revitalization - The purpose of the project is to
refurbish the existing roller skating rink to give youth a positive ac
tivity that is fun and provides a form of exercise. The underutilized
outdoor roller skating rink will be turned into a futsal soccer court so
youth have the opportunity to participate in this exciting, blossoming
sport. The project will strengthen relationships with partners in the
community to rekindle a forgotten gem, as found in its glory during
the 1920’s through the latter part of the 1970’s.
* West Point on the Eno Park Project - The purpose of this project
is to enhance the natural play area and add variety to the outdoor ex
perience at West Point. The natural playground will provide elements
that are safe and in a controlled area while still providing the feeling
of being one with nature. Participants with special needs will enjoy
the 400 acres of parkland and river at West Point on the Eno because
of the enhanced natural playground area and installation of the acces
sible boat launch.
* Wrightwood Park Watercourse - This project will directly con
nect children to a natural aspect of the park specifically the flow of
water across the land. The drainage swale is seen as an obstacle that
must be fenced off, avoided or crossed. The treatment of this swale
proposes to incorporate the drainage swale into the design of the
park. The project will transform something that is seen as a barrier
and turn it into a central asset to the park. Children will be able to ex
plore, watch their boats constructed from bark set sail in and discover
stream biology.
By visiting www.NRPA.org/BeInspired, park supporters can vote
daily for their favorite park project. At the end of April, the park proj
ect with the most votes will receive grant funding.
Last year, the public voted for Holt School Road Park to win
$20,000. With that funding, the community is now able to enjoy na
ture-inspired play equipment and improvements to the interpretive
nature trail, connecting kids and families with nature in their com
munity. This year, resident votes will help improve another one of
Durham’s great parks.
My Circle of Girls
will host a
Park Cleanup &
Fun Day
at
Northgate Park
400 W Lavender Ave
Durham, NC
APRIL 30
10:30-11:30 A.M.
Do you want to join
us?
RSVP to
mycircleofglrls@gmaU.com
by April 27th.
Send your daughter's
name, age and
number of parents
coming along for the
cleanup.
MyCoC is a social and service
group for girls, ages 2-11.
living with autism.
Church News 5
Rebirth Baptist Church Ministries
Rebirth Baptist Church Ministries. 462 S. Driver St. will celebrate^
its Third Women’s Day Anniversary on Sun, April 24. The speaker
for the 11 a.m. service will be Rev. Johnnie Mae Riddick, assistant
to Pastor Long. The 3 p.m. speaker will be Apostle Valinda Fuquay-
Mack, pastor, Judah House of Praise, Durham. The Kyles Temple
AME Zion Choir will partiepate in the program. ^
The public is invited to attend.
Rev. Leroy Long, pastor.
Friendship Fellowship Outreach Center
Thursday Night Unity Bible Study, May 5, 7 p.m.- Part I Anniver-
sary Celebration for Evangelist Julia Ross, “Praising to the Hiehest,”
May 7, 5 p.m. i-
Invited guest groups include: - j-j
* Original Stars of Faith, Fayetteville
* Traveling Sons, Pitsboro
* Gospel Disciples, Greensboro
* Mario Elam, Durham
* Long Goepsl Singers, Oxford
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Part II Aniversary Celebration for Evangelist/Pastor Julia Ross; 7
May 15,4p.m.
Groups invited include: r i
* Souls ofCalvary, Franklinton yr
* Triangle starlights, Raleigh
* Kittrell Mal Chorus, Kitrell
* New Rolling Travelers, Apex ,
* Hevenly Stars, Franklinnston
* Woody Special, Durham
The public invited all events at Duke Memorial UMC, 504 West,
Main St.. For more information.call 919-928-1208.
Evangelist/Pastor Julia Ross.
Morning Star Missionary Baptist »
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Morning Star Missionary Baptist church, 4610 Fayetteville St,
will host Women’s Day Weekend, Sat. May 21 and Sun., May 22.
The theme is “I Still Have Joy”, Nehemiah 8:10
Schedule of Events: ( ' i
*Sat.,May21, 11
Prayer Breakfast: 9 a.m. - 12 noon Fellowship Hall. The speaker
will be Ms. Patricia Moore, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Churchy
* Sun., May 22, .
11:00 a.m. Worship Service - Morning Star Missionary Baptist]
Church. The speaker: Rev. Gladys Long, Mt. Zion Baptist Church,,
Apex.
New Student Center for NCCU
Approved by UNC Board of
Governors
The University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors ap-J
proved a proposal today for a new 100,230 square foot student center
for North Carolina Central University. The vote comes one day after'
the Board’s Budget and Finance Committee gave funding authoriza-'.
tion for the $36,084,571 project. Construction is anticipated to begifD
in2017. es
The student center would provide spaces for student service^
student activities and programmatic initiatives, a commuter lounge,,
and offices for student organizations. The facility will also contain’
a 1,750-seat auditorium and a 1,000-seat banquet hall with meeting
spaces that is expected to produce additional revenue for the uni ver- 1
sity. The building will be constructed in what is now a parking loti
south of the existing A.E. Student Union. r j
“We are thankful to members of the UNC Board of Governors fo.r.
their support and the affirmative vote today for a project that will pro- ,
vide our 21st century scholars with a first-class facility, improve the'
overall campus environment and contribute to overall student sud- :
cess at North Carolina Central University,” said Dr. Debra Saunders-
White, chancellor for North Carolina Central University. “This new
student center will meet the needs of our campus as we continue to
steadily grow our enrollment year over year, now serving more than’
8,000 students.”
The existing student union building was constructed 50 years 7
ago and is the oldest student center in the UNC system. The A.EJ
Student Union opened when the university’s enrollment was only)
3,800 students and has become increasingly undersized and outdated,
as the student population has grown and new learning technologies
emerged. After a tour by student leaders of the A.E. Student Union
during an April 1 campus visit, UNC President Margaret Spellings 7
agreed that the center was “absolutely a very much-needed project.”
The Bull City Golf Classic: Register Online Today!
How do you make a good round of golf at Hope Valley Country'
Club even better? When you’re golfing to support the Boys & Girls
Club of Greater Durham! The Bull City Golf Classic Fore Kids will!
occur on May 22 & 23 at the classy Hope Valley Club House and!
famous Donald J. Ross-designed championship course.
The dinner & auction will take place on May 22, followed by the.
golf tournament on May 23 with both morning and afternoon tee
times. Prizes awarded will include long drive, closest to the pin front
9, closest to the pin back 9, first place, and second place. Don’t miss
the opportunity to play at this members-only golf course.
Spaces are filling quickly, so register online now! *"-
For more information, please visit our website at durhambgc.org,
or contact Benay Hicks at bhicks@durhambgc.orgbhicks@durham-
bgc.org; 919-687-4517, x22.