A Better Chance to hold infdrmation day The North Carolina regional -office of A Better Chance, Inc. is iholding an information day for -prospective students grades 6-10 who are interested in attending col lege preparatory schools. The event will be held at the Winston-Salem ; Urban League* 201 W. Fifth St, on Saturday, December 7 at 2 p.m. Mrs. Alberta McMillian, edu cation director of the Urban League, and Mrs. Aurelia McFadden Reynolds, regional associate of A Better Chance, Inc., will conduct the information session. General information about the organization and specific guidelines for the free application process will be given. A Better Chance, Inc. estab lished in 1963, is the oldest aca demic talent search organization in the nation. A Better Chance identi fies academically talented and high ly motivated African-American, Asian-American, Latino/Hispanic American and Native American stu dents from all economic back grounds for placement in college preparatory schools across the country. Qualified students in need are assisted financially by the schools in which they are placed. "College preparatory schools offer young student? 'a better chance' because they concentrate more on individual instruction and personal attention," Mrs. McMillian added. The schools are very selec r live and have high expectations of their students. Their curriculums are specifically designed to prepare stu dents for college.** "A Better Chance gives stu dents chances they might Qot ordi narily get considering their econom ic or ethnic condition/ said Mrs. Reynolds. "We want to give them the chance to compete with the rest of the community." If you are looking for "a better chance" to access exceptional edu cational opportunities, A Better Chance, Inc. is looking for you! Mark you calendars and plan to attend the ABC information day Saturday, December 7 at the Win ston-Salem Urban League. Students will be assisted in completing the application forms. For additional information, call Aurelia McFadden-Reynolds at (919) 722-2900 or Alberta McMil lian at (919) 725-5614. EVENTS CALENDAR Continued from page B5 ? The AmdScatr Red Cross will hold a blood drive at Charter Hot^l pital, 3637 Old Vineyart Rd, from 1:30- 5:30 pjn. TUESDAY, DEC. 10 ? The Arthritis Foundation will sponsor "Desserts for |he Holi^2 days" from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Clubhouse on Park Ridge Circle, just off Country Club Road in Winston-Salem, the event wm feature gourmet treats prepared by local rdstadiij^p and caterers. Desserts will also be auctioned during the event Tick ets are available for $2 and will be sold at the door and in advance. For more information, call 659-9776. ? The Untitled Associates of Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, will hold an Annual TYee Trimming Party9 from 7 9p.m. at Reynolda House. The evening will include seasonal music and caroling. Help is needed to decorate the 22 ft tree. The Untitled Associates are a group of young adults, age 21 to early 30s interest ed in the arts. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free. Fo? more information, call 725-5325. ! } * ? "The Night Before Christmas" will be read by MtipBr Martha? Wood of the City of Winston-Salem at 10:30 a.m. at the Neighbor hood Government Services Office, 2305 Patterson Ave. The* pro gram is free and open to the public. . . The WS Chapter 1797 of the American Association of Retired : ? Persons will hold its end of year meeting at 11 am. and a Christmas Luncheon at 12 p.m. at Centenary United Methodist Church, 64frf?| 5th Street. . The Cook Middle School PTA will meet at 7:30 p.m.. Thei# will be a short business meeting in the schooFs gymnasium, fol lowed by a concert by the strings and band. ? The Triad Minority Supplier Development Council will hold its monthly meeting at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, I-4(j.a^fe Guilford Jamestown Rd.^The meeting win bejn a^2 p.m. with childre^iS''dSuitii'S SfdrL'tSS'for S'^nfal Christmas Play, ait 10:30 a.m. The play, entitled Once Upon A r? s,k *,m * p-te?ed *>" ^ - *? ** . "Pro^g Y?ra?f from HoUto Ota*" will b. praam* by the WS Police Dept. at 11 a.m. at the Neighborhood Government Services Office, 2305 Patterson Ave. "Entrepreneurial Dev^Sl and the Business and Technology Center" will also be preawue&fjljl Michele Chelley Treadwell of the Greater WS Chamber merce newly formed Economic Development Dept. at 3:30 programs are free and open to the public. NlM ? The Forsyth County Gene^ogical Society will meet at 7 p|gf|i in the auditorium of the Main Library, W. 5th Street 'Th^itfSS^^ will be the annual Chrisunas social. Members and guests art coili^S ly invited. ? ed by Camille Roddy of Historic Bethabara at 3 p.m. at the borhood Government Services Office, 2305 Patterson Ave.Thftj?Sff? gram is free?inaqp6n to the public. ? jtjgjpw ? The Winston Lake FamOy YMCA's 67th Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the YMCA. The keynote speaker will be Coach Bishop Harris, head football coach at NCCU. Tickets arc $20 per person, or $160 for a table of 8,andmar;^ be purchased at the 'Winston Lake YMCA, 901 Vtoterwodfia.? from any staff or board member. For more information, call 724 ? A Holiday Spectacular, a song and dancc show of the pofmwr^: and classical tohw fram^ varied celebrations of ihc Winter Holi days, will be presented by the Main Event Show Choir today and tomorrow at 7:30 p.rn. in the RJ Reynolds Auditorium, 301 N. Hawthorne Rd. Tickets are $3 at the door.'For more Information, call 727-2061. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ? G?D toting and placement counseling i$ available for adults interested in taking the GED test Placement sessions are held every week on Forsyth Technical Community College's West Campus on Wednesdays at 9 am. and 2 p.m., and on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Tliere is no cost For more information, call 760-2373. , ? Twelve-thousand dollars in $izes will be awared this year to over 250 poets in the North American Open Poetry Contest spon sored by the National library of Poe^ The deadline for the contest is Dec. 31,1991. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free. Any poet, whether previously published or not, can be a winner. Every poem entered also has a chance to be published in a deluxe, hardbound anthology. To enter, send ONE original poem, any sub ject and any style, to the National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cron ridge Dr., P.O. 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