First Lady Mary Easley (second, from leftjposes with officials from the Children's Home Society
of North Carolina.
State Children s Home
Society gets $ 1 million gift
SPECIAL. TO THE CHRONICLE
GREENSBORO - The
Children's Home Society of
North Carolina has received an
anonymous gift of $1 million to
its "Building Families" capital
campaign, which was launched
in January 2002.
With the recent receipt of
this significant gift, the cam
paign reached a total of $6.2 mil
lion in gifts and pledges. The
CHS board of trustees voted to
raise the original goal of $7.5
million to $10 million to meet
the increasing costs of finding
safe homes for the growing
number of children in foster care
in North Carolina.
The N.C. Department of
Social Services reported that
1 more than I0.IKK) children reside
in North Carolina's foster care
system. Of that number, more
than 3.0(X) will be available for
; adoption due to issues of abuse
and neglect that prevent them
from returning to their birth fam
ilies.
A substantial budget is
required to provide the many
services CHS offers to these
children and the families who
open their homes to adopt them.
The additional funding will sup
port CHS's endowment and will
help maintain financial
resources for the future to recruit
and train foster and adoptive
families.
The Children's Home Soci
ety was established more than
I (X) years ago and has guided the
placement of more than I3,(XX)
children in adoptive homes. Pro
grams include birth parent serv
ices; home study services; infant
networking program; adoption
services; foster care services;
and post-adoption services.
State honorary chairs of
"Building Families" capital
campaign are Bill and Ida Fri
day, Mrs, Gordon Hanes
(Copey). and Mrs. Sidney J.
Stern Jr. (Kay). Children's
Home Society of North Carolina
is a statewide, nonprofit, nonsec
tarian, private adoption and fos
ter care agency that has been
serving children and families in
North Carolina for 100 years.
CHS is licensed by the N.C.
Department of Health and
Human Services, Division of
Social Services; accredited by
the Council of Accreditation of
Services for Families and Chil
dren; a member of the Child
Welfare League of America; a
member of the N.C. Association
of Residential Child Care and
Family Services.
For more information on
how you can contribute to
"Building Families," contact
Wanda Poole, director of devel
opment for CHS. at 800-632
1400, extension 201.
Smoking
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to quit smoking and that once
they quit, they will become
healthy. So mentally they put
off quitting until they are in
their 60s or until they experi
ence a serious health event.
Smith said.
The stud^ is significant
because it focuses on an age
group that has not been studied
well in smoking research.
Smith said. Such research tra
ditionally has focused on
youths and how to prevent
them from smoking.
The researchers' work was
funded by a grant from the
Robert Wood Johnson Founda
tion and administered through
the foundation's Substance
Abuse Research Program.
The multi-year study begarf
with analysis of the Health and
Retirement Study, a national
survey of 22.IXX) people con
ducted every two years by the
University of Michigan's insti
tute for Social Research. Those
eligible for the study when it
began in 1992 were born
between 1931 and 1941 and
ranged in age from 51 to 61.
In 2000. data were avail
able from four rounds of inter
views: 1992. ,1994. 1996 and
1998. The "study provided
information about respondents'
smoking habits, as well as their
perceptions of longevity and
end-of-life care.
A second study group of
250 - parallel in demographics
to the first - was created in the
Raleigh-Durham area for
studying "The Smoking Puz
zle." Members of this study
group, all smokers, participat
ed in computer-based surveys
that included anti-smoking
messages.
One group received more
personalized messages about
health impacts; their future
quality of life and possible dis
abilities. based on their age and
smoking habits. A second
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group received messages aboul
increased mortality risks due to
smoking. The study found that
only those receiving the more
personal messages about health
and quality-of-ljfe effects were
likely to reduce the amount
they smoked. Smith said.
In addition, groups such as
the Lung Association and
American Cancer Society may
consider changing their core
messages to inform smokers
about the end-of-life disabili
ties that smoking causes, Smith
said.
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We are pleased to announce
to our practice the addition of
DR. ERIC SADLER
? Native of Winston-Salem
? Graduate of Hampton University
? Graduate of Howard University
School of Dentistry
? Residencies
(1) Bronx Lebanon Hospital
(2) The Brooklyn Hospital Center
(Restoring Dental Implants)
2602 New Walkertown Rd.
. Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 724-5055
From left, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, president of Bennett College, speaks with Clvin Bethea at the
N.C. Legislative Black Caucus Foundation's June meeting.
Foundation honors Elvin Bethea, Pro Football
Hall of Fame inductee/Anheuser-Busch executive
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
DURHAM - Elvin Bethea,
2003 Pro Football Hall of Fame
inductee and director of special
programs for government affairs
at Anheuser-Busch, was hon
ored for his athletic achieve
ments and election to the Pro
Football Hall of Fame by the
N.C. Legislative Black Caucus
Foundation on June 20.
Bethea's career highlights
include being selected to play in
eight Pro Bowls and named
first- or second-team Ail-Ameri
can Football league/American
Football Conference six times
and second-team All-Pro four
times.
In his remarks to the caucus,
Bethea spoke of teamwork and
dependability both on the field
and in the workplace.
"I learned a lot on the play
ing field in Greensboro (N.C.
A&T University! that they don't
teach in the classrooms, such as
the importance of dependability
and teamwork,"' Bethea said.
"For the past 20 years, I've
worked for a Fortune 500 com
pany that is dedicated to the
community - all communities -
and that takes responsibility
seriously. And I've seen that
teamwork and dependability are
important off the field, too."
Bethea said that Anheuser
Busch is proud to be the indus
try leader in protecting the envi
ronment, helping prevent alco
hol abuse and supporting com
munities where it does business.
For example, Anheuser-Busch
and its wholesalers contribute to
the African-American commu
nity through its partnerships
with local organizations across
the country, such as the Nation
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