Community
section B Also Sports , Religion , Obituaries and C lassifieds October 22, 2009
lV
&
Community
Calendar
Big Four Dance tickets
The Big Four Dance will
be Saturday. Oct. 24 at 9 p.m.
at the Benton Convention
Center. EnVision and
Signature Sound/, will provide
entertainment. Manard
"Busta" Brown will serve as
emcee. Tickets are $25 each
or $250 for a table. To obtain
tickets, call Judy Brown at
336-767-1487 or Linda Davis
at 336-767-2714.
Registration now open
for CP3 Hoops
CP3 Hoops, a new youth
basketball program for boys
and girls, grades K-8, is now
registering at the Gateway
YWCA.
The program allows kids
to learn to play the game of
basketball under the same
rules the NBA's Chris Paul
learned to play under.
For more information, call
the Gateway YWCA at 336
354-1590, ext. 302 or vistt
w w w .eteamz ,com/cp3hoops/ .
Free West End
walking tours
The YWCA Glade Street,
1201 Glade St., is hosting free
walking tours through the
West End. The leisurely strolls
are done every Monday and
Wednesday beginning at
noon. Walkers should meet
walking leader Brandi at the
front of the Glade Street
YWCA. For more informa
tion. contact Sabrina Slade at
336-722-5138, ext. 225.
Blessings Foundation
Fundraiser
The Fiddle & Bow Society
will host a fundraiser for
Blessings Project Foundation
on Friday. Oct. 23 from 7-11
p.m. at 823
Reynolda/Blessings in
Winston-Salem. The event
will feature signature appetiz
ers by local restaurants; music
by Isla, Jeff Warner, Steve
Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
and the Not Brothers; and a
silent auction of works by
local artists and donations of
goods and services by local
businesses. Tickets are $20 in
advance and $25 at the door
and can be purchased on
Blessings web site.
www.blessingsproject.org or
by calling 336-724-9393. All
proceeds benefit Blessings
Project Foundation in their
mission to make our commu
nity, the nation and the world
more equitable, healthy and
humane.
WSPA yard sale
Wi nston-Salem
Preparatory Academy will
have a yard sale on Saturday,
Oct. 24 from 8 a.m. - 12 noon
on the WSPA Tennis Courts.
Table rental is $25 and $50 for
vendors. Renters and vendors
keep all their proceeds. For
more information, contact
Lori Poteat, PTSA President,
at 336-407-5289 or 336-245
3379.
Bayou Classic bus trip
A bus trip to the Bayou
Classic in New Orleans is
planned from Nov. 25 - Nov.
29. For more information,
contact Robbie Allen at 336
788-9649; Charlene Roseboro
at 336-777-8150 or Clevell
Roseboro at 336-671-1259.
Head Start treated to
grand breakfast
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Head Start students had a side dish of hoopla with their
juice and oatmeal last Friday.
Kids and their parents were greeted with television cam
eras and smiles from a slew of special guests as they walked
into the Family Services Head Start Sarah Y. Austin Center
for breakfast. It was National Childhood Hunger Day, and
Head Start - with its impressive reputation of helping three
and-four-year-olds live up to their educational potential -
was selected this year to highlight the ongoing fight against
hunger and the importance of childhood nutrition.
Chef Don McMillan and other members of the American
Culinary Federation (ACF.) Triad Chapter drove home those
themes as they served a special breakfast to more than 500
kids, their parents and Head Start employees. The chefs'
golden breakfast frittata got especially high marks from the
diners, but McMillan said.it doesn't take a renowned chef
Head Start students take in the action.
like himself to
whip up some-;
thing healthy,
nutritious and
pleasing to a
child's palate.
"A nutritions
breakfast is not
hard to do," said
McMillan, whose
Stocked Pot
Cooking School
is legendary.
"Oatmeal and
fruit - how hard is
that? It's much
better than a Pop
Tart."
Parents like
A n d_r e n n y
Jackson say it's
an ongoing battle
trying to get
finicky kids to eat
foods that are
good for them.
She has resorted
to creative ways
to get her son, Amareya, to eat vegetables.
"I just have to sneak them in there in a way that he does
n't know that they are there," she said.
Earnest Sides is a big believer in the importance of start
ing the day off with a full stomach. That's why a day rarely
passes when he and his daughter, Shakayla, don't wake up
and share a meal and a conversation.
"I fix her breakfast every morning," he said.
Depending on the length of a child's school day, Head
Start provides two to three meals for students, and nutrition
is always a consideration, even when it comes to serving
snacks, says Carole Wilson, Head Start's health nutrition
specialist.
"Everything is low sodium, low fat ... we don't do things
like cookies," said Wilson.
Head Start's mission has always been to educate not only
children but their families as well. To that end, the agency
partners with a wide-range of local organizations in order to
offer Head Start families as much as possible. Students and
faculty from Winston-Salem State University's Division of
Nursing, for example, regularly stop by to conduct blood
pressure screenings for parents, Wilson said.
WSSU students were also on hand for last week's break
fast. Student-athletes volunteered their time to help guide
diners through the maze that was the Austin Center
Gymnasium last Friday. Some WSSU students simply made
their way from table-to-table to chat with the students and
their families as they ate.
Joevanne Estrada, whose many hats at WSSU include
that of director of Cheerleading Operations, said student
athletes were a perfect fit for last week's program since
nutrition and fitness are essential for them. But regardless of
the occasion, Estrada says the university wants the commu
Sec Breakfast on B2
Photos by Kevin Walker
Teric Coleman eats breakfast with his son, Teric Jr.
WSSU runner Jessica Peaks chats with students.
A b o v e :
Servers treat
diners to a
healthy break
fast.
Left: Cidney
Johnson with
her daughter,
Milah.
Chef Don McMillan with Superintendent Dr. Don
Martin , left.
Angelo Terry Jr. holds his son, Alex, while his
daughter, Alaina, stands nearby.
Andrenny Jackson and her son, Amareya.
- MASTERCARD. VISA AND AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCEPTED