. x Photo by Layla Farmer
David Lane lifts the "Over the Hill Gang" box that he placed at The Chronicle's office.
Local man takes proactive
approach to fighting hunger
David Lane started a successful food collection program
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
David Lane doesn't
believe there is such a thing as
a "giving season." As far as
Lane, 67, is concerned, any
day of the year is a great day to
give to those who are less for
tunate.
To this end, the Winston
Salem resident started the
Over the Hill Gang food col
lection program two years ago.
The program draws its name
from a group of retirees Lane
helped to form at his church,
Christ Moravian.
Lane, a retiree, has placed
107 nonperishable food collec
tion boxes at businesses and
organizations in Winston
Salem, Mocksville,
Kernersville and King, and
occasionally members of the
"Gang" helps him with collec
tion and distribution.
Lane himself spends 60 to
70 hours per week sorting, dis
tributing, picking up and deliv
ering donations. Since the pro
gram started, he has amassed
more than 3,700 food dona
tions for local agencies like
Samaritan Inn, Sunnyside
Ministry, Crisis Control
Ministry and the Winston
Salem Rescue Mission.
"The outpouring of giving
is beyond belief," he
remarked. "It was amazing."
Crisis Control Executive
Director Margaret Elliot says
the contributions Lane and
others in the community facili
tate are a welcome addition to
the organization's food panty,
as the need for the ministry's
services continues to rise.
"We are certainly apprecia
tive of all his efforts over the
last year or two to help us,"
Elliot said of Lane. "He really
has done a lot of work, not
only for Crisis Control, but for
other organizations as well ...
it just shows to us the giving
spirit that people have."
Initially, the project was
staged around holidays that
aren't typically associated with
giving, during times when
donations are down in local
food banks, says Lane, a native
of central New York who has
called Winston-Salem home
for more than 30 years. He
placed donation boxes and ran
giving campaigns around
Valentine's Day, the Fourth of
July and Halloween.
"I had talked to Second
Harvest ? (Food Bank ( of
Northwest NC) and Crisis
Control and I found out that
after the (Christmas and
Thanksgiving) holidays,
canned food donations just
dropped like a rock," Lane
related. "So I thought ... I'll
get a canned food drive started
that goes on the rest of the
year."
When the economy began
to dip, Lane decided to keep
the program running through
out the year and expanded it to
other businesses in the area.
Nearly all the branches in the
Forsyth County Library sys
tem now have Over the Hill
collection boxes.
Lane has also placed boxes
in many daycare centers, in
hopes of teaching youngsters
the joy of giving.
"If I can affect kids when
they're really young, I've got
them for life," he noted.
Waughtown Kids R Us has
filled three boxes for the pro
gram so far. It is one of a
handful of community service
programs the daycare center
participates in throughout the
year, according to Center
Director Ann Dunn.
"It's a part of our curricu
lum, part of our program - we
give," she said. "We just feel
that it's our responsibility to
help and in such a small way,
we're doing that."
Dunn believes participat
ing in programs such as Lane's
helps teach the youngsters a
valuable lesson.
"We talk about sharing,"
she said, "and 1 think (the chil
dren) understand what we
mean when they are allowed to
put something down in the box
and give it to somebody else."
For more information
about the Over the Hill Gang
nonperishable food item col
lection program, dr to request
a box for your business or
organization, contact Lane at
(336) 724-7760.
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Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center will
develop plans for a medical
complex in eastern Davie
County as a result of an agree
ment with Novant Health and
the CON Section of the
Department of Health and
Human Services of North
Carolina.
The medical complex will
offer a broad range of servic
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individual's healthcare needs
- diagnostic imaging, outpa
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tices. The complex will be
built at Interstate 40 and Hwy
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The agreement also per
mits Wake Forest Baptist to
build a 50-bed acute care
addition to the medical com
plex no sooner than 2017.
In addition, the agreement
also allows Wake Forest
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build a Critical Access
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Reagan graduate completes
Air Force training
Air Force Airman Jason
W. Clapp graduated from
basjc military training at
Lackland Air Force Base, San
Antonio, Texas, where he
completed an intensive, eight
week program that included
training in military discipline
and studies. Air Force core
values, physical fitness, and
basic warfare principles and
skills.
Airmen who complete
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applied sci
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He is the son of John
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a 2008 graduate of Ronald
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Pfafftown.
More than HO ,000 citations
issued statewide
Local law enforcement
officers cited 31,760
motorists for speeding during
the Operation Slow Down/No
Need 2 Speed campaign,
which ran Nov. 16-29. The
campaign was part of the
Governor's Highway Safety
Program.
A total of 83,118 traffic
and criminal citations were
issued statewide.
"Speeding is the leading
cause of crashes," said David
Weinstein, director of GHSP
"These campaigns help make
our highways safer and aim to
remind motorists to obey the
speed limit."
Officers also issued 4,904
safety belt and 873 child pas
senger safety violations and
1430 drug charges. In addi
tion, they apprehended 615
fugitives from justice and
recovered 98 stolen vehicles.
Parmon named to autism
committee
Rep. Earline Parmon, a
Forsyth County Democrat,
has been appointed to the
Joint Study Committee on
Autism Spectrum Disorder
and Public Safety.
The Joint Study
Committee on Autism
Spectrum Disorder and Public
Safety is responsible for
studying ways to increase the
availability of appropriate
autism-specific education and
training to public safety per
sonnel, first responder units,
judges, district attorneys,
magistrates, and related
organizations. The
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any other issue it deems rele
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Disorder and public safety.
"It is always a pleasure for
me to serve in key positions
that will improve the quality
of life for the citizens of our
state and especially the people
in my district," said Rep.
Parmon, who is serving in her
fourth term. "I look forward
to working with my col
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very important issues."
Peace Toys is Dec. 18
Carl H. Russell Sr.
Community Recreation
Center will present the 16th
Annual Peace Toys for War
Toys Exchange on Friday,
Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. The event is
for youth, ages 3-14 years of
age, accompanied by a par
ent. High school students can
qualify for a computer draw
ing donated by Venable Tax
Services. Youth may
exchange violent toys and
video games for peace toys
such as basketballs, footballs,
puzzles and video computer
games. Youth will also have
an opportunity to win bicycles
and other special prizes that
promote fitness, education
and peace. Doors will close at
7 p.m. The center is located at
3521 Carver School Road.
For more information, contact
Ben Piggott at 336-727-2580.
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