C OMMUNITY
Section B Also Sports, Religion and Classifieds October 30, 201 4
Community R
Calendar
Fall Festival
Carl H. Russell Sr.
Community Center, 3521
Carver School Rd., will
present a free Fall Festival
on Friday, Oct. 31 from 6 -
8 p.m. for ages 4-12. Toys,
prizes and candies will be
given away. For more infor
mation, call Ben Piggott or
Beverly Ligons at 336-727
2580.
Mammograms
A mobile mammography
screening vehicle will be at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
950 File St., on Saturday,
Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. - noon.
Medicare, Medicaid and pri
vate insurance will be
accepted and some scholar
ships will be available for
those with no health cover
age. Appointments are
required. Call the church
office at 336-722-2325 to
make an appointment or for
more information.
Senior Services needs
volunteers
Senior Services currently
needs volunteers for its
Telephone Reassurance pro
gram. Volunteers call home
bound, isolated older adults
on a regular basis to verify
their well-being and to pro
vide socialization and sup
port. Call 721-6965 for
additional information or to
sign up.
C2C
Union Baptist Church
will hold its annual Comer 2
Corner Drug Dealers and
Street Life Conference
(C2C) from Nov. 20-23.
The C2C conference is open
to persons involved in all
forms of street life.
Registration is free and open
to organizations and individ
uals involved with drugs and
substance abuse and rehabil
itation programs. For more
information, call the church
office at 336-724-9305.
B-ball and
cheerleading league
The Carl H. Russell Sr.
Community Center, 3521
Carver School Rd., will hold
sign-ups for its basketball
and cheerleading league for
boys and girls between the
ages of four and 14. Parents
can sign their kids up
through Dec. 28. The fee is
$30. The league will start
the third Saturday in Jan. at
9 a.m. For more informa
tion, call Ben Piggott at
336-727-2580.
WSSU game trips
A. H. Anderson High
School Alumni will sponsor
turn-around trips to the fol
lowing WSSU away games:
Nov. 1 at Shaw University
and Nov. 8 at Fayetteville
State University. For more
information about these
fundraisers, contact Theodis
See Community on B2
Photos by Chanel Davis
Above: Harlem
Globetrotter Jonathan
"Hawk" Thomas speaks
to students at South Fork
Elementary School.
Left: Thomas shows
Kindergarten teacher
Barry Hill how to exe
cute a trick as First
grade teacher Becca
Oliver and students
Kalonji Patterson and
Mackenzy Poli look on.
Globetrotter tells students
to stand against bullying
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BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
South Fork Elementary students received a les
son on how to combat bullying from Harlem
Globetrotter Jonathan "Hawk" Thomas on Tuesday,
Oct. 21 as part of Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
Schools' slate of bullying
awareness programs this
month.
"I, myself, was bullied at
a young age. So to have the
opportunity to give back to
those who may be going
through the same situation
and showing them how to
deal with it and stop it in a
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positive way is great,"
Thomas said.
He stressed the ABC's of bullying prevention:
Action, Bravery and Compassion. The first step
encourages students to report acts of bullying.
Thomas told students they should be brave enough
to step in to make sure the bully understands that
See Bullying on B9
Above: Kindergarten teacher
Barry Hill shows off his
moves.
Left: Kalonji Patterson, 7,
displays his talents.
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