B4 JANUARY 10, 2019
The Chronicle
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Artist
from page B3
York closed the show with
a few words.
York said when he
thought about doing this
concert, he wanted to
“think outside of the
box.” His goal was to con
sider all ages of his congre
gation, but did want to
show the younger genera
tion they were not forgot
ten.
“Churches need to be
more community oriented
and be more sensitive to
the ages of the people and
one of the ways we can do
this as a church is to have
opportunities for guests to
come in,” said
York. “Whether the guest
is a musical artist, comedi
an or entrepreneur, outside
of what we do on Sundays,
we are dealing with all of
these things in life, so the
church needs to be a venue
that helps speak to the
opportunities for people to
connect with in life.”
York said once he
spoke with his minister of
music and they thought
about what demographic
they wanted to appeal to,
Babineaux was the perfect
choice.
“We wanted to let that
age group know that the
mainstream church has a
need for you,” he said.
“They are the future of our
churches and as a pastor, I
cannot be insensitive to the
needs of the next genera
tion.”
Several years ago, York
says the Lord spoke to him
in prayer about ways to
attract the younger popula
tion.
“He told me if I want to
attract the next generation
to this church, I have to be
intentional,” he said. “I
can’t just talk about it, I
have to be intentional, I
have to do things that are
outside of the box and have
to not only have conversa
tion, but want to hear what
they have to say.”
York says they are
already beginning to think
of how to plan for next
year’s event. He said their
effort to attract the young
people does not end with
the concert, but will con
tinue to strive for more in
the future.
Food
from page B3
initially served 3,300
meals per month. As of
2017, the church was serv
ing more than 61,000
meals. The church needed
the new facility to accom
modate the rising growth
of those in need, to allow
for more storage, prep
space and equipment.
“His (Cornelius) vision
was to have a food pantry
in the community, because
they have so many on the
other side of town, but we
need one here,” she said.
“So, we bought those
houses and we started the
pantry.
“Ever since Dr.
Cornelius retired in 2014,
Rev. Ronald Speas has
come in with the same
mentality of feeding the
needy. He is as dedicated
to the food pantry as Rev.
Cornelius,” said Paul.
Approximately 60 per
cent of the food supply for
the pantry comes from the
Second Harvest Food
Bank, where the church
purchases some food,
while other food is donat
ed. The remainder of the
food is provided by local
and private donations,
along with outright pur
chases from the church.
The church pantry is
open every Monday night
and helps over 150 fami
lies per day. The church
does not restrict the food
needs based on the size of
the famihes, so the amount
of food varies per client.
Paul has been with the
church for 35 years and
has been involved with the
pantry since its inception,
especially since her hus
band was one of the indi
viduals who helped start
the pantry.
“It is a blessing to be a
blessing to someone else,”
said Paul. “We let the peo
ple know that it is not
about our glory, it’s about
the glory of God. He has
commanded us to clothe
the naked and feed the
hungry, so we are only try
ing to be the hands and feet
for God.
“We are also trying to
let the people know that
one day they can be on this
side to help someone else
out to pay it forward.”
Community
Briefs
FCSO Announces Launch of Interdiction Team
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is proud to
publicize the launch of its Interdiction Team (I-Team).
The I-Team is composed of specially trained deputies
who perform duties related to criminal interdiction,
focusing primarily on the interstate and major traffic
thoroughfares of Forsyth County.
Criminal interdiction is the pro-active attempt of
law enforcement officials to prevent, detect, identify,
and apprehend criminal activity on roadways in their
respective jurisdictions. The I-Team will focus specifi
cally on narcotics but will also target human traffick
ing, stolen property, and other forms of criminal activ
ity. The I-Team will work closely in partnership with
other local, state, and federal agencies.
Duke Energy awards $15,000 to Crosby
Scholars
Duke Energy has awarded the Crosby Scholars
Community Partnership $15,000 to support its SHE
Project, which will guide African-American and Latina
girls in economically distressed areas to pursue careers
in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
The three main goals for SHE include: SHOW
African-American and Latino girls that a STEM career
is achievable; HELP the girls take steps to pursue a
STEM career to increase the number of female African-
American and Latino Crosby Scholars who graduate
from college with a STEM degree with minimal debt.
The SHE Project will offer a series of workshops
and field trips beginning in 7th grade to enable girls to
learn about the possibilities for women in STEM jobs
so that they will take classes in middle school and high
school that put them on that college and career path.
The SHE Project will provide role models and mentors
as well as guidance in course selection to help these
students stay on track for college enrollment in STEM
programs.
In Winston-Salem, the edge of the most distressed
areas in the community is just 3,000 feet from
Innovation Quarter, the city’s centerpiece in biotech
nology and innovation. As reported in the Women’s
Fund study, overall, 22 percent of women in our com
munity live below the poverty line. More than half of
Hispanic women live in poverty, and the poverty rate
among African-American women is 34 percent. The
poverty rate has doubled for Caucasian women since
2009, to 16 percent. More than half of women are
employed; more than 12 percent of those women still
live below the poverty level, the report said. They
“teach, wait tables, clean motel rooms, nurse the sick-
all jobs that pay less than industries dominated by
men.”
Community Calendar
Special enrollment period announced for ACA
enrollees affected by winter storm
RALEIGH - North Carolina Insurance
Commissioner Mike Causey has announced an extend
ed enrollment period for winter storm victims who
wish to apply for health insurance on the federal health-
care exchange. The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) has informed the
Department of Insurance that individuals who were
unable to sign up because of the winter storm that
impacted western and central North Carolina may be
eligible for an Exceptional Circumstances Special
Enrollment Period.
The deadline to enroll in the 2018 federal
Affordable Healthcare Act exchange was Dec. 15.
However, residents who were unable to enroll because
of a power loss or the inability to travel can still apply
for coverage. In' addition, people who were unable to
enroll because healthcare navigators (people designat-’
ed to help enrollees navigate the application process)
lost power or could not travel, can still apply for cover
age.
CMS Caseworkers will evaluate an individual’s eli
gibility to enroll under an Exceptional Enrollment
Period Circumstances Special on a case-by-case basis.
Here’s how to take advantage of this special enroll
ment period: Applicants must complete an application
on the HealthCare.gov website. Even though appli
cants will receive a rejection notice because their appli
cation was completed after the Dec. 15 deadline, their
enrollment information will be in the federal healthcare
database. This is a critical step.
. After receiving the rejection notice, applicants
should contact the marketplace call center at (800) 318-
2596 (TTY: 855-889-4325) and indicate they are eligi
ble because they were not able to complete their enroll
ment because of the winter storm emergency.
After talking with a CMS representative, a case
worker will determine whether the individual qualifies
for a special enrollment opportunity. This may take
several days.
CMS has not set a deadline as to when this Special
Enrollment Period will end. However, individuals are
encouraged to complete the process as soon as possi
ble.
The Dec. 8 and 9 winter storm left crippling
amounts of snow in western and central North
Carolina, knocking out power and making travel haz
ardous in some areas.
For more information, contact the N.C. Department
of Insurance at 1-855-408-1212.
NOW - Feb. 15 -
Writing Contest
The CDS Documentary
Essay Prize will host a
writing contest.
Submissions can be made
until Feb. 15. To enter the
contest or for more info,
see https://documentarys-
tudies .duke .edu/awards/do
cumentary-essay-
prize/how-to-enter.
NOW - May 16 -
Parent
Academy/Community
Institute
Do you need to get
your GED? Do you need
an introduction to comput
ers? Do you need to learn
English as a second lan
guage or to learn conversa
tional Spanish? Carver
High School, 3545 Carver
School Road, is sponsoring
a Parent
Academy/Community
Institute in partnership
with Forsyth Technical
Community College every
Tuesday and Thursday
starting Nov. 8 until May
16, 2019 from 5:45 - 8:45
p.m. Free childcare will be
provided. All of these ben
efits are free. For more
information contact Mr.
Javier Correa-Vega at
(336) 727-2987, ext.
33048.
Jan. 11 - Writing con
test deadline
Letters About
Literature, the Library of
Congress reading-and-
writing contest now in its
26th year, is accepting
applications for the 2018-
19 cycle. For the first time,
letters will be submitted
electronically. For more
information about the con
test, visit read.gov/letters.
Letters About Literature
asks students in grades 4 -
12 to read a book, poem,
speech or essay by an
author, living or dead, to
think about how that work
affected them and to write
to the author on the work’s
impact. Students compete
on the state and national
level and receive cash
prizes of up to $2,000.
Deadline for NC residents
is Jan. 11.
Jan. 11 - Marguerite’s
Coffee House event
Marguerite’s Coffee
House will host its free
monthly event on Jan. 11 at
7 p.m. Kevin Mundy,
director of the Green Street
Church Choir and director
of the Winston-Salem Pops
Chorus, will be the fea
tured performer for
January. A light dinner will
be provided.
Jan. 12 - “Countdown
to Kindergarten”
On Saturday, Jan. 12,
representatives from the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools will be
available to help with the
process of registering chil
dren for kindergarten in the
fall of 2019. “Countdown
to Kindergarten” will take
place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
at Kaleideum North, 400
W. Hanes Mill Road in
Winston-Salem. Parents or
guardians in need of assis
tance with transportation or
anyone with questions
about the event should con
tact Vanessa Osborne at
(336) 748-4000, ext. 34245
or Kelley Bendheim at
(336) 341-0539.
Jan. 13 - Concert for
Kids
The Winston-Salem
Symphony will present a
Discovery Concerts for
Kids concert entitled
“Music Explorers!
Discovering Music Around
the World.” Linder the
baton of Jessica Morel, the
Winston-Salem
Symphony’s Assistant
Conductor, the concert will
take place Sunday, Jan. 13
at 3 p.m. at Reynolds
Auditorium, located at 301
N. Hawthorne Road in
Winston-Salem. Pre-con
cert activities will begin at
2 p.m.
Jan. 14 - Medicare
Workshop
Compass Financial
Services will offer its infor
mational “Lunch and
Learn: Medicare” work
shop on Monday; Jan. 14,
at Bleu Restaurant & Bar,
3425 Frontis Street in
Winston-Salem. The work
shop begins at 11:15 a.m.
Please arrive 15 minutes
early for best seating.
There is no cost for the
workshop and lunch, but
registration is recommend
ed. For more information
or to register, call (336)
768-5111.
Jan. 14 -
Conversation on diabetes
A Community
Conversation on diabetes
will be held on Jan. 14
from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the
Anderson Center, 601 S.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive, in the Chancellor's
Main Dining Room.
Hosted by the Forsyth
County Department of
Public Health and NC
Minority Diabetes
Prevention Program
(MDPP), the event is
aimed at bringing interest
ed participants together to
engage in dialogue about
diabetes and prediabetes
and learn more about NC
MDPP. RSVP at (336) 703-
3219 or
robertsc @ forsyth .cc to
reserve a seat.
Jan. 17 - Award-win
ning author at
Bookmarks
Award-winning author
Beth Macy will speak
about her new book
“Dopesick: Dealers,
Doctors, and the Drug
Company That Addicted
America’’ on Thursday,
Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. This event
is sponsored by
Bookmarks and Kilpatrick
Townsend and will be held
at Footnote Coffee &
Cocktails (634 W. Fourth
Street #120 in Winston-
Salem). It is free and open
to the public.
Jan. 17 - March 3 -
SECCA exhibition
The Southeastern
Center for Contemporary
Art (SECCA) will present
“The Same Leaving: 3
Projects” by Christine
Kirouac, featuring art by
this Canadian prairie-
grown artist who creates
bodies of work that seam
lessly merge subject, con
cept, process, and medium.
The exhibition will be on
display at SECCA, which
is located at 750
Marguerite Drive in
Winston-Salem, from
January 17 until March 3.
SECCA is free and open to
the public Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Jan. 20 - Twin City
Choristers’ concert
Grace Presbyterian
Church, 3901 Carver
School Road, will host the
Twin City Choristers’ 23rd
annual Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Birthday Concert
at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan.
20. The event is free. An
offering will be received
during the intermission. A
reception will follow. For
more information, call
(336) 725-4105.
Jan. 21 - 39th Annual
MLK commemoration
The 39th Annual Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Noon Hour
Commemoration will be
held at Union Baptist
Church, 1200 Trade St. on
Jan. 21 at noon. Doors
open at 11 a.m. to the gen
eral public without charge
or reservation. An offering
will be lifted. The program
will conclude by 2 p.m.
Jan. 21 - Cemetery
Work Day
The historic
Oddfellows Cemetery
Work Day will be held Jan.
21 from 9 a.m. - noon.
Please join with our com
munity partners.on site at
2881 Shorefair Drive. The
public is invited, please
call James Clyburn to reg
ister at (336) 723-6452.
Jan. 24 - Application
deadline
The city is accepting
applications for its
Successful Outcomes After
Release (SOAR) program
through 11:59 p.m. on
Thursday, Jan. 24.
Participants will receive
coaching and training in
life skills such as goal set
ting, planning, interperson
al relationships, financial
management, communica
tion, job-search techniques
and resume writing. An
application link and more
information are posted at
CityofWS.org/SOAR.
Interested citizens can also
call (336) 397-7770 or
send an email to
faithb@cityofws.org or
troys @ cityofw s .org.
Jan. 24 - Medicare
workshop
The Shepherd’s Center
of Greater Winston-Salem
is offering a workshop for
individuals turning 65 (as
well as those who already
have Medicare) to learn
about the different insur
ance options available,
including “Original
Medicare,” Medicare pre
scription drug programs,
Medicare supplements and
Medicare Advantage plans.
The session will be held on
Thursday, Jan. 24 from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the
Shepherd’s Center of
Greater Winston-Salem,
1700 Ebert St.
Jan. 24 - Lunch and
Speaker series
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 520 Summit St.,
will host its monthly Bag
Lunch and Speaker series
on Jan. 24 at noon, Sabrina
Slade will share the history
and current state of income
disparities in our commu
nity based on factors high
lighted in two reports pro
duced by The Winston-
Salem Foundation. Bring
your own lunch. St. Paul’s
will provide beverages. All
are welcome.
Ongoing
Mondays - Senior
Stretch class
The Salvation Army
Senior Center holds Senior
Stretch Exercise at the
LaDeara Crest Resource
Center, 2531 LaDeara
Crest Lane, on Mondays at
11 a.m. The chair-based
class is designed to
increase balance, flexibili
ty, range of motion and
endurance.
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