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October 1993 Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina • 19 People EDUCATION Bob L. Mize, named vice president for institutional advancement, Louisburg College. Bob Mize John R. Mitterling, named director of develop ment for Chi Psi Educational Trust. Former director of development for the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Raleigh. Jeffrey Prince, named director of public relations, Louisburg College. Woke Forest University, Graylyn Conference Center, Award of Excellence from Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine. Center's second straight award. Elizabeth Medeoris Myers, named curator of collections. The Museum Building Fund, Charlotte. Artspace, new board mem bers: Jeffrey T. Barber, Betty Adams, Scott Anderson, Reuben Blackwell, Merrie Hedrick, Kyle Highsmith, Clauston Jenkins, Matthew McGuire, Roberta Morgan, Jeff Morrison, Pat Webb and Isabel Worthy. Kathryn Fuller Yandell, named director of develop ment, Morehead Planetarium and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. Lisa Canda, named public relations manager, Morehead Planetarium, UNC-Chapel Hill. HEALTH Lewis Gaskin, MD, Charlotte ophthalmologist, elected president, board of directors, North Carolina Society to Prevent Blindness. Cued Speech Center, Raleigh, new board officers: Harlan K. Britt, chair; Sheila L. Hite, vice-chair; David W. Ammons, secre tary; James P. Mahoney, treasurer. Rachel M. Parnell, named director of development. Epilepsy Association of North Carolina's statewide service programs and three offices in Raleigh, Charlotte and Asheville. Position funded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Winston-Salem. Kate Gordon, named executive director. Epilepsy Association of North Carolina. L. Alan Sasser, named director of planned giving, American Lung Association of North Carolina, Raleigh. NC Society to Prevent Blindness, newly elected directors, David Jessen, Raleigh; Anne Team, Charlotte; James David Branch, Winston-Salem; Nan Davis, Chapel Hill; Joe Lucas and Dave Cathcart, Charlotte; Bill Peyton, Greenville; Mike Gallucci and Jane Kittrell, Raleigh; and Patricia Perkins, Cary. Dr. Frank Turk, director of North Carolina Divison of Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, recognized by Cued Speech Center of Raleigh for outstanding contribution to the organization's mission. Other appreciation awards went to state Rep. Erin Kuczmarski, Cued board member James Mahoney and former board chariman Edward L. Jennings. SOCIAL SERVICES Pete and Shawn Vogel, earned certification as teach ing-parents from the Teaching-Family Association, Methodist Home for Children, Durham. The Salvation Army dis patched nine officers to aid flood vicitims in the Midwest: Major and Mrs. Paul Herzog, Captain Beth Sanders, Lt. James Slusher, Lt. Charles Whiten, Lt. Michelle Norris, Lt. Roy Harris, Lt. Thomas O'Bryant and Lt. Thomas Paschal. Habitat for Humanity of High Point, five new board Methodist Home for Children's Bud Milner, left, and Rufus H. Stark II congratulate Pete and Shawn Vogel. Photo courtesy of the Methodist Home for Children Grace Hancock receives Volunteer of the Year from a representative of the Special Olympics. Photo courtesy of the Special Olympics members: Elaine Carter, Jack Coulter, Jane Davis Hutchens, William H. Hawley and Margaret B. Lewis. Beth Snell, named volun teer coordinator at Alexander Children's Center, Charlotte Sarah Henderson of Alexander Children's Center, awarded 1993 Teddy Award recognizing exceptional achievement by child care professional. John S. Niblock of NC Child Advocacy Institute, selected for National Leadership Fellows Program of the Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C., Marilyn Melton, Howard Perry and Walston/Better Homes agent, volunteered for Habitat for Humanity in Savannah, Georgia, through Inwood Baptist Church, Raleigh. CIVIC Triangle Area Combined Federal Campaign, award recogniz ing generosity of federal employees in Raleigh- Durham area. Joan Gamer, appointed executive director. Fund for Southern Communities, Atlanta. Millard "Mitty" Owens, elected board chairman. Fund for Southern Communites, Atlanta. Grants and Gifts ARTS Artspace, $4,000 from Burroughs Wellcome Co. community service program for room in Artspace build ing for art education programs. North Carolina Writers' Network, $500 from Wachovia Foundation Inc. to support network's annual Wachovia playwright competition. National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, grant from Lila Wallce-ReadePs Digest Fund to underwrite 13 half-hour programs on contemporary Southern Literature. Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite, new computer from NCR/AT&T. EDUCATION North Carolina FFA Foundation Inc., $25,000 from The Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Family Foundation, Greensboro, for endow ment and personal development of FFA members in North Carolina. Elon College, $48,000 from Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation for schol arships for young women from nine southeastern states. North Carolina FFA Foundation Inc., $7,500 from Greenville office of NationsBank, for renovations and construction at North Carolina FFA Center at White Lake. Elon College, $500,000 challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation for renovation of Alumni Memorial Gym. Wake Technical Community College, $14,000 from Buehler Products of Cary for motor products. East Carolina University, $667,000 gift from Wachovia Corp. to be combined with state matching funds to create $ 1 million endowment for the Wachovia Distinguished Professorship in Educational Leadership. The Wake Education Partnership, $19,600 planning grant from The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund for National Library Power project. Partnership is eligible for 3-year grant up to $1.2 million pending approval of project. To be used for elementary and middle school libraries. Elon College, more than $150,000 in grants from National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities for faculty and curriculum development. Wake Education Partnership, $22,500 for two years from A. J. Fletcher Foundation, Raleigh, for staffing needs and professional ser vices. Wake Education Partnership, $5,000 from Greater Triangle Community Foundation, for partial staff position for senrice activities to member organizations. SmartStart, $5,000 from The Foundation of Greater Greensboro and its Children's Trust. Peace College, three gifts of more than $258,000. Gifts from Frances Moore Ranking and W.W. Ranking Memorial Trust Fund, estate of M. Benton Jr. and The News and Observer Foundation, to fund major scholarships and/or add to college's operating fund. Fleshman-Pratt Early Childhood Education Center, $7,500 from Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Davidson College, $4.92 million from The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, Princeton, N.J. To endow Bonner Scholars Program, need-based scholarship that supports students to perform community ser vice while attending Davidson. HEALTH Epilepsy Association of North Carolina, $41,300 of $80,000 grant from Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust for expansion of services. NC Society to Prevent Blindness, $5,000 from The McPherson Foundation for preschool vision screening in Triangle. SOCIAL SERVICES. Shelter for Battered Women, Charlotte, more than $73,000 raised by employees of Presbyterian Health Services Corp. for subsidy of up to $200 a month for rent on leaving shelter. AIDS Service Agency, $5,000 grant from The Mary Norris Preyer Fund to support programs and ser vices to clients. Wake County Social Services, $14,000 from The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant for purchase of electric fans. Baptist Children's Home, $ 125,000 from estate of Constance H. Glenn. The Community Foundation of Henderson County has awarded 13 grants of more than $21,000, includ ing: Hunger Coalition, $2,000; Carolina Village Endowment, $5,000; interfaith Assistance Ministry, $2,000; Balfour Odyssey Program, $1,500; H.K. and Katherine B. Pohiman Fund, $100; Anthony Robinson Fund for the Handicapped, $275; Women in Need of Support Fund, $917; Jan F. and Harry J. Nolan Women's Educational Fund and Frances and Leonard Mathieson Memorial Fund $1,350; Leadership Hendersonville, $1,000; Outward Bound Scholarship Program, $2,000; Pisgah Girl Scout Council $1,500; Pardee Interiaith Chaplaincy Association, $500; YMCA, $3,500. The Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs, $3,500 donation from Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co., for purhcase of "voiunteeP' pins to be awarded at ceremonies throughout state. Carolines Chapter of Meeting Planners International, raised $12,055 through Silent Auction for designated charities and scholarship fund. North Carolina Special Olympics, $5,637 from The Pantry, Sanford- based convenient store chain. Funds were raised in a cup promotion last spring. The Nature Conservancy,North Carolina Chapter, $7,500 grant from Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Family Foundation, for researching and developing design presenration plan for protection of 2,600 acres along 20-mile stretch of Black River in Bladen and Pender counties. The North Carolina FFA Foundation Inc. (formerly Future Farmers of America), $25,000 matching grant from the Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Family Foundation for revnoations and con struction at FFA Center at White Lake. N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, gift of scientific collections of lower vertebrates, including rep tiles, amphibians and fish, from Department of Zoology, Duke University. The Arts & Science Council, Oct. 1,1993, deadline. Each project must directly enhance the curriculum already in place in music, drama, or visual arts. It also must include an aggrement between a ChaHotte- Mecklenburg school and an artist or arts organization. Arts & Science Council 214 N. Church St. Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28202 City of Raleigh Arts Commission, Oct. 15,1993, deadline. Applicants must be artists who are 18 years or older; residents of Wake County for at least one year, and committed to pursuing a career practicing their art. Previous grant recipient are not eligi ble to apply until three years have elapsed since receiving the grant. City of Raleigh Arts Commission 311 S. Blount Street P.O. Box 590 Raleigh, NC 27602 N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, Oct. 15, 1993 deadline. Grant may be used to aid local histo ry museums and historic sties. Grants are limited to $50,000 or less and will be awarded on a compettive basis. • Office Of Cultural Resources Historic Presevation Office Attn: Grants Administrator 109 E. Jones St. Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 Giwits, Gifts and Deadlines ere due the iiith working day of the month. The Journal will print as mony items os space permits. Call (919) 829-8988 for forms. Moil forms to: Philonthropy Journal ofNorthCnrolina,PO.Boxl91, Raleigh, NC 27602.
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