March 1995
In March
Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina • 19
PROFESSIONAL
EVENTS
EASTERN NC
NSFRE meeting
Wilmington
March 16, University of North
Carolina at Wilmington. Monthly
NSFRE meeting. Call Hal Powell,
(910)815-5002.
Dance workshop for seniors
Wilmington
March 24, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Workshop sponsored by New
Hanover County Department of
Aging on techniques of leading a
basic line dance. $20 by March 17.
Contact Lynn Alexander, (919) 851 -
5456.
Diabetes conference
Lumberton
March 29, Holiday Inn, Lumberton.
Second annual American Diabetes
Association conference on theme,
"Diabetes Management in
Minorities." $65 before March 3 or
$75. Deadline March 22. Contact
(800) 682-9692.
TRIAD/CENTRAL PIEDMONT
Fundraising day
Brown Summit
March 28, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Bryan Park Enrichment Center.
Annual event sponsored by NSFRE.
$60 members, $85, non-members
before Mar. 15 or $70 and $95 after
that date. Call Marian King
672-2148,X313.
TRIANGLE
Workshops on change
Raleigh
March 7, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Family
Sen/ices Center. Eight-week work
shops tor people who seek help in
handling major changes in their lives.
$40. Contact (919)821-0790.
Child advocacy briefing
Raleigh
March 15, 9 a.m., N.C. Museum
of History. Briefing by N.C. Child
Advocacy Institute to kick off Child-
Advocacy Day theme of "Lift Our
Children Higher." Contact Julie
Rehder or Joe Andrews, (919) 834-
6623.
Mediation training
Chapel Hill
March 17, 18, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m..
Dispute Settlement Center of Orange
County. Basic mediation course.
$150 or $140 by March 6. Call
Anna Cassilly, (919) 929-8800.
Faith and violence
Durham
March 17, 12:30 p.m. to 7:30
. p.m., March 18, 8:30 a.m. to 3
p.m., Duke Memorial United
Methodist Church. Conference on
violence against women sponsored
by N.C. Council of Churches. $35
for both days or $20 for one day.
Child care and scholarships avail
able. Contact Bridget Johnson (910)
282-2970 or Jeanette Stokes, (919)
687-0408.
Women's health
Raleigh
March 18, Alice Aycock Poe
Center for Health Education.
Program on women's health at vari
ous stages of life. Contact Shannon
Crownover (919) 783-1122 or
Virginia Scanlon (919) 870-1503.
Health care lectures
Chapel Hill
March 21, UNC-Chapel Hill
School of Medicine. Seven weekly
lectures on connection between good
science and good medicine.
Registration fee. Call (919) 966-
7890.
Care of fhe soul
Durham
March 21,7:30 p.m.. Page
Auditorium, Duke University. Lecture
by Thomas Moore, best-selling
author of "Care of the Soul." $ 12,
$15 at the door. Workshop, March
22, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Bryan
Center, Duke. $70, including lunch.
Contact Debra Brazzel, (919) 684-
2909.
WESTERN NC
Volunteer management
Morganton
March 8, 15, 22, Western
Piedmont Community College.
Continuing education program for
volunteer managers. Contact Amy
Ballentyne, (704) 438-6104.
CHARLOHE
Teen theater
Spirit Square
March 2, 7 and 8:30 p.m. Teen
theater performs plays on family vio
lence. Free. Contact The Shelter for
Battered Women, (704) 332-2513.
Arab American day
Spirit Square
March 11, noon to 5 p.m., Spirit
Square. Events for Arab-American
day. Free. Contact (704) 372-
SHOW.
Art careers
Community School for fhe Arts
March 11. School for the arts fac
ulty members will answer questions
about careers in the arts as part of
citywide Women in the Arts celebra
tion. Contact Tim May (701) 377-
4187.
High school performers
Spirit Square Center
March 11. Metrolina Theater
Association and Spirit Square present
students from 11 high schools per
forming works by women playwrights.
Contact Jack Klaus, (919) 377-
9808.
TRIANGLE
Culture lectures
Research Triangle Park
March 2, 16, 4:30 p.m., National
Humanities Center. Lectures on
Native American murals and
"Coyote's Land" sponsored by Glaxo
Educational and Cultural Outreach
Endowment Fund. Free. Contact
(919) 549-0661.
Music competition
Chapel Hill
March 4, 8:30 a.m. to noon or
later. Hanes Art Center, UNC-CH.
Music competition for youth spon
sored by town of Chapel Hill and
Orange County Arts Commission.
Winners' concert, March 5, 2 p.m.
Free. Contact Jane Salemson (919)
929-2477.
Children's drawings
Raleigh
March 4 through July 9, N.C.
Museum of Art. Exhibit of children's
drawings from collection of
renowned child psychiafrist and
writer, Robert Coles. Free. Coles will
give a lecture April 30 at 3 p.m.
Contact (919) 833-1935.
Red Cross ball
Raleigh
March 3, 7 p.m. to midnight.
FUNDRAISING
Carolina Counfry Club. Sponsor:
Triangle Area Chapter, American
Red Crass. $75. Contact Teresa
Wessing ar Sherry Mitchell (919)
231-1602.
Childrens clathing sale
Raleigh
March 10, 11, 12, Winn Dixie,
Towne North Shopping Center. Sale
to benefit charities. Sponsor: Jr.
Women's Club of Raleigh. Contact
(919)870-8080.
Children's drawings, Raleigh
From March 4 through July 9, the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh will exhibit children's drawings from the collection of
renowned child psychiatrist and writer, Robert Coles. Coles will give a free lecture April 30 at 3 p.m. Call (919) 833-1935.
Baak and author gatherings
Charlotte
March 13, 6 p.m, dinner, March
14, noon, lunch. Queens college.
Sponsor: Friends of the Library. $18.
Contact (704) 337-2000.
Chefs best
Charlotte
March 14, 6:15 p.m.. Founders
Hall. Sponsor: N.C. Harvest. $60.
Call (704) 342-FOOD.
Benefit concert
Durham
March 17, 8 p.m., Carolina
Theater, Durham. Concert by Mike
Cross. Sponsor: Food Bank of North
Carolina. $15 to $20. Contact Becky
Hicks (919) 833-9027.
Human race 5K
Greensboro
March 25, Grimsiey High School. '
First annual 5-K "Human Race."
Sponsor: Voluntary Action Center of
Greensboro and other nonprofits.
Contact Molly Keeney, (910) 373-
1633 or Casey Hickey, (910) 373-
9800.
Walk America
Charlotte
March 25, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m..
Sponsor: March of Dimes.
Donafions. Contact (704) 377-
2009.
Retirement program
Asheville
April 11,8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
YMI Cultural Center. A program on
retirement options for nonprofits
sponsored by the NC Center for
Nonprofits and local organizations.
Contact Phyllis Matthews, (919) 571 -
0811.
Arts forum
Fayeffeville
April 23-25, Radisson Prince
Charles Hotel. Conference spon
sored by ARTS North Carolina and
Arts Council of Fayetteville/
Cumberland County. $150. Contact
Rob Maddrey (919) 834-1411.
Designer luncheon
Wilmington
April 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
University Center Ballroom, University
of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Luncheon and book signing featuring
decorating guru Martha Stewart to
benefit the Wise Alumni House. $50
tor luncheon and lecture or $20, lec
ture only. Contact (910) 325-3500 _
or (800) 732-3643.
$ 1,372 to Hayti Heritage Center,
Durham, Communiversity, Chapel
Hill, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh,
fram Wellspring Grocery in honor of
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Danations were 5 percent of the
day's sales at Wellspring's three
Triangle-area stores.
$4,800 for Family Resources of
Rutherford County in Spindale from
second anual holiday home tour,
December 3, 4.
$6,000 to the North Carolina
Museum of Art in Raleigh from ticket
sales to the dressage championship
and sport horse breeding show and
fall classic competitions held in
September at the state fair.
Call (919) 836-2832 witfi results.
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