Who's in the News - Week of 09.17.07

Published on September 17, 2007

* Grand opening of Asheboro High School “Zoo School,” science-focused program for up to 100 students in grades 10-12, held at N.C. Zoo Sept. 12. * Mary Anne Howard, formerly in sales with Ceoco Office Systems, named regional sales associate in newly established Sandhills Region of North Carolina Community Foundation. * Stratford Richardson YMCA, West Charlotte, opened Sept. 17; $12 million raised for capital and program endowment. * “Corks for Kids,” event benefiting North Carolina Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill, to kick off Sept. 21; includes two-day dinner and wine tasting. Call 919.968.1884 for reservations; information online.  * Spokes Group, nonprofit started in Charlotte to provide bikes and helmets to needy families through Salvation Army, opening in Raleigh as Triangle Spokes Group. * Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects, Winston-Salem, selected to design $29 million teaching facility for four-year nursing program at UNC Pembroke, Lumberton. * Lexington Memorial Hospital and N.C. Healthy Start Foundation partnering to provide baby garments to every baby born in the hospital in October, National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month. * Chuck Stone, former professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s journalism school, received Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award from Society of Professional Journalists. * United Way of Central Carolinas, Charlotte, presented awards for 2006 workplace fundraising campaigns in several categories; presentation kicks off 2007 fundraising season. * Lattitude Group and Family Service of the Piedmont hosted Celebration through Service Sept. 15; Lattitude and participating clients sorted and catalogued donations and donated and installed shelving. * Jordan Kerner, Hollywood filmmaker, named dean of School of Filmmaking at North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem; Ethan Stiefel, principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre, named dean of School of Dance. * During freshman community service day, Sept. 11, more than 600 students at University of North Carolina, Asheville, installed 5,000 energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs for community’s needy residents. * Ron Johnson, attorney and former co-president of board of Triad Health Project, named honorary chair of 2007 Winter Walk for AIDS, Dec. 2, Greensboro’s War Memorial Stadium. * Jessica Banks Gilmour Aylor, former interim development director, Orange County Rape Crisis Center, named development officer for corporate outreach, Triangle Community Foundation, Durham. * Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and North Carolina Medical Society launched “Stick it to the Flu,” program encouraging people to receive flu shots from their doctors’ offices October through December.

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