Michelle Gethers-Clark, VP, American Express Card Member Service, named 2008 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame laureate by Junior Achievement of Central North Carolina.
- Professional Area: Management/leadership
- October 9, 2008Laurie Guy, former VP for administration and operations, Queens University of Charlotte, named Chief Financial Officer, Crisis Assistance Ministry, Charlotte.
- October 9, 2008Josh Swindell, managing broker, Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Kildaire office, named president of board of advisors, Me Fine Foundation, Raleigh.
- October 9, 2008N.C. State Sen. Vernon Malone lauded by child advocates for increasing foster and adoptive family reimbursement rate by 28 percent.
- October 9, 2008Greensboro Habitat for Humanity to hold Raising Roofs event, bringing 15 area builders to construct four new houses during week of Oct. 13-17.
- October 9, 2008United Way of Cumberland County and Methodist University, Fayetteville, to pack 30,000 meals for distribution by Stop Hunger Now.
- October 9, 2008N.C. Center for Public Policy Research received awards for most effective education, most distinguished research, outstanding policy achievement from Governmental Research Association.
- October 9, 2008High Point University's fraternity, sorority students raised over $3,000 for Love Hope Strength Foundation to increase awareness of bone-marrow transplants for cancer patients.
- October 7, 2008Autism Speaks' Carolinas Walk Now for Autism fundraising event raised over $450,000 research and awareness of autism.
- October 7, 2008Deadline for supplemental grants from United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro is Dec. 15, 5 p.m.; applications online.
- October 7, 2008Wake Technical Community College holding series of workshops this fall for nonprofits on startups, grants, fundraising, QuickBooks; information, registration online.
- October 7, 2008Employees of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, Fayetteville, raised $427 for breast cancer research through Denim Days fundraiser.
- October 7, 2008Carla R. Forte, IT program manager, Cisco Systems, and Ingrid Pisetsky, child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, named to board, Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood, Cary.
- October 7, 2008William Shore, director of U.S. Community Partnerships, GlaxoSmithKline, named chair of President's Roundtable, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and chair of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for a Competitive Workforce.
- October 7, 2008
Cleavage Creek Wine Cellar to donate 10 percent of the price of each bottle sold to fund breast cancer research.
- October 7, 2008Ted Abernathy, former executive VP and chief operations officer, Research Triangle Regional Partnership, named executive director, Southern Growth Policies Board.