Thompson Child and Family Focus to launch $10M capital campaign

In 15 years of assisting homeless families in Wake County, Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network, has provided 925 families with shelter, meals, counseling and support.

Michael Guillot resigned as vice president for patron services and chief advancement officer, North Carolina Symphony, to focus on research for doctoral degree in leadership and change at Antioch University, with focus on executive and trustee participation in American civil society.

Donyell Jones, director, Raleigh Boys Club, Raleigh, N.C., named executive director, Boys & Girls Clubs of Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Groundbreaking for Hunters Hill Apartments, 12-unit supportive housing community for very low-income people with disabilities, Winston-Salem, held June 25; project is collaboration of five nonprofits: N.C. Housing Foundation and Partners for Homeownership, Experiment in Self Reliance, Center Point Human Services, United Way of Forsyth County.

Rosemarie "Rosie" G. Allen, president and CEO, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, awarded Old North State Award, North Carolina's second-highest civilian honor.

Sheila Ryba, former CEO, Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education, Raleigh, named CEO, The John Avery Boys & Girls Club, Durham.

Old Salem Museums & Gardens presented Lifetime Frederic William Marshall Distinguished Service Award to Jane Slick and posthumously to her husband, Earl Slick, marking 14th time award has been given.  

StepUP Ministry, Raleigh, placed over 800 Wake County adults, many of them in crisis or in need, in jobs over last five years, including 82 people so far in 2009. 

State Employees' Credit Union employees collected over $52,000 for Triangle March Of Dimes March for Babies, a record and $9,000 more than previous year.

The Allstate Foundation gave Rodney W. Garner of Charlotte its Agency Hands in the Community Award, including $500 grant for Rolemodels International, where he volunteers. 

Lois Cook Steele, former executive director, YWCA Lower Cape Fear, Wilmington, N.C., elected to YWCA USA board of directors,known as National Coordinating Board.

Wake Tech Foundation named three new board members, including Mike Desmond, vice president and executive general manager, Hendrick Cary Auto Mall and Capital Area Accessory Distributors,. Cary; Judy Fourie, president, J. Fourie & Company; and David Campbell, human resources leader for Latin American product sales organization, Cisco Systems.

Michelle Hughes, vice president for programs, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, received Distinguished Alumni Award, top honor for graduates of School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Thompson Child & Family Focus, Charlotte, successfully concluded $10 million capital campaign; funds to be used to open  Early Childhood Services Center at new Clanton Road campus and start expansion of Saint Peter's Lane campus in Matthews. 

Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries, Winston-Salem, received $10,000 Joel A. Weston, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Management from Joel A. Weston, Jr. Memorial Award Endowment Fund honoring local nonprofit, health or human-service organization that has demonstrated exceptional organizational excellence.