Carolina Panthers Announce $250,000 in Grant Funding
High Schools in North and South Carolina eligible to apply for funding to replace essentials including athletic equipment and other athletics infrastructure.
Carolina Panthers Charities is providing $250,000 in grant funding to assist high school athletic programs in North and South Carolina that have been adversely impacted by Hurricane Matthew and the storm’s aftermath. The grants are designed to assist high school athletic programs in the replacement or repair of equipment, supplies or athletic infrastructure lost or damaged due to the recent catastrophic hurricane damage that has impacted large portions of North and South Carolina.
High school athletic programs have the opportunity to apply for grant funding from Carolina Panthers Charities to assist in their storm recovery efforts. Grant applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline for consideration of November 11, 2016. The team will work in conjunction with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and South Carolina High School League and other partnership agencies to distribute the grant application to member schools. In addition, schools may also download the application on panthers.com/ community.
“The recent hurricane and subsequent flooding events has been devastating for many communities across the region with many high schools sustaining loss or damage to athletic equipment or facilities,” said Riley Fields, Carolina Panthers director of community relations. “The Carolina Panthers hope this grant funding will enable schools, and the communities they serve, to return to a sense of normalcy by helping meet the important basic needs of high school athletic programs.”
In October 2015, Carolina Panthers Charities provided $250,000 in grant funding which aided 19 high schools in South Carolina following catastrophic flooding that impacted the region.
Contact:
Riley Fields
Carolina Panthers Director of Community Relations
704 358-7469
Riley.fields@panthers.nfl.com
Peter Vacho
Carolina Panthers Military & Football Outreach Manager
704 358-7436
Peter.vacho@panthers.nfl.com
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Duke Energy helps Eaton-Johnson Students have fun
The National Theatre for Children, sponsored by Duke Energy, provided two actors to perform several sketches for students at Eaton-Johnson Middle School on October 6.
The sketches or skits were entitled “Save the World” and focused on energy conservation covering a wide range of topics including using low energy light bulbs, energy efficient shower nozzles, being conservative with water usage and turning off lights when you leave a room.
Students laughed at the antics of the two male actors as they quickly changed costumes and became different characters during the sketches. Several Eaton-Johnson students volunteered to help in the sketches. The actors mostly portrayed middle school aged students who were learning about how to conserve energy both at school and home.
Eaton-Johnson Middle School is part of the Duke Energy program to help save 10 million kilowatt-hours of energy this school year. Schools in five different states are involved in the conservation effort. Parents and students at Eaton-Johnson have already received information on how to request a free Energy Kit. For each 100 Energy Kits ordered at the school, Duke Energy will provide a $250 prize to the school. The school with the most kit requests by December 31 will win $2,500.
Items in each Energy Kit are LED light bulbs, an LED night light, an energy efficient shower head, faucet aerators, switch/outlet gasket insulators and more.
Parents, students and school staff members can visit myenergykit.org to track energy conservation at the school and the number of kits ordered.
Rehoboth United Methodist Church endows VGCC Scholarship
A new scholarship has been endowed at Vance-Granville Community College by Rehoboth United Methodist Church, carrying on the legacy of a Granville County native and educator.
The church, located in Vance County between Henderson and Oxford and less than five miles from the college’s Main Campus, received a bequest from the estate of Marie Wilson Thomson. A onetime church member who passed away in 2014 at age 87, she is buried in Oxford and left portions of her estate to several area churches.
Thomson, a schoolteacher who began her career in education in Stovall before teaching for 30 years at an elementary school in San Diego, California, left instructions that the bequest be used to benefit high school seniors entering their first year of college. Church leaders decided that one way they would use the funds would be to create a scholarship at VGCC. The church’s contribution to the college represents approximately 10 percent — in religious terms, a tithe — of the sizable Thomson bequest, the remainder of which will be awarded as scholarships to youth in their congregation. The VGCC scholarship will be awarded in the church’s name as a Presidential Scholar Award, the college’s largest, most prestigious level of endowed scholarship.
“We wanted to help our whole community,” said Donald Clayton, the church’s lay leader, of the VGCC endowment. “A scholarship like this can provide hope for a student and maybe change their lives.”
In awarding the scholarship, preference will be given to residents of Granville or Vance counties who are enrolling as full-time students at the college immediately after graduating from high school and meet certain academic requirements.
“We are honored that the members and leaders of Rehoboth United Methodist Church have entrusted us with a gift that will support students for generations to come,” said Dr. Stelfanie Williams, president of VGCC. “It is a truly fitting tribute to the generosity and vision of Mrs. Thomson, who devoted her life to education.”
Through the Endowment Fund, VGCC has awarded more than 8,500 scholarships to students since 1982. Scholarships have been endowed by numerous individuals, industries, businesses, civic groups, churches and the college’s faculty and staff. Tax-deductible donations to the VGCC Endowment Fund have often been used to honor or remember a person, group, business or industry with a lasting gift to education. For more information about the Endowment Fund, call (252) 738-3409.
Shop with a Cop Returns for 2016
The Henderson Police Department and the Vance County Sheriff’s Office have partnered with the Vance County Department of Social Services to assist children and families in the City of Henderson and Vance County during the holiday season through the “Shop with a Cop” program.
Funds raised through the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce “Shop with a Cop” raffle and by generous donors will be used to help underprivileged children and struggling families who otherwise would go without during the holidays. Individuals and families selected will have the opportunity to “Shop with a Cop” with one of Henderson’s and Vance County’s law enforcement officers.
Individuals or families wishing to participate in the “Shop with a Cop” program can pick up applications on October 18th, 19th, 27th, and 28th at the front desk of three locations: the Henderson Police Department at 200 Breckenridge Street; the Vance County Sheriff’s Office at 156 Church Street; and the Department of Social Services at 350 Ruin Creek Road, Henderson.
Completed applications must be returned to any of the three pickup locations no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, October 28, 2016.
15th Annual Show, Shine, Shag, Dine
Show, Shine, Shag and Dine and East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame
October 14th, 15th and 16th, the Vance County Tourism Development Authority presents the 15th Annual Show, Shine, Shag and Dine and The East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame and Reunion.
Tourism Director Nancy Wilson said the reunion and drag racing hall of fame inductions is what it’s all about. She said, “It all leads up to this. It’s a way to honor these guys for their contributions. They’ve learned so much and have shared it with the racing world.”
Wilson said she started the show here to honor these drag racing legends, folks like Roy Johnson, Levi Holmes, John Livingston and his “Tennessee Thunder,” and nostalgia fuel dragsters. She said, “They come to reunite and are just as happy as a lark to be here.”
You can join in too and see the inductions. Admission is free on Sunday, October 16th. Starting at 10 a.m., meet race icons of the 50s, 60s and 70s at the Vance Granville Community College Civic Center. Everyone is invited to attend.
Saturday, October 15th is the big show day in downtown Henderson. 1976 and older antique, classic cars and nostalgia drag cars line the streets. Admission is free on Saturday, and there will be vendors, food and live entertainment.
About 30,000 people are expected, at least that’s how many appeared last year. In a wrap up article posted on WIZS.com last year, Wilson was asked to compare the show here to shows done elsewhere in towns the size of Henderson. She said, “I don’t think there’s anyone who can compare. We’re not a festival. That’s not what we do. It’s an event, a production. The State Fair is about as close as I can get to the number of people at one location at one time.”
The economic impact here, for spending done while the show is here, will be between 2.5 and 3.0 million dollars. If you ask around, the community, the people here and the leadership here are grateful for the show and especially for all the cars and drivers and legends that come in from out of town.
On Friday, October 14th at Satterwhite Point on Kerr Lake, guests will enjoy a southern style barbecue from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. for a $10 cover charge.
See more below and online at kerrlake-nc.com.
Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers Thanks You for Support
On September 15th The Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers held their annual Awards Banquet at Vance Granville Community honoring “The Best of the Best” in law enforcement. They would like to thank the following people for being a sponsor for helping make this award winning night so special to so many. They are:
| 1st Sgt. Jeff Rowan |
| Adam Johnson |
| Advantage Ford-Lincoln |
| Alice Harris |
| Baskerville & Baskerville, PLLC |
| Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 |
| Billy Ford |
| Bobby Choplin |
| Calvary Baptist Church |
| Carolina Carpet and Flooring |
| Caroline Burnette |
| Charles Boyd Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC |
| City of Henderson |
| Clearview Church |
| Cobblestone Community Watch |
| Craig Thorpe |
| Danny Wright, CPA |
| Early Falsom Properties |
| Edward Woodlief |
| Frankie Nobles |
| Freison |
| Henderson Fruit and Produce |
| Henderson Institute Historical Museum |
| Henderson Vance Recreation Department |
| Home Decorator Shop |
| Henderson Police Department |
| J M. White Funeral Service |
| Joe Dittmar |
| Larry’s Service Company |
| Mainstreet Marketplace |
| MR Williams |
| Magnolia Management, LLC |
| Mike Waters, District Attorney |
| Vance County NAACP |
| Pinnell Insurance Agency |
| Rosemyr Corporation |
| The Screen Master |
| Senior Citizens Home, Inc. |
| Sheriff Peter White |
| Superior Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram |
| Vance County |
| Vance Johnson |
| Vance-Granville Community College |
| Wester Realty & Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Western Vance Academy |
| WIZS Radio |
Again, thank you for your support in all that Crime Stoppers does to honor those for their commitment and dedication in serving the citizens of Henderson and Vance County. Without your support, we would not be able provide them with necessary funds as well as other necessities to help gather information to make our city and county a safer place for all of us.
