Friday, May 29, 2009
Foundation helps cover costs of ESL
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The Katherine Nelson Fishburn Foundation Fund of Foundation for Roanoke Valley has given Virginia Western Community College a grant to help reduce the college's tuition costs for English as a Second Language classes.
The course assists Roanoke Valley students, who in the past have represented 35 countries.
College officials said recent changes in the ESL program from a credit to a noncredit status has resulted in increased class enrollment.
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A fifth-grade choir, a summer enrichment program and a children's health outreach theater are among the beneficiaries of the 2009 grants from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia.
The nonprofit corporation creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children.
Composed of Southwest Virginia McDonald restaurant owners and operators, the corporation also supports the Ronald McDonald House on Roanoke's Jefferson Street Southwest.
The house provides a temporary residence for parents of hospitalized children.
Through the corporation and its Global RMHC, the 57 restaurants in Southwest Virginia doled out $18,995 to six programs in Roanoke, Roanoke County and Rocky Mount.
Grant recipients are Roanoke County Schools, $1,500 for an all-county fifth grade choir; Greenvale School, $5,000 for affordable child care and early childhood education; Jefferson Center Foundation, $4,000 for educational programs; Summer Enrichment Inc., $1,000 for its 2009 program; Roanoke Children's Theatre, $5,200 for health outreach; and Southern Virginia Child Advocacy Center, $2,295 for Cary's Kids to Camp.
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The Noah-Christian Community Center of Angels of Hope Outreach Ministry Inc. is holding its fifth annual Angels of Hope Charity Walk from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6 at the Salem Civic Center.
The purpose of the walk is to provide hope and build faith to those who have suffered a loss to fetal or infant deaths and bring awareness about the high fetal and infant death rates in Virginia, according to Charnika Elliott, executive director of Noah-Christian Community Center.
Elliott and her husband, Byron, started the faith-based NCCC in memory of their two still-born sons, Noah and Christian.
The center also provides educational and recreational opportunities for inner-city youth.
The June 6 event includes a 5K walk, silent auction, free refreshments, youth activities, a penny drive and chair massages.
In addition to supporting the center and the outreach ministry, proceeds from previous walks also have gone to the University of Virginia Children's Hospital.
For more information or to register to walk, call 904-6035 or visit www.noah-christian communitycenter.org.
