The Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA is accepting donations of gently used shoes through Tuesday in the lobby of the YMCA, 980 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., to raise awareness about children and adults who are unable to afford shoes.
Category: Community
Homelessness report released
The Orange County Partnership to end homelessness – a coalition of service providers, local governments, faith-based and other community groups, local businesses and UNC focused on ending homelessness in Orange County – has released its 2011 annual report.
County seeks board members
The Orange County Board of Commissioners seeks applicants for the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment and the Chapel Hill Planning Board.
Community egg hunt on Saturday
Children aged 2 to 10 are invited to participate in the annual Community Egg Hunt on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to noon at River Park, 106 E. Margaret Lane, in Hillsborough.
Art grant workshop
The Arts Commission will hold a free grant-writing workshop to discuss grants available to nonprofit organizations, schools and individual artists on April 5 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Orange County Public Library, 137 W. Margaret Lane, in Hillsborough.
Animal adoption fees reduced
Orange County’s Animal Services Center reduced adoption fees for select cats and dogs by almost half for the department’s first annual Spring Adoption Event through April 14.
CH library selling pavers
The Friends of Chapel Hill Public Library is selling personalized stone pavers to be installed in the front plaza terrace of the expanded and renovated library in Pritchard Park.
Mentoring training for attorneys
Local attorneys of the N.C. Judicial District 15B Bar comprising of Orange and Chatham counties will conduct a training program for its members who are serving as mentors in the Bar’s inaugural mentoring program in the Chapel Hill court room at 3 p.m. on Friday.
No Shame Theatre opens
No Shame Theatre Carrboro will have its official opening Saturday at 10 p.m. at The ArtsCenter, presenting short performances by writers and performers who sign up on the spot.
Field day PORCH benefit
The businesses of Southern Village, led by The Tumble Gym, will hold their third annual field day for children to celebrate the first day of spring from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday on the Village Green in Southern Village.
Carrboro native develops “EcoRoomâ€
Alexis Goldman of Carrboro, a senior at Guilford College, developed a program called EcoRoom to consult with students on how to decrease energy consumption in their dorm rooms, and will attend the Clinton Global Initiative University in Washington, D.C., at the end of the month.
Savage, Knutsson engaged
Ronald and Tammy Savage of Chapel Hill are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Samantha Minerva, to Fredrik Knutsson, son of Lars-Erik and Britt-Marie Knutsson of Hunnebostrand, Sweden.
Aveda supports clean water projects
The Aveda Institute Chapel Hill’s 2012 Earth Month campaign will offer a free day of haircuts and spa services on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 200 W. Franklin St. to raise awareness and collect donations for the protection of clean water.
Help Clean Jordan Lake
Clean Jordan Lake seeks volunteers to participate in the 22nd Annual Haw River Assembly’s Clean-Up-A-Thon on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dance party against Amendment One
Orange County Social Club will host a dance party Saturday to raise both awareness of and money against the Amendment One marriage act.