One Year Online For Nonprofitxpress
One Year Online For Nonprofitxpress Nonprofitxpress, the philanthropy news site under the umbrella of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, celebrated an anniversary in February; the site has now been online for one year. To mark their first year on the web, Nonprofitxpress revamped its website and is gearing up to expand. The new and improved site […]
Prizes Draw Season Ticket Holders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2001 Contact: Bryan Dolgin 843-918-6016 Prizes Draw Season Ticket Holders MYRTLE BEACH, SC — The Myrtle Beach Pelicans announced in mid-January two incentive programs for returning and new full season ticket holders. The first drawing was completed on February 15 for returning season tickets holders, and the second drawing for […]
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater Opens To Public
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater Opens To Public Cutting the ribbon to open the AJ Fletcher Opera Theatre were (left to right) Jim Goodmon, Mayor Paul Coble, Tom McGuire & Irv Pearce. The City of Raleigh unveiled its new four theater BTI Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, February 20. With ribbon cuttings for the Meymandi Concert […]
Paul Pope Receives Media Award
Paul Pope Receives Media Award Carol Hunter presented the award to Paul Pope. The Board of Directors of African American Cultural Complex (AACC) unanimously chose CBC VP of Community Relations Paul Pope to receive their “2001 Media Award.” The AACC presented the award during their Annual Commemorative Banquet on Saturday, February 17 at 4:00pm in […]
WRAL-TV Sponsors Home, Garden & Flower Show
WRAL-TV Sponsors Home, Garden & Flower Show WRAL-TV is currently sponsoring the Home, Garden and Flower Show at the Civic Center in downtown Raleigh from Thursday, February 15 to Sunday, February 19. This is TV5’s second sponsorship of the annual event. The station is also hosting its own booth. The Creation of An Indoor Garden… […]
Endowment Established For Scholarship Fund in CBC Executive’s Name
Endowment Established For Scholarship Fund in CBC Executive’s Name About four years ago, Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina, established the Paul R. Pope, Jr. Scholarship Fund in honor of CBC’s current Vice President of Community Relations. Now the college is holding a fundraising to establish an endowment for this fund. On Sunday, February […]
WRAL-TV Employees See Their Shadows
WRAL-TV Employees See Their Shadows Puxatawnee Phil wasn’t the only one to see his shadow last Friday, February 2. Several WRAL-TV employees had shadows of their own for the Groundhog Career Shadow Day. In conjunction with Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina, Wake County Public Schools Systems, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and Wake Education […]
WRAL-TV Celebrates Digital Transition
WRAL-TV Celebrates Digital Transition News Director Andrea Parquet-Taylor, Director/Producer Chris Bolanz and Technology Reporter Tom Lawrence celebrate the completion of a goal. The staff at WRAL-TV has been working incredible hours for the past several months to complete the newscast’s transition to digital. Staffers learned their way around brand new equipment, most of which is […]
A Special Digital Transition Thank You List
A Special HD Transition Thank You List Television history once again. WRAL launched its new digital newsroom and HD newsgathering capabilities, and showed the world that life is indeed good on the leading edge. The timing of the launch on the day after we won yet another Emmy for News Excellence is somewhat serendipitous-great things […]
Goodmons Honored By Methodist Home For Children
Goodmons Honored By Methodist Home For Children Fletcher Foundation Inducted Into Guardian Angel Society Jim and Barbara Goodmon were recently honored at “A Winter’s Tale,” the annual celebration of the Methodist Home for Children (MHC). The event took place at Embassy Suites in Cary on Saturday, January 27, 2001. The A.J. Fletcher Foundation received special […]