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Organizations decorate trees for needy families
Cynthia Marts
Staff Writer
Students gathered on Saturday in the
Cone Ballroom of the EUC for the Alum-ni
Associations charity event, Branches of
Love. The event developed last year from
an idea by Alumni Ambassador Amanda
Peck, a junior majoring in Consumer Ap-parel
Studies. After seeing a program in
her hometown with similar intentions,
Peck "tweaked" the idea to fit the UNCG
community.
After paying a $35 registration fee—
which helped pay for the room's rent,
the participants' shirts, and the Christ-mas
trees—groups got to decorate small
Christmas trees which will be donated by
Goodwill and the Salvation Army to needy
families.
"We wanted to bring students, commu-nity
and alumni together while trying to
give back to the community," said Ashley
Chilton, a senior Alumni Ambassador
and director of Campus Programs. "We
want to get them in the holiday spirit with
something they can do that helps out and
will appeal to all generations."
Local companies sponsoring the event
indud Tate Street Coffee House, Chili's,
Juice N Java and Olive Garden sponsored
the event. Food was provided by Chipode;
hot chocolate and cookies were provided
by the Aramark Corporation.
The event went over well with the stu-dents
who had volunteered. Kenya Shear,
who in her first year as a graduate student
in the School Administration program
joined into the charity with a group from
the Principal Fellows Program, was very
glad to be part of the event.
"I got the email on E-Spartan, and I
thought it would be a great service project.
I thought it would be a fun project for the
group," said Shear. "I was a little anxious,
but everyone was on board with it and de-cided
to come out, and I would love to do
it next year."
Shear's group decorated their tree with
a total candy theme. From the top to the
very bottom, the tree was covered in sug-ary
decorations. Individually-wrapped lol-lipops,
candy canes, chocolates, and other
various candies made this tree practically
edible.
"This way they will receive a sweet gift,
along with a sweet treat, with plenty of
candy to eat." Commented Shear, talking
about the group's tree. "I'm sure the chil-dren
will love it."
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Shear's tree was not the only cleverly dec-orated
or creative tree in the bunch. While
participants were provided with a limited
amount of decorations for their trees, they
were also encouraged to bring their own,
and most did. Many were even homemade
from dried pasta angels and paper snow-
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flakes, to linked paper chains and candy
cane tree toppers; Christmas creativity went
wild.
For an extra dollar, which would also
be donated to charities, participants could
SEE TREES ON PAGE THREE
Greensboro community walks for AIDS
UN Johnson
Staff Writer
Since 1981 over half a million
people have died from AIDS in
the U.S. alone. Worldwide, the
numbers reach 21.8 million.
Since there is not yet a cure, what
is there to do in the meantime
while the number of U.S. diag-noses
per year is around 40,000?
The answer: walk.
On Sunday, Dec. 2, the Triad
Health Project (THP) held its
16th Annual Winter Walk for
AIDS at the Greensboro War Me-morial
Stadium. The event is al-ways
held the first Sunday of De-
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cember in order to coincide with
World AIDS day, which is Dec. 1.
The walk started primarily to
raise awareness about AIDS and
grew into a massive communi-ty-
wide fundraising effort. THP
is hoping to raise $110,000 this
year, and is optimistic that they
will reach their goal by the end of
December.
Addison Ore, who has been the
executive director for THP for
three years now, has always been
involved in the AIDS cause. How-ever,
the loss of her best friend
three years ago has made her even
more committed.
"[My friend's] death renewed
my commitment to the cause as
a whole," explained Ore. "When it
hits that close to home you realize
how much the stakes have risen."
Another death that has deeply
affected THP was David Coble,
an employee of THP who was
responsible for answering the
phones and walking clients to
their doctor appointments. David
died on Oct. 7,2007.
Students and faculty from
UNCG were well-represented at
the Walk for AIDS event. Kath-leen
McGirty, the assistant direc-tor
for Facilities and Services at
UNCG, was present with THP's
Board of Directors.
McGirty said the walk is a
very important cause and that
THP does amazing work in the
community.
Girls Reaching Out, a group
started in May 2006 by Khristina
Cunningham, a junior, was also
represented at the walk. It was the
group's first year walking as an
organization. They collected do-nations
on campus and came to
the walk to deliver them.
The Greek community was also
widely represented.
"I am walking because I know a
lot of people have died, and there
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