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Leading Expert to Present to MHC Staff Dr. John Lyons, a leading researcher, educator and designer of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment tools, will present his research findings to the MHC staff on May 20, 2010 at MHC Headquarters. Dr. Lyons brings a national perspective to the problems and solutions that North Carolina faces regarding mental health, child welfare and juvenile justice services. He has served as a professor of Psychiatry and Community Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and as director of that university's Mental Health Services and Policy Program. Currently, he is a full professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. He also authored the book Redressing the Emperor: Improving Our Children's Public Mental Health System.
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MO Alumni Recieve Award Congratulations to MO alumni president Billy Griffin and his wife Peggy, who have been selected to recieve the Fred Fletcher Outstanding Adopt-A-Park Volunteer Award from the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department. The Griffins were instrumental in coordinating park cleanup efforts at Fletcher Park and spearheading a campaign to raise money from their MO alumni to purchase benches that were placed throughout the park. Fletcher Park is located on the former Methodist Orphanage grounds.
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Alumni Fashion Show is Fundraising Success The first-ever MO Alumni fashion show, held in March at Sunset Beach, has been deemed a big success, raising $4,500 for the Hackley Education and Learning Program (H.E.L.P.). This program awards scholarships to qualified MHC applicants to support post-high school education goals. Many thanks go to Evelyn Callahan Cates, MO class of 1951 and Rom Hardin MO class of 1949, who coordinated this effort, and to the lovely MO alumnae who served as models for the beautiful clothing.
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Guardian Angels Honored MHC Angels Make Local News in Wilmington, NC.
See more at http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/
20100226/ARTICLES/100229760/0/NEWS
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Churches Host MHC's Foster Care Christmas Parties Saturday, December 12th, Methodist Home for Children held its foster care Christmas parties for the children in our care in the Raleigh, Wilmington and Greenville areas. To read coverage of the Greenville party visit The Daily Reflector at http://www.reflector.com/news/church-helps-foster-children-families-who-support-them-1014648.html.
Thank you to St. Mark’s UMC, Pine Valley UMC and Jarvis UMC for hosting the parties in each of these areas. Also thank you to the folks at Edenton Street UMC, Pleasant Grove UMC, Benson UMC and St. James UMC for helping out at the Raleigh Christmas party. All of you helped to make this Christmas season brighter for the children and foster families in our care!
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Program Works To Keep Children Out of Gangs MHC's Gang Outreach Program Makes Local News in Kinston, NC
www.kinston.com/news/children-57983-program-gangs.html
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Culinary Battle Benefits Children and Families MHC's upcoming 3rd Annual Epicurean Evening Makes the Wilmington News.
The Epicurean Evening provides an opportunity to sample exquisite cuisine from top local chefs and to bid on exciting,… Star News Online
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Extending H.E.L.P. to Dedicated Students On Friday, July 10th, Methodist Home for Children hosted its annual Hackley Education & Learning Program (H.E.L.P.). The program is a grant-making initiative of MHC. Grants are awarded to qualified MHC applicants to support their post-high school education goals.
See the Press Release for more details! (Scroll down the page for Press Releases.)
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Former MHC Youth Stands Behind the System June 17th, 2009
Former MHC youth, Michael Cox offers much needed perspective regarding recent state budget cuts that will drastically affect programs aimed at troubled youth.
Please click below to see the full story and watch the news video on the WRAL website.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5371079/
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United Methodist Churches Churches from across the North Carolina conference participated in Methodist Home for Children Sunday 2009. Contributions helped MHC recruit and support foster and adoptive parents, as well as clothe, feed, and provide for the children in MHC’s care. Once again on Sunday, February 21, 2010 Methodist churches will show their support for the work of MHC.
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Progress Energy contributed 334 volunteer hours to support Methodist Home for Children recently. Five groups of employees helped at the Jordan Child & Family Enrichment Center and at three of our group homes. From painting preschoolers' faces to painting walls and planting shrubs at our group homes, these volunteers made a huge difference. Many thanks!
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Food Lion invites you to use your MVP card to donate a portion of your purchases to Methodist Home for Children. It's easy to support MHC in this way. To register your card go to www.foodlion.com or call 704.633.8250 ext. 3810
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