KERNERSVILLE — Holy Cross Church hosted its fourth annual Food Drive June 3 to benefit their local Second Harvest Food Bank. Banners were positioned the week prior, and volunteers held signs and waved at passersby the day of the drive.
Donations were collected during the recent Relay for Life rally and one compassionate young lady had asked guests attending her birthday party to bring an item to donate. Many brought more than one item.
Pictured collecting donated food items are Elizabeth Liotard and her mother, Marta Liotard. Despite the generosity of so many, the need for food donations is still great, according to Joseph Kilar, the new food drive manager of the Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem.
— N.J. Clausen and John Bunyea, correspondent
FOREST CITY — Immaculate Conception Church in Forest City recently held its fourth annual Victorian Tea Party in the parish hall, raising $1,300 to go towards the church building debt.
The tea party, hosted by the Ladies Guild, included parishioners as well as other women in the community. Mistress of ceremonies was Joannie Jolley. Ladies Guild volunteers transformed the church social hall into an evocative Victorian setting with fancy plates, napkins and tablecloths, and, of course, dainty cups for savoring the tea selections.
The menu included petite tea sandwiches and finger desserts. Flower arrangements and other door prizes were given out, and a raffle was held for handmade items donated by creative parishioners.
A contest for women who chose to wear fancy hats was also held, and winners were (pictured from left): Carol Davis (third place), Joyce Wallace (second place) and Mickey Bouzon (first place).
— Giuliana Polinari Riley