March 17, 2010
Hospice gets $1 million gift
The gift from Reid S. Towler, who spent nearly 50 years selling insurance in Raleigh for New England Mutual, is the charity’s biggest gift ever from an individual.
NC Giving News: In Brief
- Applications due June 1 for community grant program of Charlotte Regional Realtor Association Housing Opportunity Foundation.
- PPD Inc., Wilmington, gave $25,000 to the Pediatric MS Data Coordination and Analysis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation provided $125,000 grant to Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to continue production of Exploring North Carolina.
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NC Nonprofit News: In Brief
- Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and Wake Forest University, playing key role in new study on whether structured physical activity can prevent or delay major mobility disabilities in older adults, with funding expected to total over $60 million from the National Institute on Aging.
- Wake County Community Foundation named five new board members -- Amy White, director of development, Communities of Hope Ministries, Garner; Howard Wasserman, president, Smart Performance Indicators; Chuck Riesebeck, president, Hour Consultancy Group; Tina Bell, account executive, Technisource; and Monika von Windheim.
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, creating Knight Chair in Digital Advertising, funded by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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