Alpha Phi Alpha to hold banquet
The Nu Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will hold its 32nd Annual Scholarship Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday at King’s Restaurant on US Highway 70 East. The “CT” Epps Memorial Scholarship Award will be presented to three outstanding individuals.
This year’s seven candidates are seniors from area high schools: Marquise Jackson, South Lenoir High School, son of Anita Jackson; Dejaunte Dawson, Jones Senior High School, son of Donna R. Strayhorn and Kirby Lee Dawson; Wayne Hall Jr., South Lenoir, son of Wayne and Antoinette Hall; Braxton Davis, North Lenoir High School, son of Timothy and Shelia Davis; Denzel Keyes, Kinston High School, son of Angelo and Cathedral V. Keyes; Devantae Sutton, North Lenoir, son of Davida Sutton; and Corey Hatch, Kinston High, son of Dolly and Floyd Hatch.
The guest speaker will be Brother Julian Pridgen II, a 2009 graduate of Kinston High School, recent UNC Charlotte graduate and a former recipient of the “CT” Epps Memorial Scholarship.
Tickets for the banquet are $15, available at the door.
SPCA event to help animals
The Lenoir County SPCA is hosting cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 16 at the home of Susan and Ned Grady.
The cost is $40 per person, and all proceeds are to help homeless animals.
For more information, contact Molly Kelley at mrkelley@suddenlink.net or 252-522-2749.
Consider hosting an exchange student
World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a non-profit, public benefit organization, is seeking host families in the local area for high school boys and girls from Spain, Germany, Thailand, Norway, China, Russia, France, the former Soviet Republics, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and other countries.
Host families are asked to include the student as a member of their family. Couples, single parents, and families with and without children in the home are all considered family units. Hosting can occur for a semester or an entire school year.
Each World Heritage exchange student is fully insured, brings personal spending money and expects to share household responsibilities and to be included in normal family activities and lifestyles. The students are excited to learn about America by “living” it!
For more information, call Local Representative Eileen Weitzel in Winterville at 252-258-5860 or 800-888-9040.