LUMBERTON – Franny’s Friends has planned a fundraiser Saturday at Petsense in Lumberton.
Fundraising will take place from 10 a. m. 2 p. m. It will come with homemade cakes, biscuits, brownies, cakes and custom ornaments. Sugar Bell the Goat will be available for petting and taking pictures.
And the Grinch will be there to take pictures and have fun.
Baskets and boxes full of gifts will be available for the draw. The draw will be held on December 19, in time for gifts.
Petsense is at 4327 Fayetteville Road.
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LUMBERTON – While many young people wondered how many gifts they would have under the tree this Christmas, Bralie Miller, 7, wondered how she might be offering young children in St. Jude.
“I find him unhappy because maybe they didn’t have things like us, ” said Bralie. “Some kids have trouble moving and have trouble working. Some young kids don’t know what to do, so I think it would be great for the little ones. young children have toys.
“They may not have new toys. They can only have one sock puppet to play with.
His selflessness raised more than $1,000 for the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
In November, Bralie shared with her mom the idea of giving toys to St. Jude after seeing an ad about the hospital that left a lasting impression.
“Some kids don’t think about other kids, yet what made me think of them this publicity,” Bralie said. “He encouraged me.
“If you’re a kid, you don’t have to be an adult to do things. “He said, “Joy can be just a little gift, a toy. “Joy can be anything and as long as you are in joy, it will come to you and others”.
After seeing the commercial, Bralie ran to her mother, as she cooked, to begin her plan.
“She said, ‘Mom, I have to do something,'” Kathryn Miller said. ‘She said, ‘I’m going to spend a lot of Christmas because my circle of relatives makes sure I do, but those kids possibly don’t have what I do and I have to make sure they spend a Christmas like me. »»
Bralie’s initial plan to deliver gifts or cash directly to one of the hospitals, however, found out he was too young to go to the hospital.
“You’ll have to be 12, ” said Kathryn.
Bralie was allowed to sponsor her own fundraiser in St. Louis. St. Jude, the hospital recommended a $300 pass, but Bralie sought to go further.
“St. Jude set a $300 purpose and she said, “No Mom. I’ll raise $1,000,” Kathryn said.
Katheryn began a Facebook fundraiser called “Bralie Giving from the Heart,” and the mother and daughter ran, spreading the word to the church and through the family circle.
“I asked for a lot, a lot of other people and raised a lot of money,” Bralie said.
Bralie raised $1,090 and profits were sent to St. Jude last week.
“I’m proud to know that I’m raising her from the road, that she sees the things I do and learns from it,” Kathryn said.
This year’s fundraiser isn’t Bralie’s first time giving St. Louis.
“I’m an 18-year-old cancer survivor, so St. Jude is very expensive for our hearts,” Kathryn said.
Bralie said young people want gifts, but the most thing this time of year is family.
“Some young people can’t be reunited with their families,” he says. “Either they’re trapped in a hospital or they’re in big trouble. “
More donations will come from the 7-year-old. He has plans for Easter, Halloween and Christmas.
“When I’m older, I need to move on to this St. Jude post and say ‘hello’ to everyone and buy some bags of candy and then distribute them,” he says.
Bralie encourages others to donate to St. Jude.
“If you still have to raise money, you can make cards or cash,” he says.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was incorporated into the national cancer center formula in 2008. Network members are identified by their clinical leadership in the laboratory and clinical research, and by serving their communities and the general public by integrating the education and schooling of biomedical researchers and fitness professionals.
St. Jude’s project is to “promote cures and prevent catastrophic pediatric diseases through studies and treatments. “
LUMBERTON – Lumberton city firefighters embarked thursday on a torrential rain project to offer Christmas gifts and inspire the city’s youth as a component of the ministry’s annual toy collection.
Firefighters handed out toys to about 15 youth homes whose circle of family members had not yet collected gifts at the chimney station, interim fire chief Christopher West said.
Nearly 50 families were cared for through the toy collection through members of the Lumberton City Council who donated $4,150 in the network’s revitalization budget to purchase toys.
“We are pleased to be a part of this,” said Councilman John Carroll, who helped deliver toys to a space in his neighborhood. “With the madness we had to face all year round, the least we can do is achieve it.
Councilwoman Melissa Robinson stopped at the station to share the percentage of popcorn and chocolate with firefighters prior to delivery.
“I can’t leave them out, ” he laughs.
“I’m grateful to everyone here, ” said Robinson to the chimney department.
West stated that the branch sought to serve those in various ways.
“It is vital to do what we can for the community,” West said. “It could be putting out a fire, doing CPR, or making sure a child gets a toy for Christmas. “
And this service does have the weather conditions, said the acting chief.
“We are like the courier service. Rain, snow or good weather, let’s go,” West said.
Captain Curtis Michaud helped firefighters load the packages into the ministry’s special operations truck before delivery began.
“We are pleased to be able to help the small number of families we can in this pandemic,” Michaud said. “Just to bring happiness to such a miserable moment. “
Battalion chief McGregor Strickland handed out gifts and escorted the special operations truck in the rain to the drop-off location.
What he likes about this occasion is seeing a child’s face with joy “when he gets something he doesn’t expect,” Strickland said.
One of those young Willis Campbell, 7, resident of Furman Drive, whose mother coordinated the Christmas surprise.
“I didn’t know who it was,” Nikita Crudup said with a smile.
“I said we have to stay home now because someone brings you a present,” he said.
Campbell smiled and struck st. Strickland, who holds a giant gift bag with toys just for him.
“It’s a blessing, ” said Crudup. ” It’s a blessing because I ran out of paints because of COVID. “
The gift delivered through firefighters helped Crudup his son at Christmas.
Miranda Rogers, who lives near Furman Drive, said she was grateful after her 7-year-old daughter, Airanizzia Rogers, won her gift from firefighters when the rain fell from the sky.
She had no vehicle, so she walked from one position to another, and getting the toys meant a lot to her, Rogers said.
“I’m very grateful,” she says.
All toys that have just been delivered or collected can be picked up until January 1st at the station, if gifts are claimed, will be given to young people whose homes are lost in a fireplace or to young people in need next Christmas.
LUMBERTON – The Robeson County Humane Society now has to fill the void left when David Ayers resigned as chairman of the board of trustees of the animal rescue organization.
Lumberton City Council member Owen Thomas will update Ayers, who resigned on December 18 after more than a year in the post. Ayers served as Vice-President of the Board of Directors for at least two years.
“As president of the RCHS, it is vital that you fully assist the board’s decisions, whether I object or not. Recent decisions made through the Board of Directors have not been able to get my full help, i. e. taking into account a COVID Year,” Ayers wrote to Robesonian.
“With careful consideration, it was the most productive resolution for me and RCHS that I gave up on the board. I wish RCHS the most productive and its efforts,” Ayers wrote.
Samantha Bennett, executive director of the Humane Society, said she wasn’t happy to see Ayers leave, but positive about Thomas’ leadership.
“In fact, it saddens me that David Ayers has resigned,” Bennett said in a statement. “He was an advocate and shared my vision of where I hope to lead the RCHS. “
Bennett described Thomas, who served as chairman of the board from 2017 to 2018, as “a network and a spirit. “
“I think this is your time in office as president, so you know the Animal Protective Society and are so eager to continue on the trajectory that we started as I and rescue manager Divinity Morgan,” Bennett wrote.
“I think we all agree that the most vital thing is to save more lives by expanding sterilization and sterilization systems and locating animal houses in Robeson County. We can do this by running in combination and adopting innovation and change,” he added.
Thomas said he hoped to strengthen the organization’s presence in the community, “amplify” fundraising efforts, and locate “unique and cutting-edge fundraising tactics” next year.
“When you’re a nonprofit, you have to be at the forefront of making money,” Thomas said.
And COVID-19 has halted annual fundraisers like Bark at the Moon, letting the organization think creatively as it works to raise funds.
Thomas is grateful for the organizations that sponsor RCHS Angel Trees in their businesses the first week of January. The trees are decorated with pictures of animals that other people can help through donations.
He is also ahead of the Humane Society golf tournament on March 27.
“It’s a difficult time to spread the word because of COVID,” Thomas said.
Thomas said he would be informed by his former president and apply them to that mandate.
“We have a meeting that only has love for animals, but also for the community,” Thomas said.
“Clearly we couldn’t do what we do without a meeting that cares so much,” he added.
And that care extends to the staff, volunteers, and members of the organization who care for the animals, Thomas said.
“It’s all the moving parts that make it successful,” he said.
“It is a collective effort and I am here to do what I want to do in a leadership role to be successful,” he added.
LUMBERTON – On Christmas Eve, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office was looking for a guy wanted for stealing an inflatable Christmas decoration.
Jamie M. Bostic, 39, of Lumberton, pursued for theft of a Christmas inflatable Dec. 18 from a space on Rennert Road, outside the city of Lumberton, according to Sheriff Burnis Wilkins, charged with a felony minor theft.
The sheriff posted on Facebook a photo taken from a video recording of the robbery showing a guy who is believed to be Bostic with a Christmas decoration.
Anyone with data on Bostic’s location calls the Criminal Investigation Division of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at 910-671-3170 or 910-671-3100.
St. PAULS – More than two hundred families will have a Merry Christmas thanks to charitable donations to this year’s Loflin-Walker Fund.
Despite all the demanding situations created by the pandemic, $24,280 was raised in the 35th year of the fund.
“As treasurer of the Loflin-Walker Fund, I am proud to say that we have been helping more than 215 families this year,” Jeff Walters said. “We distributed the certificate on Saturday, December 19th. In addition to helping individual families, all certificates are redeemed at our attractive local merchants, which stimulates St. ‘s economy. St. Paul.
Many others donate the year, honoring the Loflin and Walker families and the memories of their loved ones, he said.
“A special thank you stands out for the leadership of Lions Club President St. Paul, Durham White,” Walters. Durham said he has spent many hours making sure this year’s Christmas fund’s good luck. Thanks also to Zach and Tyler Ward of Loflin’s family circle for managing all of our social networks, adding the implementation of an online app this year.
The club raises more than $25,000 consistently with the year of donations and grants to supply food, clothing, toys, heating oil and medical supplies for families and Americans living in St. Paul.
The fund is named after two former Members of the St. Paul Lions Club, Joe Loflin, a long-time city administrator, and Johnny Walker, the club’s long-time secretary.
Loflin introduced the fund when he discovered that the citizens of San Pablo were contributing to a similar fundraiser in Fayetteville and that his hometown could do the same. The first fundraiser raised approximately $ 4,000 and helped 40 to 50 people. It has grown since then.
“While the Christmas fund is complete for this year, we are pleased to settle for the donations of the year,” Walters said.
The fund also provides assistance with eye exams and other qualifying wishes for st Paul’s network families during the year.
Donations can be mailed to the St. Paul’s Lions Club in Post Box 653, St. Paul, N. C 28384.
Pastor Terry Williamson stores a poem to bring “Christmas greetings. “
“Yes, it’s Christmas, ” says at least the song,
the biggest story ever told, as you know.
Since the birth of the child Christ in the city of Bethlehem,
the word was temporarily extended to all,
that the messiah had come to save the souls of men.
For generations, this has been said.
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He nevertheless came here to lose the men.
I’d die on a cross, for you and for me.
Why would I come if I was going to die?
Because God enjoyed the global so much, that’s the explanation for why.
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Herod may have succeeded, but that was not the case.
Everything is in God’s plan for the world.
Later he would come and frustration,
but humanity would eat salvation.
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Christmas should not be reserved for toys and shiny objects,
but for the gift of God’s love and what it brings.
So Jesus with all your might.
Rejoice when you sing “O Holy Night!”
Thank Him for His coming, for all of us.
From our Father and eternal life!
With the final of the Empty Stocking Fund’s 2020 donation campaign, The Robesonian is excited to announce that two Christmas miracles were fulfilled this year.
With the extension of the collection deadline to Wednesday and donations from the annual Empty Fund Bowling Tournament, the balance was tilted in favor of serving the 1,300 young people who depended on the Christmas gift fund this year.
But it is bigger than that. Wednesday’s donations brought fundraisers to more than $ 5,000 more than last year’s total of $ 74,197, making this year the third highest year in the Fund’s history.
The main donors of this report, who wanted to remain anonymous, contributed $11,000 to the Fund, so The Robesonian is very grateful.
This year has come with its challenges, adding collective efforts to navigate COVID-19, and the good fortune of this year’s Fund is just one example of how benefited the citizens of Robeson County are, even in the midst of a pandemic.
To the fundraisers, again, thank you. Each of you has made a difference this year in the lives of our county’s youth. Young people served through the Fund will never suffer all the chaos this year, but thanks to their efforts, they will never do so this Christmas and all the joy. It will bring them.
Thanks to robeson County Department of Social Services staff working tirelessly with county children, not only through the Christmas Fund, but every day. At robeson County Center, thank you for your collaboration on this year’s fundraising effort.
The Robesonian wishes everyone a very happy Christmas and a satisfied new year!
TotalArray . . . . . $ 68,571. 75
201. Anonymous . . . . . . $1,000
202. Billy and Lillie Wilcox . . . . . . $200
Reminiscent of Billy Wilcox Jr. and Ronald Wilcox
203. Frank H. Daughtrey . . . . . . $50
In honor of all my friends at the United Methodist Church on Chestnut St.
204. Anonymous . . . . . . $25
205. Empty Garage Bottom Bowling Tournament Fix. . . $100
206. Anonymous . . . . . . $10,000
New OverallArray . . . . . $79,946. 75
PEMBROKE – One of two federal grants totaling $3. 4 million will be used through the University of North Carolina at Pembroke to address native American students’ retention and graduation rates.
Of the total investment received, $1. 5 million will go to the creation of a new Native American Heritage Center at UNCP.
A separate $1. 9 million grant earned with Robeson Community College went away for transition programs and workplace. The investment will be used to create a transitional workplace that will help the CCR move students from all walks of life in the fields of education, mathematics and fitness sciences.
“As an access institution, UNC Pembroke focuses on the good fortune and help of all academics. With a large number of first-generation academics and many dependents on scholarships or federal monetary assistance, such as the Pell Grant, we meet our legal responsibility to create opportunities and help academics with perspectives while fortunately seeking to complete their degree,” Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings told me. “Grant formulas like this are an essential component of this help formula and provide academics with the resources they want in their transition to a rigorous four-year curriculum.
“With the creation of the new Heritage Center and the support systems provided, we are honoring our founders’ vision of making an effect not only on the present but also on generations to come.
These projects are funded through the U. S. Department of Education’s Title III program. U. S. , which is exclusively for establishments designated as non-tribal Native American establishments serving. Robeson Community College and UNCP are located between the 37 two- and four-year-old establishments in the United States that are eligible for this designation, and those are two of the 3 establishments only east of the Mississippi River.
To comply with the NASNTI designation, establishments must have an undergraduate student population of no less than 10% native American students. The undergraduate Amerindian student population at UNCP is at 14%, representing various tribal affiliations of the state and nation. it remains the only four-year public establishment in the United States founded through American Indians in particular for the education of American Indians and has been officially designated as a traditionally native American university in North Carolina.
The newly established American Indian Heritage Center will provide counseling, programming, and facilities to your Native American student body. Initiatives come with a preorientation event, peer mentoring, monetary literacy workshops, specialized workshops for first-generation students, educational achievement ceremonies, educational achievement training, and cultural programs. The center will also provide cultural and progress presentations for teachers, staff and non-indigenous students.
The Heritage Center is the centerpiece of the Honoring Our Heritage project, which, according to the grant proposal, will serve Native American scholars most in need of services, adding those with rural, first-generation and low-generation, non-traditional areas.
Ashley McMillan is the principal investigator of the grant and will serve as director of the center. McMillan’s doctoral paintings aimed to create culturally exciting campus environments and sell a sense of belonging among Native American higher education students. She has reveled in the points of good luck in the progression and final touch of graduate studies of Native American students.
“The creation of this center at UNCP, which creates a sense of heritage and connection, is a vital step in our efforts to recruit, retain, and graduate Native American academics, which is essential to maintaining our NASNTI designation. it is also a component of a broader effort across all NASNTI schools across the country to advocate for access to investments that support the good fortunes of Aboriginal academics by demonstrating effects that have an effect on our communities,” McMillan said.
Mary Ann Jacobs, a professor and director of the Department of Native American Studies, called the long-term medium “revolutionary” and added that she looked forward to working with McMillan on recruiting, counseling, and other facilities for Native American students.
“This is something our staff and department members have been doing informally for our American Indian students, but now with this new center there will be a more permanent place for these services to be provided,” Jacobs said.
In addition to the center, UNCP also will launch a Partnership to Success Transfer Transition program with RCC. The program will assist all transfer students through academic support, peer mentor programs and tutoring services in the areas of financial literacy, teacher education support, nursing and math.
“Robeson Community College’s commitment to helping transferred students who receive the NASNTI grant is critical to our project to provide appropriate educational opportunities for our students and provide a high level of professionalism to our community,” RCC President Melissa Singler said. “Our partnership with UNC Pembroke will make certain students fortunate while gathering employers’ wishes into well-trained professionals. “
The main objective of the association is to provide academics with an elegant transition from RCC to UNCP and, in the end, to serve the region in critical areas of the workforce. There are plans to create a commuter and moving middle school designed to announce the continuation and start of school through centralized facilities and opportunities that publicize students’ good fortunes and stimulate student engagement.
“The desire for this assignment is paramount to our region,” said Lois Williams, vice-chancellor related to registrations. “This partnership between UNCP and CCR is helping to teach and graduate more academics who are able to respond to the development of the region. physical care and the need for quality educators. “
LUMBERTON – A 22-year-old St. Pauls boy died on Tuesday on Britt Road in St. Paul.
Deputies responded around 6 p. m. 39. au the Britt Road block to a report from a user who was shot and two houses to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Prior to the arrival of the agents, Dennis M. Bain, who shot, had been abducted from the premises through members of his family, on his way to Lumberton, transferred him to a medical emergency vehicle in Robeson County and taken to UNC Health Southeastern, according to Sheriff Bain’s office he died from his hospital injuries.
One of the houses where the two-person shooting was fired, Major Damien McLean said of the sheriff’s office. No one else was injured as a result of the shooting.
The Murder Department of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is investigating the case.
Anyone with more information about the case call the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at 910-671-3170 or 910-671-3100.
LUMBERTON – The police here are looking for a guy stuck on a surveillance tape for a robbery.
The guy can be seen in a video posted on the Lumberton Police Department’s Facebook page.
The space in which he broke into the North Lumberton area, according to Lumberton Police Lieutenant Al Collins.
No information is available on the date and time of the theft.
“Please identify this user who is guilty of several breaks and enters the city of Lumberton,” reads in a ministry article on social media.
Anyone with information about the man’s identity or location call the Lumberton Police Department at 910-671-3845 and ask to speak with Detective Charles Keenum. Callers can remain anonymous.
MAXTON – Police on Tuesday distributed enough Christmas gifts to some 50 young people in the community, police leader said.
The donation event, a component of the Shop With A Cop decomposition program, began at 11 a. m. and ended around 1:30 p. m,” said leader Na’Shayla Nelson.
The Shop With A Cop program originally intended to give toys to interested young people and allow them to have lunch and police toys to lessen the threat of COVID-19 spreading to a store, he said.
“While we were preparing the program, we won an overwhelming number of inquiries about the network youth in need, so all officials would be a great gesture to distribute the remaining pieces to the youth of the network,” he said. Nelson.
The branch first served the young people on its list, as expected, with the mask on and the social distances observed.
“We had 12 young people who were on our list. Their families also won groceries. Some families had more siblings who were going to get toys because of the number of donations,” Nelson said.
Demetrice McMillan, deputy principal of R. B. Dean Townsend Elementary School, stopped at the police station to thank branch and network leaders on behalf of hisArray. Some academics participated in the program.
She said the police leader “very much supports” the network and her school.
The occasion of the department gave the youth a way out after they returned home and distance learning, McMillan said.
Seeing “joy” on the children’s faces while buying toys the Christmas tree at the police station put it in the Christmas spirit, the deputy director said.
“Seeing this is the best thing about Christmas, giving back to the community,” McMillan said.
“I was just excited,” she added.
After caring for the children, police entered the network to distribute toys to “any” child in their backyard, the police leader said.
“We also visited day care centers and also gave them gifts,” Nelson said.
The branch began collecting toys in early December and was able to serve many young people online due to the abundance of toy donations, he said.
“We were going to do this through donations of kind from network members, adding city employees, city commissioners and others,” Nelson said.
“The pandemic affected everyone, adding up to the citizens of Maxton, and we seek to do something smart for the children,” he added.
The program followed a toy and food delivery event Sunday through St. Pauls, where agents delivered parts to 25 families in need at St. Pauls. Santa Claus was delivered on both occasions.
LUMBERTON – Robeson County organizations have earned more than $46,000 in the federal budget through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency through the National Food and Shelter Council program.
The council, overseen through the United Way of Robeson County, gave awards to nonprofits that offer homeless shelter, rental, loan and application assistance. The church and community center in Robeson County earned $ 9,050 for rental and loan assistance and $ 9,050. 28 for application assistance. The Southeast Family Violence Center won $ 10,000 for a massive shelter, and the Robeson County Water Department will get $ 18,100. 56.
The local council is guilty of recommending that agencies obtain those budgets and any additional budgets that are made as a component of this or the phases of the program. The local council presided through Sandra Oliver and included volunteers with diverse backgrounds and experience. . They were Ricky Harris, Shelton Hill, James Moore, David Ruth, Tate Johnson, Tim Grinder, Carol Deloach, Phil Harris and Horace Hunt.
Under the terms of National Council grants, local agencies that decide to obtain the budget must be personal non-profit, religious or local government units. To be eligible for the federal budget, beneficiaries must have an accounting system; who practice non-discrimination have demonstrated their ability to provide emergency food and/or shelter programs; and if it’s a personal voluntary organization, have a volunteer board of directors.
LUMBERTON – Well, we probably wouldn’t in the last 12 months anytime soon.
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LUMBERTON – The Southeastern Family Violence Center in Lumberton won a Christmas offer for its customers, victims of domestic violence.
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LUMBERTON – The Robeson County Arts Council is ending the 2020 calendar year by awarding grants to local arts organizations from the North Carolina Arts Council.
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This is written on Christmas Eve and, unless a Christmas miracle, like the sun rises, exceeds 60 degrees to allow some golf, this Christmas will probably rank 64th for all my Christmases in my entire life.
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PEMBROKE – A senior at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke has been named the 2020 recipient of the North Carolina HBCU/MSI Transportation Scholarship.
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Entering the genuine real estate market is much less difficult thanks to Robeson Community College. The school restarted its real estate course last fall and has already noticed that academics are effectively entering the real estate market.
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LUMBERTON – Cases of the new coronavirus continue to spread in Robeson County at a higher rate than in recent pandemic months.
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LUMBERTON – With a general fundraiser of more than $10,000, the annual Empty Stocking Fund bowling tournament at lumberton Bowling Center raised the maximum for the Empty Stocking Fund this year.
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