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Max Abbott Middle School Donates Teachers at Max Abbott Middle School present a donation of $338.77 to Deanna Benson-Reed, Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation’s Friends of the Cancer Center Coordinator. Pennies were collected for the 3rd year by the 6th grade students through the program “Pennies for Patients”.

Friends of the Cancer Center helps provide hundreds of cancer patients and their families with emotional support, information resources, food supplements, free wigs and turbans and emergency needs funding. For more information, please call Friends of the Cancer Center Coordinator, Deanna Benson-Reed, at (910) 615-7618.

Jessica Adams Jessica L. Adams presents a donation of $166 to Deanna Benson-Reed, Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation’s Friends of the Cancer Center Coordinator. She collected $116.10 over the month of December as part of her Senior Project at Southview High School. Jessica made awareness ribbons for donations.

Janice Swoope, Musical Director at Reid Ross Classical School, presents stuffed animals to Marian Morgan, Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation’s Friends of Children Coordinator. Parents and students collected the toys at the Holiday Orchestra Concert.

Friends of Children makes sure that a child's perspective is never lost in the unfamiliar world of grown-ups and medical equipment. Services include asthma and diabetes education, assistance and meal vouchers for families in extreme need, toys for children in the pediatric playroom, and other items to make a hospital visit or stay less stressful for the parents and the child. For more information, call (910) 615-1449.

Ryan Crystal, Tyronne Lowery and Aaron Truman (l to r) present a donation of $1,000 to Deanna Benson-Reed, Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation’s Friends of the Cancer Center Coordinator. The donation is from the proceeds of their 1st annual Fat Daddy's Benefit for Friends of the Cancer Center.

Board of Realtors Fayetteville Regional Association of Realtors present stuffed animals collected at their annual meeting to Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation’s Friends of Children.
Pictured left to right: Zan Monroe, Executive Vice President of the Fayetteville Regional Association of Realtors; Jeff Morketter, Friends of Children Advisory Council Chairman and Jay Dowdy, outgoing President Fayetteville Regional Association of Realtors.

Members of the Primrose Pearls Chapter of the Red Hat Society held bake sales to benefit Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation. All the members work for Cape Fear Valley in the Physician Billing Department. They raised $561 for Friends of the Cancer Center and $757 for Stanton Hospitality House. The members pictured here visited Stanton Hospitality House and presented the donation to Melissa Hamrick, Coordinator of Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation's Stanton Hospitality House. Front row: Terry Perry, Melissa Hamrick, Yvonne Cowell, 2nd row: Barbara White, Susan Jenkins, Eloise Williams; 3rd row: Ellen Puffenbarger, John Groves, Director of Patient Financial Services, and Sharon Stewart. Not pictured are Sandra Weatherspoon, Vina McEachern and Kathy Griffin.

Stanton Hospitality House provides a place of shelter and comfort for families of loved ones undergoing medical treatment at one of the nearby medical facilities. Stanton Hospitality House offers a temporary, affordable home away from home, where the financial and emotional burdens of illness and hospitalization can be lessened. For more information, please call (910) 615-4032.

Family Foods Donation Ron and Sharon Matthews of Family Foods Inc. present a check for $10,000 to Lonnie Player (left), Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation Board President, and Kathy Verkuilen (right), Foundation Director. The donation is for the presenting sponsorship for Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation Gala, which will be held on January 22, 2010. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews also received a plaque from the Foundation for the participation of their Taco Bell franchise in the Kampaign for Kids.

BB&T Employees of BB&T donated furniture, linens and televisions to do an "Extreme Makeover" on a guest room at the Stanton Hospitality House. Melissa Hamrick, Coordinator of Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation's Stanton Hospitality House shows a plaque dedicating the room to BB&T.

Stanley Steamer Libby Paris, owner of Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner, presents a $2,500 sponsorship for the Ribbon Walk for Cancer to Deanna Benson-Reed, Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation's Friends of the Cancer Center Coordinator. The donation is in memory of her late husband, Keith Paris. Pictured left to right are Deanna Benson-Reed, Charlie Paris, Libby Paris, Shirley Pruitt, Brandi Paris, Samantha Pruitt. On the front row are grandchildren Kyle Paris and Alyssa Tarabay holding a photo of Keith Paris.

Barbara Alexander and Tom Cain (center), volunteers with the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Senior Program, present lap blankets and vases to Deanna Benson-Reed (left), Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation’s Friends of the Cancer Center Coordinator, and Jerry Wilson (right), Cancer Center Volunteer. The blankets and vases are for patients receiving treatment at Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center.

The staff and management of Express Employment Professionals present a donation of $2,900 to Deanna Benson-Reed (left), Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation’s Friends of the Cancer Center Coordinator. The donation is from the proceeds of their 1st annual Express for the Cure Golf Tournament.

Pictured left to right are: Brad Loase, Norma Loase, Dick Loase, Deanna Benson-Reed, Lynell Wiggins, Cathy Jackson, Chris Villa, Amber Fadeyi and Tamieka Jackson.