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MATTERSDean Prim Scholarship Offers Study in China

THE WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION C o m m u n i t y N e w s l e t t e r | S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 7

BILLY PRIM CAN CERTAINLY BE characterized as a

visionary in the business world.

As co-founder of Blue Rhino in 1994, he revolutionized

the gas grill propane tank industry by creating tank exchanges

at over 40,000 retail locations across the country. After selling

Blue Rhino in 2004, Prim founded Primo Water, the first

national brand of water for water coolers, utilizing

similar distribution networks and retail partner-

ships. He is now also focusing his time and energy

toward revitalizing downtown Winston-Salem as

the lead developer for a new stadium for the

minor league baseball team he co-owns, the

Winston-Salem Warthogs. But Billy Prim has

another vision which may not be as well-

publicized — that of a financial supporter of local youth want-

ing to attend college.

Billy was raised and educated in Yadkin County, and his

father, Dean Prim, was a member of the Yadkin County Board

of Education. Dean Prim was a man dedicated to promoting

education in his community.

Following the death of his father in 1975, Billy and his

family established a college scholarship in his father’s name for

students at Starmount High School in Yadkin County. He trans-

ferred administration of the scholarship fund to The Winston-

Salem Foundation in 1989 and later expanded the fund to

encompass three four-year partial scholarships to graduating

high school seniors in Davie, Forsyth, and Yadkin counties. The

scholarship fund is supported by an annual golf tournament, the

Dean Prim Classic.

Billy recently began evaluating the success of the scholar-

ship program over the 30+ years that it had been in existence.

He realized that the program had accomplished many things

for students not only in Yadkin County, but now also in

Forsyth and Davie Counties. As he began to research how he

could make an even greater impact, Billy looked at himself and

tried to reflect on what had helped him in his own success.

One of the things that he felt strongly about was the impor-

tance of his exposure to different people and cultures. He

wanted to give students the opportunity to be exposed to a

larger world view that he believes is so critical in our

global economy. Ultimately, Billy decided to add a

travel opportunity to the program.

Prim remarks, “I believe that China is, and will

continue to be a major force in the world economy.”

Billy travels to China regularly on business, and wants

these students to see the country through their own

eyes. He notes, “I also wanted to open this up to high

school students in their junior or senior year — the earlier you

can impact someone’s life, the more you can influence it.”

Beginning in 2007–2008, the Dean Prim Scholarship will

include a paid summer travel and study program in China in

addition to the four-year college scholarship. The first recipi-

ents will participate in a travel and study program of Mandarin

Chinese language and Chinese cultural history at Nanjing

University in Nanjing, China in the summer of 2008.

In the future, the program could move on to other emerg-

ing countries such as South Africa or India. Billy Prim, the

entrepreneur, is indeed a visionary. His vision may prove very

valuable in developing future leaders for our community.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO THE FOUNDATION’S WEB SITE AT

WWW.WSFOUNDATION.ORG. CLICK ON “STUDENTS”, THEN “LIST OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND

GRANTS.” APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THE DEAN PRIM

SCHOLARSHIP IS OCTOBER 31, 2007.

MARY BOLTON has built social capital by building bridges

across ethnic and economic lines through her work with El Buen

Pastor Latino Community Services. She was instrumental in cre-

ating an after school program for Spanish-speaking children to

teach them English. Her recruitment of volunteers from various

churches has provided opportunities for relationships to be built

across many different backgrounds and income levels. Mary was

nominated by Ron Lowry.

EFFLEY HOWELL uses cre-

ativity, history, and art to tell a

story of division and triumph in

our community. He has built

social capital by working to

improve race relations in our area

through a traveling black history

museum. Both the exhibits and

workshops that he conducts

around the exhibit have enabled

him to open a dialogue between

different ethnic and age groups.

They enable Effley to impact

individuals’ perceptions and mis-

conceptions about discrimination in a visible, tangible, and per-

sonal way. Effley was nominated by Lisa Miller.

TRACEY MAXWELL has created bridges across lines of race,

faith, and income through her work with Vigils of Healing, a vol-

unteer group that holds interfaith vigils at the site of each homi-

cide in Forsyth County. She founded the group not only to

mourn the victim’s loss, but to acknowledge and counteract the

negative effect that violent deaths have on families, neighbor-

hoods, and communities. The vigils also bring many people to

neighborhoods where they would not normally travel.

Participants have remarked on the trust and sense of community

that grows out of standing together with a common purpose.

Tracey was nominated by Sylvia Oberle.

RABBI MARK STRAUSS-COHN has built social capital

by building bridges between diverse religious communities in

Winston-Salem. He has sought to educate community members

on what they all have in common, rather than dwell on differ-

ences. He has offered courses on Judaism to the broader commu-

nity in order to create better understanding among faiths. He has

ensured that the Temple has

participated in many commu-

nity activities such as a Habitat

for Humanity house building

which has created bridging

social capital. Mark was

nominated by Dr. Andrew

Schneider.

Each ECHO Award recip-

ient received $1,000 to grant to

a nonprofit organization of

their choice. They were selected

by a committee representing

the ECHO Council and the Foundation.

The 2008 ECHO Award nomination process will begin in

February 2008. Keep this in mind as you observe social capital

bridge builders at work throughout our community.

THE WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION AND ECHO COUNCIL JOINTLY PRESENTED THE 2007 ECHO AWARDS

AT THE FOUNDATION’S COMMUNITY MEETING IN MAY. THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR

ACTIVELY BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL — BY CONNECTING AND BUILDING TRUST AMONG PEOPLE

IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER.

SCOTT WIERMAN, RABBI MARK STRAUSS-COHN, TRACEY

MAXWELL, EFFLEY HOWELL, MARY BOLTON AND JIM LAMBIE

2007 ECHO Award Winners

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ECHO COUNCIL AND SOCIAL

CAPITAL, VISIT THE FOUNDATION’S HOMEPAGE AT

WWW.WSFOUNDATION.ORG AND CLICK ON “LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES.”

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CANDIDE JONES WAS AWARDED the 2007 Winston-

Salem Foundation Award at the Community Meeting on May

9th at the Benton Convention Center. The Foundation’s highest

honor, the award honors her passionate commitment and creative

direction to many nonprofit organizations in our community.

Jones’ leadership has elevat-

ed nonprofits in our community

while bringing diverse people

together to work for important

causes. Innovative fundraising

events have become her hall-

mark. When presenting the

award, Foundation President

Scott Wierman noted, “Most

recently she brought the idea of

“Art Unleashed” to Winston-

Salem with the Forsyth

Humane Society. She spear-

headed the event and worked

tirelessly with a committee to make the event successful.” He

added that over the years she has also played significant creative

and leadership roles in the development of the YWCA’s “Chili

Luncheon” and Crisis Control Ministry’s “Hope du Jour.”

Established in 1996, the award is given to individuals who

demonstrate the Foundation’s values of generosity, excellence,

inclusion, and integrity, along with visionary leadership in a com-

munity activity or on behalf of a

community organization, partic-

ularly in the recent past. Past

recipients have led nonprofits,

provided community leadership,

and created opportunities for the

broader community. Candide

Jones was selected by a commit-

tee comprised of members from

various Foundation committees

and the community at large.

Jones received a $10,000

grant to designate for a local

nonprofit. She chose Forsyth

Humane Society to receive the $10,000 grant award for their

New Leash on Life program. She was nominated by Jan Detter.

Candide Jones Receives 2007 Winston-Salem Foundation Award

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: SCOTT WIERMAN (FOUNDATION PRESIDENT),

CANDIDE JONES, JIM LAMBIE (FOUNDATION COMMITTEE CHAIR)

IN 2001, THE NORTH CAROLINA General

Assembly passed the Mental Health Reform Act.

Over the past six years, passage of this Act has

resulted in a number of unintended negative con-

sequences, causing many mentally ill persons to fall

through the cracks of the mental health care sys-

tem. The referral system has become much more

cumbersome, leading to a great deal of confusion

even within the mental health field.

At the same time, more primary care physicians than ever

are faced with the challenges of treating patients with mental

health issues, from mild depression to more severe mental ill-

ness, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities. Some

pediatricians even report spending up to 50% of their time

providing mental health services to their young

patients. Many physicians are unsure as to where to

refer patients who come to their practices with a variety

of age, financial and mental health considerations.

With this in mind, Andy Hagler, executive

director of The Mental Health Association in Forsyth

County, had an idea for connecting primary care

providers with mental health resources already existing

in our community.

With a two-year grant totaling $15,000 from The Winston-

Salem Foundation, the Mental Health Association

has developed a primary care provider outreach program.

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CONNECTING PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS

ANDY HAGLER

IF YOU’RE CONTEMPLATING MAKING a charitable

gift, real estate could be a logical choice. But first, there are sev-

eral points to consider in order to make sure that donating real

estate will meet your charitable goals. As with all charitable giv-

ing, planning is of critical importance.

Many times one enters into a contract to sell real estate,

and after executing the contract, realizes that the property

would constitute a good gift. The prospective donor then con-

tacts the philanthropic entity and suggests that the contract be

assigned to the charity. Unfortunately, the Internal Revenue

Service has provided rulings in these situations and the news is

not favorable for the donor. If the owner (donor) simply assigns

an existing contract, then the IRS will treat the gift as one of

proceeds and not of the real estate. The consequence is that the

donor must recognize the purchase price as income with a sub-

sequent charitable gift. All the tax implications of income to the

recipient are now applicable.

The point to be learned is that if you want to make a gift

of real estate and a buyer appears, tell the buyer to “hold the

thought” and do not enter into a contract. It is important to

“keep the buyer in the wings.” Next contact the philanthropic

entity to discuss deeding it the property. Once the property is

deeded, the nonprofit can move forward with the buyer and

execute a purchase agreement in the name of the charitable

organization. The donor gets the benefit of the gift of real estate

and not of proceeds.

Adequate planning time is needed for the prospective pur-

chaser and the nonprofit. Although nonprofit entities generally

want to respond to a donor’s request in a timely fashion, the

nonprofit must take the same due diligence actions as any pru-

dent purchaser. The nonprofit may not want to take title to real

estate with environmental or other marketability issues and

therefore it will need time to complete its investigative processes.

You can minimize the duration of the gifting procedures

by setting up an appointment with a philanthropic officer and

coming to the meeting prepared. Be sure to bring a copy of the

existing deed, survey, owner’s policy of title insurance, and an

environmental report, if one has been obtained. This will expe-

dite the transfer and will benefit all parties.

Real estate could be one of the most beneficial ways for

you to give. Be sure to plan ahead and allow adequate time for

proper due diligence. And don’t forget — “keep the buyer in

the wings.”

ALFRED G. ADAMS IS A MEMBER OF THE REAL

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE GROUP OF

WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC.

HE HAS ALSO CHAIRED THE REAL PROPERTY

SECTION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSO-

CIATION.

THINKING ABOUT MAKING A CHARITABLE GIFT OF REAL ESTATE?

Be sure to plan ahead and allow adequate time for proper due diligence.

And don’t forget — “keep the buyer in the wings.”

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Youth Grantmakers’ Shoot Out Grant Aims to Prevent Teen Smoking

YOUTH PHILANTHROPY is not just a growing trend

elsewhere in the country. It is alive and well in Forsyth County!

In 2005, The Winston-Salem Foundation established a

new program to engage youth in the community. Youth

Grantmakers in Action (YGA) was created as a diverse

youth-led group (ages 14–17) that allows youth to gain

leadership experience, represent other youth in the commu-

nity, and voice their opinions to influence community

change. YGA makes grants on an annual basis to youth-led

projects that address community issues and challenges in

Forsyth County.

One of four grants that YGA made in 2006–2007 was

to the Youth Advisory Council of the Youth Tobacco

Prevention Program. A youth-led Tobacco-Free Shoot-Out

was held on May 5th at the Central Family YMCA basketball

courts. The event was designed to engage teens in a day of fun

and sports, while highlighting the dangers of teen tobacco use.

Over 70 teens attended the Shoot-Out where the tobacco-

free message resonated strongly. Highlights included an art display,

a lively broadcast of the Youth Advisory Council’s “radio rap,”

youth-led tobacco quiz games, a guest appearance by a cancer sur-

vivor, and educational displays. The Shoot-Out itself involved a

series of competitions for top prizes in a three-point shootout,

dunk contest, and four on four scrimmages. Overall, it was both a

fun and educational day — and a very high-energy event.

Regarding the event’s planning process, Gina Humble,

youth tobacco prevention coordinator notes, “Our Youth

Council was involved in every aspect of the planning of this

event — the Shoot-Out idea was actually the result of brain-

storming by five of our members.” Gina adds, “We all want to

empower youth to be the leaders in the issues they’re interested

in — and in this case the youth had a very specific vision of

how they wanted to reach other teens.”

Be on the lookout for more exciting youth-led projects

funded by Youth Grantmakers in Action in the coming year.

It’s a slam-dunk for our community!

YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS

GATHER AT THE TOBACCO-FREE SHOOT-OUT IN MAY.

THE BLACK PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE (BPI) was

established in 2000 with a grant from the ECHO Fund and the

Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. BPI seeks to build effective

philanthropic relationships with the African American communi-

ty by expanding social capital and building relationships of trust.

The Winston-Salem Foundation and BPI also offer public

speakers and informational seminars to the black community in

an effort to maintain the momentum in building these new rela-

tionships. The thirteen-member BPI Advisory Committee is cur-

rently in the planning stages of establishing a Black Philanthropy

Fund at the Foundation — stay tuned for more exciting details.

Many thanks to the new and returning members of the BPI

Advisory Committee:

Dr. Jessica Bailey* Rev. Dr. Joseph Jones*

Ms. Florence Corpening Ms. Corena Norris-McCluney*

Mr. Richard Davis Mrs. Robin Paul*

Ms. Brenda B. Diggs Mr. James K. Reaves*

Ms. Denise Franklin* Mr. Napoleon Richardson, Jr.*

Mr. Danny Freeman Ms. Janet Wheeler

Rev. Donald Jenkins

* new BPI Advisory Committee member

BLACK PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE WELCOMES NEW ADVISORY MEMBERS

THE WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION IS PLEASED TO WELCOME A NUMBER OF NEW INDIVIDUALS TO OUR

TEAM. THESE INDIVIDUALS TOUCH EVERY ASPECT OF THE FOUNDATION AND EACH BRINGS A WEALTH

OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. THE FOUNDATION WELCOMES THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE

FOUNDATION STAFF:

MICHAEL CLEMENTS, Vice President, Community

Investment

Clements will oversee and guide the Foundation’s initia-

tives and community investment activities and supervise the

Foundation’s grantmaking and student aid departments.

Through his work he will design, develop, and participate in

coalitions across the community and move forward the

Foundation’s work with social capital building.

Since 2000, Clements has served as director of the

Downtown Health Plaza of Baptist Hospital, including the

Cleveland Avenue Dental and Eye Center. Clements served as

director since its inception and intentionally focused on building

a service-oriented environment where patients and staff were

treated with dignity and respect. Previously, he served as director

of Reynolds Health Center and has held

multiple positions in the public health

field in Winston-Salem. A native of New

York City, Clements received his bachelor’s

degree in biology from Shaw University

and master of social work and master of

public health from the University of

North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

ROBIN BURR DeVANE, Grants Manager

Burr DeVane will serve as the first point of contact for

nonprofits, providing information to applicants, grantees, and

other community members on the grant-

making process and procedure. She will

provide programmatic and administrative

support to the grants department, and will

maintain all information relating to the

Foundation’s grantmaking.

Burr DeVane joins the Foundation

with extensive experience in administrative

work and technology. She most recently served as business

office assistant at Salem Academy and College. She earned her

bachelor of arts from Salem College and is currently working

towards a masters of arts in liberal studies at Wake Forest

University.

ANDREA FALDEN, Program Officer

Falden will work with the grants team as a program officer

and will become familiar with issues relevant to the local non-

profit community and review grant proposals. She will keep

informed on community issues and organizations by attending

meetings, consulting with prospective grantees and assisting

nonprofit organizations in their interactions with The

Winston-Salem Foundation.

Falden joins the Foundation from

Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Teachers in

Culpeper, VA, a national career develop-

ment program working with minority

high school students who are interested in

becoming teachers. A Salem College grad-

uate, Falden received both the Elizabeth

Oesterlein Award and the Sophisteia

Award. She earned her master’s degree from the University of

Virginia in religious studies.

CICI FULTON, Director, Marketing and Communications

Fulton will strategically position WSF in the community

and is responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring

all marketing, communications, and public relations efforts for

the Foundation. She will develop and maintain the

Foundation’s overall identity, branding, key messages, themes,

materials, and implementation of special events.

Fulton has a rich background of marketing experience

Foundation Announces New Staff

CLEMENTS

BURR DEVANE

FALDEN

including positions at Sara Lee Knit

Products (HanesBrands Inc.), as well as

Capital Development Services, Inc, where

she served as a campaign associate coordi-

nating the development and implementa-

tion of capital campaigns. She also worked

previously as a community relations assis-

tant and marketing coordinator in Atlanta,

Ga. She holds a bachelor of science degree in business adminis-

tration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

JONATHAN HALSEY, Donor Services Officer

Halsey will concentrate on the Foundation’s donor services

efforts by cultivating relationships with donors and their pro-

fessional advisors. He will be an active part of the community

as he meets donors’ needs and provides to

them resources for expanding and facili-

tating their charitable activities.

Halsey joins the Foundation from the

New River Community Partners, Inc. in

Sparta, NC where he served as project

manager. He has also played a key role in

the development of the Sparta Teapot

Museum. He also served as an instructor

at Wilkes Community College and director of music at Christ

Episcopal Church. A native of Alleghany County, he earned

his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill. He has served on numerous community boards,

including the board of directors for the Alleghany County

Community Foundation.

TARI HANNEMAN, Women’s Fund Coordinator

Hanneman will serve as the primary liaison between the

Foundation and The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem.

Working closely with the Executive Committee of the Fund,

she will connect them to Foundation resources, provide leader-

ship for the Fund, and sustain daily tasks required for the

Fund’s maintenance.

Hanneman joins the Foundation from Metis Consulting.

As the principal she provides program and strategic planning,

organizational development and project

management services to nonprofit

organizations. Prior to Metis, she

worked with the California Endowment

as a program officer. Hanneman holds a

master of public administration from

the University of Southern California,

and a bachelor of arts in study of

women and men in society and political

science.

MARY JO MORGAN, Accounting Associate

Morgan will assist the finance team by performing a vari-

ety of accounting functions that relate to the receipt of gifts

and to compute, classify, record and reconcile transactions.

Mary Jo is a native of the Democratic Republic of the

Congo (Zaire). She has lived and worked in NC since 1992.

One of her former jobs fostered a passion for accounting and

she returned to school full-time. In

2004, she earned an associates degree in

accounting from Forsyth Tech, and sub-

sequently she received a bachelor of sci-

ence in accounting from WSSU. Since

then, Mary Jo has worked for US Trust

(Greensboro) as a tax accountant and

for Barbara Fulp & Company

(Kernersville) as a staff accountant.

FULTON

HALSEY

HANNEMAN

MORGAN

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Personal visits were made to many primary care providers

throughout Forsyth County and in King, including practices spe-

cializing in pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology. Brochures were

developed and purchased to leave behind with physicians and

referral specialists to assist primary care physicians in making

appropriate referrals to mental health providers. Depression

screening tools were also provided to help physicians better iden-

tify their patients’ symptoms of depression.

Hagler notes that an important result of this program has

been improved communication between the physicians and men-

tal health providers. “It really opened up dialogue between pri-

mary care physicians and the mental health community. We were

able to see how passionate the doctors are about their patients’

mental health — and their earnest desire for follow-up informa-

tion after a referral has been made.” The Mental Health

Association will continue to communicate with primary care

practices and provide access to their mental health provider data-

base upon the program’s completion.

“This grant has opened up a door — mental health issues

are being discussed and addressed, and that is a big plus for our

entire community,” said Hagler.