Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 15, 1993 TAG: 9304150451
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-10 EDITION: METRO
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Children's advocacy is new group's themeThe Children's Rights Council of the Roanoke Valley will hold its first meeting from 7 until 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Brody Room of the Roanoke Public Library, 706 S. Jefferson St.
The council is an advocacy coalition and support group whose membership includes parents who have or do not have custody of their children, stepparents, grandparents, parents from intact families and concerned citizens.
The group promotes children's rights to have both parents actively involved in their care and favors giving children continuing access to extended family members, regardless of the marital status of the parents.
For more information, contact Barry Young at 389-5824.
Women's clubs sponsor benefit recycling drive
Several Roanoke Valley women's clubs and a local business are sponsoring a project to "Raise the Roof" of a new cabin dormitory for Camp Easter Seal East in Caroline County.
The Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs and Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co. are working with the Easter Seal Society to raise money to build the dormitory.
Every pound of aluminum brought to Reynolds recycling centers all over the state during the week from Sunday through April 24 will be matched with a donation to the project. Reynolds will donate an extra penny per pound of cans turned in on April 24 toward the project.
Roanoke residents are urged to bring their aluminum cans to Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co., 102 Boulevard S.W. For more information, call Reynolds at 342-9321.
Ham radio volunteers win Red Cross award
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service recently received the Good Neighbor Award from the Roanoke Valley chapter of the American Red Cross.
Amateur Radio Emergency Service is made up of amateur radio operators who donate their time and equipment to provide emergency communications in conjunction with the Red Cross during disasters. The group also has set up small short-wave stations in the emergency management offices of several Roanoke Valley-area governments and the National Weather Service.
The service was started during the flood of 1985, and volunteers recently were instrumental in providing communication between the Bland County emergency shelter and the Virginia Emergency Operations Center in Richmond during the March blizzard.
Donations needed to buy trout for rodeo
The Salem Parks and Recreation Department is seeking donations to defray the cost of trout for this year's Ernest "Pig" Robertson Trout Fishing Rodeos, which will begin May 8 at Lake Spring Park.
The year marks the 42nd annual event, which gives children, handicapped individuals and nursing home patients an opportunity that they might not otherwise have to fish.
Last year, 5,200 pounds of trout were ordered. The same amount has been ordered for this year, and contributions toward the cost are needed. Donations may be sent to: Fishing Rodeos, in care of the Salem Parks and Recreation Department, P.O. Box 869, Salem 24153. Call 375-3057 for more information.
Margaret Lynn Lewis DAR group wins award
The Margaret Lynn Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has been awarded first place in the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Week Narrative Contest.
The chapter's entry, written by Helen Cobbs, chapter chairman of Constitution Week, described the chapter's Constitution Week celebration, "Voter Registration 1992," as proposed by Roanoke Mayor David Bowers.