Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 23, 1995 TAG: 9503030028
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-5 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The Grief and Loss Counseling Center has two support groups in operation at Good Samaritan Hospice. They are for anyone who has experienced a loss.
The first group meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the hospice at 3825 Electric Road. The second group meets at Vinton Baptist Church the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.
For more information, call 776-0920.
Service organization elects officers
Carol Campbell has been elected president of Delta Kappa Sorority of Epsilon Sigma Alpha.
Other officers elected recently were: Wanda English, vice president; Barbara Thomas, secretary; Elaine Prillaman, treasurer; Kathy Wilson, education director; and Linda Wyatt, parliamentarian.
Epsilon Sigma Alpha is a leadership/service organization of 1,200 chapters nationwide.
LOA seeks insurance
counseling volunteers
The League of Older Americans Area Agency on Aging's Virginia Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Project is seeking volunteers for its health insurance counseling program.
Volunteers should not be a licensed insurance agent or investment counselor; should want to help older consumers obtain answers to health insurance questions; enjoy complex tasks; and want to learn more about health insurance coverage.
The volunteers are trained to provide answers about Medicaid and Medicare enrollment, insurance claims filing and decisions about Medigap and long-term care insurance. Volunteers answer questions from consumers in person or over the telephone.
The project is sponsored by the Virginia Department for the Aging and the State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance in cooperation with multiple agencies and organizations.
Call Shannon Abell or Gerrie LaManna at 345-0451 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to enroll.
Counseling center now training volunteers
TRUST, the Roanoke Valley Trouble Center Inc., is interviewing potential volunteers to help with its crisis telephone lines and one-to-one counseling services.
Volunteers are needed for TRUST's 24-hour telephone counseling services, and to provide personal counseling to clients with problems in such areas as relationships, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual assault and spouse abuse.
An upcoming training session to be held March 17-19 and March 24-26 will be followed by on-the-job training, where the trainee will work with an experienced volunteer.
Volunteers work one 4 1/2-hour shift per week, following their initial training. Call 776-3550, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., or, 344-1948 after 5 p.m. and on weekends.
Area residents pass CPA exam
The State Board for Accountancy at the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation has announced the names of 15 Roanoke-area residents who passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant examination in November.
From Roanoke were: John S. Aldridge, Ann L. Atchley, Mark F. Coles, Elizabeth A. Drummond, Laura C. Fowlkes, Rose M. Hagen, Carolyn B. Kidd, Lynn C. Kinsey, Thomas P. Nelson, David W. Perry and Frederick W. Thomas Jr.
Also: Annette G. Hoover, Fincastle; Annette M. Howard and Deborah A. Lannen, Salem; and Lynda L. Williams, Vinton.
Virginia has been included in the list of honor-roll states for the May examination. This status comes only when candidates taking the National CPA Examination pass in all subject areas at a rate higher than the national average. Only 16 states earned this designation.
Rotary celebrating 90 years of service
The Rotary Club of Salem is commemorating the 90th anniversary of the International Rotary Club.
Two exhibits are on display at the Salem Library and at the Salem Civic Center. They feature the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championship Basketball Tournament and materials from some of the 25 community organizations who receive ODAC proceeds.
Other community service projects during the Salem Rotary Club's 46 years have included Salvation Army bell-ringing, an orthoptics clinic, East Hill Cemetery cleanup and a water-ski show at Smith Mountain Lake.
Group celebrates 10th anniversary
The Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Roanoke Valley is celebrating its 10th anniversary March 13 at Hollins College's Ballator Gallery.
Agnes Hatfield, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland in the department of human development, will discuss ``Creating a Meaningful Life When There is Mental Illness,'' at the annual dinner. Hatfield is a founding member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
A workshop titled "Working Collaboratively with Families" also will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Hollins Moody Center, with a reception following. The dinner meeting will begin in the gallery at 7.
Cost for the workshop only is $10; cost for dinner only is $15; and cost for the workshop and dinner is $20.
Reservations should be made by March 4 by calling 977-3470.
by CNB