For Immediate Release: August 30, 2016 Contact: Tory Frink, Clerk to Board (336) 570-4042
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ALAMANCE
PUBLIC NOTICE: MEETING CANCELLATION – SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Alamance County Board of Commissioners’ regularly scheduled meeting for Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 9:00 am has been cancelled. The Alamance County Board of Commissioners will resume their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, September 19, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
Alamance County is now accepting applications for its upcoming Fall 2016 County Government Academy. The academy is free and will run for 7 consecutive Tuesdays from 2:00-5:00pm at various county departments starting on September 13th and will conclude on October 25th.
The County Government Academy helps participants learn about the county’s responsibilities and the vital role that county government plays in the community.
Participants must be Alamance County residents. Members serving on board- appointed advisory boards/committees are encouraged to sign-up. Class size is limited and academy slots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Participants are asked to commit to attending every session.
*With the exception of the county landfill, all county locations are accessible via Link Transit. For route and schedule information, please visit linktransit.org or call 336-222-LINK (5465).
Employees donated a number of cases and boxes filled with socks
The socks arrived at Cone Health Cancer Center at Alamance Regional on Monday, July 11
County Employees Coordinate Don Wilson Memorial Sock Drive to Benefit Cone Health Cancer Center at Alamance Regional Medical Center Patients
Alamance County is pleased to announce that, during the month of June 2016, its employees participated in the Don Wilson Memorial “Mmm… I Look Gooooood” Sock Drive. Employees were encouraged to donate unused, packaged socks to benefit patients at the Cone Health Cancer Center at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
Why socks? When asked, we were told that socks were one of their patients’ most pressing needs, especially for their patients undergoing chemotherapy.
As a result of this drive, the county employees were able to collect 12 cases worth of socks for these patients. Local businesses also participated by donating socks to this cause, including Gildan, Kayser-Roth, Pro Feet Missionary Team, and the Koury family at Carolina Mills. Additionally, Hanesbrand Outlet Store in Mebane donated and accepted donations for the drive.
“Our employees are honored to remember Don Wilson by supplying people in the hardest time in their lives with a gift that is so simple and so welcome. Our employees and community dug deep to give, and we know that Don would be pleased with this outreach. We would encourage people to take the time to find opportunities like this to make a real impact in our county,” stated Scott Ward, coordinator of the drive.
County employees delivered the socks to the Cancer Center on Monday, July 11. This date marks the 1st anniversary of Don Wilson’s passing while he was under the care of the center.
Alamance County Board of Commissioners attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Alamance Community College’s Advanced Applied Technology Center on the main campus located on Jimmie Kerr Rd, Graham, NC. In November 2012, a majority of votes were cast in favor of the $15,000,000 bond referendum. The County Commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with the financing of those bonds in September 2014. Today, the Alamance County Board of Commissioners participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Advanced Applied Technology Center that will house programs such as: automotive technology; heating & air conditioning; computer-integrated machining; welding technology; and mechatronics. Chairman Eddie Boswell and Commissioner David I. Smith who was chairman in 2014 gave remarks. Vice Chair Bob Byrd, Commissioners Linda Massey and Roger Parker were in attendance.
