CIS of Wayne County – Date set for annual Chamber spelling bee

Date set for annual Chamber spelling bee

By Phyllis Moore
Published in News on September 29, 2008 1:32 PM
Goldsboro News-Argus

Teams are being sought for the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Spelling Bee, slated for Oct. 16 at Walnut Creek Country Club.

Dr. Ken Benton, chairman of the chamber’s education committee, said 11 teams have signed up, with openings for at least four more.

Teams can represent organizations, schools, corporations or clubs.

The event is in its seventh year, Benton said, and has raised more than $60,000 in teacher mini-grants.

Describing the evening, he said it will start around 5:30 with heavy hors d’oeuvres, followed by four rounds of play.

“Basically, we have adult teams … Every team can have four people at the table spelling at a time,” he said. “Anybody missing a word can buy a word for $25 and stay in the round.”

Subsequent rounds get tougher — the words are more difficult, and the price to stay in also goes up. In the second round, each word costs $50, $75 in the third round, and then in the tie-breaking fourth round, words go for $125.

“Vanna Bee” calls out the words, “Killer Bee” will be popping participants’ balloons if they miss a word, and “Runner Bees” deliver money used to purchase words. Judges are called “Hive Keepers,” Benton added.

And all proceeds will be divided between Communities in Schools and the chamber’s mini-grant program.

“This is a community-wide fundraiser for the Wayne County Public Schools, private schools and home-schoolers,” he explained. “The money’s given to educators who write grants that the education committee feels are worthy of being rewarded.”

Grants are typically up to $500 each.

Deadline to sign up for the Spelling Bee has been set for Oct. 10. Registration fee is $250 per team.

For more information, contact Janet Brock at the chamber at 734-2241.

BCA Donates Golf Proceeds to CISNC

BUSINESS CLUB OF THE TRIANGLE DONATES GOLF TOURNAMENT PROCEEDS TO STATEWIDE NONPROFIT

28 September 2008

Penn Shore, president of The Business Club of the Triangle (BCA), presented the proceeds from the annual BCA member-guest golf outing raffle to Communities In Schools of NC (CISNC), at the group’s September breakfast meeting. CISNC is one of the BCA’s nonprofit members.

This year’s golf outing was held at River Ridge Golf Club and included members of BCA Triangle and their guests. As part of the golf outing each year, a raffle is held to raise money for a nonprofit organization from the community.

“Communities In Schools of NC is the number one drop-out prevention program in our state,” said Shore, president of the Business Club of the Triangle. “Keeping students in school and helping them to succeed after graduation makes a positive economic impact on our state and directly effects the business leaders involved in our organization. It was a natural fit for us to choose the organization to be the beneficiary of this year’s member-guest golf outing raffle.”

About the Business Club of the Triangle

The Business Club of The Triangle is a national membership driven business development organization that serves the middle market business community. With each BCA member being exclusive in their business category, BCA puts its members together in a variety of environments where they can build relationships and generate revenue with other members and their customers. BCA provides training, tools, strategy and support to generate measurable results for its members. The Business Club of the Triangle is sponsored by the Carolina Condrey Group of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. For more information on the Business Club of the Triangle, contact Penn Shore at (919) 612-9458 or visit their website at http://www.businessclubsamerica.com/the-triangle-north-carolina-m-2.html.