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Published: Apr 14, 2012 05:15 PM
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Touch a Truck for a good cause
 
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• The Chatham County Literacy Council will hold its third annual Spring for Literacy Luncheon on April 18 at Governors Club.

Author Jay Tunney will discuss his book “The Prizefighter and the Playwright,” about the bond between his father, heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney, and literary master George Bernard Shaw. The event will include live and silent auctions, a video clip, book sales and a book signing.

All proceeds will benefit the non-profit’s free tutoring programs, which give Chatham County adults the reading, writing and English-language tools they need to break the cycle of poverty.

Tickets are $50. Call 919-542-6424 or see chathamliteracy.org.

• Pianist Dawn Michelle Williams will perform a benefit concert to raise money for Food-Aid International’s Haiti Operation and for local hunger relief on April 22 at The Depot at Hillsborough Station, 246 S. Nash St., Hillsborough.

A raffle will be held to benefit Food-Aid, and attendees are encouraged to bring canned goods to fight local hunger. food-aid.org.

•  The Aveda Institute of Chapel Hill will present a Fashion Night Benefit from 6:30 to 10 p.m. April 24 at UNC’s William and Ida Friday Center. A runway show will showcase the “Colors of Life.” Proceeds go to support the Triangle Land Conservancy’s Clean Water Campaign.

For more information, call 919-869-8031 or see avedainstitutechapelhill.com.

•  The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation and Fleet Feet Sports will hold the inaugural 5K for Education on April 28.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District employees can participate in a six-week training program to prepare them for the run. Community members can also register for the 5K at publicschoolfoundation.org.

•  The Jason Ray Foundation will host a fundraising Brunch and Auction at the Carolina Club Alumni Hall on April 29, to benefit patients who have undergone solid organ transplantation at UNC Hospitals.

In addition, money raised will provide a permanent memorial to Jason Ray, the former UNC Tar Heel mascot who was killed in a hit and run accident at the NCAA Basketball Tournament regionals in 2007.

For more, see jasonray.org.

•  Members of the UNC baseball team will shave their heads for BaseBald, a fundraising event to raise money to fight childhood cancer, at the game against Georgia Tech on April 21 at Boshamer Stadium.

BaseBald, founded in 2010 at UNC, has teamed up with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. For more information, see stbaldricks.org/events/basebald.


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Boy Scout Troop 39 of Chapel Hill will sponsor the fourth annual Touch a Truck fundraiser today from noon to 4 p.m. at the University Mall parking lot on South Estes Drive.

Touch a Truck is a hands-on family event that provides a unique opportunity for children to explore vehicles of all types – fire and rescue trucks, police cars, tow trucks, bulldozers and helicopters – in a safe, supervised environment. The event will also feature a Kid’s Zone featuring bouncy houses, an obstacle course, kid-friendly food and face painting.

Proceeds will benefit the North Carolina Children’s Hospital’s Promise Grant program and Troop 39’s community service projects and activities.

Admission is $5 per person, with a maximum of $20 per family. Children younger than 2 will be admitted at no charge.

For more information, see troop39nc.org.

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