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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM OCTOBER 24-30, 2018 UCW 13 EVENTS Fayetteville State University celebrates homecoming by DR. SHANESSA FENNER Better Health celebrates 60 years with open house by DR. SHANESSA FENNER Fayetteville State University will celebrate its 2018 homecoming week Monday, Oct. 22-Sunday, Oct. 28. "Homecoming is a welcoming home for our alumni, supporters and the community; we ask the community to celebrate in homecom- ing with us," said YaKima Rhinehart, senior director of alumni affairs at Fayetteville State University. "We also want to acknowledge our students; it is their homecoming as well." Rhinehart added this is the time when stu- dents will begin to create their own traditions of how they celebrate, create their memories and do the things that will bring them back to campus years from now. e homecoming activities will begin Monday and progress through the week. "e student activities that kick off the week are the coronation for Ms. Fayetteville State and Ms. Homecoming," said Rhinehart. "Fayetteville State has long been a campus that supported a large commuting student population, and we are always very deliberate about making sure our commuter students feel (as) much a part of the on-campus experience as possible." "On ursday evening, Oct. 25, we will have alumni headquarters set up at two hotels, which are the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel and e Holiday Inn on Cedar Creek Road," said Rhinehart. "at evening at 7 p.m., we will have a Bronco Paint & Sip Expo at e Holiday Inn as an opportunity to mingle and reconnect with one another while sipping on a glass of whatever it is you choose and paint." e homecoming parade takes place Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. followed by the football game at 2 p.m. FSU will play Livingstone College. "After the game, we will celebrate our class that is in their 50th reunion," said Rhinehart. "at will be with a reception at 5 p.m. on the lower level of e Rudolph Jones Student Center." Saturday evening concludes with the Fan2See Fest Concert featuring Young Dolph, G Herbo, Key Glock and special guests at 8 p.m. at the Crown Coliseum. Other homecoming activities include the Gospel Explosion, Greek Yard Fest, the Alumni Sundown Party, the IA Homecom- ing Cookout, a Heroic Women-Comic & Pop Culture Art Exhibit, Toni & Terence Live Homecoming Podcast, McDougal Scholar- ship Dinner, SAC/WAC Bazaar, tailgating, e Alumni Welcome Center, Miss FSU Alumnae Queens' Legacy Tea and much more. "I like to remind our alumni that it is not just about reconnecting, it is also about reinvesting in the university as well," said Rhinehart. "We would not have careers and these livelihoods that we have was it not for the time we spent and were shaped and molded along with the education we received at Fayetteville State University." Following homecoming, on Oct. 28, FSU will host e Walls Group and Koryn Hawthorne, a Gospel concert, at Seabrook Auditorium as part of the Seabrook Performance Series. It starts at 6 p.m. For more information about FSU's scheduled activities, visit www.uncfsu.edu. Better Health will host its 60th Anniversary Ribbon Cutting and Open House Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 5-6:30 p.m. at Better Health. "We were founded in 1958, so we are celebrating 60 years of being a non- profit and providing free services to our community, which is exciting for us," said Amy Navejas, executive director of Better Health. "We decided that we were going to do a ribbon-cutting in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce as well as an open house, and it will be at Better Health." She added, "We are going to have our board there as well as our staff. We will be able to offer tours of our facility; it is a small facil- ity, but there is a lot that goes on within those walls." Better Health has a new children's program called Fayetteville Fit, for children who have been strug- gling with childhood obesity. Better Health's part- ners in this program are KidzCare Pediatrics, Cape Fear Valley Pediatric Endocrinology and Fayetteville Parks and Recreation's Massey Hill site. "We will have some people from our new kid's program to talk to people who want to learn more about it, find out what that program is and share what their experience has been," said Navejas. "ey will be participating in our Red Apple Run, which is exciting for us because it is a really hard thing to do when you struggle with your health." ere will also be a tour. "We will show our differ- ent education rooms, supply rooms and the things that we do," said Navejas. "We will also have our dietician, Anna Matteson, do a couple of small cook- ing demonstrations just to give people a feel for the types of things our clients would experience when they come into Better Health." Better Health's programs and services include emergency direct aid, emergency dental extrac- tions, eye exams and glasses, foot screenings, help with lim- ited travel to Duke and Chapel Hill, Fayetteville Fit program, loaning of medical equipment and diabetes clinics. "As part of our diabetes pro- gram, one of the things we do is talk a lot about nutrition, but we also do cooking demos, and there will be some samples and recipes," said Navejas. "We will also have blood sugar screen- ings for diabetes available. People can meet with the nurse and see if there are any indica- tions of anything there." e event will have food and wine. "e food is going to be catered by Dorothy's Catering 2. ey are donating the food for our event," said Navejas. "We will also have drawings for prizes. We invite everyone to come out and meet our incred- ible staff and board members. We are the best-kept secret, and we want you to ask questions and learn more about what we do." Better Health is located at 1422 Bragg Blvd. For more information, call 910-483-7534. The homecoming parade takes place Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. fol- lowed by the football game at 2 p.m. The event will feature food, wine, tours, cooking demonstrations, information about programs and more. DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Prin- cipal, WT Brown Elementary School. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910 484-6200 DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Principal, WT Brown Elementary School. COMMENTS? Edi- tor@upandcomingweekly.com. 910 484-6200