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Discove r Cit yV iewN C.co m's fre s h up d ate d loo k ! | 33 PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE is common, but usually goes unrecognized. This disease can lead to disabling leg pain, foot ulcers, limb loss, aneurysm, stroke, and even death. RISK FACTORS INCLUDE: Over the age of 40 Smoker Diabetes Blood pressure Cholesterol Kidney disease ALL INSURANCES WELCOME ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS Evaluation of Leg Pain Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Treatment of varicose veins and RF closure Treatment of non-healing leg and foot ulcers VASCULAR CLINIC • Valley Cardiology, PA M. Akram Paracha, MD, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI Augustine George, MD, FACC 3656 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910.321.1012 Personalized service from our team of professionals Traditional funeral services Cremation funeral services Cremations performed in our on-site crematory Chapel seating for over 200 people Pre-arrangement of funeral plans Family owned and operated Highland Funeral Service & Crematory SULLIVAN'S 910.484.8108 | 610 Ramsey Street | Fayetteville, NC F or nearly a quarter of a century, Fayetteville native Mary Moorman Holmes has been the face of an organization that makes her workday seem less like a job and more like a privilege. On March 15, Holmes will mark her 23rd year as executive director of the Cumberland Community Foundation, a philanthropic organization that helps fund a variety of this community's best causes. e organization recently reached a milestone, surpassing the $100 million mark with more than $103 million in assets. "is growth means we have more money every year to support the next great idea," Holmes said. "And more money to fill the next important need." e late Dr. Lucile West Hutaff, a retired professor of medicine at Bowman Gray Medical School, created the foundation in 1980 with her donation of stocks valued at $576,840. Hutaff saw what a similar foundation had done for Winston- Salem, and she wanted the same for her native Fayetteville. Initially, the foundation operated on an all-volunteer basis. e CCF Board awarded grants and scholarships drawn from the initial Hutaff donation. But in 1988, an anonymous donor gave the money to send board members to a training session in Miami, where they learned that successful foundations grew their nest eggs into sustainable funding sources. In 1997, aer the departure of the first executive director hired a few years earlier, Holmes' name came up with the foundation's search committee, headed by Fayetteville community benefactor Mary Lynn Bryan. Holmes at the time was a commercial banker at First Union

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