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What will it take for the majority of
the board of directors of the National
DuBois Alumni Association to realize
that the DuBois Center is no longer just
their property?
Yes, they own it and they
are paying the mortgage.
But this town and people
from all over northern Wake County have
a heavy investment – money, time, heart
and hope – in that center.
Although Alumni Association
Board Chairman Lawrence Perry said the
center’s programs will be continued, he
also said the board will be reviewing
them and some may not be renewed. Those
programs are the heart and soul of the
center and the reasons so many people
contribute their money and time.
Perry’s statements leave a
lot of questions unanswered and a lot of
uncertainty about the center’s future.
In a year or so will DuBois
still house the after-school tutorial
programs, the summer camps provided by
the YMCA, the mental health counseling
and mentoring, the alternate school
program for youngsters suspended from
school, the community meetings about
problems or Hope Builders that helps
high school dropouts earn their GED and
job skills to begin to earn a living and
support a family.
Will we have a jazz festival
next year? Can the center continue to be
the home for The Road Less Traveled
Theatre group? Will the school of the
arts continue? Should we hold an auction
to raise money for that?
What will children do in the
summer if there is no YMCA summer camp?
Will there still be a monthly food
distribution? Will there be computer
classes? What will happen to the Mouse
in the House program giving children
home computers?
We give, my husband and
myself, to the DuBois Center because we
have seen the real miracles Bettie
Murchison has achieved with little
resources and space.
We want to continue to give
in a number of ways – and there are
literally thousands like us – if we can
see that hope, that promise, that
achievement continue.
Please continue to make the
DuBois Center a jewel in our community.
Please give us back Bettie Murchison as
director. |
