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KRISTIN FREESTATE n
SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK b
Richard Sims, 11, took his place at the front a
ot the meeting room, opened his arms to the au- h
dience and asked, "Hey, can yall hear me OK?"
As the room fell silent, he welcomed every- ii
one and, taking a folded sheet of paper from be- p
hind his back, began to read an article he wrote d
for his school newsletter, The Watkins Reporter: w
"My tutor from Carolina For Kids is Caroline
Croft. She is not someone who just helps me with e
homework, but helps me understand it." 0
Now in its second year, Carolina For Kids is
a student organization that pairs up college stu- 0
dents with elementary, middle and high school p
students from Columbia-area schools. Volunteers f(
spend one or two hours each week with their stu- a
dent buddies, either helping them with a specif- g
ic area of schoolwork or eating lunch with them 2
and talking about school, family and other interests.
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Caroline Croft and Carolina For Kids go back "i
a long way. A student when the organization was n
known as Carolina For Kids in Danger, she wit- t]
nessed the program's breakdown due to lack of
leadership and members. 0
Enter Pulliam Ford. Now in its third year of li
business/education partnerships with 90 schools o
in Richland and Lexington counties, Pulliam Ford c
arranges art, education, athletic and volunteer
services to provide more one-on-one help for stu- e
dents. Last year, USC approached Pulliam e
Ford with a request for scholarship money to form ^
.leadership teams. In a compromise, Pulliam Ford p
agreed to provide the money in exchange for as- g
sistance in their partnerships in the form of tutors,
an action that would develop into a regular
tutoring program.
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Carolina For Kids had been granted a new ?
breath of life. a
The Office of Community Service Pro- ii
grams approached Croft with a leadership proposition
for the new organization, and she accept- &
ed the role of president immediately. The rest, as c
they say, is history.
This year, as its advisor and executive in e
charge of membership, Croft has enjoyed ^
watching the organization grow from 150 total n
USC Symphony
STAFF REPORTS
The USC Symphony Orchestra's second concert
of the season will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 9 in the Roger Center for the Arts.
Headlining the concert will be guest artist Dickran
Atamian, performing Grieg's piano concerto in A
minor. Other works to be performed are Dvorak's
Eighth Symphony and the introduction to act HI ol
Wagner's opera "Lohengrin."
Tickets may be purchased in advance at $13, $1C
for faculty and staff and $7 for seniors and students
through the Carolina Coliseum, or on the evening o]
the concert at the Roger Center.
Dickran Atamian's career was launched in 197 f
after he won first place at the Naumburg Piano Com
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Kids benefic
lembers last year to about 200 memers
this semester alone.
"We've been overwhelmed, but in " |
positive way, about the turnout we've
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She believes the reason for such an
icrease in interest lies in increased
ublicity and the fact that college stu- | '?!S9
ents who want to get involved enjoy
working with kids.
"Everyone wants to make a differnee
and feel like they're helping some- 11
With the help ofPulliam Ford co- H
rdinator Missy Thompson, Carolina pll
'or Kids volunteers are placed at dif- mm
jrent schools, working in the position mm
nd specialty of their choice. Out of the H
0 schools that Pulliam Ford works with, H
7 are involved in Carohna For Kids,
hompson feels the work the volunteers
o is important because it gives them 'jgl|
the opportunity to be involved in com- i j- \
lunity services and to see what impact
hey can make."
By helping with projects like Car- CaroIina Fc
lina For Kids, Thompson says that Pul- Sch?o1* 0n
iam Ford "wants to be a catalyst for 3
ther businesses to be involved in business/edu- <
ation partnerships."
The benefit, she savs, lies not only in the <
fifects on the students. Businesses can also benfit
by the contributions such programs make to
acreasing work force readiness and helping preiare
the younger generations for their fiiture reponsibihties.
Croft also thinks the benefits are not excluive
to only the students or the volunteers. She
elieves this kind of work can have potentially
ir-reaching effects because it's "hopefully such
positive experience that (the students are) goig
to make an impact on society."
Sophomore Stephanie Cochran, now in her
econd year as a volunteer with Carolina For Kids,
losely identifies with Croft's vision.
"Carolina For Kids highlights the fact that
ducation is important and shows that college
ids are making a commitment to help the comlunity,"
she says. "It stresses that the whole comto
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petition in JNew lorn uity. soon alter, ne was pi?
for full houses in theatres like Alice Tully Hall in
York City, Orchestral Hall in Chicago and the Ken
Center of Washington, D.C.
Atamian then made his debut in Carnegie
in 1979, with a world-premier piano transcrij
of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring." He has playe
tensively throughout the country and arount
world with the finest orchestras and has made re
ings for RCA Red Seal Records and the Delos 1
, It has been said ofAtamian's playing that hi
phasizes brilliance, quick tempos, dexterity and b:
ra. Atamain will play with the USC Symphon;
der the direction of Donald Pbrtnoy.
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Oct. 30, Carolina For Kids will co-sponsor a trick-or-treating Hi
munity must support a school to make it a great Last yeai
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In addition to working with students, Car- what he had
alina For Kids participates in other community Cochran retu
service events, such as City Year and Into the ran UP to ner
Streets, and group projects are planned for every e questions
3ther month. The upcoming big event currently that day..
in the works is a Halloween party. "I love ki
On Oct. 30, Carolina For Kids, working in school as muc
conjunction with Preston College, will sponsor a Croft shs
;rick-or-treating excursion and Halloween party ?j have a
'or kids from Epworth, the Boys' and Girls' she ?j w
31ub and Carolina Children's Home. The evening's this WOrld a 1
alans include trick-or-treating at Preston, eating them other o{
aizza, playing games and face painting. g^g ,
Through these projects and volimteer pro- or the progran
*rams, Carolina For Kids hopes, above all, to pro- hi his article 1
ride positive role models for today's youth and to writes "Carol
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moments in achieving this goal involved an 8- js a better wa
pear-old boy named Alex.
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Motley Crue w/ Cheap Trick,
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Blues Traveler w/ Jonny Lang,
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theme song he wrote for "The Benny
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Tickets cost $14 for adults and
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