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<br />4 <br />Outside Agency Descriptions • <br />A Helping Hand $4,000 <br />This agency enables senior citizens to live independently, maintain high levels of wellness and <br />avoid institutionalized care. Services provided by A Helping Hand include transportation to the <br />doctor, assistance with shopping for nutritious food and preparing healthy meals, assistance <br />with business correspondence, and light housekeeping for a clean and safe home environment. <br />Adolescents in Need $32,194 <br />This agency serves Orange County School District teens (grades 6 through 12 and those not in <br />school). The focus is primarily on those youths that are considered at-risk of early sexual <br />involvement, substance abuse, defiant behavior and physical or sexual abuse due to home, <br />family or other social surroundings. <br />Alliance of AIDS Services $2,500 <br />This agency operates two family care homes for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS, six of <br />whom currently live at the Orange Community Residence (`Orange House) in Carrboro. This <br />grant will assist the Alliance in providing the proper nutrition and medication needed for the six <br />residents in the Orange House. <br />American Red Cross $ 2,000 <br />The American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter provides Disaster Services, Health and • <br />Safety Services and Blood Services to the citizens of Orange County. Each year, the Orange <br />County Chapter responds immediately to over 75 local emergencies, including house or <br />apartment fires. Disaster relief focuses on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster- <br />caused needs. <br />Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle $2,000 <br />Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Triangle offers two services, community-based and <br />school-based mentoring. Community-based mentoring provides mentors for children from <br />single parent homes or other children in need of adult mentors. These "Big Brothers and Big <br />Sisters" play an integral role in the lives of their "tittles" by being good listeners and guiding <br />these children in the right direction. <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels $1,000 <br />The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels program uses volunteers to deliver nutritious <br />noonday meals with cheerful personal visits five days a week to those who are homebound or <br />recovering from surgery. In addition to delivering meals, volunteers bake homemade desserts <br />and help in the office, which is located in Binkley Baptist Church. <br />Charles House $9,000 <br />Charles House is an adult day care facility located in Carrboro whose goals are to prolong the <br />independence of older adults with disabilities and to provide respite for their caregivers. The <br />facility has a capacity for 19 older adults and has had a waiting list since June of 2000. • <br />