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<br /> <br /> <br />OC Family Success Alliance Seeks Outreach Volunteers <br /> <br />By Elizabeth Friend <br />Posted March 10, 2015 at 2:02 pm <br /> <br />This Saturday, volunteers with the Family Success Alliance will visit homes in Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro to help assess community needs. <br />“We’ll be asking folks questions about how well connected they are with their neighbors and <br />also do they have trouble getting childcare or medical services?” says Orange County Health <br />Department Program Manager Meredith Stewart. “Generally, what do they think are the <br />strengths or challenges in their community to children and families being successful?” <br />The Family Success Alliance is a new initiative designed address issues of child poverty, health <br />and education through community-specific programs. <br />“We are doing this as part of a gap analysis for the Family Success Alliance and that gap analysis <br />is looking at the cradle-to-college or career pipeline for children and families in Orange County,” <br />says Stewart. <br />Last week, volunteers visited Zone 4 in Hillsborough. This weekend, the focus will shift to Zone <br />6, which spans the boarder between Chapel Hill and Carrboro. <br />“We will be in Western Chapel Hill into Carrboro,” says Stewart. “We’re talking about the <br />Highway 54-Jones Ferry intersection and around the Northside and Pine Knolls area, that <br />downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro residential area.” <br />But in order to make contact with all the homes in those neighborhoods, Stewart says more help <br />is needed. If you’d like to help, call Meredith McMonigal at 919-245-2071 919-245-2071.