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Would you like to make a donation, honoring the Peace Corps Service of Burlington native Emily Susan Balog?
On Sunday November 27, 2011, a tragic accident occurred in Paraguay South American. Peace Corps Volunteer Emily Balog from North Carolina died in a car crash. During the Presentation part of the NCPCA Peace Prize Event, NCPCA will present a check for $250 in memory of Emily Susan Balog to her Paraguay Partnership Project.
If you would like to make a contribution to Emily’s Paraguay Partnership Project, send donations made payable to the North Carolina Peace Corps Association before February 20, 2012 to:
Margaret Riley,3910 Sturbridge Drive Durham, NC 27713-8054
Emily’s parents will be in attendance to receive the donations.
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Would you like to make a donation, honoring the Peace Corps Service of Burlington native Emily Susan Balog? On Sunday November 27, 2011, a tragic accident occurred in Paraguay South American. Peace Corps Volunteer Emily Balog from North Carolina died in a car crash. During the Presentation part of the NCPCA Peace Prize Event, NCPCA will present a check for $250 in memory of Emily Susan Balog to her Paraguay Partnership Project. If you would like to make a contribution to Emily’s Paraguay Partnership Project, send donations made payable to the North Carolina Peace Corps Association before February 20, 2012 to: Emily’s parents will be in attendance to receive the donations. |
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The North Carolina Peace Prize recognizes a non-profit agency in
the Tarheel state which promotes peace and cross-cultural understanding and shares the "helping others to help themselves" ideology of the Peace Corps.
In 1996, the Director of Latin American Affairs at the Carter Center, Bob Pastor, presented the first annual Peace Prize to Student Action with Farmworkers.
Winners in years since then include My Sister's House, Center for Participatory Change; High Country Amigos; Durham-San Ramon Sister Communities; North Carolina Partners of the Americas; El Centro Hispano; SEEDS; Friends of the Glenwood Library; and Student Action for Farm Workers.
Previous Winners and Photos:
* 2011 - Uniting NC
* 2010 - USCRI - the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
* 2009 Source Force
* 2008 Nourish International
* (no award given in 2007)
* 2006 My Sisters House