WRAL News Anchor To Foster Community Support For Local Nonprofit Organization

Lisa Valentino, director of development for Me Fine Foundation, Inc., has announced that Valonda Calloway, news anchor for WRAL, has been named to the organization’s Board of the Advisors. As a board member, Calloway will assist in developing awareness of the organization and gaining community support. The Me Fine Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance for children and families at the Duke Children’s Hospital and the North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC.

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News Facts:
· Valonda Halloway, news anchor for WRAL will serve on the Board of Advisors for the Me Fine Foundation.
· Calloway will assist in developing awareness of the organization and gaining community support.
· The Me Fine Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance for children and families at the Duke Children’s Hospital and the North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC.

Quotes:
"Dealing with the stress of caring for a sick child is hard on any family and the added responsibility of paying for the child’s care as well as all other family expenses is overwhelming," said Calloway. "After personally seeing Me Fine come to the aid of sick children and their families so efficiently and effectively, I want to do anything I can to further that cause."

About Valonda Calloway:
Valonda Calloway joined WRAL-TV in the fall of 2001 and has been a weekday morning anchor since 2005. Prior to joining WRAL, Calloway was an anchor and reporter at WNCT-TV in Greenville, N.C. She began her career in 1994 as a writer and reporter at the Voice of America radio in Washington, D.C. She has received numerous awards from the community recognizing her volunteer and professional achievements including honors from The Greater Triangle YWCA and the Triangle-East Chapter of 100 Black Men of America. Calloway graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications in 1994 from Winston-Salem State University.

About the Me Fine Foundation Inc.:
The Me Fine Foundation Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance for children and families at the Duke Children’s Hospital and the North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC. The foundation was founded by friends and family of Folden Lee, IV, who was diagnosed with AML Leukemia in May of 2003. During his 15-month battle with this disease, Folden’s family found that along with the tremendous stress of caring for a child with a life-threatening illness, most families struggle with overwhelming medical costs as well as personal outpatient housing and living expenses while their child is undergoing treatment. The Me Fine Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to relieving these families of this added stress as they face these life-changing challenges. For more information, please call (919) 202-0086 or visit http://www.mefinefoundation.org/

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