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| 3/22/2010 |
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| 3/19/2010 |
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| 3/17/2010 |
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| 2/25/2010 |
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| 1/20/2010 |
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| 1/4/2010 |
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Democracy Under Arrest - John Bolton |
| 12/15/2009 |
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| 11/16/2009 |
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Helms Center Extends Operation Christmas Child Dates! |
| 10/19/2009 |
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| 10/1/2009 |
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| 9/20/2009 |
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| 9/1/2009 |
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Helms Center welcomes senior economist and WSJ Editorial Board Member Stephen Moore |
| 8/18/2009 |
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The Helms Center mourns the passing of Robert Novak |
| 7/2/2009 |
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Honoring Senator Jesse Helms |
| 6/1/2009 |
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| 5/10/2009 |
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Laws of Life Essay Contest Announces 2009 Winners and Finalists |
| 4/6/2009 |
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| 4/3/2009 |
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Helms Center Presents at State-Wide Leadership Conference |
| 3/23/2009 |
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Helms Foreign Policy School at Liberty University |
| 3/20/2009 |
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| 3/18/2009 |
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Jesse Helms Center Awarded BB&T Grant |
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What Would Jesse Say? |
| 1/13/2009 |
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Helms Center Featured in Leadership Institute Newsletter |
| 12/18/2008 |
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Statement From Helms Center President on the Passing of Paul Weyrich |
| 12/15/2008 |
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Free Enterprise Leadership Challenge Accepting Applications for Summer 2009 Sessions |
| 12/4/2008 |
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Helms Center Collects 5,800 Shoe Boxes for Operation Christmas Child |
| 11/13/2008 |
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FELC Graduates Travel to Peru |
| 11/3/2008 |
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| 10/29/2008 |
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| 10/16/2008 |
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| 9/22/2008 |
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| 9/16/2008 |
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Laws of Life Essay Contest Kicks Off in October |
| 8/22/2008 |
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A Living Legacy: Helms Endures |
| 7/16/2008 |
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Former Staffers and Friends Remember Helms |
| 7/11/2008 |
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Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant |
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The Passing of a Great Patriot |
| 6/30/2008 |
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| 5/5/2008 |
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Free Enterprise Leadership Challenge Expands For Summer 2008 |
| 3/26/2008 |
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| 3/11/2008 |
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Laws of Life Essay Contest: Deadline Extended |
| 3/10/2008 |
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Helms Foreign Policy School: April 18-19, 2008 |
| 2/20/2008 |
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Open an Account With Suntrust and the Helms Center Receives a $100 donation |
| 1/30/2008 |
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| 1/15/2008 |
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Learn About Senator Helms’ Life and Legacy in His Own Words. |
| 11/5/2007 |
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Helms Center to Screen "The Call of the Entrepreneur" |
| 11/2/2007 |
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Helms Center Collection Point for Operation Christmas Child |
| 10/27/2007 |
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Scalia calls for strict interpretation of Constitution |
| 10/17/2007 |
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Justice Scalia to receive Nance Medal of Freedom |
| 10/17/2007 |
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Justice Scalia to receive Nance Medal of Freedom |
| 9/28/2007 |
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Fred Barnes to Speak at Founders Day Celebration |
| 9/7/2007 |
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“The Call of the Entrepreneur” Inspires Audience |
| 8/23/2007 |
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Helms Center to Premier “The Call of the Entrepreneur” |
| 6/13/2007 |
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“Call of the Entrepreneur” Added to FELC Curriculum |
| 5/16/2007 |
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Senator Jesse Helms Releases Statement on Passing of Reverend Jerry Falwell |
| 5/9/2007 |
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Jesse Helms Center Hosts Why We Serve At Days Inn Conference Center |
| 3/30/2007 |
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Jesse Helms Center & Atlantic Bridge Present British MP Dr. Liam Fox |
| 3/30/2007 |
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| 3/29/2007 |
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Jesse Helms Series Lecture - T. BOONE PICKENS AT WINGATE |
| 3/8/2007 |
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T. Boone Pickens Set to Give Helms Lecture |
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Center supports free enterprise |
| 12/19/2006 |
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Helms Forum to host Asst. Sec. of Defense Robert Wilkie |
| 11/26/2006 |
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Helms Center Collects Almost 2,700 OCC Boxes |
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The Jesse Helms Center was proud to collect 2,692 Operation Chirstmas Child boxes for 2006. The following article was recently printed in the Charlotte Observer.
Monroe sends out Christmas gifts for over 5,700 children
MARTY MINCHIN
MONROE - A large moving truck about three-fourths full with cardboard boxes labeled "SAMARITAN'S PURSE" pulled out of Monroe on Tuesday.
Inside were Christmas gifts for more than 5,700 children.
The stacks of plastic boxes and shoe boxes filled with gifts for children around the world were donated by churches and individuals from Union County and the surrounding areas.
Each box, part of Samaritan's Purse's annual Operation Christmas Child, will go to a boy or girl who likely will find great joy in gifts small enough to fit in a shoe box.
I spent part of Sunday afternoon at the Union Baptist Association in Monroe, a new collection center this year for Operation Christmas Child. Volunteers unloaded a small moving truck full of boxes donated by churches in Rockingham and collected donations from local groups.
"People are delighted to do this for the children," said Jean Rollins, Union Baptist Association administrative assistant. "It's a wonderful ministry project. It just provides a smile, and it spreads God's word to remote areas."
It's about people
Last week, volunteers at the Jesse Helms Center and at First Baptist Church of Indian Trail also collected thousands of Operation Christmas Child boxes and loaded them on trucks bound for a processing center in Charlotte.The stories behind the people who bring the boxes are part of what makes this massive ministry project so interesting.
LaDonna Snodgrass, museum store manager for the Jesse Helms Center, said one church from South Carolina brought 534 boxes. The church's congregation has 80 members.
Last year, this church's goal was 300 boxes, Snodgrass said. They upped that to 500 this year, asking members to bring in one type of item, such as school supplies or hygiene items, each month this year.
Snodgrass said one lady, who's 84 and lives in the Marshville area, brings boxes every year. She, too, collects her items early, and this year she brought in 51 boxes.
The donors range from schoolchildren to sorority sisters to civic groups. Many of the large donations come from churches that make Operation Christmas Child, a congregationwide ministry.
Metrolina Christian Academy's elementary school donated 300 boxes, said Cinda Gatrell, a volunteer with First Baptist Church of Indian Trail. She said the schoolchildren pray for each box and for the child who will receive it.
Groups have brought boxes in pickups, church vans and SUVs.
"It's amazing how many boxes can fit (in a vehicle)," Gatrell said. "A Chevy Blazer will pull up, and they'll have 350 boxes in there."
It's a ministry
The Operation Christmas Child boxes are not only gifts for needy children, but also evangelistic tools.
The boxes contain toys (Rollins said items such as yo-yos are popular), hygiene items such as soap and washcloths, school supplies and hard candy.
Some children who assemble the boxes go an extra step, decorating the outside of the boxes and writing a note to the child who will receive the box. The outside of each box is labeled with "boy" or "girl" and an age category ranging from 2-14.
Children who receive the boxes also will get a color booklet that tells the story of Jesus. The booklets are printed in 72 languages.
"In the video we've seen of years' past distributions, the children first of all see the book, and when they lay that book aside and look at their gifts, the parents look at the book," Rollins said. "It is definitely an evangelistic ministry to reach the world and the children."
The children who receive the gifts often are refugees of war, survivors of natural disasters or living in extreme poverty.
Greater response
Gatrell said the excitement and interest in Operation Christmas Child seems to grow every year, and she attributes this year's big response in part to increased advertising and awareness.She said more donations came in from the Indian Trail area than she's seen before, and some churches and organizations that brought boxes last year doubled their box count this year.
"There was an amazing response this year," Gatrell said. "We had so many more individuals (who brought boxes), some just people who had heard on the radio.
"It was wonderful."
Volunteers from across Union County also came out to help box up and load the donations, including students from Wingate University and Union County high school students.
The work still isn't over for some volunteers. The Union Baptist Association will take a group of youth from area churches to Charlotte in early December to help go through individual boxes and check for inappropriate items such as chocolate, medications and war-related items.
"The vastness of this project is unbelievable," Rollins said.
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Want to Help?
Local collections have ended for the 2006 Operation Christmas Child, but the regional collection center at 7100 Forest Point Blvd. in Charlotte will accept boxes through Dec. 9. For more information about Operation Christmas Child, visit www.samaritanspurse.org.
Marty Minchin
Reprinted from the Charlotte Observer. You can read the article in its entirety using the following link: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/north_carolina/counties/union/16100433.htm
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| 11/11/2006 |
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Jesse Helms Center Collection Point for Operation Christmas Child |
| 9/22/2006 |
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| 9/20/2006 |
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| 9/11/2006 |
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| 6/23/2006 |
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| 6/9/2006 |
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| 5/11/2006 |
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| 5/3/2006 |
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Helms Center Announces Laws of Life Essay Contest Winners |
| 3/24/2006 |
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| 1/5/2006 |
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| 12/12/2005 |
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| 11/30/2005 |
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| 11/19/2005 |
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Protecting Our Soldiers |
| 11/15/2005 |
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Ambassador Bolton Catalogues U.N. Problems |
| 11/1/2005 |
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UN Ambassador John Bolton to Give Fall Lecture |
| 10/12/2005 |
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FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin Speaks at Helms Forum |
| 9/26/2005 |
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Helms Center Announces Inaugural Helms Forum with FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin |
| 9/23/2005 |
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SALUTE TO SENATOR HELMS NIGHT TO REMEMBER |
| 9/6/2005 |
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Here's Where I Stand |
| 8/29/2005 |
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Retired Sen. Jesse Helms publishes memoir |
| 7/28/2005 |
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Join Conservative Leaders in a Salute to Jesse Helms on September 20 |
| 6/29/2005 |
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Free Enterprise Leadership Conference A Success |
| 5/17/2005 |
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2005 Laws of Life Essay Contest Winners Announced |
| 4/30/2005 |
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LOST must lose |
| 3/3/2005 |
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Year One Review of Laws of Life in Mexico Shows Success |
| 1/31/2005 |
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The Jesse Helms Center Launches New Foreign Policy Program |
| 1/20/2005 |
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2005 Leadership Conference Dates Are Set! |
| 11/27/2004 |
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Helms Center Celebrates Ronald Reagan Legacy Day |
| 11/15/2004 |
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Helms Center Sponsors North Carolina Students to Attend APEC |
| 11/12/2004 |
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American Presidents Teacher Workshop A Success |
| 11/8/2004 |
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Jesse Helms Center Drop-off for Operation Christmas Child |
| 10/31/2004 |
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WHO Worsens AIDS Pandemic |
| 10/30/2004 |
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Helms Center President Speaks to Mexican Laws of Life Contest Participants |
| 10/22/2004 |
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Few Spaces Remain for US Presidents Teacher Workshop |
| 10/4/2004 |
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Helms Honored by Liberty University |
| 9/20/2004 |
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Transcript: Condoleezza Rice and Leadership Fellows Q&A |
| 9/12/2004 |
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Dr. Rice to Receive Nance Medal of Freedom |
| 8/11/2004 |
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Rice Lecture Tickets Hot Item – All Reserved Within Two Hours |
| 8/9/2004 |
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Condoleezza Rice to Speak |
| 7/29/2004 |
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Russians to visit Jesse Helms Center |
| 6/24/2004 |
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FELC - Going Strong After Ten Years |
| 6/9/2004 |
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Jesse Helms Center to close Friday in honor of President Ronald Reagan |
| 6/7/2004 |
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Senator Jesse Helms Releases Statement on Passing of President Ronald Reagan |
| 6/1/2004 |
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Jesse Helms Center Foundation teaches good business practices to students in Uruguay |
| 5/27/2004 |
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2004 Laws of Life Essay Winners Announced |
| 5/7/2004 |
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Chairman of Mexican Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Consults Helms |
| 3/16/2004 |
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Free Enterprise Leadership Conference Comes To Queretaro |
| 3/15/2004 |
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Helms International Diplomacy Lecture Series |
| 1/23/2004 |
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Applications now available for the 2004 Free Enterprise Leadership Conference! |
| 1/22/2004 |
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Helms Center Hosts Eisenhower College Series |
| 1/12/2004 |
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Helms Center to Host National Security Experts |
| 10/28/2003 |
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Helms Center to Partner with Templeton Foundation in Mexico |
| 10/10/2003 |
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Capacity Crowd fills Helms Center for Teacher Workshop on the U.S. Constitution |
| 9/2/2003 |
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Bill of Rights Workshop for Teachers Announced! |
| 8/8/2003 |
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Teacher Workshop on the U.S. Constitution Announced! |
| 7/15/2003 |
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Nearly 200 Students Participate in Helms Center’s Leadership Conference |
| 6/9/2003 |
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Uruguay hosts Helms Center’s Leadership Conference |
| 5/23/2003 |
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2004 Leadership Conference Dates Are Set! |
| 4/21/2003 |
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Summer Leadership Conferences Near Capacity |
| 3/24/2003 |
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Leadership Conference returns to Monterrey, Mexico |
| 3/6/2003 |
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Space Still Available in Free Teacher Workshops! |
| 2/25/2003 |
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Helms Center to Host Campus Leadership Program's Student Publications Workshop |
| 2/11/2003 |
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2003 Free Enterprise Leadership Conference Applications Available |
| 1/29/2003 |
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Tickets Available for Schweizer Lecture on Ronald Reagan |
| 1/2/2003 |
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Helms Center to Host Schweizer in Lecture Series |
| 11/5/2002 |
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2003 Commemorative Calendar Now Available |
| 10/10/2002 |
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Teacher Workshop on Religion and Public Schools Announced |
| 9/25/2002 |
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NC Students Selected to Represent US at International Summit |
| 9/12/2002 |
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2003 Laws of Life Contest Announced |
| 9/10/2002 |
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The Helms Center remembers September 11th. |
| 8/21/2002 |
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Bill of Rights Workshop Announced |
| 7/30/2002 |
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The 2003 Leadership Conference Dates Are Announced. |
| 7/24/2002 |
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New Book on Jesse Helms' Legacy Now Available |
| 7/3/2002 |
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2002 FELC -- An Overwhelming Success! |
| 6/25/2002 |
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Helms Center Sponsors Schoolwide Character Education Program |
| 6/1/2002 |
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Free Enterprise Leadership Conference at Wingate University at Full Capacity. |
| 5/15/2002 |
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2002 Laws of Life Winners Announced |
| 5/4/2002 |
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Free Enterprise Leadership Conference Goes International |
| 5/3/2002 |
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Newly Designed Website Goes "Live" |
