Goodmon Regaled as Tribute for Healing Place

Goodmon Regaled as Tribute for Healing Place Honoree Barbara Goodmon (left) chats with performer John Arthur Green. How can one say thanks to a woman who helped create a facility to help thousands of Triangle citizens get clean and sober?  Throw an evening of star-studded entertainment to help raise funds for the organization about which […]

Fall Leadership Triangle Class Begins with Familiar Faces

Fall Leadership Triangle Class Begins with Familiar Faces AJFF’s Deremia Johnson Corporate’s Angie Emerline FOX50’s Gerald Belton Leadership Triangle kicks off its fall 2004 program today with a group including two CBC’ers and a Fletcher Foundation employee. Corporate HR Administrator Angie Emerline, FOX 50 Research Director Gerald Belton and A.J. Fletcher Foundation Program Coordinator Deremia […]

Support The Achievement School In Everyday Ways

Support The Achievement School In Everyday Ways The Achievement School (TAS), supported by the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, helps children with learning disabilities, but did you know there are several ways that you can support the school? Help raise funds for The Achievement School, a private school for grades 1 to 12, by going about your […]

Advocate joins Fletcher, Capitol

Advocate joins Fletcher, Capitol Chris Fitzsimon to Focus on Policy Change Chris Fitzsimon Veteran policy advocate Chris Fitzsimon is joining the A.J. Fletcher Foundation in Raleigh to head NC Policy Watch, a new foundation initiative that will focus on state policy issues. Fitzsimon, founder and former executive director of the Common Sense Foundation, will split […]

Philanthropy Journal Retools

Philanthropy Journal Retools The Philanthropy Journal, an online publication of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, has redesigned its web site. Initially launched in February 2000, the new site reports on charitable giving, fundraising and managing, both in North Carolina and throughout the U.S. and abroad. The Journal staff – Todd Cohen, Suzie Koonce and Jennifer Whytock […]

Foundation Finds Buyer For Boylan Pearce Building

Foundation Finds Buyer For Boylan Pearce Building The Fletcher Foundation recently found a buyer for the Boylan Pearce Building, seen here in an early 1900’s photo. The A.J. Fletcher Foundation has found a buyer for its latest renovation project in downtown Raleigh. The development company Field Order Fifteen Properties, a partnership headed by lawyer Charles […]

Barbara Goodmon On Business Leader Top Ten Women List

Barbara Goodmon On Business Leader Top Ten Women List AJFF President Barbara Goodmon AJ Fletcher Foundation President Barbara Goodmon recently received a place on the 2003 Women Extraordinaire list in Business Leader magazine. The December 2003 edition of the publication featured ten Triangle women who make exceptional contributions to the community. “These ten women bring […]

Barbara Goodmon To Head A.J. Fletcher Foundation

Barbara Goodmon To Head A.J. Fletcher Foundation New AJFF President Barbara Goodmon Barbara Goodmon, a member of the board of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation in Raleigh, has been elected board president and will serve as executive of the $45 million-asset foundation. Goodmon, who will work part-time without pay, will succeed Tom McGuire, who is stepping […]

McGuire To Serve As Officer on Raleigh Visitors Board

McGuire To Serve As Officer on Raleigh Visitors Board AJFF Executive Director Tom McGuire The Raleigh City Council recently appointed AJFF Executive Director Tom McGuire to a second term on the Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, a term during which he will serve as Secretary-Treasurer. The term runs for three years. Others appointed to […]

Tribute to A.J. Fletcher’s Love of Opera Unveiled

Tribute to A.J. Fletcher’s Love of Opera Unveiled On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, the A.J. Fletcher Foundation unveiled a permanent tribute to its founder at the BTI Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh. Shortly before the 8pm performance in the “Great Artist” series by the NC Symphony, a dedication and unveiling ceremony took […]