Health System, partner sell Wilmington-based home care unit
Duke University Health System and St. Joseph of the Pines Inc. have sold their joint venture, Duke & St. Joseph Home Care, to Liberty Home Care, LLC, a home care services company based in Wilmington, N.C.
Duke & St. Joseph Home Care currently employs about 800 workers at eight North Carolina locations in a range of health care and administrative positions. The organization provides services to nearly 1,400 patients daily.
"While we're proud of our significant achievements during the past four years, Duke and St. Joseph feel that the time is right for us to move forward from this partnership," said William Donelan, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Health System.
Home care providers deliver a variety of health care and supportive services, including professional nursing and physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapies.
Dawson's Creek to return
University officials and producers of the WB television show Dawson's Creek have agreed in principle to continue location filming at Duke over the next year.
A definitive shooting schedule for the teen drama has not yet been established, but could begin again as early as August, said Cabell Smith, radio and television services manager for Duke News Service.
In the show, Katie Holmes' character Joey Potter attends the fictional Worthington University near Boston, Mass. In last year's episodes, Duke's West Campus and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens served as stand-ins for Worthington.
Crews first arrived on campus in late July 2001 to shoot scenes for the show's fifth season. Students throughout the year participated in the filming as extras and some also worked on the crew as part of a Dawson's Creek tutorial class in the Film and Video Program.
Duke-United Way distributes funds
The Duke University-Triangle United Way Community Partnership announced it will present $59,450 in grants to 12 local organizations, community outreach programs and schools. This year, the Duke-United Way partnership received 21 requests totalling $135,273.
The recipients include: Calvary Ministries of the West End Community Inc. ($15,000), Community Service Center ($5,000), Crest Street Community Council Inc. ($4,000), Duke-Durham Partners for Youth ($4,450), Durham Judicial Department, Administrative Office of Courts ($5,000), Lakewood Elementary School ($3,000), Northside Baptist Church ($8,500), St. John's Missionary Baptist Church ($1,500), Volunteer Center of Durham ($1,000), Walltown Children's Theatre ($7,000), Walltown Neighborhood Ministries ($3,000) and West End Community Center ($2,000).
Created in 1997, the Duke-United Way partnership designates a portion of annual Triangle United Way donations made by Duke employees to programs that address key community and educational issues in the 12 neighborhoods and seven public schools near Duke's campus that comprise the Neighborhood Partnership Initiative.
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