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Two area teenagers earned tickets to the American Idol Summer Tour for their work with Annie Penn Hospital’s 2009 United Way campaign.

Volunteers Kayla Ore and Matthew Williams won a limo ride and tickets to the tour at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Kayla and Matthew sold refrigerator frames to raise money for the United Way.

The teens were among 17 volunteers who logged a total of more than 1,000 hours at Annie Penn this summer. They were honored at an appreciation luncheon on Aug. 14.

Meredith Citty, who has volunteered at the hospital’s Woodmont Child Development Center for four summers, was given a plaque for 418 service hours.

“We had an outstanding group this summer,” said Sharon Troxler, Annie Penn’s director of marketing and volunteer services. “We would love to welcome these teens back as employees some day, and I have a feeling that we will.”

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Alex Conor Gunter of Reidsville was a governor’s page Aug. 10-14. Alex provided administrative support for the state Department of Revenue.

Alex, the son of John and Lynn Gunter, is a senior at Northeast Guilford High School.

Pages learn about the roles and functions of state government.

They attend news conferences, meet with the governor and help with day-to-day office duties, such as filing documents, assisting in mass mailings, answering phones and delivering agency messages.

They also have the chance to tour state government buildings such as the Capitol, Legislative Building, Executive Mansion, Supreme Court, Museum of Natural Science, Museum of History and the N.C. Correctional Institute for Women.

The page program is open to high school students ages 15 to 18 in good academic standing.  

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Fans are still available for seniors trying to beat the heat. Thanks to a grant from the Duke Energy Foundation, free fans are available to seniors 60 and older who live in Rockingham County.

Fans will be given to those in need on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To receive a fan, bring a photo ID with birth date information to the Rockingham County Council on Aging, 105 Lawsonville Ave. in Reidsville. For more information, call 349-2343.

Contact Jonnelle Davis at 627-4881, Ext. 126, or jonnelle.davis@news-record.com.