Land Trust receives donation
Pickett Land & Building Company recently donated $10,000 to the Orange Community Housing and Land Trust.

The Land Trust will use the funds for long-term maintenance of Land Trust properties, which are sold to low-income buyers at affordable rates. Pickett Land & Building focuses on building traditional North Carolina homes with sustainable green building techniques and materials.

The Land Trust is a nonprofit provider of affordable housing and has 128 homes in Orange County.

Prostate exams offered
UNC Health Care will offer free prostate exams September 19-20 from 1 to 7 p.m.

UNC is providing the exams as part of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, September 16-22.

Appointments are not required, but are encouraged. To make one, call 966-1316. The exams will take place at the UNC Hospitals’ Urology Clinic on the second floor of N.C. Memorial Hospital.