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May 18, 1995
JCPenney announces volunteer
service award winners
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Carlette Harris
Augusta Mini Theatre
Three outstanding volunteers
have been named as winners of
theJCPenney Golden Rule Award,
recognizing their exceptional vol
unteer service to the community.
The three Golden Rule Award
winners and their related organi
zations are, in the Adult/Group
Category, Mrs. Ruth B. Crawford
of the Shiloh Community Center,
Inc.; in the Youth Category,
Carlette Harris, Augusta Mini
Theatre, Inc.; and in the Educa
tion Category, Cheryl Fry, Rich
mond County Council of PTA Vol
unteers.
The three Golden Rule Award
winners and five finalists were
honored at a luncheon at the
Radisson Riverfront Hotel attend
ed by 100 persons, including city
and county officials, civic leaders
and representatives of local com
munity-service organizations. The
awards program was sponsored
by JCPenney, in cooperation with
the United Way of the CSRA.
The winners were announced
and the awards presented by Ed
ward R. Asbridge, manager of the
JCPenney store at Augusta Mall;
and Mayor Charles DeVaney, who
chaired an independent panel of
community and civic leaders that
AC brings the
MOST to sociology
students
The Augusta College Depart
ment of Sociology has success
fully brought AC into a leader
ship role in the American Socio
logical Association’s Minority
Opportunities through School
Transformation (MOST) pro
gram.
Allen Scarboro, Ph.D., profes
sor and chair of the Department
of Sociology, submitted the orig
inal proposal for the MOST pro
gram in 1993. He said the pro
gram has three main goals: to
find ways of identifying minority
students who would make good
college faculty members, to have
the discipline of sociology rethink ‘
the role of multiculturalism, and ‘
to tie the first two goals together
to transform the way sociology is
taught at the undergraduatelev
el.
This Ford Foundation-funded
program unites AC with the 13-
member schools of the Associat
ed Colleges of the South (ACS).
According to Scarboro, MOST
allows students to take advan
tageoftheindependent strengths
of each of the 13 schools’ sociolo
gy departments.
Sophomore students invited to
participate in the program will
develop a mentoring relationship
with a faculty member in their
school’s sociology department.
This will include collaborative
research projects, honors projects
and other activities. Students will
also take part in a six-week sum
mer institute, as well as annual
workshops for the next five years.
Scarboro said having the stu
dents involved in the program
over such a period of time helps
them become agents of change.
Since the AC Department of
Sociology coordinates the ACS
MOST and with project director
Dr. Scarboro, AC is at the center
of attention of the Ford Founda
tion and the American Sociolog
ical Association.
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Cheryl L. Fry, Richmond
County Council of PTAs
Each winner received an
engraved Waterford crystal flame
and a contribution of SI,OOO from
JCPenney for their volunteer
organization.
selected the winners from among
approximately 30 volunteer nom
inees.
Each winner received an en
graved Waterford crystal flame
and a contribution of SI,OOO from
JCPenney for their volunteer or
ganization.
The finalists each received a
$250 grant for their respective
volunteer organizations, and a
framed certificate for their volun
teer work in the community. In
alphabetical order, the finalists
are Columbia County Rescue
Squad; Delta House, Inc.; Hope
House, Inc. ; MADD, Richmond/
Columbia Counties;and The Rape
Crisis and Sexual Assault Volun
teers.
In addition to receiving local
Awards and contributions, the
Project Success
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Tours Capital
With an invitation from Senator
Charles Walker, Project Success
students had an opportunity to
tour the Capital of Georgia and
other interesting sites in Atlanta.
They were greeted by Senator
Walker; Assistant Secretary of State
Curtis Atkinson; Representatives
George Brown, Bettieanne Hart and
Henry Howard. Staff members
included Mrs. Connie Adams, Paul
Thompkins, Program Director John
Adams, Community Facilitator
Henry H. Brigham and parents.
Project Success will be ending its
first full year of its after-school
program serving approximately 50
students on June 3, 1995. The
students have shown improvement
in math, language arts, communica
tion skills and self esteem. One third
of them will have summer jobs —
while others will continue to attend a
six-week summer program.
...the best is yet to come
Saturday June 3, 1995
End of School Celebration at BL’s
Parents, teachers, students and community leaders.
Sunday August 13, 1995
Major fundraiser for Project Success * Be There!
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Ruth B. Crawford
Shiloh Community Center
winners automatically become
eligible for the National Golden
Rule Awards. The National Grand
Award winners in the Adult,
Group and Education categories
win a specially created crystal
award and a SIO,OOO contribution
totheir organization. The Nation
al Grand Youth Award Winner
receives a $5,000 scholarship and
a $5,000 contribution to their or
ganization.
Mr. Asbridge said the quality
and number of nominations sub
mitted was very impressive. He
said his company is delighted at
the community response to the
program. “We really are pleased
to get this opportunity to recog
nize volunteers and help support
their work,” he said.
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Mayor DeVaney said, the inde
pendent panel of judges evaluat
ed the impact of the volunteer’s
activity on the quality of life in the
community, the originality and
initiative shown in organizing the
project, the level of goals accom
plished, the amount of time con
tributed, and what unusual chal
lenges had to be overcome.
“The selection of finalists and
winners was extremely difficult
because of the exceptional quality
of the nominations,” said Mr.
Asbridge, “and all of the nominees
and the nominators are truly de
serving of credit.”
Other members of the judging
panel were Senator Charles Walk
er, Mr. Preston Sizemore, Rev.
C.S. Hamilton, Dr. Bunny Simon
Williams, Mr. Birnie Florie, Dr.
Shirley Lewis, and Dr. John P.
Strelec.
LaVerne Gold, senior vice-pres
ident of the United Way of the
CSRA, said that the Golden Rule
Award program has provided
much-needed recognition for the
community’s volunteers.
“These people are highly moti
vated, unselfish workers. But it
canmean a lot to know that some
one cares. More important is that
this visibility and recognition lets
other people see what some of our
great needs are and gets them
involved in community service,”
she said.
JCPenney manager Ed
Asbridge explained that the Gold
en Rule Award has philosophical
and historical significance relat
ing to the ethics and principles of
his company’s founder, James
Cash Penney who, back in 1902,
called his first store The Golden
Rule Store.
“The name reflected Mr.
Penney’s commitment that his
company would follow this prin
ciple not only as an operating
philosophy, but also as a citizen
of the communities it would
serve. The Golden Rule Awards
were established in the spirit of
that tradition,” said Mr.
Asbridge.
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Red carpet
welcome
They’vedone it again! Employ
ee-owned Publix Super Markets,
Inc. has opened another store, at
2816 Washington Rd., National
Plaza in Augusta, and is now the
seventh-largest supermarket
chain in the United States. Sales
in 1994 exceeded $8.6 billion.
In addition to the traditional
dairy, frozen food, grocery, meat,
and produce departments, the
store will contain the following
full-service departments: deli
with'seating area, bakery, fresh
seafood, floral, and pharmacy.
The store also has a PRESTO!
ATM electronic payment system
at the 12 checkout counters, pa
per and plastic grocery bag recy
cling, and many other services.
Augusta In Focus
Sundz;y Mornings at 10:30 on TV 26
Hosted By Senator Charles Walker
It’s Been
A Very Good Year!
Field Trips
A State Capital
A Augusta Mini-Theatre
A Paine College Augusta Chorale
A Toast Masters at Fort Gordon
Parental Involvement
Project Success understands that parents are crucial to
student development and goal-setting. We pay attention
to improved status of parents and students.
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TOP: The freshest produce is
bragged at Publix.
BOTTOM: Darryl Ware checks
the placement of products in
a refrigerated case.
Photos: Jimmy Carter
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