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1997 marks record fundraising for UNCF
FAIRFAX, Va.
The United Negro College Fund
(the College Fund/UNCF) annual
campaign raised a record $73.5
million for fiscal year 1997, ex
ceeding its goal of $68.6 million
by seven percent. Overall fund
raising efforts, consisting of the
annual campaign and Campaign
2000, a capital drive initiated in
1991, totaled $98.6 million. The
cost ratio for the past fiscal year
fell to a record low of 14.78 per
cent, compared to 15.64 percent
for the previous year, with ad
ministrative costs beingonly 3.41
percent. Since 1944, the College
Fund has raised more than $1.3
billion in its commitment to pro
viding equal access to quality edu
cation for thousands of deserving
young men and women.
“Each year the need to gener
ate greater resources to assist
Family Connection holds statewide conference
As The Family Connec*ion con
venes its fourth statewide confer
ence in Augusta next week, many
local residents will be an impor
tant part of thisyear’s proceedings.
Richmond County was one of the
original 15 Family Connection com
munities when Governor Zell Miller
announced the statewideinitiative
in 1991. Recognized last year as
one of the Georgia Policy Council’s
ten Partnership communities, Au
gusta-Richmond is a leader in the
statewide effort to develop more
effective service delivery strategies
for children and families.
“A lot of agencies in Augusta are
doing the same things for families,”
says John Warner, executive direc
tor ofthe Community Mental Health
Center of East Central Georgia. “The
Partnership for Children and Fami
lies makes sure services aren’t dupli
cated and that unmet community
needs are addressed.”
Some of the initiative’s current
efforts include strategies to reduce
teen pregnancy, substance abuse,
and youth violence.
“[The initiative] helps schools
develop programs that give teen
agers something to do other than
running in the street and making
trouble,” says Sara Mae Brinson,
vice president of Underwood
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UNCEF students to obtain a col
lege education becomes more ur
gent,” said William H. Gray 111,
president and CEO of the College
Fund. “This year’s fund raising
success serves to underscore the
importance of building a coalition
of support from individuals, cor
porations and foundations who
understand the importance of ad
equately preparing bright and
deserving young men and women
to become the leaders of the 21st
century. Although we have made
great strides in providing educa
tional assistance for financially
disadvantaged students, there
remains a continuing need to
mobilize an even broader range
of resources to meet the growing
needs of our students and mem
ber institutions.”
The College Fund’s success is
maintainingits mission and meet
Homes. “The result is that families
can stay together,” she adds. The
54-year-old Brinson, mother of four
and grandmother of 13, has been
involved with The Family Connec
tion for the past four years.
“A lot of residents need help but
don’t know how to ask for it,” says
Brinson, whohasattended parenting
workshops and money management
classes sponsored by the initiative.
“In the Family Connection, parents’
opinions are just as important as the
[politicians and business people.]”
From the beginning, the initiative
has sought inclusion from its now
more than 60 partners, attracting
parents, local state agency represen
tatives and prominent corporateand
community leaders to its Board of
Trustees. “Everyone in our collabo
rative is absolutely essential,” says
Emily Boyles, board chair and direc
tor of Augusta’s Tuttle-Newton
Home. “We get beyond individual
agendas to make creative, positive
choices for the larger community.”
Andin an industry where burnout
isthe rule rather than the exception,
Boyles and executive director Dr.
Robetta McKenzie are beginning
their seventh year as the
partnership’sleaders.“Thereareonly
two people in this community that I
can’t say no’ to,” says Warner. “My
ingitsfiduciary responsibility has
resulted in the organization be
ing cited as the number one edu
cation nonprofit organization in
the United States by theChronicle
of Philanthropy, and as one of the
top 100 charitable organizations
in the country by the Non Profit
Times.
The College Fund is the nation’s
oldest and most successful Afri
can-American higher education
assistance organization. Itis a con
sortium of 39 private, historically
black colleges and universities. The
College Fund currently adminis
ters more than 400 educational
programs that give students ac
cess to higher education, provide
careeropportunity, and strengthen
its member institutions. To date,
more than 300,000 men and women
have graduated from UNCF col
leges and universities.
priest and Rob McKenzie.”
A soft-spoken, dynamic former
Richmond County School adminis
trator, McKenzie says “her com
mitment to keeping families to
gether”is the reason she continues
doing this difficult work. “Rob’s a
visionary who represents our ef
forts well,” says James Kendrick,
president of Augusta Blue Print
and board vice-chair. “That’s very
important because of the limited
financial resources.”
Some critics of the change pro
cess charge that it is difficult to
measure and hard to understand.
“We never set out to put Band-Aids
on the problems facing families,”
says Boyles. “We’re working to
change people’s attitudes and phi
losophies to ultimately improve the
quality oflife for all of our citizens.”
Senator Charles Walker will give
the welcoming remarks at the
Conference’s gala opening at the
Radisson Riverfront Hotel on Sun
day evening, August 3. Over 500
peopleareexpected toattend, includ
ing representatives from 86 Family
Connection county initiatives, state
and local governments, public-pri
vate partnerships, civic and youth
organizations, the faith community,
families and other collaborative ef
forts for children and families.
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Rev. Alex R. King ‘
1630 Fifteenth St. Augusta, GA 30901
(706) 733-9430
Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service 11:00 a.m.
Ist Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.
Wed: Praise Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
Thurs: Senior Services 10:00 a.m.
' Day Care Center:
6:45 a.m. -5:30 p.m.
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Sunday, August 3rd, 1997
7:00 PM
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. 3018 Old McDuffie Road
Advance Tickets $12.00
At the door $14.50
Live Autograph Session at
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826 Broad Street
3-4 PM
(Day of Concert)
: Tickets available at
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Baptist Church
1454 Florence St. ® (706) 724-2809
Rev. Kenneth B. Martin, pastor
Sunday School—9:3o a.m.
Sunday Worship—ll:oo a.m. & 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday Worship—l2:oo noon
Wednesday Praise and Bible Study—7:oo p.m.
AUGUSTA FOCUS JULY 31,1997
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