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NOVEMBER 1, 2001
People
Communities In Schools recognizes National
Parents as Teachers Day with Community Play
BPlay enhances all
areas of children’s
development says
local program
Communities In Schools of
Augusta-Richmond County,
Inc. Parental Information Re
source Center will join more
than 2,700 Parents as Teach
ers programs worldwide to
host a “play day” on Novem
ber 8, 2001 in celebration of
National Parents As Teach
ers(PAT)Day. The “play day”
will be held at 344 Greene
Street from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. All
families and care givers and
Paine College Chapel hosts three revival services Nov. 7-8
Paine College and the
campus Wesley Fellowship
are hosting a tnree service
revival on November 7-8,
2001. The revival begins
withthe 11 a.m. chapel ser
viceon Wednesday, Novem
ber 7. Services continue
nightly at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday and Thursday.
The revival preacher will
be Dr. Walter Kimbrough,
the senior pastor of the
5,000 member Cascade
United Methodist Church
in Atlanta, Ga. Special
music will be led by the
Paine College choir.
Services will be in the
ALPHA PHI ALPHA
Local Chapter on the move
Alpha Chi Lambda, the alumni chapter
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., in
Augustahasdeveloped a mix of programs
that benefit the CSRA in various ways.
Thechapter, hometovarious Brothersin
leadership positions on a national, re
gional and district level, will host for the
second time in four years the Regional
Convention of Alpha South, March 7-10,
2002 at the Radisson Riverfront Hotel.
The Southern Region is the largest of the
fraternity’s five regions. More than 1200
Brothersand guest are expected toattend
theconference.
Demonstrating the vision necessary
for the third millennium, the fraternity
has dedicated itself to training a new
generation of leaders with national
mentoring programs and partnerships
designed to ensure the success of our
children and youth. Those programs are
Project Alpha, Go to High School, Go to
College, A Voteless People, is a Hopeless
People, and special projects and partner
ships such as Alpha Head Start, Big
Brothers/Big Sisters, The Boy Scouts,
and Leadership Training Institutes.
Alpha Chi Lambda members believe
they are heirs to a great legacy and that
itis their duty to carry out the aims of the
fraternity — “Manly Deeds, Scholarship
and Love for all Mankind”.
Thechapter hasbeen involved with the
CSRA EOA. Inc. Head Start program for
the past six years through the Male Ini
tiative Program. The program seeks to
get Head Start fathers and other signifi
cant males involved in the lives of their
Head Start children. In addition, Brother
AugustusC. Thurmondisthe newlyelected
chairman of the Head Start Policy Coun
cil, and Brothers Ellis Albright and Bert
Thomas are members of the council that
makes and approves policy for the Head
Start Program. Brother Thurmond also
serves as the chairman of the chapters
Male Initiative Program
On Saturday, October 13, 2001 at the
Radisson Suites Hotel the chapter, along
with membersoftheundergraduate chap
ter a;r‘Paine College, joined Alpha chap
ters from across the country in holding
* its annual Project Alpha workshop. Pro-
Jject Alpha a joint program of the Frater
nity and the March of Dimes founded in
1980isdesigned toeducate teenage males
about sexual responsibility and help
young men make positive choices about
their sexual behavior. Brothers Duncan
Robinson and Stephen Ivey-Perdue are
coordinators for the chapters Project Al
pha Program.
This year, members of the chapter’s
their children are invited.
Participation is free, but res
ervations are suggested. Call
(706)724-2782 to attend.
National PAT Day was es
tablished as a day to pay trib
ute tothe thousandsoftrained
and certified parent educators
giving support to parents in
the critical early years.
The Parents as Teachers
program focuses on the early
years, from before birth tothe
time achild enters kindergar
ten. It wasestablished 16 years
ago to help parents under
stand what to expect during
each stage of their child’s de
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The revival services will be
the catalyst for the formation
of a worshiping community of
students, faculty, staffand citi
zens of Augusta. Plans are
underway to begin having
weekly Sunday morning ser
vices in Gilbert Lambuth
Male Initiative Program who were also
holdingtheirannual Retreat at the hotel,
joined the young boys. This offered the
youth a new and real insight into what
the program is all about. Hearing from
older men onthechoices they madeinlife
helped to drive home the need for young
boys to take a hard look at the social,
economicand personal consequencesthat
come with fathering a child
The chapter, which has partnered with
the East Central Health District toempha
size the dangers of tobacco use, used the
afternoon session to stress the effects and
dangers that come with the use of tobacco
products. The program chaired by Broth
ers Demetris Hope and Eric Lindsey, is
geared toward the various projects of the
chapter, Project Alpha, the Head Start
Male Initiative Program and the Go to
High School, Go to College mentoring
program at Hines Elementary. Informa
tion was passed out and Brothers who at
one time were smokers gave everyone in
attendancethe“4ll” on whytobaccoprod
ucts should be avoided.
The chapter served lunch, passed out
teeshirtsand purchased tickets for every
one who attended the workshop and
retreat to the CSRA Classic Football
Game which was held on Saturday, Octo
ber 20. Most of the young men who
attended the project are members of the
Boysand Girlsclub of Dogwood Terrace.
The chapter along with members of Eta
Alpha serves as mentors, and tutors at
the inner city club.
Brother Wymond Smithisthe Chapter
editorand Brother Ellis Albright is Presi
dent. Brothers in the area wishing to
affiliate with the chapter can call 706-
724-4818 or attend meetings on the First
Saturday of each month at 6:30 or the
Third Wednesday at 8:00 at the A. C.
Griggs Fraternity House located at 1025
12% street.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. isthe
first intercollegiate Greek lettered orga
nization established for African-Ameri
cans, founded on the campus of Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, on De
cember 4, 1906 Since it’s founding over
94 years ago, the fraternity has supplied
voice and vision to the struggle of Afri
can-Americansand peopleofcolor around
the world.
Alpha Chi Lambda chapter foundedon
April 25,1935 by men whichincluded the
Rev. A.C. Griggs, A.E. Carter, S. M.
Jenkins, J. M. Tutt and Lawrence D.
Perry, and has over 66 years of cel
ebrated service to Augusta/Richmond
County and the CSRA.
AUGUSTAFOCUS
velopment. PAT-certified par
ent educators offer parents
practical ways to encourage
learning, manage challenging
behavior, and promote strong
parent-child relationships.
“One of the most important
aspects of childhood is play,”
says Pamela Bey, PIRC direc
tor. “Play enhances all areas
of development. It affects the
young child’s social, emo
tional, physical, intellectual,
and language development.”
Through all types of play,
whether it is solitary, paral
lel, cooperative, structured,
free or self-directed, children
Chapel, with outstanding vis
iting preachers from the Meth
odist Church.
For more than 30 years, the
Rev. Kimbrough’s ministry
has been characterized by
evangelism, teaching, preach
ing and community service.
He has led Cascade United
Methodist from a congrega
tion oflessthan 100 members
to a vibrant church of more
than 5,000 members located
in a $5.2 million edifice.
Dr. Kimbrough has been
awarded the Denman Award
for Excellence in Evangelism
and was one of the Commu-
become more skilled at math,
language, cooperation, and
problem solving.
The Parents As Teachers
programis free and participa
tion is voluntary. Families
who enroll in the program
receive personal visits with
PAT-certified parent educa
tors, group meetings for par
ents to enhance their
parenting knowledge, periodic
child screenings for vision,
hearing, and overall develop
ment, and referrals to a net
work of community services.
For more information, call
(706)724-2782.
nity Heroes whose face ap
peared on the Coca-Cola
Centennial Olympic Wall.
Heisthe author of numer
ous articles and books in
cluding his address “Re
claiming Our Mission to
the City” and Nothing is
Impossible. He is a con
tributor to 365 Meditations
for Men.
Active with the Black
Methodists for Church Re
newal, Dr. Kimbrough has
given leadership to United
Way campaigns, the
American Red Cross and
the United Negro College
Fund Telethon.
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