Winston-Salem Foundation
announces award winners
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ECHO award winner Jake Denton
ECHO award winner Terry Hicks
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The Winston-Salem
Foundation announced the
recipients of the 2015
Winston-Salem Foundation
Award and the 2015 ECHO
Awards at its annual
Community Luncheon with
a record-breaking crowd of
1,100 people.
A video link to his pres
entation as well as his
Powerpoint presentation is
available on the
Foundation's website at
www.wsfoundation ,org\20
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The recipients,
announced May 6, are as
follows:
2015 Winston-Salem
Foundation Award:
Woody Clinard
2015 ECHO Awards:
Books for Dudes, Jake
Denton, Terry Hicks,
WinstonNet
1 ne Keynote speaker
was John McKnight, co
director of the Asset-Based
Community Development
Institute and professor
emeritus of Education and
Social Policy at the
Northwestern University
Institute for Public Policy
Research in Evanston,
Illinois.
His remarks focused on
how the Winston-Salem
community can make its
neighborhoods stronger
through asset-based, as
opposed to deficit-based,
approaches, and he stressed
the importance of returning
to a village-based approach
as we seek to positively
impact the crucial develop
ment of our youth.
The Winston-Salem
Foundation Award
This award was estab
lished in 1996 and is given
to individuals who demon
strate the Foundation's val
ues of generosity, excel
lence, inclusion, and
inftgrity along with vision
ary leadership in a commu
nity activity or on behalf of
a community organization,
particularly in the recent
past.
Woody Clinard "is a
tremendous example of a
person who finds seeds of
opportunity in our commu
nity and who works collab
oratively with others to
feed and nurture them," the
Foundation says. "He is
often found in our commu
nity tutoring children, get
ting projects started, attend
ing teacher workshops,
supporting fundraisers, and
mentoring youth and adults
alike.
"A native of Winston
Salem, Woody has nurtured
many community organiza
tions and efforts over the
years, including El Buen
Pastor and the Hispanic
League. His generosity is a
sign of his desire to create
positive change in the
world, a value he shared
with his wife, Helen, who
passed away in 2013. Those
close to Woody will tell you
that in his very large heart
there lies a special place for
public education and for
Hispanic youth and their
families."
Clinard is credited for
helping to energize and
revitalize (Jld Town
Elementary School in part
to his passionate interest
and leadership. Not only
did Woody's financial sup
port fund among other
things, materials, and a visit
by education expert Eric
Jensen, teacher trainings by
a Jensen colleague, leader
ship training for teachers,
and three iPads for each
classroom, but also created
the "Change the World"
movement at the school.
Principal Rusty Hall,
who nominated Clinard.
sums up Clinard's nomina
tion best by saying, "I have
found a champion for edu
cation, and an agent for
change - for real change. I
have found a new role
model to emulate in all that
I do."
With this very well
deserved recognition comes
a $10,000 Foundation
grant, which Clinard has
designated to 10 organiza
tions: Bread for the World,
a
El Buen Pastor Latino
Community Services,
CHANGE, Children of
Vietnam, Forsyth Education
Partnership, The Hispanic
League, Interfaith Winston
Salem, Planned Parenthood
of the Triad, the Augustine
Project at Read WS, and the
World Relief for Anti
Human Trafficking program.
2015 ECHO Awards
The Foundation and
ECHO Network jointly pre
sented the 2015 ECHO
Awards to four recipients
who are creatively building
social capital. Each recipient
is uniquely connecting peo
ple and building trust among
people in order to make our
community stronger and
each will receive $1,000 to
grant to a nonprofit organiza
tion of their choice.
? Books For Dudes is
Forsyth County Public
Library's book club for men.
Members are encouraged to
share their own literary
finds, thoughts on current
events and personal stories.
They range from recent high
school graduates to retirees
and from the unemployed to
businessmen - resulting in
close, trusting relationships
and bridging social capital
among this diverse group of
community members.
? Jake Denton is "a one
person social capital
machine," who lives out his
values and builds trust
among many. Jake's involve
ment with Habitat for
Humanity of Forsyth County
has ranged from being a vol
unteer/neighborhood organ
izer to currently serving as
an AmeriCorps National
Service member. He has
built trusting relationships
with his neighbors and with
Habitat homeowners and
volunteers from diverse race,
age, class and social circum
stance. Denton demonstrates
an innate ability to connect
with others in an open and
genuine way that has erased
stereotypes while creating
greater understanding in our
community.
? Terry Hicks is a choral
music teacher by trade, but
his social capital-building
impact ripples through gen
erations. For over 25 years
he has encouraged students
at R.J. Reynolds High
School to create lasting
bonds across race, class,
neighborhood, religion,
stereotypes and even high
school cliques, in the pursuit
of making beautiful music
together. Hicks' community
outreach extends beyond the
classroom walls through
community performances.
His nomination was echoed
by dozens of former stu
dents. parents, teacher col
leagues, and community
members whose lives he has
touched and whose minds he
has opened.
? WinstonNet provides
invaluable local leadership
on a broad range of issues
related to technology in our
community, including its
work to close the "digital
divide" by ensuring that all
Forsyth County residents
have affordable and conven
ient Internet access and
training opportunities in free
computer labs. It has also
created strong connections
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between local universities,
community colleges, the
school system, governmental
agencies, and nonprofits.
WinstonNet is building
social capital by bridging the
technology gap, and by
offering positive and life
changing interactions among
individuals that are unlikely
to exist without the labs and
online access.
About The Winston
Salem Foundation
The Winston-Salem
Foundation is a community
foundation that supports
charitable programs in the
greater Forsyth County area.
Founded in 1919 with a
$1,000 gift, it now adminis
ters about 1300 funds and
had total custodial assets of
$384.3 million at the end of
2014. In 2014, the
Foundation granted $24.8
million to charitable causes,
over $2 million of which was
through the Community
Grants program.
Learn more at
w ww. wsfoundation .org.
(L-R) Winston-Salem Foundation (WSF) President Scott Wierman, award win
ner Woody Clinard and WSF Committee Chairwoman Janet Wheeler.
ECHO award winner Books for Dudes
ECHO award winner WinstonNet
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