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Honorees Recipients receiving awards are, Left to Right Back Row: Jamison Bethea (Youth Public Service); Ms. Cheryl Lindsay (Business; MsMarian
Venable(Community Outreach); Mrs. Tonia Walker (Athletics); Ryan Horton Jr. (Youth Community Outreach); Dr. James Walter Ferree(Volunteer Activities);
Mrsl'eggy McCullough(Music); Front Row: Brelynn Wray (Youth Leadership); Kayla Horton (Youth Inspiration); Mrs. Courtney Taylor-Porter(The Arts); Michael
Moore Russell (Youth Miracle Survivor); Mrs. Olivia Thompkinsf Humanitarian); Mrs. Veronica Black (Leadership)and Mrs. Susan Hunt (Education).
New Bethel Baptist's Effort Club celebrates anniversaries
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The Effort Club of New Bethel Baptist Church cele
brated its 91 st Anniversary and 19th annual Race Progress
Promoters program on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 1016 N. Trade
Street. The Race Progress Promoters Program honors
African-American individuals and groups who have made
significant contributions in Winston-Salem to promote
community visibility. Former first lady and current Effort
Club member, Mrs. Susie Drayton, who continues to be
involved in the organization, started this annual program.
Individuals honored those who are doing an outstand
ing job in promoting race progress in the community.
During the awards ceremony, honorees were awarded a
plaque by this year's judges who have also promoted Race
Progress in the community. This year's panels of judges
included chief judge Diane Piggott, Nigel Alston and
youth judge Nzinga Hawkins.
The honorees were as follows: Olivia Thompkins,
Humanitarian; Marian Venable, Community Outreach;
Cheryl Lindsay, Business; Dr. James Wdter Ferree,
Volunteer Activities; Peggy McCullough, Music; Susan
Hunt, Education; Tonia Walker, Sports; Veronica Black,
Leadership; Courtney Taylor-Porter, Dance; Jamison
Bethea, Youth Public Service; Ryan Horton Jr., Youth
Community Outreach; Kayla Horton, Youth Inspiration;
Brelynn Wray, Youth Leadership; and Michael Moore
Russell, Youth Miracle Survivor.
Stephen Thornton and Jerry Allen of New Bethel with
Divine Connection provided the music. Other program
participants were: Judge Denise Hartsfield, Mrs. Carolyn
Crosby, Alenia Sligh, Debbie Frazier, Willie Kay
Hawkins, Carol Poe, Sharon Grooms, Connie Smith.
Geneva Wright and Debra Moore. A Meet and Greet
reception was held in honor of this year's Award
Recipients following the program. Mrs. Lisa Myers is
President of the Effort Club. Dr. Kendall D. Jones, Sr. is
Senior Pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church.
Winston-Salem State researchers receive $215,000 grant to work with area churches
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THE CHRONICLE (
Winston-Salem State
University researchers
have received a two-year
$215,000 Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) grant to
work with Winston-Salem
area churches to explore
diabetes prevention in
African-Americans ages 18
and older.
The grant will fund the
development of a faith
based initiative titled, "The
HOSEA Project: Training,
Equipping and
Empowering Churches to
Prevent Diabetes." WSSU
researchers Dr. Dionne
Roberts, associate profes
sor in the Division of
Nursing, and Dr. Dee Ellis,
assistant professor in the
Department of Health,
Physical Education and
Sport Studies (HPSS) will
guide the research effort.
Together the team will
work to prevent Type-2
diabetes (adult-onset) in
African-Americans. Dr.
Cynthia Williams Brown,
chair of the Department of
HPSS will also serve on the
project. The project offi
cially kicks-off this month
as November is National
Diabetes Month. Project
partners include over 14
African-American
Churches in the Winston
Salem vicinity.
The aim of the HOSEA
Project is to prevent dia
betes in African-Americans
adults (age 18 and up) by
offering a 6-month inter
vention program modified
from the National Diabetes
Prevention Program or a
12-week community well
ness program. Both pro
grams will include weekly
exercise schedules and
requires the participants to
attend educational semi
nars.
The program will also
provide participants with
complimentary health
screenings and incentives
for the completion of all
required program activi
ties. Partner churches will
receive a stipend for partic
ipating.
"The HOSEA Project is
a faith-based and cultural
ly-tailored program
designed to equip churches
to prevent the devastating
effects of diabetes," said
Roberts. "Our hope is to
provide evidence that our
intervention can be an
^ affordable, effective model
o combat diabetes in our
immunities."
Diabetes is considered
a major health threat affect- t
ing nearly 26 million t
Americans. It is estimated I
hat another 79 million
Americans have pre-dia
>etes, which means almost
one-third of the total U.S.
population is affected by
diabetes. Contact Marian
Anderson-Booker, Project
Coordinator at 336-750
8915.
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