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F Page 10 A Sense of Service When visitors from other countries spend time in America, they often are amazed at how much time and effort the people spend in helping their neigh bors. It's a characteristic that sets this country apart from other nations of the world. Adams-Millis employees set this kind of example. Whether it’s Michelle Williams of High Point working with children at her church, Melissa Black working in the volunteer fire department in Salley, S.C. or Kenneth Johnson of Galax, Va, helping coach youth sports, the same spirit is at work. Adams-Millis employees set an excellent example for the rest of their communities. Those features in this issue of Amco News represent only a small portion of those in the company who have a sense of service. in the folding department at Influential, reads to Rocquel’s class once a month at Parkview Ele mentary School. For the last two years she has been helping with the arts and crafts program in Jessica’s Girl Scout troop. For the last two years she Helping other people has always been a part of Ken neth Johnson’s life style. His 3 p.m.- to-11 p.m. work schedule as a pallet handler at the Adams-Millis plant in Mount Airy makes it a little dif ficult these days, but he still finds time to help. In Galax, where he lived before mov ing to Mount Airy, he helped coach soccer and softball and taught swim ming at the recreation cen ter. “When I was coaching soccer, I would get out on the field and play with them. If you talk to kids the mes- sage goes right through their heads, but if you’re on the field with them they’ll learn better,” Johnson says. “I like sports and people — especially children. I feel more like a big brother to them. It’s important for adults to work with kids be cause many parents don’thave time for their own children.” His volunteer efforts haven’t been limited to children, however. He has helped elderly neighbors with yard work and has gone to the grocery store for them when the weather was too cold for them to get outside. Kenneth Johnson “I like to participate with my children. If they see that I’m interested, they will get interested, too,” she says. “It shows them that they’re important to me.” Michelle, a utility person has been director of the children’s choir at Philip- pians Baptist Church in High Point. The choir has 20 children ranging in age from six years to 16 years. She also has coached vol leyball and softball. * * * As a member of the La dies Auxiliary at VFW Post 1595 in Barnwell, Latanyia Nimmons gets involved in many commu nity projects. “We raffle baskets of household items to raise money for our activities,” says Latanyia, an instructor in the boarding department. “We have donated to cancer research, AIDS programs, the association for the blind and the Heart Association.” One of the activities that she enjoys most is ^the Halloween party, one of many things the auxiliary does for children. The organization also sponsors a senior citi zens’ banquet, visits the veterans hospital, participates in pa rades and helps fami lies whose homes bum. Latanyia also is a mem ber of the Eastern Star and is an usher and member of the missionary circle at Rome Baptist Church. She also is responsible for ac * * * Michelle Williams builds her volunteer efforts around the interests and activities of her two daugh ters, Jessica, who is eight, and Rocquel, who is five. Michelle Williams and daughters February 1996 ‘f V' Latanyia Nimmons tivities in the Cultural Arts Learning Center, a program where local children can go for help with their homework. “Being able to help other people is what’s import ant in life,” she says. * * * Treva and Bob Palmer understand the pains and problems that enjoyed sports. While a student at Purdue Univer sity he played for two years on the school’s hockey team. Now, he coaches a youth soccer team for boys age seven and under. He recognizes that his days as a soccer coach are limited. “After age 10, soc can be caused by diabetes w and heart prob lems. Treva has had diabetes for 10 years, and heart prob lems are present in both of their families. It was no Treva Palmer surpnse — ex cept to Treva — when Bob accepted a call from the Diabetes Asso ciation to col lect donations from the homes in his neighborhood in 1993. Treva took responsibility for the door-to-door can vassing of the neighbor hood in 1994 and 1995. “Researchers are close to finding a cure for diabetes, and every little bit of sup port helps them,” she says. Treva has been with Adams-Millis for 39 years, the last 20 in Accounts Pay able. Both her mother and father worked at Adams- Millis beforehand. She lives in Archdale and teaches adult Sunday School classes (ages 34-39) at Trinity Baptist between Thomasville and High Point. * * Pete Bobalik has always cer players need coaches who understand the game better than I do,” he says. “That’s when I will return to coaching baseball, a sport I enjoyed as a young ster growing up in Illinois.” Bobalik, manager of In formation Systems in High Point, says that youngsters who participate in team sports benefit in more ways than simply from the physi cal activity. “The concepts learned in team sports carry right into the business en vironment. The same kind of teamwork is present in successful businesses as with successful sports teams,” he says. In addition to his in volvement in little league (Continued on Page 11)
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