Foundation gives scholarships, honors
Submitted Photo
Scott Abdul
Salaam (seat
ed, second
from left)
poses with
scholarship
winners (front
row) Kati
Gray
A 11 m a n n ,
E I i a n a
Rodriguez,
Joseph Miller
(back row)
Jada Castillo,
M a k a y I a
Lawson and
Chardonnay
Campbell.
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The 8th Annual ScottCares Foundation Awards Gala was held Saturday, June 7 at the Milton
Rhodes Arts Center.
College scholarships were presented to high school seniors Eliana Eilzabeth Rodriguez. Mt.
Tabor; Jada Castillo, Weaver Academy of Greensboro; Makayla Lawson and Chardonnay
Campbell, North Forsyth; Katie Gray Altmann. R. J. Reynolds High School; and Joseph A. Miller
Jr., Carver High School. All the students will use the funds to pursue degrees and careers in the arts.
"Students that share a passion for creativity should be celebrated," said the ScottCares
Foundation founder and president Scott Abdul-Salaam. "Our community is also comprised of spe
cial humanitarians that give of themselves everyday for the betterment of service to humanity. These
heroes are what make our community a great place to live."
The ScottCares Foundation started awarding scholarships in 2007. Since that time, more than 50
students have received scholarship awards.
Humanitarian Awards were also presented. Courtney Omega Taylor-of Positive Image
Performing Arts received the Humanitarian in Arts honor; the Humanitarian in Education award
went to Ed Price; the Humanitarian in Technology award was presented to Dr. Tony L. Burton III,
CEO of MudPies; the Humanitarian in Community Service honor went to Jonathan A. Mason, the
34th International President of Phi ^_____
Beta Sigma Fraternity. Inc. Mason
was also slated to give the keynote
address.
In addition to an annual step
show and other family events, the
annual gala celebration serves as a
major event to' help support the
ScottCares Foundation's programs
and students.
Learn more at wwwscottcares
ncjorg or call 336-525-1723.
ESR
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neighborhood and appre
ciative of our neighbors
there, but the building
wasn't really suited for
providing the services we
provide through out the
community," said ESR
Board Chair Larry
Herzberg. "We knew we
needed a more efficient
site: one, to serve our
clients better and, two,
we were renting from the
North Carolina Housing
Foundation. While they
were a good landlord, we
also knew we didn't want
money going into rent
every year; we want that
money to be going into
programs to serve our
clients."
The agency launched
a capital campaign to pay
for the new building. To
date, it has generated
more than $2.7 million,
said campaign chairman
Tommy Hickman.
Funds are still being
raised through the sale of
engraved bricks that will
be cemented into the
sidewalk at the new site;
spaces on the building's
donor wall are also avail
able.
"The work that ESR
does around empowering
people to be more self
sufficient or self reliant,
empowering people to
help themselves, is some
thing that resonated very
well in this community as
we went out and tpld the
story," Hicks said.
The night before the
ribbon-cutting, a donor
reception was held at the
new building; Johnnie
Draft III spoke at the
event, detailing his expe
rience in ESR's self
reliance program. In it,
clients like Draft learn
strategies to rise above
the poverty level, which
92 precent of the pro
gram's participants ^suc
ceed in doing.
Draft earned a high
school certificate of com
pletion and. with the pro
gram's guidance, is tak
ing GED and CNA class
es at Forsyth Technical
Community College. The
single father - who is
employed full time as the
minister of music at
Antioch Missionary
Baptist Church - plans to
eventually attend Wake
Forest University
Divinity School and take
to the pulpit one day.
"When you come into
Experiment in Self
Reliance, you come into a
family, but they are going
to push you to be better
than what you are," he
said.
Stephon Hicks is an
ESR success story. These
days, he volunteers at the
agency to help others.
But years ago, a battle
with drugs and alcohol
left him homeless. He got
into one of ESR's hous
ing programs and lived
for four years in one of
the agency's furnished,
subsidized units on Fifth
< t
Street. ESR also got him
the help he needed to
conquer his demons. He
said the assistance
changed his life.
"It gave me something
to fight for," he said.
These are heady times
for ESR. In addition to its
new building, the agency
is marking its 50th
anniversary. Board chairs
from the past were invit
ed to help cut the ribbon.
They included ESR's first
board chair William
Womble, Dr. Frank
James, along with Mayor
Pro Tempore Vivian
Burke, whose late hus
band, Logan, was chair in
the 1970s and 80s.
For more information
about ESR, visit utisr.org
or call 336-722-9400.
Stephon Hicks
Photos by Todd l uck
Sally Hughes
(front, center) a
92-year old
retired ESR
employee, with
(left to right)
ESR client
Johnnie Draft
111 and ESR
staffers Beverly
Alexander and
D e b r a
Bradshaw.
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January 26, 1957 June 11, 2002
blessed is the man who preserves, because when he has
stood the test, he will receive the Crown of Life that Cod
has promised to those who love him
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We miss you so much,
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The N. C. Department of Transportation is imple
menting a new system, called Strategic Transpor
tation Investments, for prioritizing transportation
improvements in five categories: highway, public
transportation, aviation, rail & ferry, ana non
motorized (i.e. bicycle and pedestrian projects).
As a result, the Winston-Salem Urban Area Met
ropolitan Planning Organization, the Piedmont
Authority for Regional Transportation and the
Winston-Salem Transit Authority are soliciting
feedback for their proposed priorities for trans
portation projects in the Winston-Salem urban
area, which includes Forsyth County and adjoining
parts of Stokes, Davie and Davidson counties.
Citizens can view the proposed priority lists for all
categories and leave written comments at a drop
in meeting Thursday, June 19, from noon to 2
p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. in the third floor con
ference room of the Stuart Municipal Building,
100 E. First Street, Winston-Salem.
The lists are also posted at DOT.CityofWS.org and
are available at public libraries in Forsyth County
and King, each municipal town hall, the N.C.DOT
office at 375 Silas Creek Parkway, and the Win
ston-Salem Department of Transportation, Room
307,100 E. First St., Winston-Salem. Citizens may
comment by letter, fax or e-mail.
Only written comments will be accepted.
Comments must be received by 5 p.m. July 11
and should be sent to:
Fredrick Haith ^ ^
Winston-Salem DOT fl v I
P.O. Box 2511 III
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Fa,: (336) 748 3370 WnSllffl&lll'ni
E-mail: fredrickh@cityofws.org
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