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GLAD Federated Holds Sixth Annual October Jazz Breeze
Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Fine dining, live music,
dancing and service characterize the sixth annual October
Jazz Breeze scholarship fundraiser dinner sponsored by GLAD
Federation. This year the event was held on Sunday, October
18 at the Ramada Secor Hotel.
Mary Caldwell Simmons
opened the ceremony with a warm welcome for the club members
and their guests, followed by the mistress of ceremonies,
Prescilla Hutchens, and an invocation by Barbara Campbell.
The jazz music was
provided by “It’s Essential” featuring vocalist Shandonna
Flunder and band members Eddie Akins, Jerry Hamilton, Pat
McGee and Emmitt Williams.
After dinner, President
Leslie Poellnitz presented the club scholarships to three
young ladies: Justine Rice, Ashley Taylor and Victoria
Williams. Campbell presented the Sheila Brown Scholarship to
a fourth young lady, CharAnna Caldwell.
Three community
organizations, Beach House Family Shelter, The Daughter
Project and the MLK Kitchen for the Poor, received donations
from the club for their work in the area with the
underserved.
GLAD Federated members are Laslie Poellnitz, president;
Paula Williams, vice president; Gail Johnson, second vice
president; Constance Coleman, secretary; Thelma Osbourne,
assistant secretary; Lillie Palmer, treasurer; Deborah
Jackson, financial secretary; Barbara Campbell, chaplain;
Opal Bacon, historian; and members Mary Caldwell-Simmons,
June Cross, Clenastine Hamilton, Barbara McGee, Joyce Phenix,
and Janice Foster.
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Marlene Harris-Taylor, Barbara Caldwell, CharAnna Caldwell,
Janice Foster, Valinda Williams, Leslie Poellnitz
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