ch OOL chi v r rec lv d ,000 from ro n illi m on 0 on
o h non profIt urb n comm'unlty rvic of hi or h r choic. hrough
h 993 KOO chiever ard, rown Willi m on ill contribut
th n 100,000 to non-profit urb n throughou h
U. . The company 'ha committed ne rly 700,000 in n un ding
for community ervice ince th KOOL Achie� r A ard
wet: tabli hed in 1986.
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REBECCA JACKSON was .e/ected from.
6roup of nationwide candidate. to receive
the At-L.rge KOOL Achiever �ward. In
1986, Jacbon e.tabll.hed JobCenter, Inc.
In Loul.vllle. Since then, th organization
ha. placed 50 developmentally disabled
.dults In the working world. Jackson
ended her sctiv« Involvement In th
organization when .he was elected
JeHelSon County Clerk In 1990, but
.erves on the JobCenter Board of
Directors.
JEAN NEAL, executive director of the Annie
M.lone Children & Family Service Center In
north St. Loul., w •• honored •• the 1992
St. Loul. KOOL Achlevel. Ne.1 was
In.trument., In obt.'nln6.1 nlRc.nt
mInorIty partIcipation In • $4 million '
renov.t/on project at the facility,
galvanlzln6 pollUcal and community Iorce ••
GWENDOL YN PATRICK, who with her
hu.band, Pa.tor Ch r/e. Patrick, operate.
the Fragment House shelter In Compton,
was honored a the 1992 Lo. Angeles
KOOL Achiever.
ZAHARAZAH MOULTA AU, a moth rot
• ven who worked to .ecure funding
fOl the renov.tlon of Er •• mu. H.II
HI6h chool, w •• honored the 1992
New York KOOL Achiever.
REDONNA RODGERS, th fountler and executive director of the Center
for Teaching Entrepreneurship, a program that reache. out to teen.
through community agenc/e •• nd schools and helps them to develop
jo'b skills .nd .elt-flsteem, w •• honored •• the 1992 Milwaukee .
I(OOL Achiever.
ICA TIE ARTZER, • widow who
has worked to Improve h r
West Humboldt P.rk neighborhood,
was honored •• the 1992 Chlc,ago
KOOL Achiever. In addition to
coordinating a Neighborhood Watch
program that covelS an area
populated by 50,000 Chicagoan,
Artzer's United Neighbors In Action
has battled drug., crime and
Medicaid scams In Inner-city Chicago.
KEFt YN X. REED, .n Engtl.h
",otes.ol .t Bishop State
Community College who devotes
.1 nlflc.nt time .nd energy to
tutoring young children, was
honored •• the 1992 Mobile KOOL
Achiever. Reed'. Adopt-A-Fllmlly
program ",ovldes tutoring for ".t
rl k" thlr� .nd f9urlh-grlldelS at
Holloway Elementary School .nd
Fontt/elle Elementary School.
,REGINALD CASTER, • building
engineer with Memphis City Schools
who founded. group to provide
, leadership for young boys, wa.
honored a. the 1992 Memphl. KOOL
Achiever. Ca ter'. group;, The
Elephant Men, ha touch d the lives
of more than BOO Inner-clty Memphis
. boys over the pa.t six year., offering
trslnln In how to succeed In the
bus/ne.s world and .tres.lng the
Imporlance of morals, selt-disclplln
and love.
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THOMAS DORTCH, • top st.te official tor
U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn IIltd II etron upporler
of hi tor/cally bl ck colle es nd
univer ttie», was honor d liS the 1992.
Georgi KOOL chlever. Dorlch found d the
Nation I Slack College Alumni HI/of F, m
Found tlon lind works to help minority
students pur ue IIcademlc fundin •
LESUE SMITH II, founder and
executive director of n Inner-city
sub tance libuse program, w
honored as the 1992 Hou ton KOOL
Achiever. Smith, who e Families
Under Urban & Social Attack operates
'Its Interv ntion nd prevention
programs In downtown Houston, '.0
over.ees II mini try program t the
H "/s County J II.
,LAqUITA S. SEU, who .erve. II.
executive director of Children'.
Village, • home for boys In
Blrmln h.m'. Powderly
neighborhood, wa. honor d
tM Blrmll16ham KOOL Achiever.
The home can .ccommod te up
to eight boy. between the IIge.
ot 6 .nd 1.2, mo.t of whom com
from fo.m hom •• nd .he/telS.
JIMMIE THORNS, JR., the chairman of
two organization dedicated to mlnority_
bu Iness development, was honor d
the 1992 New Orlean. KOOL Achiever.
Thorns over ees operation of the Slack
Economic Development Council and the
Orlean Private Indu try Council, which .
provide tralnl"g nd financl I II Istance
to minority business own r. In the
New Orlean area.