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Sisters Only Club 2009 Shero Awards
The 2009 Shero Award Nominees
have been selected:
Congratulations to the
2009 Sisters Only Club Shero Award Nominees:
Ms. Tawanna Kelly- Manager
Ronald McDonald House of Augusta
Ms. Earnestine Lockett- Youth Leader
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Ms. Monique Braswell- Activist, Co-host
WNRR News radio
Ms. Vivian Wiley Thompson Sylvester- Scholarship Chair;
CSRA
Classic, Top Ladies of Distinction
Ms. Angela Odom- Community
Volunteer
Ms. Angela Barnes- Health and Community Activist
Ms. Larissa Jones- Youth Mentor
Ms. Shannon Mapp- Owner/ Operator Blessed Day Care
Ms. Judith Simon-Butler-
Director/ Drama Instructor Augusta Mini
Theatre, Inc.
Mrs. Gwendolyn
Watts- Communtiy Volunteer
Ms. Angela F. Gaston- Retirement Services
Officer, FT. Gordon
Ms. Arlean J. Edwards- Host/Executive Producer Talking
It Up; WKZK
Mrs. Betty Harris-Owner/Administrator Tender Care Training
Center
Mrs. Hazel Battle- Founder Child's World Day Care Centers
Ms. Judy Heath- Health Social/Law & Government
Mrs. Anne Townsend- Business Owner
Ms. Christine Dixon- Mother/Community
Volunteer
Mrs. Latonya Walton- Mother of Four/Wife/President of P.W.T.A.
Nominees for 2009 Sisters Only Club
Woman of the Year
Angelina Townes-
Owner Operator McDonalds/ Community Advocate/
Wife and Mother
Mrs. Angelina Townes is a business owner, community advocate, wife
and mother. Mrs. Townsend is a local business owner
and operator of
McDonald's. She has given many young kids the opportunity to work in an
environment that is fair
and demanding.She employs students and young adults
expecting to learn their job, treat the customers and each other
with
respect with the mantra that "a good day's work is good for the soul and
good for your self-respect."
Mrs. Townes continues to donate her time to
organizing a scholarship program for young teens throught the Ronald
McDonald
House Scholarship. She formerly served as a Board member of the
Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, where she still
remains an active
spokesperson for the quality of life in the CSRA. Mrs. Townsend is the
epitome of a woman doing
it all, in business, in her professional life and
as a wife, mother and woman of faith.
Vivian Wiley Thompson Sylvester- Scholarship Chair; CSRA Classic,
Top Ladies of Distinction
Mrs. Vivian Thompson Sylvester has truly dedicated her life to
ensuring that the expenses associated with higher education do not prevent
the youth from pursuing a higher education.
She has proven that she is
committed to eradicating poverty through community outreach, emphasizing the
value of
education and literacy through educational development programs,
advocating for women, men and children to have equal
access to health care
and encouraging political participation so that people can take charge of
their own future.As
a testimony to her committment to the community, Ms.
Vivian Thompson Sylvester has received the Dream Jeeper's Award
in 2008,
which is an honor bestowed upon individuals in the community who are
dedicated to keeping the alive the
dream of Dr. Martin Luther King. In 1981
she was one of six women who decided to spearhead the organization of an
Augusta chapter Top Ladies of Distinction.
Monique Braswell- Activist, Co-host WNRR News radio
Monique Braswell is actively involved as a parent in her children's
school.She was instrumental in organizing a fundraiser
at a local business
to raise money to build a playground at Wheeless Road Elementary School. She
is committed to
working with and making an impact on the lives of young
people. She tirelessly works over the Christmas Holiday's gathering
donated
items to give to needy families in the CSRA. She has been recently asked to
serve on the Board for the CSRA
Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (EOA).
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