Page 47 - The Scepter - Spring-Summer 2018_ Area Conferences Edition

Lucellestine Wilson Outstanding Chapter President
1st Place: Lady Barbara Smith, Humble InterContinental
2nd Place: Lady Katherine Wilson, Houston

Perdita Jones Essay Contest
1st Place: Teen Aliyah Smith, Lake Houston
2nd Place: Teen Jordan Jackson, Houston
3rd Place: Teen Glori Newsome, River City

Performing Arts Competition
1st Place: Teen Yaa’Ann Agyeman-Yeboah, Houston
2nd Place: Teen Jayda Ennis, San Antonio Metro
3rd Place: Teen Morgan Jackson, Houston

Area Director’s Top Lady of the Year
1st Place: Lady Elmarie Brown, Dallas
2nd Place: Lady Orlinda Preston-Fowler, Lake Houston
3rd Place: Lady Theresa Garrett, Lake Charles

Cordelia Mackey Outstanding Top Teen Award
1st Place: Teen DeAndra Smith, Houston
2nd Place: Teen Michael Princeton Woods, Humble Intercontinental

Willie Lee Glass Scholarship
1st Place: Teen Lauren Pierce, Missouri City
2nd Place: Teen Sophia Haralson, Sugar Valley
3rd Place: Teen Morgan Jackson, Houston

Spelling Bee
Winner: Teen Kira Willis, Dallas Chapter

Each year, TLOD/TTA reaches out to the community through the donation of items or provision of service to a
local organization that serves youth and/or adults. This year Top Teens and Top Ladies collected and filled back-
packs with healthy snacks to donate to the community through Area One’s “Blessings in a Backpack”. These
backpacks were given by Teens and Ladies and filled by Teens for the purpose of providing healthy snacks for
school aged children who may be in need of food once they leave school. Area Teen Officers, with the assistance
of Lady Darrlyn Johnson, Chair and the “Blessing in a Backpack” Committee of Ladies presented in excess of
one thousand four hundred (1,400) backpacks to Washington and Dorrie Miller Elementary Schools. Teens
boxed up and loaded the backpacks for delivery to the schools in San Antonio, Texas.

Area One Top Teens were fortunate to visit the Joint Base San Antonio at Fort Sam Houston. Teens toured the
military history museum and the Quadrangle which housed wildlife and how science related fields were important
to the environment and the government.

Leadership activities at the 47th Area One Conference were highlighted by Area One’s most capable officers.
Workshops for Ladies were designed to provide information to chapters for more efficiency in operation target-
ing chapter bylaws; membership retention, recruitment and reclamation; and public relations. Workshop topics
highlighted for Teens held during MOMENTUM presentations included: Networking with Teens and Mentors,
“What’s in the Bag”, a sharing of effective activities related to TTA Projects, conference expectations and being
safe.