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Community Hospital offered free sports physicals and Grigsby

breast exams. Other health vendors provided free dental National Officers: Parliamentarian
and vision screenings. There was Zumba & Line Danc- Laura T. Farwell 1st Vice President,
ing, 3-point shootout, Trap Yoga and a Kidz Zone play Alice B. Grigsby Area VI Director, Historian,
area. Kroger Grocery donated food items and non- per- Director of Operation
TTA Director
ishable household items. There were over 600 guest in Membership, Area VI Director,
attendance and 45 booths from various sectors. There Parliamentarian
were 300 bags of groceries and 200 back packs distribut- Helene Bean Parliamentarian
ed. Mary Guinn Financial Secretary,
Area VI Director
Ellen Deshazer
Betty Edwards

Area VI Past Presidents:
Laura Farwell, Alice Grigsby, Mary Guinn, Mary Louise
Batiste, Betty Edwards, and Joyce Norfleet
Nichole Dodd dedicated “I Did it My Way” to the

Inglewood Chapter celebrates Forty Years of Leaders.
Sparkling Service. Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorpo-
rated Inglewood Chapter begins its closure of celebra- Teens and Lords received certificates.

tions of 40 sparkling years of service to its community. MEMBERSHIP MATTERS as four Ladies were add-
ed to the membership: Juanita Dawson, Clarice Ka-
Top Ladies of Distinction (TLOD), Inc. is a non-profit vanaugh, Joycelyn Smith and Crystal Williams, a former
educational, humanitarian organization dedicated to Top Teen.

providing exemplary service to the community through

various partnerships, advocating for women, assisting

seniors, inspiring and enabling youth to be leaders of

tomorrow, and beautifying neighborhoods.

The celebration began with a kick-off luncheon featur- .
ing Honorary Chairmen Faye Beverly Bryant, Third Na-
tional President and James Stephens, Past National Top
Teens of America President. Displays of services to the
community, giveaways, resolutions, proclamations and
special presentations rounded out the day. Mr. Stephens,
a graduate of Morehouse University and Media Special-
ist at Clark University began his presentation with a trib-
ute to his grandmother/charter member Gloria Brown
who passed three weeks prior to the event. He aroused
the audience with a focus on the Top Teens of America
theme “Participation is Our Foundation as Leaders of
Tomorrow”. He urged all attendees to make an extra
effort to share in the positive development of our youth.

Special recognitions included:

Charter members: Ladies Laura Farwell and Alice