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Fenison Dozier was in Locust Grove, Georgia,” said Fenison. “We
Pays it Forward
“Growing up, I had a great life supplied by my
mother,” reflects Fenison Dozier, who joined the Gray
team in January of this year. “As a growing man I was
lost, mentally, and my mother knew it. So she asked
a good man if he could take time out of his busy
schedule to help me. He did it; he never had to, but
he did.”
Fenison was introduced to the construction industry
as a young adult, when his mother asked their pastor,
12 also a master carpenter, to take Fenison under his
wing. After three years of college, where he also
played football, Fenison joined the carpenters union
"A lot of great
people in this
world would never
have made it that
far if it wasn’t for
a willing vessel
to take time
out of his or her
busy schedule to
help somebody."
FENISON DOZIER
in his hometown of Henry County, Georgia -- a town
about an hour south of Atlanta. Now 14 years later,
he joined the Gray team as a Field Engineer and
currently works on project Zinus, led by Dan Phillips.
Impacted by his pastor who invested his time in
young Fenison, he decided to start volunteering to
help others as well. Fenison lends a hand to a local
charity in Henry County called People Help Exchange,
which donates food to underprivileged families in the
south Metro Atlanta area.
“The last event I did with the People Help Exchange
handed out over 600 boxes of milk, vegetables, meat,
eggs, etc. This was the first time I ever volunteered in
my life for a charitable cause that did not benefit me
but actually benefited others. It made me fall in love
with the whole ‘giving back’ thing. Since then I have
attended two more of their events, which I shared
with my nephews and my son. It’s an unexplainable
feeling to take time out of my ‘busy’ schedule to give
back to others, but the real reward was sharing it with
the young men in my life whom I love dearly. When I
asked them to join, there was no hesitation. The fact
that they showed such zeal and effort passing out
boxes, and running them across the parking lots to
people was the real reward. It’s a great thing to give
back but sharing that feeling and opportunity with
the youth in our families or even our friends who may
have never experienced anything like that is vital.”
Fenison also donates financially to an organization
run by a close friend: The Kids Acting Academy
and Performing Arts Center in Macon, Georgia,
an area of the country where youth benefit greatly
from a positive program that helps impact their
life’s potential. Fenison is happy to donate to the
program, which serves underprivileged children
and teens by teaching a variety of acting, dance,
writing and art classes. The academy further aims
to help participants accomplish their dreams by also
teaching self-esteem, anti-bullying, the importance of
education, and self-worth.
“This world, and a lot of great people in this world
would never have made it that far if it wasn’t for
a willing vessel to take time out of his or her busy
schedule to help somebody,” said Fenison. “So now it
is my turn to keep the cycle going.”
After only a few months with Gray, Fenison says
he’s loving every second.
“I've worked for a lot of good companies that said
that we aren’t just a number, but never until now have
I worked for a company that shows me I’m not a
number,” said Fenison. “For me, it is the actions by
Gray that makes it easy for me to want to work for
them and not go back to self-employment.”