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Citizen Appointed To Health Care Advisory Board
Outreach Ministry
To Resume Feeding
Joining a few other groups more than a decade ago, Pastor Cornelius Hamilton, on behalf of True Prosperity Evangelist Out- reach, personally fed and clothed homeless people all over the city.
Pastor Hamilton began in the downtown area, and stretched his prosperity to the Temple Crest Park area, and also Cheney Park in North Tampa.
Pastor Hamilton said with the Grace of God he will be resuming his downtown feeding evangelism begin- ning this Sunday at 5 p.m. at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1203 North Ne- braska Avenue.
“I thank God for being able to share my blessings with others and I asked that others join me, especially pastors in the area.
“I’d like for them to join
PASTOR CORNELIUS HAMILTON
me in providing hope, food, clothing, and supplies to homeless bay area residents. I’m asking for volunteers, not donors, but any pastor is wel- come to bring an offering for the people.”
Any area pastors inter- ested in joining Pastor Hamilton can reach him at (813) 965-7796, or (813) 380- 0258.
MRS. GWEN MYERS
H. Obi.
“There are many county residents who don’t have an option to visit a primary care doctor. Most working poor do not have the means or funds to pay for health insur- ance and can’t afford to seek health care until their med- ical problem becomes too se- vere,” Mrs. Myers said.
“Having an opportunity to serve on the Health Care Advisory Board will allow me the opportunity to improve the accessibility of some clin- ics to be considered being
Evangelism
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
A Tampa resident and re- tired Hillsborough County employee has been ap- pointed to the County’s 17- member Health Care Advisory Board. The Hills- borough County Board of County Commissioners made the appointment, which is for 4 years, from July 20, 2016, expiring on June 30, 2020.
Mrs. Gwendolyn (Gwen) Myers will become one of the four At-Large Rep- resentatives. The purpose of the Health Care Advisory Board is to improve accessi- bility and efficiency of care for medically poor residents of Hillsborough County through recommendations to the Board of County Com- missioners for fund alloca- tion, coordination, planning and monitoring of health care delivery systems.
Mrs. Myers joins 2 other African-Americans on the Board – Dr. Maria Russ and Pastor Shonda
opened 24/7.
“In many cases the ill-
nesses that send uninsured people to the emergency room (ER) are preventable, but the financial cost to the individual or family is greater,” she explained.
Mrs. Myers retired from Hillsborough County in 2013 as a Human services Super- visor for the County’s Dept. of Family and Aging Serv- ices. Currently, she is Presi- dent and CEO of Gwen Myers Consulting, LLC.
Other Board appoint- ments are: Mayor Bob Buck- horn’s African American Advisory Board, and Corpo- ration to Develop Communi- ties of Tampa (CDC). She is a member of Greater Bethel MB Church, Chairman of the Trustee Ministry, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
She is married to Ran- dolph Myers and the daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Williams and the late David Williams.
“I’m excited to continue my public service work,” she said.
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