8 SALUTED FOR SERVICE TO CHILDREN.Byline: Annette Bailey Daily News Staff Writer Eight distinguished African-Americans from Ventura County were honored Saturday for their outstanding achievements and accomplishments as community leaders. The Ventura County chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc., a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. designed to improve the quality of life for children, celebrated its third annual Summit Awards at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. in Westlake Village. Nationwide, Jack and Jill has a membership of 9,000 mothers and associate members and more than 27,000 family members. ``Our honorees are making a tremendous contribution, and this is one way to acknowledge their contributions,'' said Robin Freeman, president of the organization's Ventura County chapter. The recipients were recording artist Gerald Albright; Harold Davis Harold Davis may refer to:
n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. ; retired educator Roland Glover; Leighton Hull, president and chief executive officer of Golden West Food Corp.; journalist Walt Love; program analyst Adolph Mitchell; and Oxnard City Councilman Bedford Pinkard. Diverse as each recipient might seem, they all have one thing in common: contributing to the growth and development of children who otherwise might have been overlooked, Freeman said. |
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