DAILY NEWS PEOPLE : NADINE CARSON.Byline: - Kathleen Cole It's a wonder Nadine Carson has any time for herself. Carson divides her volunteer efforts among four agencies around Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``You find the time to do things you really want to do,'' she says. For all their good work, she and her husband, Ed, together have received the Children's Burn Foundation's Giving New Hope Award and the Hugh O'Brian Hugh O'Brian (born April 19, 1925) is an American actor. Born Hugh Charles Krampe in Rochester, New York, he is best known for his starring role as Wyatt Earp in the television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp that ran from 1955 to 1961. Youth Leadership Albert Schweitzer Noun 1. Albert Schweitzer - French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965) Schweitzer Award for outstanding service to children in need. Carson is a member of the Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize support group for the Music Center of Los Angeles County. She serves on the Council of the Children's Burn Foundation. And she raises money for the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists. ``I've always been involved, always been people-oriented,'' she says. ``I don't understand people who don't get involved.'' AGE: 67 RESIDENCE: Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . BORN AND RAISED IN: Born in a farmhouse in Kansas and raised in Lincoln, Neb., Carson has lived in the same house in Beverly Hills since 1985. OCCUPATION: Full-time volunteer. MARITAL STATUS marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. : Married to Ed for 45 years. CHILDREN: Son Tod lives in Los Angeles, and daughter Dawn Carson Masters lives in Phoenix with Carson's two grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . VOLUNTEERISM vol·un·teer·ism n. Use of or reliance on volunteers, especially to perform social or educational work in communities. volunteerism : Since 1985, Carson has been actively involved in fund-raising for Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, which was established in 1958 and provides seven institutions with scholarships for financially needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. , outstanding college students majoring in a physical science. For 10 years, Carson also has helped raise money to support the Autry Museum of Western Heritage. ``The Gene Autry Museum is one of my loves,'' says Carson. Another of her causes is the Music Center of Los Angeles County's Blue Ribbon support group, which has a 600-woman membership. Every spring, the volunteers put on the four-day Dorothy Chandler Children's Festival for fifth-graders all over Los Angeles County. There are two performances each day, and 3,000 children attend each one. Carson likes to put on her tennis shoes tennis shoes npl → zapatillas fpl de tenis tennis shoes npl → (chaussures fpl de) tennis mpl tennis shoes tennis and help get the children from their buses to their seats. ``I get so much energy just from being around those kids,'' says Carson. ``It's a very rewarding experience.'' And Carson is also a member of the Council, a group dedicated to raising money to support the Children's Burn Foundation. The foundation was established in 1985 to provide financial resources to meet the special needs of children suffering from severe burns caused by abuse, neglect or accident. These services include preventive education and advocacy as well as the full spectrum of post acute patient care, something many victims can't afford. ``They (the Children's Burn Foundation) treat the entire individual, not just the burns,'' says Carson. ``They provide the caring and emotional support, the giving of hope.'' HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED?: ``It isn't anything that I set out to do. I think that people just gravitate grav·i·tate intr.v. grav·i·tat·ed, grav·i·tat·ing, grav·i·tates 1. To move in response to the force of gravity. 2. To move downward. 3. to what they are meant to do.'' WHY DO YOU VOLUNTEER?: ``I like to help people. I guess it's my way of giving people a hug and helping them across the street.'' BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: None. ``God has been very good to me.'' GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: ``My family; keeping us all together and developing a spirit of all for one and one for all.'' GOALS FOR THE FUTURE: ``Continue to live the kind of life that will be a credit to society and to support my family.'' WHO RELIES ON YOU THE MOST AND WHO YOU RELY ON: ``The center of my life is my husband. I have immense respect for him.'' ROLE MODELS: ``My mother. She was a very dear, dear person.'' HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS?: ``I define success as the quality of the individual you are and what you put back into the community.'' FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: ``I'm energized and stimulated by working with young people.'' WHAT WOULD BE A PERFECT DAY FOR YOU?:``Having family and friends around the dining room table: talking, laughing, eating. It's a very precious time to me.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Nadine Carson John McCoy/Daily News |
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