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RCS Annual Meeting= By: Addison Penfie= ld 11/18/08
= ASHEBORO—The= board of directors of Regional Consolidated Services (RCS) held its 29th annual dinner mee= ting Tuesday evening, November 18, at The Exchange in Asheboro. Setting an = attendance record for the event, more than 120 staff members and their gues= ts celebrated another year of fostering human services in Randolph County a= nd ten other counties of Piedmont North Carolina. = Highlights of the evening’s program were ser= vice awards to 28 employees. Attesting to five, ten, fifteen, and twenty ye= ars longevity; presentation of the non-profit agency’s fifth annual H= umanitarian Award to a prominent Asheboro textile executive and recogn= ition of the retiring RCS vice president, veteran member of the board of di= rectors. = Certificates for five years of service went to: Ga= il Bailey, Brenda Davis, Silvia Estrada, Dawn Leath, Grace Moore, Stephanie= Pitts and Tammy Wall; ten-year plaques were give to Catherine Barnes, Jo R= enee Carr, Stella Carver, Fannie Curry, Terri Henderson, Nancy Johnston, Jo= an McCollum, Clara Morrow, Deana Murphy, Betsy Neighbors, Erika Nunnally, L= inda Parker, Tanya Richmond, Katrina Walton, Delois Wiley, Frankie Wofford,= Annette Woodle, Annie Yancey and Barbara Yellock. = Nancy Landis, coordinator of the staff at the Jobl= ink Career Center, received recognition for 15 years of service in the= Workforce Development Program. Addison (Add) Penfield, marketing specialis= t, was honored for completing 20 years. = Janice Scarborough, founder and executive director= of RCS, presented the agency’s prestigious Humanitarian Award t= o William H. (Bill) Redding, Jr., president of the Acme-McCrary Corporation= . Recognizing Redding’s leadership in numerous civic ventures, Scarbo= rough pointed specifically to his service to Randolph Hospital, United Way,= the Asheboro Rotary Club and the Boy Scouts of America. = Away from his home community, Redding has chaired = the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers and has served as a direc= tor of the Alumni Association of his alma mater, UNC at Chapel Hill. Scarbo= rough praised him as “a living example of a person who generously sup= ports the mission of Regional Consolidated Services: “Helping People = Help Themselves.” Redding was directly involved in the Acme-McC= rary/Sapona Foundation’s corporate sponsorship of the RCS annual golf= fundraiser. = Previous recipients of the Humanitarian Award are:= Russell Walker, Charlie Robbins, Maria Bliss and Dr. Matkins. = Scarborough also took occasion to honor Bill Allre= d with a special plaque, a testimonial to his longtime commitment to the RC= S board of directors. Allred is leaving the board after serving as vic= e president. = Asheboro Mayor David Jarrell officiated at the for= mal installation of officers and directors for the forthcoming fiscal year.= Maria Bliss will serve her second one-year term as president. Director Nan= Revell succeeds Allred as vice president’ Philip Shore was swor= n in as secretary and Blaine Ward, as treasurer. Newly-elected and installe= d directors are: Daffie Mathews, Stacy Miller, Shawn Mabe and Ben Morgan. = Regional Consolidated Services will observe 30 yea= rs of functioning as a private human services organization next year. = ;Scarborough and one other employee launched the agency in 1979. |
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Janice Scarborough presents = William H.(Bill) Redding, Jr. with = the RCS Humanitarian Award |
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RCS 2009= Board of Directors |
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The Good= Timers |