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Development (The Organization) has embarked on a challenge
to provide programs which economically, educationally and
culturally enrich our communities. With this goal in mind,
the Organization sponsored the Annual 20th of May Celebration
combined with the Memorial Day weekend where more than 1500
meals were served free of charge to those in attendance.
The Organization has given Thanksgiving Baskets to five
local communities. More than 200 families were provided
with a turkey and trimmings at Thanksgiving. The Organization
also entered into partnership with G.O.O.D. K.I.D.S., a
non-profit charitable and educational organization that
recognizes the need for positive guidance and aspiration
in Gadsden County youth. This year the two organizations
targeted three of our local communities in Quincy, FL to
help kids with back-to-school supplies including back packs,
pens, pencils, paper, tablets, calculators, rulers, crayons,
tissues, glue, folders, dictionaries, etc. We served approximately
400 school age kids (grade Pre-K thru 12). |
Events dates:
" May
20th" Emancipation Celebration is scheduled
for Friday 28th and Saturday 29th, 2010
*Bookbag Drive (August)
*Turkey give-a-way (November) |
From the Gadsden Times
Emancipation Day Celebration organizers
seeking ‘distinquished’ By
Alice Du Pont
Times Editor
James Smith, of the Organization for Learning & Human
Development Inc., says he wants to do something different
this year during the annual May 20th Emancipation Celebration.
“We want to honor and recognize those people who
are from Gadsden County but have distinguished themselves
in other communities. We’re calling it a ‘homecoming’
because we want people to come back home to be honored during
our events,” Smith said.
Family members are invited to nominate people who should
be celebrated. Smith said he feels that too often people
who go away and represent the county well are overlooked.
The celebration will be held at 9 a.m. on May 29 at the
Kelly-Campbell Center during the gospel singing program
and other events yet to be announced.
“As far as I know this is the first time something
like this has happened. In the past we’ve honored
other people, but not of this magnitude.” Smith said.
To have your family member considered, provide the following
information: name, address, telephone number, profession
and accomplishments.
Write a paragraph, less than 100 words, on why you are
nominating this person. Mail your entry to Organization
for Learning & Human Development, Inc., P. O. Box 258,
Midway, FL 32343.
Entries must be received no later than May 1 or email it
to www.freedomdayquincy.com.
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The Emancipation
Proclamation
January 1, 1863
A Transcription
By the President of the United States of America:
A Proclamation.
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two,
a proclamation was issued by the President of the United
States, containing, among other things, the following, to
wit:
"That on the first day of January, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,
all persons held as slaves within any State or designated
part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward,
and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United
States, including the military and naval authority thereof,
will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons,
and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any
of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. .
. . See full transcript
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