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AWARDS COMMUNICATIONS, COOPERATION AND EDUCATION...a grand theme for a grand 1974-75 Auxiliary year. The following awards show how it was done. THE PRESIDENT'S SILVER BOWL was awarded for the third consecutive year to Guilford-Greensboro [201 members] auxiliary whose activities included a 16 hour VD workshop for 57 junior high teachers; a~GEMS baby sitting course for 200 teenagers, "Arts in the Park" that earned $500 for AMA-ERF along with $1980 from Christmas cards and the offering of two full nursing scholarship at UNC-G. This is North Carolina's most active auxiliary who must do a bit of everything to qualify for this award. THE RAINBOW OF SERVICE TROPHY, a silver mounted urn was awarded to District Viii, the district with the most enviable all round record and is led by giants Greensboro, High Point and Forsyth Stokes. Surry-Yadkin and Wilkes are as active as their numbers allow and this year new Rockingham was organized. THE PRESIDENT'S CERTIFICATE OF AWARD went to four-time winner Gaston County for the best use of the year's theme in programs. An elegant newsletter was begun along with organization of a county wide "Child Abuse Task Force". Increase & AMA-ERF contributions 55%. HEALTH MANPOWER...the beautiful carved wooden fruit bowl from the NC mountains was awarded to Lenior-Greene-Jones [41 members] for "the Fruits of their labors". This auxiliary distributed a newsletters to high school health clubs in the three counties, participated in detection programs for sight, hearing, hypertension, pap-smear and oral detection. They held a health careers fair for grades 8-12 with 40 exhibits, Provided Careers programs and workshop plus hospital tours and transportation to the congress in Raleigh. COMMUNITY HEALTH, Mrs. Robert L. Means, Winston-Salem, chairman The $100 revolving fund award [to be used one year and then passed on] was received oy Halifax Northampton for the best participation in all community health services. This 30 member auxiliary conducted 2 six week GEMS courses, sponsores and active Health Careers Club and are currently drumming up interest in "talking books" for the blind, an outgrowth of their kindergarten eye screening project. AMA-ERF, Mrs. William Corpen- ing, Granite Falls, chairman The largest per capita contribution of $105 per person was made by Bladen County. Lenior-Greene- Jones had the greatest percentage of increase going from 0 to $687.95 and Guilford Greensboro topped the totals with $3045.37 from this single auxiliary. At mid year, total AMA-ERF gifts from NC ($16,735. had already surpassed 1973-74. HEALTH EDUCATION* Mrs. Robert L. Summerlin of Dublin, chairman, Certificates were awarded to .Gjiilf oxd- Gr e e rjs b oTC-.4S.ee_Er.esJ - dent's bowl) and Forsyth Stokes who sponsored 22 students in a Summer Experience program at Forsyth Memorial hospital and awarded $1925 to eight students working for associate nursing degrees along with VD education in various student groups and announcement on health education areas for closed circuit TV in schools. FAMILY HEALTH* Mrs. Hal J. Rollins, Jr., Greensboro, chairman. aw^rHalsowith Buncombe second. This auxiliary provided guided tours for schools for Asheville's Health Education Museum. Seconds went to New Hanover-Brunswick-Pender for a Fifth Grade Health Fair (1700 attending!) at New Hanover Memorial hospital along with presentation in schools of a bicycle safety program (grades 1-4) and a film "VD, a New Focus". Rocky Mount- Nash conducted screening for sight and hearing in grades 3-6 involving 2000 (!) children! COMMUNITY HEALTH Top Certificate went to Mecklenburg for the continuing project, the Charlottle Nature Museum Hall of Health. Three of the five permanent teachers are auxiliary members as are 80 volunteers serving as docent-guides. Tar Heel Tanden THE STUDENT LOAN FUND award was given to the county with the highest per capita donation; This year Johnston County gave $5.79 permember. Mrs. Beverly W. Armstrong of Charlotte is chairman. MENTAL HEALTH award was given to Wayne County for their work with "Reach for Recovery" a cancer control project involving also the making of kits and temporary prothesis for mastectomy patients. THE YEAR BOOK award were made to, according to county size, Bladen, Pitt and Gaston. Receiving honorable mention were Halifax- Northampton, Cumberland and Forsyth-Stokes. Chairman is Mrs. R. E. Frazier of Roanoke Rapids. DOCTOR'S DAY, Mrs. Robert Andrews, Wilmington, chairman Small county first place (and the $10 Carol Hayman Award of Merit) was given to Sampson (21 members) for research and publicity honoring oldest physician and a poster contest in schools on the role of physicians. Honorable mention to Union, (research honoring retired physicians), Columbus (research honoring deceased physicians, Burke and Bladen (both of whom have completed histories). Rowan-Davie received first place for middle-sized counties (54 members) for their physical fittness program for doctors in which 48 of their 52 physicians had their annual physical! ON THE TECHNIQUES OF CHOOSING AWARDS Sometimes it is hard to pinpoint why a certain auxiliary or district is worth of an award... and I'm sure that judges are fallible in choosing. They tend to favor projects they are interested in but DO try to be objective! "I make check lists and the best way to express it is that the winners receive more checks! Lu Russell, 74-75 president REPORTS are the key to awards success. Other auxiliaries may have done more than the winners but if it is not reported, who is to know! Newspaper clippings, snapshots and other pertient date should be saved ATthe time of the project...not hasitly gathered together. The program bank is geared to greatly facilitate report making... which ran to a devstating 37 pages from the state to national this year. Less of this for county presidents and program chairman as well as state level officers in the coming year. Summer 1975
Object Description
Title | [Awards from the North Carolina Medical Society Auxiliary] |
Date | 1975 |
Creator (group/organization) | Auxiliary to the Guilford County Medical Society, Greensboro branch |
Subject headings | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | A document listing awards and recognitions in the North Carolina Medical Society Auxiliary during the 1975 year. |
Type | text |
Original format | pamphlets |
Original publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
Language | en |
Contributing institution | Cone Health Medical Library |
Contact Information |
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 336.832.7484 http://www.gahec.org/library/ |
Source collection | Cone 10087 Guilford County Medical Society Collection |
Folder | [1975-1976 Auxiliary to the Guilford County Medical Society Greensboro branch scrapbook] |
Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Additional rights information | IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse. |
Object ID | Cone_10087.1975.012 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 |
Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
OCLC number | 990791041 |
Page/Item Description
Title | 001 |
Transcript | AWARDS COMMUNICATIONS, COOPERATION AND EDUCATION...a grand theme for a grand 1974-75 Auxiliary year. The following awards show how it was done. THE PRESIDENT'S SILVER BOWL was awarded for the third consecutive year to Guilford-Greensboro [201 members] auxiliary whose activities included a 16 hour VD workshop for 57 junior high teachers; a~GEMS baby sitting course for 200 teenagers, "Arts in the Park" that earned $500 for AMA-ERF along with $1980 from Christmas cards and the offering of two full nursing scholarship at UNC-G. This is North Carolina's most active auxiliary who must do a bit of everything to qualify for this award. THE RAINBOW OF SERVICE TROPHY, a silver mounted urn was awarded to District Viii, the district with the most enviable all round record and is led by giants Greensboro, High Point and Forsyth Stokes. Surry-Yadkin and Wilkes are as active as their numbers allow and this year new Rockingham was organized. THE PRESIDENT'S CERTIFICATE OF AWARD went to four-time winner Gaston County for the best use of the year's theme in programs. An elegant newsletter was begun along with organization of a county wide "Child Abuse Task Force". Increase & AMA-ERF contributions 55%. HEALTH MANPOWER...the beautiful carved wooden fruit bowl from the NC mountains was awarded to Lenior-Greene-Jones [41 members] for "the Fruits of their labors". This auxiliary distributed a newsletters to high school health clubs in the three counties, participated in detection programs for sight, hearing, hypertension, pap-smear and oral detection. They held a health careers fair for grades 8-12 with 40 exhibits, Provided Careers programs and workshop plus hospital tours and transportation to the congress in Raleigh. COMMUNITY HEALTH, Mrs. Robert L. Means, Winston-Salem, chairman The $100 revolving fund award [to be used one year and then passed on] was received oy Halifax Northampton for the best participation in all community health services. This 30 member auxiliary conducted 2 six week GEMS courses, sponsores and active Health Careers Club and are currently drumming up interest in "talking books" for the blind, an outgrowth of their kindergarten eye screening project. AMA-ERF, Mrs. William Corpen- ing, Granite Falls, chairman The largest per capita contribution of $105 per person was made by Bladen County. Lenior-Greene- Jones had the greatest percentage of increase going from 0 to $687.95 and Guilford Greensboro topped the totals with $3045.37 from this single auxiliary. At mid year, total AMA-ERF gifts from NC ($16,735. had already surpassed 1973-74. HEALTH EDUCATION* Mrs. Robert L. Summerlin of Dublin, chairman, Certificates were awarded to .Gjiilf oxd- Gr e e rjs b oTC-.4S.ee_Er.esJ - dent's bowl) and Forsyth Stokes who sponsored 22 students in a Summer Experience program at Forsyth Memorial hospital and awarded $1925 to eight students working for associate nursing degrees along with VD education in various student groups and announcement on health education areas for closed circuit TV in schools. FAMILY HEALTH* Mrs. Hal J. Rollins, Jr., Greensboro, chairman. aw^rHalsowith Buncombe second. This auxiliary provided guided tours for schools for Asheville's Health Education Museum. Seconds went to New Hanover-Brunswick-Pender for a Fifth Grade Health Fair (1700 attending!) at New Hanover Memorial hospital along with presentation in schools of a bicycle safety program (grades 1-4) and a film "VD, a New Focus". Rocky Mount- Nash conducted screening for sight and hearing in grades 3-6 involving 2000 (!) children! COMMUNITY HEALTH Top Certificate went to Mecklenburg for the continuing project, the Charlottle Nature Museum Hall of Health. Three of the five permanent teachers are auxiliary members as are 80 volunteers serving as docent-guides. Tar Heel Tanden THE STUDENT LOAN FUND award was given to the county with the highest per capita donation; This year Johnston County gave $5.79 permember. Mrs. Beverly W. Armstrong of Charlotte is chairman. MENTAL HEALTH award was given to Wayne County for their work with "Reach for Recovery" a cancer control project involving also the making of kits and temporary prothesis for mastectomy patients. THE YEAR BOOK award were made to, according to county size, Bladen, Pitt and Gaston. Receiving honorable mention were Halifax- Northampton, Cumberland and Forsyth-Stokes. Chairman is Mrs. R. E. Frazier of Roanoke Rapids. DOCTOR'S DAY, Mrs. Robert Andrews, Wilmington, chairman Small county first place (and the $10 Carol Hayman Award of Merit) was given to Sampson (21 members) for research and publicity honoring oldest physician and a poster contest in schools on the role of physicians. Honorable mention to Union, (research honoring retired physicians), Columbus (research honoring deceased physicians, Burke and Bladen (both of whom have completed histories). Rowan-Davie received first place for middle-sized counties (54 members) for their physical fittness program for doctors in which 48 of their 52 physicians had their annual physical! ON THE TECHNIQUES OF CHOOSING AWARDS Sometimes it is hard to pinpoint why a certain auxiliary or district is worth of an award... and I'm sure that judges are fallible in choosing. They tend to favor projects they are interested in but DO try to be objective! "I make check lists and the best way to express it is that the winners receive more checks! Lu Russell, 74-75 president REPORTS are the key to awards success. Other auxiliaries may have done more than the winners but if it is not reported, who is to know! Newspaper clippings, snapshots and other pertient date should be saved ATthe time of the project...not hasitly gathered together. The program bank is geared to greatly facilitate report making... which ran to a devstating 37 pages from the state to national this year. Less of this for county presidents and program chairman as well as state level officers in the coming year. Summer 1975 |