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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 2001
Page
4
Mason Curry, 45, is the teen director at the West Gastonia Boys and Girls Club. Born in Gastonia, he connects with teens, taking them on field trips to Atlanta and Washington, D.C., and to area jails to show crime costs. The program supports over 50 teens daily and aims for higher goals.
Katherine Szatmary credits Gaston Skills vocational rehab with transforming her low mood into a career as a seniors program specialist aide. With an education degree from Georgia Southern University in 1984, she now guides seniors in daily activities while her group grew from eight to 13. Her co coach Stacey Henderson notes her eye contact and confidence improved after joining in February, and Szatmary reports the job helps her apply her degree and stay engaged.
Elizabeth Griffin, a 26 year old McAdenville Elementary third grade teacher, visits Brittney Self at home three times weekly since September to tutor the 9 year old who cannot attend school due to cancer. Brittney has a desk in Griffin's classroom and participates in some class activities remotely.
Six year old Tyler Strasser of Gastonia leads Tyler's Mission to provide holiday toys for needy children in Gaston County. Since 1999 he saved allowance money, with Kiwanis Club Sherwood Elementary and local groups joining to deliver hundreds of gifts to Holy Angels West Gastonia Boys & Girls Club Webb Street School and Rosewood Rest Home. He says the gifts come from God Jesus and the Holy Ghost.
Alan Carpenter, a North Carolina native and longtime volunteer, became a full-time chaplain for the state Department of Correction in the mid-1980s after starting with Flint Groves Baptist Church in Gastonia in 1963. He officiates weddings and funerals, conducts Bible studies, and leads non-denominational services for prisoners. Danny Smith calls him a straight shooter with passion for inmates.
Paulette Brown, 51, mother of four, pursued a GED at Gaston College then battled breast cancer diagnosed in early 1999. She joined the Gaston Literacy Council in 2000, using literacy to read medicine labels and research her disease while continuing tutoring. She received an Outstanding Service Award on Sept 26 at the Gaston Country Club.
Carson shops year round to prepare 600 Operation Christmas Child boxes for Samaritan's Purse. The project assists needy children worldwide, organized through Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with six helpers aiding the effort.
In 1994 Patty Busch faced a mother of two with an HIV diagnosis and left Planned Parenthood to lead the AIDS Council of Gaston County. She won the 2001 David S. Citron Award for AIDS work across 13 counties. Busch notes rising infections among rural women, medical advances extending lives, and her hope to eventually work herself out of a job.
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