Fundraiser to Benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Jonesboro- Chili’s Restaurant at Mt. Zion will host a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Thursday, September 8, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Vice-Chairman Wole Ralph of the Clayton County Board of Commissioners will make a special appearance at 7:30 p.m.  The restaurant is located at 2230 Mt. Zion Parkway, Morrow, Georgia.  

Vice-Chairman Ralph and Chili’s at Mt. Zion cordially invite the public to join them in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  To date, Chili's Corporation has raised more than $30 million for the children of St. Jude through their “Create a Pepper” campaign.

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

 The Clayton State University’s Women’s Forum has reached a milestone of establishing an Endowed Women’s Forum Scholarship which requires a minimum $25,000. The primary goal for the Women’s Forum organization is to build and sustain a Scholarship Fund in support of assisting students with general and emergency resources to continue and complete their academic studies. 

“I am so proud of our group for raising the money to endow the scholarship,” Lou Brackett, Women’s Forum president, says of the organization’s accomplishment. “Over the years, Women’s Forum has been known for advocacy, mentoring, and inspirational speakers who provided leadership role models.”

"The Women's Forum scholarship provided me with an opportunity to better myself,” student Jennifer Simba (Hampton) says. “The scholarship money got me one step closer to achieving my goals.

Dr. Gwendolyn Harold (Fayetteville), Clayton State University professor of English, was recently named dean of the University’s School of Graduate Studies. This will be her eighth year at Clayton State.

“I came to Clayton State University to develop a new English program and to serve as the first chair of the Language & Literature Department; now the English Department,” Harold says.