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Students at Mother Hale Academy Receive Awards in her Memory
ight fifth-grade students from the Mother Hale Academy, P.S. 65 in Harlem, received The Mother Hale Achievement Award from The Children of Mother Hale Coalition, Inc. (CMHC) Board member Nathan Hale, and co-founder and your community.” Deputy Director Joyce Taylor-Hale “The presentation of the first during graduation ceremonies at Mother Hale Awards represents our the Academy. Janine Starks, a school response to President Obama’s call alumna received an award for her for all American’s to ‘step up and volvolunteer work. unteer in their communities,’” said The award-winners were chosen Ms. Taylor-Hale. “CMHC is commitby the principal, Tashon McKeithan, ted to helping children and families for their essays on “Why we should in our community recognize and dehonor Mother Hale.” velop their full human potential and Nathan Hale told the winners, become productive, contributing “All of you will honor both my moth- citizens,” Ms. Taylor-Hale concluded. er and the school named after her The Children of Mother Hale if you continue in your education Coalition is a non-profit organizaand becomecom productive of 1tion founded in 2005 by the late Dr. Pos com:Poc .4 7/22/10members 10:11 am Page
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Joyce Taylor-Hale and Janine Starks, an alumna of Mother Hale Academy who was presented with The Mother Hale Achievement Award for her volunteer work.
Kenneth R. Hale, the youngest son of Clara McBride Hale who in 1969, at the age of 64, founded the much heralded Hale House where she boarded and often raised abandoned and orphaned drug-addicted children. CMHC’s mission is to preserve and share the humanitarian legacy of Mother Hale to inspire others to commit to community service, volunteerism, leadership, and care for children and families. Nathan Hale is Mother Hale’s oldest son and Joyce Taylor-Hale is the widow of Dr. Kenneth Hale. —JNW
Nubian Union Prayer Breakfast
11am-1pm L–R: Henry Rawls, Marlie Hall, Stephanie DeGeneste and Clark Everson
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The Positive Community Summer 2010
he Brownstone of Paterson resounded with the jubilance of Juneteenth, as the NubianUnion, a collaboration of non-profits, celebrated a Prayer Breakfast that honored Stephanie DeGeneste, co-founder of New Covenant Christian Academy of Plainfield; television journalist and Haitian activist, Marlie Hall; and Rev. Msgr. Paul D. Schetelick, Dean of Bayonne, pastor of St. Andrew’s Church, Bayonne and social activist. www.thepositivecommunity.com