 Cynethia Clarke is a Life Skills graduate who we saw come into the program with little self-confidence and shy about discussing her skills. After completing the two week Life Skills Orientation and training to become a Certified Nursing Assistant, she is now a shining example of a Life Skills Program graduate. She is working full time in her profession at a nursing facility in Clinton, MD and volunteers at the Mission of Love. She has also has brought her kids and other kids to participate in our Youth Development Program. |
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MOLC EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Stafford led the Reston, Virginia-based Stafford Foundation in implementing the People's Inaugural Project, which enabled under-served groups to participate in the inauguration of President Barack Obama. In accepting his MOLC award, Stafford said, "Regardless of my station or position in lif, I am responsible for extending a helping hand, rather than an upturned nose, when I see those who lie prostrate on the streets of our city... I find that my biggest burden is someone else's biggest blessing." In accepting the Candle of Service Award, Height said, "THe more we do to help [people] help themselves, the better off they are... The more we work together and follow in the spirit of love, the better off we'll be."
2008: The 2008 Trotter Humanitarian Award was posthumously awarded to the Late Senator Gwendolyn T. Britt. Acknowledging their dedication to community, MOLC's Candle of Service was presented to Freddie Dawkins and Sylvester Vaughns. Through the generosity of Lighting Pathway partners, the fourth annual event grossed over $220,000. For more information on the award recipients and for a complete listing of sponsors, view the program booklet. 2007:
Samuel H. Dean (Prince George's County Council, District 6) received the
Trotter Humanitarian Award. Also recognized that evening with MOLC's
Candle of Service was Celia Thompson, Betty Humphrey and Audrey Scott.
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MOLC honored businessman and philantropist Earl Stafford, president and CEO of the Stafford Foundation, with the 2009 Decatur "Bucky" Trotter Humanitarian Award on May 28, 2009, at its 5th Annual Lighting Pathways Awards Dinner. MOLC also presented the Candle of Service Award to both social activist Dr. Dorothy Height, chair and president emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women, and Maudine Cooper, president of the Greater Washington Urban League.
