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How to Vote .......... pg 2 Mary Bellcase ....... pg 3 Anne Holland ........ pg 4 Jonathan Loveall .. pg 5 Sharon Phenald .... pg 6 Shirley Sibley ........ pg 7
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Vote for the Hero that Most Inspires You!
This past September, the Zachary Post and the Feliciana Explorer family of newspapers asked readers to help identify individuals who make a difference in the communities in which they live. We received an outpouring of nominations from the public and were deeply touched by all the nominees and their stories. It was a very difficult task to narrow down the nominations to five finalists, but we did and we hope we did each of their stories justice over the five weeks that we published them. Guided by the criteria for nomination, staff members chose five amazing finalists. Jonathan Loveall of Clinton, a math teacher at Jackson Elemen-
tary who does his best teaching outside of the classroom, was introduced first. Second was Shirley Sibley of Jackson who didn’t bow out of life after the loss of her significant other, but stepped up to help out at the local food bank. Mary Bellcase of Zachary, our third finalist, grew a non-profit that provides approximately 200 children with toys and clothes at Christmas from a small act of kindness 25 years ago. Futures are forever changed by Ann Holland of Clinton, our fourth finalist, who provides GED instruction to inmates at Dixon Correctional. Last but not least, Sharon Phenald of Zachary proved that a leap of faith and courage can change many lives
for the better when she adopted a very special young lady 15 years ago. Online voting officially began on December 17, and individuals may continue to vote through Friday, January 11, 2013. To vote, please visit www. zacharypost.com or www.felicianaexplorer.com; only one vote per person is permitted. The winner will be awarded $500 to be donated to the charitable organization of his or her choice. We hope that you will take some time out from the hustle and bustle of the season to recognize our most inspiring givers by voting for your favorite 2012 Hometown Hero.
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Mary Bellcase Mary Bellcase Mary Bellcase Mary Bellcase by
Nalini Raghavan Gore
It was twenty five years ago when Mary Bellcase helped her first student. She was talking to a friend who worked at Zachary Elementary and who saw first-hand the needs of some of the children; together, Bellcase and her friend decided to do something about those needs. "The first kid we probably helped was in third grade and he was wearing his dads cowboy boots to school," remembered Mary. "We decided we would help, and we helped on a very small scale; well now its gotten to be a really big scale," she added. From this completely spontaneous act of kindness grew a non-profit organization called Zachary Community Helpers whose major project is providing approximately 200 children with toys and clothes at Christmas. Mary Bellcase, assisted by five or six dedicated volunteers and supported by an army of hundreds more who offer supplies, monetary donations and other kinds of help, provides the logistical coordination required to responsibly funnel donations of supplies and money to their most effective purpose. But her duties are not restricted to organization; in one day, she may deliver a heater to a family, meet someone at the Lion's Club to receive a donation of toys, and go bargain hunting for school uniforms. She pulled out a plas-
tic bag to show me a pair of school uniform pants that she picked up at a local retailer for $2.97, stretching a dime into a dollar for some future
child-in-need. While the organization does sometimes provide support at the family level, Zachary Community Helpers is particularly focused on the needs of children, a focus that developed naturally out of the first cooperative effort between Mary and Zachary Elementary. The organization primarily directs its giving based
on recommendations and information from educators in the Zachary school system who know first-hand which children and families are in real and desperate need—whether it be for a new pair of eyeglasses, a Thanksgiving meal, or even socks and underwear. Applications for the Christmas Toy Drive, the organization's largest project, are made through the school system. Teachers are asked to recommend specific students and/or families who may otherwise face a very lean Christmas. Mary then sets out to find donors for each of these children, working with churches, businesses, and individuals with whom she has formed relationships over the years. Mary proudly explained that over the years, Zachary Community Helpers has been able to find donors for every needy family who has applied to the Toy Drive. Typically, they try to provide each child with his or her toy request along with needed clothing items. I sat with Mary at the Lion's Club, grand central of Zachary Community Helpers. It was the day after their Thanksgiving meal distribution and Mary had met a family there earlier that morning whose phone had been disconnected and so missed the regular pick-up time. During the months of November and December, you will likely find Mary there as, on average, she makes 10 trips there every day and puts in about 60 hours per week. As the only volunteer permitted to hold a key to the Lion's Club, which donates much-needed storage
and work space to Zachary Community Helpers, Mary bears the burden of being at the Club each and every time it needs to be opened. Besides being the coordinator of the enterprise, Mary is also the repository of a storehouse of information about needy families in the community, keeping track of their specific needs year after year. It is this level of familiarity and personal, long-term connection with the people she helps that makes Mary so irreplaceable, a not-so-insignificant worry for those in the organization who understand that, to a certain extent, Mary Bellcase is Zachary Community Helpers–though she would never say so. As Mary explained, before her work with Zachary Community Helpers, she was not someone who always had a service project on the go. But once she was called to action 25 years ago, it became, in her words, "kind of like an addiction." Now, she is an inspiration to others. As the person who nominated wrote, "She lives every day to serve others. There has not been a time that I have not encountered Mary that she was not preparing food, shopping, or planning to help a local citizen of Zachary." Ironically, Mary and her husband no longer put up a Christmas tree; with the demands of the holiday season, there is only so much time in the day and clearly, that time is dedicated to others. On the day I visited with Mary, she still had to deliver four turkeys to a volunteer's house to be baked for families without ovens.
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Ann Holland Ann Holland Ann Holland Ann Holland by Theresa
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It doesn’t take more than a five minute conversation with Ann Holland to admire not only her simplistic attitude but her passion for others. Born and raised in Clinton, Ann spent most of her life teaching in the public school system, raising three children, being a wife and, all the while, making a difference in the lives of strangers. “We moved to Baton Rouge when we were young,” said Ann. “My husband, Martin, coached for 40 years and I was a teacher for East Baton Rouge Parish.” When Ann’s mom began to experience dementia, they moved back to Clinton to care for her. “Mother needed help, and we knew it was what we needed to do,” Ann explained. “I realized there was a women’s prison up the road from our home, and one afternoon I just decided to go there. I shook that chain link gate and got the attention of the warden, Mr. Foster. I told him I was Ann Holland, Mr. Brady’s daughter–that he knew me, and I wanted to talk with him.” Ann inquired whether the prison offered a GED program for its inmates and when she was told that they didn’t, “I asked him if he would allow me to come and try to work with these women,” Ann remembered. “I laughed and assured him I was not a felon and my certification was on file with East Baton Rouge!” For five years, Ann taught a GED program in the evenings at the women’s prison while still driving to work in Baton Rouge five days a week.
When asked why she offered her to the Dorcas Door, a local resale Ann has always tried to expose her services and time to prisoners, Ann shop—something she started with her children and grandchildren to opporreplied, “Well, I guess we are com- mother. “My mother, Thadlie Brady, tunities for helping others. “Oh, they pelled to go out and reach people, and was working there when we moved don’t always want to go, but I pile it’s easy to reach out to those who are back to Clinton,” Ann explained. those little rascals in the back seat and generous. But I feel I can be used for “She was beginning to lose some of make them go. They need to experiwhatever God calls me to do, and he told me to go help those women.” Ann taught the women twice a week, preparing them for the GED test. She felt many of them were caught in a ‘revolving door’ of life—they would be released and then be back in prison six months later. Still, there were stories of Inmates who assist as tutors and class participants at the Educational Center at Dixon Correctional individuals whose Institute along with Ann Holland (center). Pictured (left to right) are: Gary Jones, Raymond Cockerham, lives were changed Donald Burns, Shane Falcon, Jason Dove and Joseph Elphage. thanks to the GED they earned under Ann’s tutelage. Her her cognitive skills, so I started going ence it themselves,” laughed Ann. service at the women’s prison came to and sitting with her because momma When I questioned her husband an end when they suddenly closed the had lost the ability to count money! Martin on his patience with Ann’s volfacility. I would count the money while she unteer life, he smiled a slight grin and After retirement from the EBRP worked the store. I just kept work- replied, “What she does is God’s work school system, Ann was approached ing there after she passed away, and I and she is just a remarkable woman, by a friend who knew of her previous don’t mind helping.” still, 48 years later.” work at the women’s prison. She was Ann has a very simple philoso“I just feel like I have been blessed asked to assist with the GED program phy—if nobody else is doing some- most of my life. People have given at Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI). thing, then you need to step in yourself. to me, people have helped me; and I “They were having trouble with Living by this philosophy, if someone am at the point in my life where I’m the math, which is my field. I felt it calls Ann from the Council on Aging supposed to be giving back to people. really was something God laid on my and needs a ride somewhere—she If I help you, I help you for nothing, heart to do,” said Ann. Ann volunteers is there. “Don’t wait to be asked. If because I don’t need anything. I love at DCI in the evenings since the men you’ve got something someone needs, that I had the opportunity to reach out in her classes work at the prison dur- and you know they are there and they to those women and these men, and to ing the day. don’t get out, take it to them. That’s show them that somebody does care; Ann also devotes time each month how it should be,” said Ann. they’re not forgotten,” said Ann.
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Jonathan Loveall Jonathan Loveall Jonathan Loveall by
Nalini Raghavan Gore
As a double major in English and American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Jonathan Loveall did not plan to enter the teaching profession. But following his graduation, he decided he needed to try to live in the world as he wanted others to live in it, practicing the virtues of cooperative effort, community involvement, and the fierce determination to encourage others' best efforts. Originally from a small town of 5,000 people in the northwestern corner of Iowa, Jon moved to Louisiana as part of the Teach for America program, which recruits non-traditional teachers–typically from the highachieving ranks of college graduates– John Loveall congratulates a former student after a win this past Saturday at the "A" to teach in rural and under-served Team Superbowl. communities throughout the nation. Jon began teaching math at Jackson are actually pretty fantastic at math; tutors them after school on his own Elementary in 2008 and has remained they just have a different problem- time and supports their extracurricuin the parish ever since, well past his solving approach," Jon explained. lar activities. He is literally "there" for contracted service. What sets Jon apart is the fact that them, demonstrating by his very presJon has, in fact, made Clinton his his involvement in his students' devel- ence that their efforts and achievepermanent home, explaining that he opment reaches far beyond the walls ments matter. And if he can sneak a enjoys the small-town atmosphere of the classroom and far beyond the math problem into a conversation and measured pace of life in East Fe- subject of math. While we sat together about sports or explain the concept liciana. Most importantly, he finds his watching a league championship foot- of balance to kids on a teeter-totter– work teaching third through fifth grade ball game between East Feliciana and even better. As the person who nomimath intervention immensely satisfy- West Feliciana that several of his past nated him put it, "Jonathan knows that ing. As Jon described, it was a happy and current students were playing in, sometimes, the best teaching we do accident to discover that he's passion- Jon explained, "The kid you see in happens outside of the classroom." ate about elementary math. "Elemen- school Monday through Friday is not Being a college English major, it is tary math is where students develop the whole kid." He added, "It's impor- no surprise that Jon is also interested the foundations for critical thinking, tant to support them and encourage in the literacy skills of his students. for problem solving, for analyzing them in all avenues of their develop- He was on a committee that wrote a situations in a logical, thoughtful way. ment." successfully funded federal grant that And what I appreciate…is that I get to Jon attends his students' sporting will bring funds to East Feliciana Parhelp kids who didn't necessarily think events and is involved in the com- ish to promote literacy. The project, they are good at math realize that they munity events their parents put on, he called the Striving Leaders Literacy
Comprehensive Program, approaches literacy very holistically, guiding students from pre-K through high school to prep them for college and career– not at all unlike Jon's approach to teaching. Jon is also on the board of the Wilson Community Youth Organization, a group, he explained, that has been an inspiration to him for their efforts in giving young people social, educational, and recreational opportunities. He is also a member of Clinton Presbyterian Church, and his civic sensibilities even had him running for Clinton's Board of Aldermen. Next weekend, Jon's agenda is packed with activities that reflect his world view and teaching approach: he will, by some superhuman effort, attend a Battle of the Bands in Baker, a bake sale, and a performance of gospel singers in Wilson–all in one day. He put his jam-packed schedule into perspective for me: "Teaching is your opportunity to help make the world the way you wish it was. Frankly, the way I wish the world was was more of communities coming together on Saturdays to watch a football game and to do a walk to raise awareness for breast cancer. That's the kind of world that I want to live in," he said. As we stood around on the football field while the winning team received their championship medals, I overheard one of the mothers introducing Jon to someone who was unfamiliar with his work. She said simply, "He's a big supporter of the children in East Feliciana."
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Sharon Phenald Sharon Phenald Sharon Phenald by
Daniel Duggan
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they inspire sweeping change in a community or touch hundreds of lives through their service. But just as often, a hero quietly helps a single individual, perhaps, as in Sharon Phenald’s case, making a life-changing decision ultimately affecting the course of her life as well as the life of the child who entered her life in an uncommon way. Almost 15 years ago at age 48, Sharon Phenald (or Aunt Shine as her family members affectionately call her) was pretty much set in her ways. She enjoyed her life, had great friends, was single with a grown son, and enjoyed her career working in the administrative side of the home health industry. Then she received a call from the women’s prison from one of her nieces. “Aunt Shine, I am in trouble. I am in prison for drugs, and I am pregnant. I don’t know what to do,” Sharon remembers her niece saying. Sharon knew that her niece was a drug addict who wasn’t likely to get her life together, but she helped her get out of prison, pleading with her to take care of herself for the sake of the baby. It wasn’t long before her niece disappeared into the drug culture for several more months before being arrested again. Once again, Sharon received a phone call from her niece at the women’s prison. “Aunt Shine, I am going to have
this baby soon and I need you to take her till I get out,” her niece implored. Sharon wanted to help her niece, but finances were tight and she really couldn’t afford a baby at the time. It would just be too much. That night as Sharon lay in bed,
Finally, the day arrived. Sharon remembered: “I received a phone call from my niece saying that she was in labor, in custody, and that if no one came to get the baby then the infant would be separated from her and sent to an institution or orphanage where prisoners’ babies go
she prayed about what she should do. “Just have faith,” is what Sharon recalled feeling God saying to her. “Have faith.” As the days before the birth of the baby passed, Sharon remembers feeling a heavy burden on her heart, still unsure what to do. She relied on her faith to guide her through the dark moments as she stayed in and out of communication with her niece during the last few weeks of the pregnancy.
because no one else in her family would help with the baby.” At that moment a total peace passed over Sharon; she knew what she had to do. On the way out the door, she told a few of her friends, “I am going to bring the baby home with me!” When Sharon arrived at the hospital, her niece had just given birth to a baby girl. Sharon followed the nurse back to her niece’s room, and as soon as she laid eyes on her, the
doubts and worries that had plagued her for the last few weeks drained away completely. Sharon’s niece asked her if it was all right that she had already named the baby. Being new to this type of situation, Sharon asked, “Of course; what did you name her?” “Her name is Faith. Faith Elizabeth Varnado,” said her niece as she was taken back into custody. Some 48 hours later, Sharon Phenald went home with Faith to find a fully outfitted nursery waiting for them thanks to the wonderful efforts of some friends and family she had notified on the way to the hospital. Faith, as she has been known her whole life, is now a very happy, and very fortunate, teenager. “I am thankful and terribly blessed to be where I am today. I always think about how my life changed forever because of one caring, unselfish, and loving woman– Sharon Phenald,” said Faith. Faith is an honor student at Northwestern Middle School; she loves animals and wants to be a veterinarian. She nominated her mom, Sharon Phenald, not only as her personal hero but also as an example of the countless loving “parents” in the community who have decided to love and raise “adopted” children. Faith has very little communication with her biological parents, and she is perfectly happy with that because, as she says, she knows who her real momma is…Sharon Phenald.
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Shirley Sibley Shirley Sibley Shirley Sibley Shirley Sibley by
Nalini Raghavan Gore
The first time Shirley Sibley had contact with the Helping in His Name Food Bank in Jackson was after she lost her significant other and was in need of assistance herself. She visited the food bank a few times for her own needs when, as she jokingly told me, "I made the mistake of saying, 'If you ever need any help, just call me.' I was looking for something to occupy my time because I was grieving," she added. That was three years ago. Today, Shirley sits in the center of the action in a tiny little cubicle of sorts whose walls are essentially stacked boxes of donated food items. Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, she takes her position in front of her file cabinets and printer, reviewing applications from individuals and families, basically serving as a gatekeeper–albeit a gregarious and compassionate gatekeeper– for the entire operation. In addition to serving in the unenviable position of paper-pusher, a job which Shirley was asked to take on when the duties weren't being reliably fulfilled, she also helps pack the food bank boxes on two Mondays of the month and helps to load up 26 boxes on Wednesday mornings headed to elderly, home-bound clients in Jackson Square Apartments. Incredibly, Shirley is one of only four to five individuals who volunteer at the Jackson Food Bank, feeding 200 families—and growing—a month. The food bank, which is only four years old, receives most of its food supplies from the Greater Baton
Rouge Food Bank; but the organization also receives monetary donations throughout the year with which it provides Thanksgiving turkeys to all of its clients. Shirley never commented on the enormous commitment it takes to work for a food bank, not to mention the physical stamina. But as we sat amongst bags of potatoes, loaves of bread, and cans of tuna stacked in every conceivable space, it was clear that this is a commitment that one cannot make lightly. The work of boxing
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and distributing donated food is ongoing–rain or shine, dayin and day-out. Individuals are counting on that food to get them through the month; and with five volunteers, there is no room for shirking duties. "I just try to help people and really don't want any recognition," Shirley explained. "I do a lot of things behind the scenes that people don't even know that I do, and I don't care. The Man up there knows what I'm doing. He knows what's in my heart, and that's what counts… that's what counts to me." Shirley, a member of Second Baptist Church in Jackson, credits her faith as the starting point for her good works. She explained, "I wasn't living a Christian life. And when I lost [my mate], I had nowhere to turn to but God. When I got my life straight and got going in the right direction, He just started opening doors to give me things to keep me occupied." And occupied she is. Shirley
doesn't just deal in food; she's also a versatile and talented seamstress who uses that gift to make quilts and pillows for Grace Nursing Home, Christmas stockings for children at her church, and supply pouches for new military moms. But, as she pulled out pictures of her work from her pocket, the project she was most proud of were the 50 stuffed cats she made last year, half of which were donated to Court Appointed Special Advocates, a non-profit group that helps abused and neglected children, and half of which were donated to the Jackson Police Department to be given out to children at the scene of domestic abuse calls. Shirley won't be getting a break this week. She and her little red truck will be helping to deliver about 250 Thanksgiving dinners to shut-ins, a special project of her church, Second Baptist. She could not be happier about it: "To me, it's giving back to the community and doing what God wants me to do with my free time."
Pictures of some of Shirley Sibley's sewing projects including her favorite stuffed cats.
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Calendar of Events Alzheimer’s Services Caregiver Meeting | January, 4 10–11 a.m. Hosted by Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area, all caregiver network meetings are free to the public. They provide caregiver mutual support and practical caregiving techniques as well as update community resources available to caregivers. The January meeting is set for Friday, January 4 at Oakwood Village Assisted Living, 4400 McHugh Rd. Times and dates change from time to time, so confirm at 225-334-7494. Mother/Daughter Glam Party January 5, 1 p.m. The Just Like Home Too Learning Center is starting the year off with a fun way for mothers and daughters to spend some time together. The event is free and mothers will learn some new make-up tips for the new year while the daughters will participate in a nail art party. For additional information, call 225-658-5105 or visit www. justlikehometoo.net. Introduction to Computers January 5, 11 a.m. If you or someone you know feels left out in the technical age, visit the Pride-Chaneyville Branch Library and learn basic tools such as how to use a mouse, opening and closing files and more. The library is located at 13600 Pride-Port Hudson Rd. For more information, call 225-658-1550. Zachary Teen Council January 8, 6:30 p.m. The Zachary Branch Teen Council is 10 years strong. Join the fun at the Zachary Library and fulfill three great New Year’s resolutions: meet new people, make new friends and help your community. This active group
of teens meets monthly and provides input and assistance to the branch as well as participation in creative open mike nights, competitive quiz bowls and other super-fun, library-related activities. Open to all area teens to get in the mix. For more information, call 225-658-1870. Chess and Checkers @ the Library January 12, 2 p.m. It’s a new year and a great time to learn how to play chess or checkers. Friendly, experienced volunteers at the Zachary Branch are ready to teach anyone, ages six and up, how to play. Come learn the basic moves and rules of the games. There will also be books on these and other games on display for checkout. For more information or to register, call 225-658-1870. No Sew T-Shirt Scarf January 17, 4 p.m. If you’re a trendsetter and you know it, we’ve got a treat for you! Teens can come to the Zachary Branch on Thursday, January 17 to create a fun and funky scarf using an ordinary t-shirt. Absolutely no sewing required and all supplies will be provided to make your ultra-cool new scarf! For more information or to register, call 225-658-1870, or stop by the Teen Services desk. Teen Talk: Let’s Talk Books! January 19, 2 p.m. Visit the Zachary Branch on Saturday, January 19 to get chatty with other book-loving teens and share your favorite reads! We’ll swap stories and make plans for our 2013 Teen Book Club meetings. Light refreshments will be served. For more information or to register, call 225-658-1870.
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