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2024 MLK Day Awards

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Livin' the Dream
in Eastern North Carolina


On January 15, 2024, we are proud to recognize individuals and nonprofit organizations who are making a difference in our Eastern North Carolina communities.

We will recognize and honor the achievements that have been performed from 2023-2024.

Our MLK Day awards categories include presenting the
President's Volunteer Service Award

Keepers of the Dream

Teens and Kids Who Care

Strengthening the Foundation Program Participants who attended workshops, webinars and coaching sessions to help build the capacity of their nonprofit organizations.

President’s Volunteer Service Awards for 2023

ENC Nonprofit Partners, Inc. is a certifying organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a project of the Points of Light Foundation. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is an opportunity to honor outstanding volunteers and recognize the impact they have on the community. This award honors people whose service makes a difference in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them.

Paul Foxworth
Antoinette Locust

Achievers Academies of NC
Kinston, NC

Brenda Dixon
Christine Legacy Foundation
Kinston/Winterville, NC

Rev. Dr. Rodney Coles, Sr. Churches Outreach Network
Greenville, NC

Earlean Rivers & Y’Anna Rivers, DNA Community Youth Center
Warsaw, NC

Tyler Pulley
Financial Literacy Kingdom
Greenville, NC

Rev. Dr. Andra Cunningham, Greater Glory AME Mission Church

Joseph Jones/Fulani Jones/
Olene Solomon

Little Union Martial Arts Center
Kinston, NC

Thremene Murphy
My Healing Within
Greenville, NC

Bishop Danny & Alice Stancil 
One Eighty Enrichment, Inc.

Regina Smithwick
Patricia Ann Morton Foundation

Sharon Battle/Sarah Newton
S&S Parenting Services

Kieanna Bruinton
The DanceLyfe, Inc.

Theresa Ann Williams
Young Women of Promise, Inc.

Dr. Nay Malloy Howell
​
 Jesus Christ is the Way Anointed
Worship & Deliverance Center
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2024 Keepers of the Dream

​Our Keepers of the Dreams are individuals who devote their time and energy into developing and leading nonprofit organizations in our eastern North Carolina communities. 

Ashanti Williams
An Autastic Dream, Inc.
Farmville, NC
 
Sammy C. Aiken
African-American Heritage Commission of
Kinston and Lenoir County
Kinston,  NC
 
Tonya Foreman
Citizens Advocating for Equity & Equality, Inc.
Greenville, NC
 
Shon Bruinton
NC Praise Radio/ENC Voices of Youth
Greenville/Winterville, NC
 
Arjenae Jones Williams
Something2Somebody, Inc.
Greenville, NC
 
Niesha Spencer Ansley
The Viola M. Daniels Foundation
​Greenville, NC

2024 TEENS AND KIDS WHO CARE

Young People Making a Difference in our eastern North Carolina communities

Courtney Murphy
Farmville Central High School
(Farmville)

Beyonca Foster Banton
South Central High School
(Greenville)

Zariea Marie Bowens
J.H. Rose High School (Greenville)

Blair Edmondson
Acellus Academy
(Kinston)

Madilynn Hunter Newton
South Central High School
(Greenville)

Kemani Rivers,
Warsaw Elementary School
(Warsaw)

Y’Anna Rivers
James Kenan High School
(Kenansville)

Jamiyah Sparks
AG Cox Middle School
(Greenville)

Kandace Sutton
 Wellcome Middle School
(Greenville)
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Camya Whitfield
J.H. Rose High School
​(Greenville)
 

Special Recognition

Xzavier (Ziggy) Williams
Farmville Middle School
An Autastic Dream, Inc.

Strengthening the Foundation Participants

Leadership Development Program for African-American nonprofit leaders
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Achievers Academies of NC, Inc.

Paul Foxworth

Achievers Academies of NC, Inc.
 Antoinette Locust

Christine Legacy Foundation, Inc.
Brenda Dixon

DNA Community Youth Center
Earlean Rivers

Financial Literacy Kingdom, Inc.
Tyler Pulley

Little Union Martial Arts Center, Inc.
Joseph Jones/Fulani Jones/Olene Solomon

My Healing Within, Inc.
Thremene Murphy

One Eighty Enrichment
Bishop Danny & Alice Stancil

Next-in-Line Community Outreach
Bishop Danny & Alice Stancil

Patricia Ann Morton Foundation
ReGina Smithwick

S&S Parenting Services
Sharon Battle

S&S Parenting Services
Sarah Newton

Striving with Vision Empowerment Support Group
Latoya Williams

Young Women of Promise, Inc.
Theresa Williams
 
STF Facilitators
Dr. Nay Howell
and Theresa Williams: 



Young Women of Promise, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on September 4, 2001 in the state of North Carolina.
Theresa (Miss Tee) Williams, President/Founder
760 W Fire Tower Road, Suite 107 #528, Winterville, NC 28590
​Phone:  252/367-8292
Email:  [email protected]