Wednesday, January 22, 2003
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Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
Power Parade artist recognized
"Walking Brigade for the Power Parade" is the 2003 slogan for the 14th annual Fayette Youth Protection Home's Power Parade, scheduled for April 21-25. This event asks all elementary school children to take home envelopes and use them to collect donations from neighbors, friends and businesses to benefit the Friday and Johnson Homes for abused and neglected children. Each year the charity holds a design contest among the county high schools for artwork that reflects the theme of the event. This year's winner is Tommy Turner, a 16-year-old junior at Fayette County High. A student of art teacher Melanie Mickelboro, Turner aspires to a career in graphic design and hopes to attend art school when he graduates. His design incorporates the slogan along with the Fayette Youth Protection Home logo alongside a cartoon-sized foot in the act of walking, clad in a sport shoe. The design will appear on T-shirts, posters, pledge envelopes and all Power Parade correspondence. The Power Parade is part of Child Abuse Prevention Month, which has been observed each April since its first presidential proclamation since 1983. Prevent Child Abuse Georgia is the organization which spearheads the effort that focuses on positive parenting and the problem of child abuse in this country. According to Terri Redmond, spokesperson for the group, "Prevention must be everyone's priority." Fayette County's honorary chair for the 2003 Power Parade is Probate Court Judge Martha Stephenson, who is also a member of the board of directors for the Fayette Youth Protection Home. She hopes for great success in the fundraiser and heightened awareness of child abuse prevention. "This effort promotes healthy families which make for healthy communities," he said. "Learning and working together, we can stop the cycle of abuse."
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