William Penn Life, 2000 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2000-12-01 / 12. szám
Association honors its leading sales representatives PITTSBURGH - The WPA saluted its top-producing sales agents and part-time sales representatives at a special dinner held Nov. 20 at the Radisson Hotel in Greentree, Pa. Sales leaders honored that evening (pictured at left) were: (front, 1-r) Agent Noreen Fritz and National Director Barbara A. House; (back 1-r) Agent Andrew Girard, National Director Michael F. Tomcsak, Agent Alan Szabó and National Director Elmer W. Toth. Among those in attendance to salute these hard-working and dedicated representatives were the National Officers and members of the Board of Directors Field Committee. Chairman of the Board Anthony C. Beke offered the honorees the sincere thanks and appreciation of the entire Association, and expressed his-and everyone's- hopes for even greater success in the coming year. After the meal, National President George S. Charles Jr. called each of the leading sales representatives up to the podium, reading the outstanding sales each attained over the previous year. He also presented each with a gift of appreciation from the Association. Shoe box gifts one step closer to deserving children PITTSBURGH - Your donations to our Operation Christmas Child 2000 campaign are on their way to deserving children around the world. Last month the Home Office delivered 526 gift-filled shoe boxes to the Operation Christmas Child (OCC) collection center located at the Northway Christian Community Church in Wexford, Pa. The community's gymnasium looked more like a warehouse. Half its space was occupied by thousands of brightly-wrapped shoe boxes and hundreds of brown shipping cartons, packed with shoe boxes by dozens of volunteers. The cartons were to be delivered to Samaritan's Purse headquarters in North Carolina. A volunteer at the Northway Christian Community said the church expects to process around 26,000 shoe boxes this holiday season. Samaritan's Purse's goal for this year is to collect more than 4 million shoe box gifts worldwide to be distributed to children in more than 80 countries. In the U.S. alone, it hopes to collect 2.3 million boxes. Processing that many packages from one location in time for Christmas delivery would seem nearly impossible. But, Samaritan's Purse manages to do just that with the help of volunteers who come to North Carolina from all over the country. "They have to turn people away. They have a waiting list of people who want to help," said a volunteer at the Northway Christian Community. A volunteer at the Northway Christian Community Church in Wexford, Pa., packs a shipping carton full of shoe box gifts for delivery to Samaritan’s Purse headquarters. William Penn Life, December12000 3
