(Pictured Left to Right) awardees Bill Green and Sylvia Oberle for Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County; Captains Bill Cobb and Connie Southern; DeQuanta Malone; Karen Redding; and Velma Terry accepting award for Robert Lang; and CCS interim director Alvin Atkinson.
The Center for Community Safety (CCS) of Winston-Salem State University held its fourth Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Safety Awards Celebration in May 15. Individuals and organizations were honored for their worthwhile efforts to make Winston-Salem/Forsyth County a safer place to live, learn, work, and play.
The Community Safety Awards are presented every other year, and at this year’s event, named “A New Beginning”, the featured speaker was Judge Todd Burke, Forsyth County Superior Court Judge. Remarks were also made by Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines.
Awards were presented in the following categories to:
Karen Redding – Resident Award
To an individual 18 and over who lives in a Weed and Seed neighborhood or other area where CCS and its partners work, and through actions and leadership efforts is making his or her neighborhood a safer and better place to live.
Captains Bill Cobb and Connie Southern – Law Enforcement Service Award
For a law enforcement officer who exhibits leadership qualities and best exemplifies community policing in a Weed and Seed neighborhood or other area where CCS and its partners work.
Robert Lang – Sylvia Oberle Advocate Award
For an individual who works or volunteers in a Weed and Seed neighborhood or other area where CCS and its partners work, and has exemplified leadership and support of community safety initiatives.
Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County – Organizational Leadership Award
For a business, government agency, or community organization that has distinguished itself from others in crime prevention and community development in order to make our neighborhoods safer and a better place to live, learn, work, and play.
DeQuanta Malone – Youth Leadership Award
To an individual, age 11-17, who has demonstrated exceptional leadership through vision, courage, commitment, and inspiration and who has made a positive impact in a Weed and Seed neighborhood or other area where CCS and its partners work.
The Community Safety Awards event also recognized the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Safety Partnership, a forty-plus member collaborative which has provided outreach and services to improve safety in our communities since 2003.
The event was held at Family Services Inc. of Forsyth County.
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