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1930: Furnished equipment for summer playschool for underprivileged children.
1935: Conducted audiometer surveys in all city schools.
1940: Developed free lunch programs at Leath School.
1945: Established a nursery school in Orange Mound in cooperation with Family Welfare. Set up first speech clinic in Memphis at Neighborhood House.
1950: Worked for women to have equal rights to jury duty in all states. Worked for uniform requirements regarding teacher certification.
1955: Furnished volunteers and funding for the first televised educational literacy program in the United States. A national model.
1960: Set up citywide Women's Committee to research employment of handicapped at request of mayor.
1965: Adopted Wisconsin School. Tri-State Defender nominated NCJW for Russ-Worm Award as a result of our work.
1970: Help found Runaway House. Started Douglass School Day Care Center, the first Head Start Center in a Memphis Public School.
1975: Co-founded Volunteer Center of Memphis. Developed Reading Is Fundamental program at Grahamwood Elementary School.
1980: Selected as one of three cities nationwide to pilot training program for resettlement of Russian Jews. Co-founded YWCA Abused Womens' Services.
1985: Co-founded the Memphis Alcohol and Drug Council, a community-wide information and referral service on substance abuse.
1990: Established Soviet Clothes Closet. Trained and coordinated volunteers for the WONDERS Exhibits, Memphis International Cultural Series.
2005: Developed the Mentoring Project, trained volunteers to act as role models for day care workers to help them be more effective influences on the children they teach.

 

 

 

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