Rock Hill volunteer gave 40 years to Piedmont Medical Center, residents mark wins
Each month, The Herald shares accomplishments from the York County region. Here are the highlights:
Hospital volunteer ‘retires’ after 40 years
For 40 years, Judy Fewell of Rock Hill greeted visitors at Piedmont Medical Center’s gift shop.
Fewell, 79, recently had to stop volunteering for health reasons. A Winthrop University alumna and former teacher, Fewell for decades volunteered in Piedmont’s gift shop two days a week. She also helped with decorating, painting and other projects around the hospital.
“I wanted to be able to use my brain and keep myself alert,” she said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I met some wonderfully nice people and made some very good friends.”
Fewell said she helped with Piedmont’s Lights for Love scholarship fundraiser for future nurses and assisted when Piedmont provided medical alert necklaces in house.
After logging thousands of hours in the gift shop, Fewell’s last day as a Piedmont volunteer was Dec. 27, 2019.
“Volunteering is good for the soul, good for life,” she said. “It makes you a lot happier when you can help someone.”
Clover students receive Air Force academy scholarships
Twenty-one Clover High School Air Force JROTC cadets will attend the Air Force Chief of Staff Private Pilot Flight Academy this summer on full scholarships, according to the Clover school district.
Just 200 Air Force JROTC cadets from around the world were chosen for the flight scholarships from the Headquarters Air Force JROTC at the Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, according to the school district. The scholarship, valued at $20,000, covers transportation, room and board, academics and flight hours needed to earn a private pilot license.
Scholarship recipients will attend one of the program’s 14 partnered universities based across the country.
“The Flight Academy Scholarship Program is a new Air Force-level initiative in collaboration with the commercial aviation industry to address the national civilian and military pilot shortage,” states a release from the Clover ROTC.
The Clover recipients are:
- Sam Bangert
- Isabelle Beaulieu
- Abigail Camilleri
- Jonah Capousis
- Ashley Davis
- Daniel Forrest
- James Higgins
- Aryana Johansen
- Nick Johnson
- Quinn Johnson
- Kamyrn Lail
- Taylor Lewis
- Thomas McGarity
- Abigail Neeley
- Alexa Smith
- Joshua Sommer
- Alina Tomko
- Jacob Van Wie
- Chanler Whittle
- Cole Williams
- Cecilia Wooten
Clover student Deshaun Pooler was chosen as an alternate.
Lancaster resident named to York Tech commission
Hunter Faile, a Lancaster native, has been appointed to the York Commission for Technical Education. The commission governs York Technical College in Rock Hill.
Faile will serve a four-year term ending in April 2023.
“We have served many students from Lancaster County over the years and are looking forward to the local voice that Ms. Faile will provide,” Geri H. Rucker, commission chair, said in a statement.
Faile works at Nutramax Laboratories as a human resources administrator, according to a release from York Tech. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina and is pursuing a master’s in human resources from the University of Southern New Hampshire’s online program.
“I’m very eager to serve our local communities,” Faile said in a statement. “I am passionate about education and helping others fulfill their dreams.”
Fort Mill school named finalist for S.C. honor
Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill is among seven South Carolina schools selected as finalists for the 2020 Palmetto’s Finest awards, according to a S.C. Association of School Administrators release.
Schools are chosen based on instructional programs, school culture, student achievement and professional learning communities. Schools applied last fall and finalists were chosen following onsite visits by the review committee.
The committee will again visit each of the finalists before announcing the winners on March 24.
“We are excited to recognize some of the outstanding and innovative schools in our state,” Beth Phibbs, executive director of the association, said in the release.
Nation Ford joins Fairforest Elementary School of Spartanburg School District 6, Walker Gamble Elementary School of Clarendon School District 3, White Knoll Elementary School of Lexington School District 1, Woodland Elementary School of Greenville County Schools, Batesburg-Leesville High School of Lexington School District 3 and Dutch Fork High School of Lexington-Richland School District 5.
York Prep to purchase iPads thanks to grant
York Preparatory Academy will purchase iPads for kindergarten and first-grade students thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Lutz Foundation of Chester.
York Prep is a K-12 public charter school in Rock Hill. The school earned a 2018 National Blue Ribbon Award.
“This technology will continue to promote individualized student growth and further York Prep’s mission that their students possess the knowledge, skills, character, and determination necessary to excel in their chosen post-secondary pursuits and in life,” a school press release states.
This story was originally published January 27, 2020 at 6:00 AM.
