Contact:
Lyn Rumage
Regional Director of Development
201.562.5003 (cell)
lrumage@scfathersandfamilies.com
2021 Building Futures Award Recipients
A Father’s Place adds two new categories
CONWAY, SC – November 30, 2020 – A Father’s Place is pleased to announce the winners for the 3rd Annual Building Futures Awards Banquet & FUNdraiser, to be held on October 7, 2021, at the Barefoot Conference Center in North Myrtle Beach.
“We added two new and important categories this year as the need for forward-thinking, innovative and collaborative leadership in the areas of Public Health and Public Safety grew,” said Wallace Evans, Jr., CEO of A Father’s Place. “Tidelands Health is our recipient in the former and Georgetown Police Chief Kelvin Waites in the latter. It is such a privilege to be able to honor and thank these true community leaders, as well as those in our returning categories, for giving their time, talents and resources for the greater good. As always, we will also have three fatherhood category winners.”
The winners for this year are:
Building Futures Pinnacle Award - Barb Mains
Corporate Leadership Award - Food Lion
Small Business Award - Angelo Antonucci, owner of Angelo’s restaurant
Community Partnership Award - Hope House
Spiritual Leadership Award - Church of the Resurrection
Larry A. White Lifetime in Leadership Award - Greg Everett
Government Leadership Award - Heather Crawford and Ronnie Sabb
Public Safety Award – Kelvin Waites, Georgetown Chief of Police
Public Health Leadership - Tidelands Health
“Help a Dad Realize a Dream” Scholarship – David Grisset
A Dad making Strides - John Barr
Father of the Year – Ken Avant
A big thank you to the wonderful and generous sponsors for making this extraordinarily inspiring and energizing event possible: Title Sponsor Palmetto Infusion, along with WRNN Talk Radio, Jory & Christina Taylor, Molina Healthcare, Carolina Cool, Lendevcon LLC, Synovus, Minuteman Press, Gore-Coggin State Farm, 810 Billiards & Bowling and Agru America. United Bank, PNC, The Mumford Institute, Synovus
A limited number of sponsorship opportunities remain. To become a sponsor, please contact Lyn Rumage at 843.488.2923 x103 or LRumage@SCFathersandFamilies.com.
About A Father’s Place:
A Father’s Place (AFP) is a locally unique, father-focused, non-profit serving men in Horry, Georgetown, Marion and Williamsburg counties. AFP is part of a network of six fatherhood engagement initiatives across the state under the auspices of the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families. The program serves as a national model and is renowned for its goal-oriented curriculum with quantifiable results. A Father’s Place has offices in Conway, Myrtle Beach and Georgetown and has served local families for 20-plus years.
A Father’s Place / 1800 Racepath Ave, Conway, SC 29527 / Ph: 843.488.2923 / Fax: 843.248.2924
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