Local Community Service Award

Commissioner Nancy Boxill Honored at Community Service Convocation

On Thursday, October 21, Spelman College will honor Fulton County Commissioner Nancy A. Boxill with the Local Community Service Award for her commitment to service, leadership and focus on issues that affect women, children and the homeless population. The award will be presented to Boxill during the Local Community Service Award Convocation at 11 a.m. in Sisters Chapel.

The convocation will include presentations from current Spelman students and remarks by President Beverly Daniel Tatum. Representing District 6 (portions of the central and eastern sections of the city of Atlanta), Boxill is the first woman to serve on the seven-member Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

In 1987, she was appointed interim commissioner for District 6 by then-Governor Joe Frank Harris. In June 1988, she won an election for the remaining two years of that unexpired term, and was re-elected by constituents in November 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002. Boxill ran unopposed for her 5th full term in 2006. She is also the first woman to serve as chair and vice-chair of the board.

The Local Community Service Award, held every year in the Fall, is presented by the Spelman College Boar d of Trustees. This illustrious award is presented to an individual or organization in the Atlanta Community who embodies scholarship, leadership and service.

Past Recipients

1989	Families First
	Emmaus House
	Providence Baptist Church
1990	100 Black Men of America
1991	Central United Methodist Church
	Black Women’s Coalition of Atlanta
	First Congregational Church
1992	Dazon Dixon	SisterLove, Inc.
1993	William Harding	Pitts Elementary Schools
1994	Carolyn McKenzie	Soccer in the Streets
1995	Glenda Hatchett Johnson	Fulton County Juvenile Court
1996	Thelma and Wesley Williams	Our Family Table
1997	Irene Richardson	Quality Living Services
1998	Valena Henderson	Historic District Development Corporation
1999	Gwendolyn Gilley-Conley	Metro Atlanta Respite and Development Service
2000	Olivette S. Allison	Carrie Steele-Pitts Home
2001	Ella Mae Brayboy Dr. Pearlie Craft Dove	Voter Education Project Atlanta Project and NPU – K, L, T
2002	Gail Davenport
2003	Evelyn Lowery	Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now
2004	Xernona Clayton	Turner Broadcasting
2005	Hattie B. Dorsey	Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.
2006	Deborah Richardson	Atlanta Women’s Foundation
2007	Michelle Nunn	Hands On Network, Hands On Atlanta
2008	National Black Arts Festival
2009	Rogsbert F. Phillips M.D.	Sisters...by Choice