35th Annual Awards Luncheon hosted by the Greater Calhoun County Area Committee

February 6, 2018

35th Annual Awards Luncheon hosted by the Greater Calhoun County Area Committee On Employment of People With Disabilities (Governor’s Committee) was held October 10, 2017, Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama.


 Awards and special recognition went to the following Opportunity Center employers and consumers:

Large Employer of the Year
Anniston Star

Small Employer of the Year
Dorsey’s Supermarket

Employee of the Year-Large Business
Diana Childs

Employee of the Year-Small Business
Lucas Wysner

Student of the Year
John Michael Mulkey

J. Merrill Taylor Humanitarian Award
Gloria Crider, ADRS

The purpose of the Governor’s Committee is to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities by promoting opportunities to work and live in an environment free of barriers imposed by attitude or architecture.