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February 25, 2005

Willie E. Gary, Prominent Attorney and Chairman of the Black Family Channel, and Junior League Volunteers Help to Restore Child Care Center Damaged by Hurricanes

Stuart, FL-- Willie E. Gary, prominent attorney and Chairman of the Black Family Channel, volunteers from the Junior League of Martin County, United Way representatives, and other community members worked together to finish the renovations to the Gertrude Walden Childcare Center in Stuart, Florida. The childcare center for pre-school children had been shut down for months due to severe damage from hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. The ground-breaking ceremony, which celebrated the re-opening, took place on Saturday, February 19, 2005.

The childcare center finally re-opened, after nearly six months of repairs, to the 95 pre-school children to whom it serves. However, the playground was “off limits” until Gary and other volunteers completed the finishing touches by spreading a truck load of mulch around the entire area. The Gertrude Walden Childcare Center was dedicated to the Gary family in 1997, in recognition and thanks for the thousands of dollars they have donated to the center over the years. The center is dependent on community support to be able to continue offering its services to low income families in Stuart, Florida.

“Gertrude Walden is an excellent educational facility that is near and dear to my heart,” said Gary. I am honored to take part in this worthwhile and meaningful volunteer effort to restore the center, so it may in turn, continue to serve the community.”

Gary is noted for taking on some of America’s most powerful companies--winning billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Gary is also the Chairman of the Black Family Channel, America’s only minority owned and operated, 24-hour cable network. Known for his philanthropic endeavors, he and his wife, Dr. Gloria Gary, founded The Gary Foundation, which provides college scholarships to at-risk students who wish to attend college. The Gary’s have donated millions of dollars to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities – including $10 million to his alma mater Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Caption: United Way Development Director Lucy Corley, Junior League President-Elect Katherine B. Luger, Attorney and Chairman of the Black Family Channel Willie E. Gary, Executive Director of Gertrude Walden Childcare Center Thelma Washington, and KG Floors President Brian Norton work together to re-open the playground at the Gertrude Walden Childcare Center.