{"id":3467,"date":"2021-12-22T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2021-12-22T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:20:08","slug":"naacp-holds-annual-christmas-party-at-tolhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/22\/naacp-holds-annual-christmas-party-at-tolhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Holds Annual Christmas Party at TolHouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ray Wood, Judge C. Allen McConnell, Theresa M. Gabriel, Micheal Alexander, Rev. Willie Perryman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Dawn Scotland
\nSojourner\u2019s Truth Reporter<\/p>\n

The members of the Toledo Chapter of the NAACP celebrated their annual Christmas gathering Tuesday, December 14 at TolHouse Club located at 1447 N Summit St. Guest enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, complimentary drinks and entertainment by saxophonist Sax B.<\/p>\n

Rev. Willie Perryman, president of The Toledo Chapter of the NAACP and pastor of the Jerusalem Baptist Church, addressed a packed room of community members, friends and supporters.<\/p>\n

He outlined his goals and progress since becoming chapter president almost a year ago. \u201cThe relevant question that everyone asks is: \u2018What has the NAACP been doing?\u2019\u201d said Perryman. \u201cThe one objective that I had was that I wanted to enhance the collaboration and the partners that the NAACP already had in place and to gain. I wanted the NAACP to be more than just a complaint system. So, for the past 11 \u00a0and a half months that\u2019s what we have been doing.\u201d The full address by Pastor Perryman will be given at the first NAACP meeting in January.<\/p>\n

Past presidents Ray Wood, Theresa Gabriel (current chair of the Toledo NAACP Advisory Committee) and the Honorable Judge C. Allen McConnell were in attendance and recognized. \u00a0\u2018Thank You\u2019 plaques were given to executive members including former Mayor Carty Finkbeiner who was also in attendance.<\/p>\n

Following his remarks, Perryman presented a special award. \u201cThere is a young man here who works so<\/em> hard for so<\/em> many different organizations. I want you to know publicly that if it had not been for him [the] successes that we have been able to achieve could not have been done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Micheal Alexander, first vice president of the Toledo Chapter of the NAACP, received the 2021 Presidential Award – the first award of its kind presented by the Toledo chapter.<\/p>\n

Perryman shared well wishes regarding his longtime friend and his outstanding dedication to the NAACP.<\/p>\n

The awardee received the honor humbly, \u201cThank you, President Perryman, for this honor,\u201d said Alexander. \u201cAs my friend Ray [Wood] always says \u2018To God be the glory. Only what you do for Christ is going to last.\u2019 I try to use that mantra as I try to do things for the better of our community\u2026.\u201d He thanked his supporters. \u201cIt is an honor to receive this [from] the NAACP. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Toledo Chapter of the NAACP will hold its first meeting of 2022 the second Tuesday in January (Jan 11) at the Jerusalem Baptist Church. The event will also be livestreamed.<\/p>\n

The chapter ensures exciting surprises to look out for at the Freedom Fund Banquet next year in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dawn Scotland Sojourner\u2019s Truth Reporter The members of the Toledo Chapter of the NAACP celebrated their annual Christmas gathering Tuesday, December 14 at TolHouse Club located at 1447 N Summit St. Guest enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, complimentary drinks and entertainment by saxophonist Sax B. Rev. Willie Perryman, president of The Toledo Chapter of the NAACP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[91],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3469,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}