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 The Mabel Claire Maddrey Award
for Distinguished Service was
established in 1997 by Democratic Women of Wake County to
honor club members who have consistently provided
outstanding service to the club and the Democratic Party
over the years. Named in honor of Mabel Claire Maddrey,
former DWWC President and founder of the JJ Breakfast, the
award recognizes members who are routinely supportive
without expectation of recognition or reward.
The 2008 Mabel Claire Maddrey Award was presented on June
12, 2008 to Mary Alice Simmons
at an evening meeting of DWWC. Mary Alice has been a strong
supporter of the Democratic Party for more than 50 years and
has been consistent with award criteria.
She has served for years on the
Board of Democratic Women of Wake County in several
different positions including:
• assistant treasurer for several terms
• assistant to the Chair for Volunteers
• member of the Nominating Committee
• member of JJ Breakfast Committees including ticket
sales, registration and publicity
• liaison for the Wake County Democratic Party
• delegate to state and national Democratic Women
conventions
Mary Alice has also been active in
the Wake County Democratic Party as president of the
Senior Democrats and as a dedicated precinct chair
for years.
In addition to her service to the
Democratic Party on all levels, she volunteered with
the guardian ad litum program and currently is a
member of the Department of Health and Human
Services Community Advisory Committee on Nursing
Homes. Her professional life was also characterized
by service to the public. She worked with the
Department of Administration in the Employee
Suggestion Unit helping to save state monies, with
Terry Sanford’s U.S. Senate Office in Raleigh
helping constituents with problems and with the
State Bar Association as assistant to the Executive
Director.
Always enthusiastic and involved,
she has plenty of ideas, has supported Democratic
candidates through the years with time, energy and
money and is devoted to the Democratic Party – a
true “Yellow Dog Democrat.” She follows in the
footsteps of her mother, the late Mary Alice
Simmons, Sr., who received this same award in 2002. |
