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She
who served so well, so long honored Cincinnati
Enquirer,
May 14, 2003
Jeanette
Scott, 94, tutors Jason Cornelius, 4, at the Kidd Kid's Christian Academy
where she volunteers. Jeanette Scott walks about
half a mile to school every day. Along the way, she chats with 5, 6-, and
7 year-old students about school work, not talking out of turn, how kids
should behave, how to listen to their teachers. But she is not 5, 6 or 7 years
old. She is 94. And she is usually on her way to South Avondale Elementary
School, where she has been a volunteer for 10 years. "A lot of people don't
have the patience to work with tots, but I do," she once said while
tutoring 3- to 5-year-olds at the Kidd Kids Christian Academy, West End,
through the Foster Grandparent Program. Scott will have a few plaudits
thrown her way from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the school during
African-American Senior Day. She will be inducted into the
Council of Elders along with Donald and Marian Spencer, longtime civil
rights leaders of Avondale, and Edgar Pillow, a community activist in
College Hill. Scott can trace her work with
kids back 88 years when she earned 20 cents a day helping with
baby-sitting chores. Trained as a licensed practical nurse, she said she
retired in 1969 from nursing to become a foster parent to a 4-day-old
baby. The induction ceremony is held
in honor of Older Americans Month during May. "On this day, we will
celebrate the legacy of the African-American senior, giving them the honor
that is due them, as well as providing them with information regarding
services that are available to them," said Michelle Graves, co-chair
of the event. Copyright
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