"You all are going to make me cry," she said. "I truly am grateful for this award."
Past president Linda Simmons presented Brooks with the honor during Thursday's awards dinner at the at the Clinton Inn.
"When She first joined the club... she indicated that she was somewhat shy and a little laid back," Simmons said. "Wow. This lady doesn't not know herself. Not only is she not laid back and certainly not she is shy but she is friendly, amusing, and interacted with everyone.
"As she got more involved with the club, she did not sit back and wait for someone to ask her to participate, she stepped p and readily volunteered, and carried out the duties assigned to whatever project or fundraising she was involved in with great enthusiasm."
Sis Thomas, club operations coordinator, facilitated the awards ceremony.
Sarah Logan presented the Community Service Award to Julian Butler. A plaque was given to Butler from the club for his years of service to the Scotland County community.
"We want to thank you for all you have given to this community and continue to give each day through Helping Hands and the many other worthwhile community services you have been involved with over the years," Logan said of Butler. "This includes United Way, the Boy Scouts and many more; the list goes on."
Butler was asked to be the guest speaker for the awards ceremony. He spoke to the group of women about how Scotland County, just like any other place in the country, deals with the homeless.
Butler explained that most people are homeless due to circumstances and a group of people wanted to try to fix that.
"A group of people from Scotland County started an organization 18 years ago to try to rehabilitate the homeless in our area," he said. "Now we have two homes for the homeless, one for men, and one for women ... it accommodates four persons at one time."
Butler explained that the homes were at one time funded for the most part by United Way, but in recent years the The Helping Hand store has been the sole provider of funding for the homes.
The Pilot Club of Laurinburg volunteers time at the Helping Hand store.
"We appreciate the time the Pilot club puts in at the store and look forward to the time you put in the future," Butler said.
Two awards, the Pilot of the Year and the Leadership Award, are given each year to Pilots who have rendered outstanding service in the club. Both of these awards this year went to 08'-09' President Rebecca Brooks.
"Our Pilot motto is 'True Course Ever' and our pilot principles are 'Friendship and Service,' " Simmons said. "This year's recipient represents all of these things."
Club Secretary Debbie Neverve presented Brooks with the Leadership Award.
"The recipient of the Leadership Award is a very deserving person," Neverve said. "She displays what Pilots stand for in all she does, friendship and service."
Nancy Shelley presented three students and teachers, along with their parents from the exceptional children's classes at Scotland High School, who participated in The Pilot Club of Laurinburg Banner Project.
"I want to thank Kayla Tart who is a senior at SHS, and Marlon Brown and Jonathan Ring who are our winners in this year's contest," Shelley said. "I also want to thank their teachers Lauren Averitt, Terri Riddell and Nancy Williams for all they do for the children at SHS."
Also, past District Governor and present Chairman of the Green and Gold Awards Sylvia Stewart presented Jennifer Ferguson of Sycamore Lane Middle School and Erica Harrington of North Laurinburg Elementary School with the Green and Gold award in the fall.
"The award is a $500 mini grant for 08'-09' along with cameras for documentation," Steward said. "Teachers submitted applications and we chose these two wonderful teachers."
Ferguson took her class of exceptional students to Fort Fisher.
"We really appreciate you all giving us the grant; it made our field trip happen," Ferguson said.
Harrington, a Kindergarten teacher, made schedules for her exceptional students.
"My students are doing much better now because you all gave my class the grant to make those schedules," Harrington said.
Anchor Coordinator Diane Coble introduced the Anchor Award that included a $1,000 Scholarship. The scholarship was awarded to Rachel Rhyne, a Scotland High School Senior who will be attending UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall. Rhyne, who carries a 4.375 GPA, is a National Honor Society member and a part of the SAT Wall of Fame, among others. She was also given a $50 cash award for having the most volunteer hours (43 hours) logged for the Anchor Club at SHS.
Finally, president Brooks presented long time treasurer Doris Adams with a honorary plaque for her time served.
"Adams has served as the treasurer since 1990," Brooks said. "We really appreciate all the hard work she has put in for the Pilot Club."
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