Church honours Guyanese as California ‘Woman of the Year’

MRS. Maureen Hinds, a Guyanese living in West Covina City, Los Angeles California, was recently honoured as Woman of the Year for the State of California.
Mrs Hinds received her Award from the Assembly of God church for her volunteerism at its Covina Food Bank.

altShe was also honoured by the West Covina City Council for her service in this area.
Commenting on the recognition bestowed on Mrs Hinds, Officials of the church disclosed: “She has been involved with the Food Bank, which serves 300 to 500 needy people a month in the cities of Covina, West Covina, Azusa, San Dimas, Baldwin Park and Glendora, for over ten years.
As Director of the Food Bank, Mrs. Hinds had distributed food to over 19,000 people in 2011.
“She not only oversees the many volunteers that it takes to run the Food Bank, but also represents us in the community, as she solicits food and other items to give to our Food Bank recipients,” they said.
They added: “Maureen can also be seen talking to store managers and purchasing food that is on sale for the Food Bank. She and her team picks up 4,600 pounds of food at the Los Angeles Food Bank every Tuesday morning at 4.00 a.m. which is then sorted, placed in bags, and then given to our Food Bank recipients.”
She also served as an usher, kitchen help for funerals and at all other church events.
She was first chosen as the 2012 Remarkable Woman for the 57th Assembly District, and she along with 79 other women from various Assemblies of God Districts throughout California were flown first class and taken by limousine to the Capitol to be honoured for their volunteerism.
Of the 79 other women, Maureen was selected as the Woman of the Year for the State of California 2012.
The church officials also noted that, for the past 20 years, Maureen and her husband Cy had spent their wedding anniversaries and birthdays serving the homeless on “skid row” in Los Angeles by preparing sack lunches to distribute to the needy.
The church officials said: “We are honoured to have in our churches people like Maureen, who demonstrate the love and compassion of Christ through their service.”
In an interview with the West Covina Highlander newspaper after receiving her award, Mrs Hinds said: “I just hate seeing homeless people and people in need. My heart lets me do this.”

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