GAFFNEY, SC (05/15/2012)(readMedia)-- Pine Lake (30072) resident Tommie Lynn Storms was presented with Limestone College's Service to Community Award during Limestone's alumni weekend April 19-22, 2012. The award is presented annually to an alumnus/a who exhibits the ideals of civic responsibilities.
A 1981 graduate of Limestone College, Storms is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Atlanta-based American Association of Adapted Sports Programs. AAASP is the country's first and only not-for-profit organization focused solely on mainstream inclusion of athletes with physical disabilities in grade school.
When the Paralympic Games were held in Atlanta in 1996, she served on the Volunteer Placement Steering Committee, an organization charged with the training and placement of over seventy-thousand volunteers. She lent her talents and skills to the Initiative Two-Thousand Organizing Committee which developed and implemented a torch run across America to commemorate the tenth year anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Storms has been a member of the Grant Advisory Board for the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation and chaired a committee to develop housing for seniors and low-income residents of the Pine Lake community in DeKalb, Georgia.
Storms is also serving her alma mater as a member of the President's Advisory Committee.
Limestone College is a four-year, liberal arts institution with its main campus in Gaffney, SC. The college is also a pioneer in the medium of Internet-based courses. Established in 1845, Limestone offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of social work, associate of arts, and associate of science degrees through traditional and non-traditional educational opportunities.
For more information, log onto www.limestone.edu.
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