Pain and Victory: A Collection of Poems and Lyrics

By Cambridge Jenkins III

Inspirational, romantic and family themed poetry and song lyrics. Drawing on forty years of life experiences and overcoming some devasting lifes' misfortunes, these movtivational pieces emphasize that there can be victory through faith. There can also be God's comfort after pain.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jan 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781620951101

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~ Jenkins Receives SCPRA Award ~

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC (September 28, 2011) – The South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association recently recognized Cambridge Jenkins, III with the 2011 Citizen/Lay Volunteer Award. The SCPRA presents several awards each year to recognize agencies, organizations, and individuals for outstanding contributions to the park and recreation profession in South Carolina.

Cambridge has volunteered at the Thomasena Stokes-Marshall Senior Center since 2008, said Senior Center Manager Chuck DeLorme. He volunteers between four and ten hours to the center daily, Monday through Saturday. He meets and greets our patrons, provides guided tours of the facility, and conducts orientations to the exercise room. Cambridge is known for his caring and cheerful outlook and dedication to the Senior Center. He truly exemplifies the best there is about volunteerism.

Mr. Jenkins is a former recipient of the 2009 Mount Pleasant Rotary Club Vocational Service Award. He has also served in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program for the Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of the American Red Cross.

About the Thomasena Stokes-Marshall Senior Services Center

The Senior Services Center is located at 840 Von Kolnitz Road in Mount Pleasant. Geared towards those 50 and older, the center offers a variety of recreational, cultural and creative arts programs, in addition to providing health, wellness, educational and social activities. Space at the facility includes a weight room, aerobics room, cafe, prep kitchen, screened porch, card room, educational room, arts and crafts room, and therapeutic healing garden.

About SCRPA

The South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the professional development of its members, promotion of parks and recreation opportunities and quality of life for all South Carolinians, and the sound stewardship of South Carolina’s natural resources through research, education and service.

Categories are Agency of the Year, Professional of the Year, Young Professional of the Year, District Merit Award, Citizen/Lay Award, Hall of Fame Award, and the Robert L. Reid Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Ethnic Minority Branch gives awards for the Professional of the Year and Citizen/Lay Person of the year. Visit them at www.scrpa.org.

~ Pain and Victory ~

I dedicate this book to my

Granddad, Cambridge Jenkins, Sr.,

Grandma, Evelina Carruthers,

my Dad, Cambridge Jenkins, Jr.,

my Mom, Edna Jenkins,

my Sister, Camilla Roe Jenkins,

Deborah Jenkins,

Robin Jenkins,

and my heart and soul, Cambridge Jenkins, IV

To the staff of the

Thomasena Stokes-Marshall Senior Center:

Chuck Delorme

Caron Saunders

Cathy Hutchinson

Karen Donadio

And all of the volunteers and

members of the Senior Center,

… you all have been an overwhelming inspiration.

I have given,

I have sacrificed

I have had things

Taken away.

Now, all that I have

Left

Is my faith and a trail of

DEBRIS.

Cambridge Jenkins, III © July 7, 2009

Table of Contents

Spiritual

~ God Will Carry Me ~

~ Did You See Jesus? ~

~ I Know He’s All Around ~

~ Pain and Victory ~

~ The Soul ~

~ He Answers All Calls ~

~ My Faith ~

~ Hope ~

~ Faith ~

~ Going Home ~

~ The Other Side ~

~ We Feel your Spirit ~ - To all those who perished in the service of sacrifice

~ My Son, The Sun ~ - To My Son, Little Cambridge

~ The Battle Within ~