By Susie A. Wolfe
The Pelahatchie Dollar General store received two honors on April 14. According to District Manager Shyla Gill, Tammy Stanley-Brown, store manager, was named to the 2019 Circle of Excellence for being a Top 10%. Performing store and was also named a St. Jude Top Performer for raising more then $2,400 in an eight-week campaign in October and November of 2019.
Mayor Ryshonda Beechem, who was there when they recognized Stanley-Brown, said, “I would like to congratulate Mrs. Tammy for being recognized for her store ranking number three out of 16,000 stores in the entire company. This is a huge accomplishment and certainly something to celebrate.”
Stanley-Brown would normally get a trip to Nashville to receive her awards, but because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, both Gill and Regional Manager Mark Persons brought the awards to her at the store.
Gill said the criteria for Pelahatchie Dollar General to be ranked as a Top Performing store is sales, customer service, in-stock items and shrinkage. She said she is proud of Stanley-Brown and her team for being community leaders.
Stanley-Brown, who has been with Dollar General for five years, three of which have been in Pelahatchie, said that one of her mottos is “it only takes a bit of kindness to make someone’s day.”
To raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, which is a designated company non-profit, she and her team created a Candy Shop Castle display and had two girls, age four and six, to raise money. One girl had a cousin that was a St. Jude survivor. Vendors also donated items that were raffled for additional funds.
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