Community Work
Active in community affairs, Hooks was named an Outstanding Young Man of America in 1979 by the State Chamber of Commerce and was selected for Leadership Georgia in 1982. He has been honored as the Legislator of the Year by the Georgia Public Health Association, the Medical Association of Georgia, and the Georgia Hospital Association and as the Soil and Water Conservationist of the Year. He was cited as a "Friend of Medicine" by the Medical Association of Georgia. Hooks received the "Legislative Service Award" for 1991 from both the Georgia Municipal Association and the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia. In both 1997 and 1998, he was honored with the "Speak Up for a Child" awards. He has also received the Friend of Children Award from the Child Advocacy Coalition and has also been cited by the Georgia Association of Educators. In 1997, Senator Hooks was recognized for his support to the Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired and the Georgia Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf. Last year, Senator Hooks received the "1999 National Legislator of the Year Award" from the American School Counselor Association. The American School Counselor Association honors one legislator a year with this national recognition. The purpose of the award is to recognize state or federal elected officials of government who have demonstrated their belief in and support of school counseling and guidance activities by outstanding work in passing legislation or stimulating future legislation which has an impact on school counseling and guidance. Hooks has also received the John McPherson Berrin Award from the Georgia Historical Society. Hooks is a member and former director of the local Rotary Club and the Americus-Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, attained the rank of Eagle Scout as a youth, and served as a Scout leader. On October 1, 2006, Hooks received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. The 14th Senate District includes Peach, Taylor, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Stewart, Upson, and Webster, Dooly, Marion, and Crawford counties.
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