Participants of the School Citizenship Education Workshop On Saturday September 12, 2009, more than one hundred school-aged children and their parents/guardians attended the School Citizenship Education Workshop and Back-to-School Pep Rally at the West Broad Street YMCA.

The Hungry Club Forum of Savannah, Inc., as a Community Partner with the U. S. Census Bureau conducted the motivational program and recognized participants in the 2010 Census Accurate Count contest. Gerra Harmon, a Senior at Sol C. Johnson High School and her brother, Ky Harmon, a Junior at Urban Christian Academy, were the featured youth speakers.

The Harmons and 10-yr. old Nicholas Wright received recognition in the What I Will Do to Make Sure That My Family and Community Are Counted in the 2010 Census contest. Rev. Thurmond N. Tillman, Sr. Partnership Specialist with the Census, gave a talk about the importance of an accurate count.

The HCFS thanks those who helped to make this youth educational and enrichment program possible:Clarence A. Davis, Fr. J. Lloyd Angus, Mike Jones, Rich Fergerson, Commissioner Pete Liakakis, Evelyn Fields, Rev. Thurmond N. Tillman for the 2010 Census, Pinnacle Communications Corporation, West Broad Street YMCA Gadsden Elementary School Principal Deborah R. Jones, Brian White, Sam L. Jones, Beverly Wilcox, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House, Jackson Bros. Car Care Center Rev. Timmie Curry and The Ayoluwa African Dance Theater performed. For more information, please call Julia Wright at 233-0855 or Diana Harvey Johnson at 927-8425.