October 7, 2009 RSS feed / Social & Community News

YMCA Playground to Strengthen Community and Benefit Children

More than 200 volunteers from The Home Depot, the West Broad Street YMCA, and organizers from the nonprofit organization KaBOOM! will join together to build a state-of-the-art, 3,000 square foot playground in one day. More...

SCCPSS' 21st Century Community Learning Center Receives Grant

SCCPSS’ Academic Affairs division is proud to announce that its 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) grant has been awarded by The Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) in the amount of $350,000.00 for the 2009-2010 school year. More...

Ebony and Jet Magazines Are in Financial Trouble and Looking for Buyers

(Taylor Media Services) The rumors which had circulated for months were pretty much confirmed last week, the nation’s premier Black-oriented publications - Ebony and Jet magazines - are in severe financial trou ble and owner Johnson Publishin More...

New Non-Profit Organization Joins in Plight to End Homelessness in Savannah

Divine Rest is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization with a mission to assist homeless women in Savannah by providing a shelter for them, education, and healing through God's word with hopes of helping them become productive, contributing members of so More...

Local Students Named National Achievement Scholarship Semi-Finalists

Two SCCPSS students have been named National Achievement Scholarship semi-finalists. Rebecca J. Chester and Kirah J. Nelson are both seniors at Savannah Arts Academy. More...

Greater Chatham County’s Junior Miss Seeks Contestants

Greater Chatham County's Junior Miss program is looking for high school junior women (public and private schools) in the following counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham and Liberty that are interested in earning money for college to participate in its More...

Tompkins Class of 1978 to Meet

The 1978 class of Tompkins High School will be meeting on Oct. 10, 2009 at 2211 Krenson St. (In the Hudson Hill Area.) At 5:00 p.m. For information please contact Julie Bright- Dinkins @443-9806 or bright-dinkins@att.net More...

Spirit Of Excellence Black Business Award Nominees Announced

The Spirit of Excellence Black Business Awards continues the tradition of receiving an impressive list of nominees for its celebration of African American business leaders and outstanding individuals. More...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Day Association to hold Annual Community Giveback Program

The Martin Luther King Jr. Observation Day Association, Inc.’s “Annual Community Giveback Program“ is our way of thanking the Savannah- Chatham community for its support and generosity. This is our nineteenth year of honoring Dr. More...

SSU Gospel Choir Earns Second Runner Up Position in Competition

The Savannah State University (SSU) Wesleyan Gospel Choir earned second runner-up in the Competition of Black College Gospel Choirs, which was held as part of the 23rd annual National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation weekend in Atlanta, More...

Savannah Association for the Blind, Inc. Sponsors Big Thrift Sale and Bazaar

Savannah Association for the Blind, Inc. will sponsor a Big Thrift Sale and Bazaar October 16 and 17, 2009 at 214 Drayton Street. More...

Georgia's Own Credit Union Awards $15,000 in Scholarships

In today's economy, many organizations are scaling back when it comes philanthropic giving and community programming. Such however is not the case for one local credit union. More...

SSU Students Attend Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 39th Annual Legislative Conference

Five seniors, accompanied by an advisor, traveled to the nation's capital for the 39th annual legislative conference hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. More...

Walker to Keynote Carver Village-Heights Annual Banquet

Attorney Willie James Walker will serve as the keynote speaker for the Carver Village-Heights 27th Annual Banquet on Friday, October 23, 2009, 6:30 p.m. at the Con-Ed Banquet Room, 714 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. More...

Jazz at Ascension Presents Johnny’s Children: the Inheritors of the Mercer Legacy

The Jazz at Ascension concert series proudly presents Ben Tucker, Ellen Gross, and Ben Smith in a concert commemorating Johnny Mercer. More...