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(Eift Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, September 7, 2022/Page 3A Photo by Makaylee Randolph REMEMBERING AND BRINGING AWARENESS — On National Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, members of Forge Recovery Center distributed black balloons and flyers to remember those who succumbed to the illness and bring awareness of the issue to the community. STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — J.D, Dickerson Primary School has announced August Stu dents of the Month. (Lto R): Top row: Mae Morgan, Hannah Gilman, Payton Simmons, Emoni Kirkland, Jaslynn Cerrillo, Annalise Vazquez, Mia Martinez, Jaycee Lowther; Third row: Dilan Patel, Chloe Kennedy, Emerson Braddy, Rosa Abarca, ZyMarlei Hooks, Adan Ramirez, Lyla Pough; Second row: Aden Jackson, Elissa Barrios-Mendez, Mia Mivens, Kaden Mobley, Ashton Mincey, Millie Ree Thomas, Mallory Sharpe, Amelia Aaron; Front row: Claire Allred, Emma Downie, and Amiya Taylor. Not Pictured: Tucker Hutto. VidaliA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK etTsiGSMYauiKTomei ^ . v. —t VidaliafFederal isjhere Our,mortgage services del iversimpleprocessi ng, greatrate^ind^uick ^irfllllciosi ntf Julia McKenzie Jmckenzie@vidfed.com 0:912-537-8805 ext. 137 300 Jackson Street, Vidalia, GA 30474 ODDS NDS Home coming— Oasis Church of God, 1163 Hwy. 1 South, Lyons, will cel ebrate Homecoming on September 18 at 10:30 a.m. There will be a musical guest group and a meal will be served in social hall after the service. Everyone is invited to attend. Homecoming and Revival- south Thompson Baptist Church, 225 S. Thompson Road, Vi dalia, will have Home coming on Sunday, September 25, at 10:00 a.m. New Day, from Telfair County, will be singing during the morning service and Brother Brian Fowler of Wheeler County, will bring the message. A covered dish dinner will be served in the Com munity Building. There will be no evening service. Revival will be held Monday-Thurs- day, September 26- 29, at 7:00 p.m., led by Brother Brian Fowler. Everyone is invited to attend. Lyons Citizen of the Year— The Lyons Citizen of the Year event will occur Thursday, Sep tember 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Calloway Community Center at Partin Park. Ticket sales will end Mon day, September 12. Tickets are $25 each and must be pur chased in advance at the Lyons City Hall or through a Lyons Li ons Club member. Home coming— Marvin Methodist Church, intersection of GA Highway 147 and Marvin Church/ Laura Dixon Road, will celebrate Home coming on Sunday, September 18, at 11:00 a.m., with a covered dish lun cheon immediately following services. Everyone is in vited to attend. Grant continued from page 1A was awarded a $500,000 grant to combat psycho stimulant use disorder in Toombs. “We are riding that sweet momentum we have created,” said Paige Wil liamson, one of the pro gram’s service providers, and a member of the con sortium of community vol unteers who help propel the TCPTR project. Wil liamson welcomed guests and the media to the grant announcement session on August 23. Leigh-Anne White, program manager for the project, explained that the grant was awarded by the Health Resources & Servic es Administration (HRSA). “It is a new grant to the same consortium for a con tinuation of the TCPTRS’s objectives. HRSA is one of the only grant sources that will allow a small, for-profit company to apply,” she said. The grant process is highly competitive, and White said she knew of no other companies in Georgia that had been awarded a grant from this source this year. The Behavioral Health care Support Initiative Grant will fund four proj ects to be implemented across the next four years, starting September 1. The grant will fund the employ ment of an additional nine persons to carry out TCP- TRS’s mission. The first project is a medication-assisted treat ment program that will em ploy a nurse and medical director to roll out medical treatment to include medi cation for individuals with substance use disorder, White said. The second project will supply social workers to coordinate efforts to case manage individuals with se vere, persistent behavioral needs and to manage be havioral health crises within the community. The social workers will be employed directly through the line in the Vidalia Police Depart ment. This project will be implemented “in hopes of a divergent from being ar rested to offering assistance from the criminal justice system,” White noted. The third project is an intensive outpatient pro gram to assist individuals in transitioning from criminal justice systems back into the community. This proj ect, which will focus on fa cilitating skills so that indi viduals can live successfully within the community, will link up with the criminal justice system to offer tran sitional care and diversion. The fourth project will establish a Recovery Com munity Organization. This group will be financially supported through the grant and will offer and im plement recovery services from care to resources. “We can’t do any of this without community support. It will take all of us being involved together. The reason we got this grant is because we have such a strong community consor tium,” White emphasized. This consortium is made up of representatives from healthcare, mental health, law enforcement, emergency medical re sponse, social services, churches, families and in dividuals. “All can be solved and resolved when we work together. We are humbled and honored to be award ed this new opportunity,” White said. She invited members of the community to contact her office regard ing ideas on how the grant can be used, as well as to inquire about employment for the new positions cre ated by the grant. Call 537-3131 When You See News Happen GENERAL STORE 30474 CRAFT onna wil cari' MadDash Cookie Co van lous on canvas Photography and Graphic Design 112 CHURCf i 5TR] EET DOWNTOWN VIDALIA SATURDAY 5EPTE MBER 10TH 10 AM. -3 P.M.