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contacted Camden House
and staff there helped her ob
tain a temporary protection
order.
With the support of Cam
den House and her church,
Jane persisted in finding em
ployment, access to trans
portation and a safe place for
her family to live. More than
a year later, her children are
in school and Jane is enrolled
in a vocational program. She
still attends support groups at
Camden House and partici
pates in the shelter’s outreach
program.
Camden House made a
difference in Jane’s life, and
when the overnight shelter
re-opened Wednesday, two
victims were waiting. For the
last three years, Camden
House staff have had to send
victims to Brunswick for
overnight shelter after the
Camden organization lost its
ability to shelter due to in
sufficient funds. In the in
terim, staff continued
providing 16 of the 17 serv
ices that Georgia shelters
supply.
Now, the state has permit
ted Camden House to shel
ter again but has yet to fund
the venture.
“We’re doing this shelter
ing, between now and July 1,
on our own, without any
state funding,” executive di
rector Ken Boden said, not
ing the state needs statistical
and operational data to con
sider in the granting process.
“We feel strongly that we can
present a ... compelling case
for our being allowed to start
sheltering again in our town,
in our county, to overcome
the inequity of having people
We feel strongly that we
can present a...
compelling case for our
being allowed to start
sheltering again in our
town, in our county, to
overcome the inequity of
having people offered
shelter in Brunswick.
— Ken Boden
Camden House
executive director
offered shelter in
Brunswick.”
In the interim, more than
a dozen residents and organ
izations have stepped up to
sponsor rooms at the shelter
facility, and other donations
have come in.
Four new employees have
been hired and are going
through training to join the
staff that have a combined 43
years of experience with
Camden House, Boden said.
“The quality of our staff
and services is just going to
be exquisite, excellent,” he
said. “... I have complete con
fidence in my staff. They
have been through this.
They understand it. They’re
practiced. They’re skilled.
They’re trained.”
Though the shelter is in
good condition, volunteers
and neighbors have pitched
in to help with plumbing and
electrical projects, lay new
carpet, install a jungle gym,
power wash and paint.
Lowe’s contributed both ma
terials and manpower.
“You only get one chance
to make a first impression
and, boy, it’s nice now,”
Boden said.
Operating 24/7 means
Camden House will face in-
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Vera and Heath Gilbert and their daughter, Viktoria, wel
comed Maximus Heath Gilbert, born New Year’s Day, as
Camden County’s first baby of 201 3.
Gilberts welcome
New Year’s baby
Vera and Heath Gilbert of
Kingsland welcomed the
newest addition to their fam
ily, Maximus Heath Gilbert,
on New Year’s Day.
Baby Maximus arrived at
9:57 a.m. at the Southeast
Georgia Health System
Camden Campus Maternity
Care Center in St. Marys as
Camden County’s first baby
of 2013.
Maximus weighed in at 6
pounds, 2 ounces and meas
ured 21 inches long. He was
delivered by Joanne Al-
tringer, a certified nurse
midwife practicing with
board-certified obstetri
cian/gynecologist Eva di
Lorenzo, M.D., at Camden
OB/GYN. Altringer, who
has been delivering babies at
Camden for 10 years, also
delivered the couple’s 2-year-
old daughter, Viktoria.
Mom was quite surprised
to celebrate the delivery of
little Maximus on New Year’s
Day since he was not due for
another three weeks. An
other cause for celebration
was the arrival of her grand
father, Nikolay Atrashkevich,
74, from Russia.
“He wanted to meet his
first great-grandson,” she
said, smiling.
Maximus’ early birth also
ensured his father would
have time to get to know him
before being deployed next
month.
Each year, more than 700
babies are born at the Cam
den Campus Maternity Care
Center. To welcome Max
imus, the health system pre
sented the parents with a gift
basket and baby care neces
sities from the hospital’s gift
shop.
The family also received a
newborn gift bag from the
March of Dimes, which pro
vided the bags to the first
baby born at hospitals across
the state of Georgia.
creases in the cost of utilities the shelter at (912) 882-7858. Boden said. haps a victim but has not yet
and other necessities, ergo Residents can also play in a “Keep Camden House on learned to deal with it, please
donations are welcome. golf tournament to benefit your mind,” he said. “Keep call. We can talk to you and
For more information the shelter on March 8 and us in your thoughts. If you you in turn can help that per-
about making a cash gift, call attend other fundraisers, know of someone who is per- son perhaps.”
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