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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 15, 2008 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS Savannah Children's Choir kicks off Fundraising Campaign L to R Front row: Magic Mark (Campaign Chair), Rachel Robinson (SCC), Cameron Sowers (SCC), Leila Sullivan (SCPC), Mimps Bowers (FCB). Back row: Matthew Quintana (SCC), Roger Moss (SCC Artistic Director), and Michael Viers (FCB President). On Tuesday, October 7, the Savannah Children's Choir kicked off their fundraising effort for their Spring 2009 concert tours with an event at First Chatham Bank. The Savannah Children's Choir has been invited to England to partici pate in the Somerset International Youth Festival in July, 2009, and the Savannah Children's Preparatory Choir is planning a regional tour to Chattanooga, TN in May, 2009. Magic Mark, Campaign Chair, and choir members were on hand to open an account. Thanks to a partner ship with First Chatham, the public can donate funds at any one of the seven First Chatham Bank locations. The SCC is a not-for-profit organ ization, and donations are tax deductible to the full extend of the law. Other fundraising efforts planned include a playbill- styled program book that will be distributed at each concert of the 2008/2009 choir season — as well as on tour in Chattanooga and England, a raffle, a Savannah Children's Choir Day at Bames & Noble Bookstore, and more. As Savannah's only community children's choir, the organization has a mission of uniting Savannah's chil dren through the power of song. Children must maintain a "B" or better average in their school work to continue with the choir, and free tutoring is provided by community members to children needing extra help. The choir currently has two performances planned for the fall season; a Gospel Branch at Telfair's Jepson Center on Sunday, November 23 and their annual Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 p.m. at the Lucas Theater. For more information, go to www.savannahchoir.org Tree Checking ‘Great CD Rates ‘All Tines of leans *4 'fHltHL'l Out 1 or Our E m.nit iul Sfcl-ticrs Spvdalivt’i Ffw I JoUiiN arver smim )FDiC www.canerstatedank.cem t=T (hill nsumit LENDER City launches Eastside Documentation Project Uncovering the history of East Savannah, Hillcrest, Pine Gardens, Savannah Gardens and Twickenham neighborhoods The City of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs announced the launch of the Eastside Documentation Project (EDP), which began in October. Part of the City’s “Documentation Projects,” this research initiative will record the events, the people, and the places that shaped the Twickenham, Hillcrest, Savannah Gardens, East Savannah and Pine Gardens neighborhoods. The City invites residents, both past and current, to share their documents, their recollec tions and their photographs of these neighborhoods dur ing the research phase. Started in 2003, “Documentation Projects” are produced by the City’s More than 50 individuals contributed to the completion of the exhaustive Westside Documentation Project. The City seeks interested individuals to help launch a similar endeavor in the Eastside Documentation Project. Department of Cultural minate in 2010 with a written, Affairs (DCA). They involve visually intensive publica- various public and private tion, an online exhibition and partners and represent a long- a series of public programs term effort to develop a criti- exploring the five eastside cally researched history of neighborhoods. Savannah’s neighborhoods. Ultimately, the EDP will cul- See Project, page 3 “The Skin We Are In:” at Indigo Sky Community Gallery Indigo Sky Community Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition “The Skin We Are In” showcasing works by students in Ms. Valerie Walker's art class at Gadsden Elementary School along with works by artists Asa Chibas and Jerome Meadows. The students, working with Asa Chibas and Jerome Meadows, par ticipated in a hands-on work shop dealing with issues of personal and collective iden tity. Through the use of pho tography, portrait painting, skin tone analysis and mixed media collages, the students were encouraged to investi gate ways in which to artisti cally convey how they are perceived by others as well as themselves. This exhibition is part of the city wide programs running in conjunction with the Freedom's March exhibi tion currently at the Jepson. The exhibition at Indigo Sky will be on view from October 16th - October 26th, 2008, with an opening reception on Saturday, October 18th from 1 -4pm. Smart Wound Care Can Be As Easy As Breathing In and Out Now there is new hope for non healing wounds. Many people suffer from problem wounds caused by diabetes, circu latory problems, radiation damage, surgical complications and many other conditions. 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