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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 5, 2008
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Savannah State Students to Benefit
from Endowed Scholarship
Park Place Receives Historic Savannah
Foundation Preservation Award
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Kirbo of the Kirbo
Charitable Trust are shown
above giving Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Conyers a
$100,000.00 commitment
for scholarships at
Savannah State University.
This generous gift is given to
honor the Conyers' 60th
Class Reunion Celebration as
graduates of Georgia State
College. (Now Savannah
State University) This is a
grant TO BE MATCHED.
When matched by Alumni
and others, this gift will cre
ate a $200,000.00 Endowed
Scholarship for students at
Savannah State University.
Mr. and Mrs. Conyers
have devoted more than 110
years to the education of
youth in Decatur County.
Mrs. Conyers retired after
39+ years of teaching but she
remains very active in the
community. She serves as
GED Examiner, a member of
the Hospital Auxiliary,
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President of the Decatur
County Retired Educators
Association, and Coordinator
of Alumni Affairs for Decatur
County Chapter of SSU
Alumni Association.
Mr. Conyers continues
to serve in the Decatur
County School System as
Attendance Support
Personnel. He is active in the
Bainbridge Rotary Club,
American Legion Post 502,
Habitat for Humanity,
Bainbridge Chamber of
Commerce, Kettle Captain
for the Salvation Army and a
member of the Bainbridge
City Council. Savannah
State University honored him
in 1978 as Alumnus of the
Year. He was inducted into
See Scholarship, page 3
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Park Place Outreach,
Inc. is proud to announce it
has received a Historic
Savannah Foundation
Preservation Award. The
non-profit was chosen
because it's new $1.7 million
facility serves as a good
example of adaptive reuse,
as they found a building that
was close to demolition sta
tus and transformed it into a
fully functional LEED certi
fied building.
Park Place officials
accepted the "Preservation"
award on October 30th at the
Foundation's annual meeting
at the SCAD Student Center
in Savannah.
There are 25 other busi
nesses, which have been
chosen for this award, out of
approximately 50 who sent
in applications for considera
tion. The annual awards cer
emony has been taking place
since 1966.
The Historic Savannah
Foundation is a non-profit,
Melissa K. Bouchillon
Park Place Outreach
New Board Member
non-governmental preserva
tion organization. It saves
endangered buildings from
demolition with a revolving
fund; protects Savannah's
historic city plan; educates
the public in preservation
principles and techniques,
and enhances the livability
of Savannah's historic dis
tricts though these efforts.
Park Place provides
emergency shelter and street
outreach for adolescents
ages 11 through 17 and their
families. It is the only
agency located within
Chatham County that serves
youth at no charge who are
accepted without a referral to
receive help. Park Place
opened in 1984. There are
approximately 15-30 youth
residents served each month.
For more information on
Park Place, call (912) 234-
4048 or visit www.park-
placeyes.org
Park Place Outreach,
Inc. has also announced it
has a new board member,
Melissa K. Bouchillon, a
Financial Advisor for Merrill
Lynch. Melissa has worked
there for 4 years and is
looking forward to serving
Park Place Outreach.
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Children’s Choir to hold innovative
Song Dedication Auction on Ebay
FREE TUTORING
Each year the Savannah
Children's Choir has hosted a
reception and silent auction
to auction off the "naming
rights" — the opportunity to
purchase a song dedication -
- for all the songs featured at
the Annual Holiday Concert,
held this year on December 7
at 3 p.m. at the Lucas
Theater.
This year, using Ebay's
technology, the Choir is
opening up their Song
Dedication Auction to the
world!
Starting on November
10th and ending on
November 20th, the opportu
nity to purchase a dedication
for each piece featured in the
SCC Annual Holiday
Concert will be up for auc
tion at www.Ebay.com
<http://www.Ebay.com> .
The winning dedica
tions will be printed in the
program, and announced
during the concert. This is a
fantastic gift for loved ones
or for the person that has
everything.
"While our auctions
have been very successful in
the past, this year we're put
ting an additional load on our
parents and volunteers due to
the fundraising we're under
taking for our 2009 trips to
England and Chattanooga,"
comments co-founder and
managing director Cliffy
Sullivan. "By using Ebay,
we're keeping the sense of
competitive fun in the auc
tion, opening it up to a much
larger community, and not
overburdening our volun
teers."
"Cuffy is very techno
logically creative, and as we
were looking at a busy year
of fundraising and events,
she mentioned this idea,"
comments co-founder and
artistic director Roger Moss.
"I thought it was extremely
innovative, easy to set up and
manage, and a great way to
expand the audience for the
popular song dedication fea
ture of our Annual Holiday
Concert."
To bid on your song
dedication and support the
Savannah Children's Choir,
go to Ebay
<http://www.ebay.com/>
November 10th to 20th and
search "Savannah Children's
Choir". Or, go to the SCC
website, www.savannah-
choir.org <http://www.savan-
nahchoir.org> and click on
the links.
Reading, Writing, and
Arithmetic Tutorial Service
has been approved by the
Georgia Department of Education to offer
for qualified students at Bartlett, Hubert
and Myers, (bus transportation provided
at select locations).
Our staff consists of certified teachers,
paraprofessionals, and others.
Sign up dates are limited.
Contact your child’s
school or call Audrey
Ketchup at
912-484-3942
web: readwritearith.com
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Discounted rates for groups of 25 or more,
please contact the sales department for details.
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EOA
Accepting
Applications
With the beginning of
winter, the Department of
Human Resources (DHR)
began providing heating
assistance for low-income
Georgians through the Low-
income Home Energy
Assistance Program
(LIHEAP).
November 3 to
November 30, 2008, the
homebound and elderly
(65+) may apply for assis
tance at BOA-Economic
Opportunity Authority for
Savannah/Chatham Area,
See EOA, page 17