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10 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Junior League Thrift Sale Raises
$133,418 for community projects
Tanya Milton, JLS Advisory Board; Sally Akins; Tanya McCormick; Tammy Ray, for
mer Junior League president.
The Junior League of
Savannah recently held its
61st Annual Thrift Sale, its
largest annual fundraiser to
support its community proj
ects. This year's event sur
passed the League's fundrais
ing records to date, bringing
in $133,418.
"We are thrilled with the
outcome from this year's
Thrift Sale," said Chairperson
Kris Edenfield. "Community
support for this year's event
was incredible and as a result,
the Junior League is poised to
contribute more funding than
ever to important projects that
assist women and families in
need throughout the low coun
try."
Over 200 people turned
out for the Preview Cocktail
Party and Auction, where fab
ulous items including an origi
nal painting by artist Kiril
Jeliazkov, a Tybee beach
house getaway and a $1,000
Belk shopping spree were
among the long list of excep
tional items donated by close
to one hundred local business
es to support the cause.
On the sale days, thrifty
shoppers lined up as early as 5
a.m. to be the first ones
through the door, racing to
grab bagfuls of incredible bar
gains including designer rugs,
furniture, baby clothes, crys
tal, china, housewares, toys
and more. This year's Thrift
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SCCPSS and AASU to Host the
2nd Annual District-Wide Future
Educators Association Fall Rally
On Wednesday,
November 19, 2008,
Savannah-Chatham County
Public School System and
Armstrong Atlantic State
University will host the 2nd
Annual District-Wide Future
Educators Association Fall
Rally. Student members of
the Future Educators
Association (FEA) from
local public high school and
middle school chapters will
assemble at the Armstrong
Atlantic State University
Conference Center at 9:30
a.m. to participate in work
shops and seminars relating
to educational careers, as
well as tour the college cam
pus.
Guest speakers include
Alderman Van Johnson, who
will motivate and inspire the
students, and Savannah-
Chatham Public School
Board Attorney Lester
Johnson, who will discuss
school law.
Also featured at this
year’s Fall Rally, FEA brings
to Savannah the award-win
ning Teen Trendsetters
Reading Mentors program.
Alderman Van Johnson
Seven local high school FEA
members have been named
among Georgia’s first Teen
Trendsetters and were recent
ly trained in Orlando to kick
off a mentor program
designed to get its members
active in helping others in
local schools. These seven
students will conduct a work
shop to train others to
become Teen Trendsetter
Reading Mentors. They will
then be paired with local
third graders struggling with
reading, for one-on-one
weekly sessions. The goals
for these FEA Teen
Trendsetter Reading Mentors
Attorney Lester Johnson
is to improve the basic read
ing skills of the younger stu
dents, to nurture the volun
teer spirit of the FEA organi
zation, and to provide educa
tional experiences for its
members.
FEA efforts are compli
mented by Savannah State
University, Savannah
Technical College, the
Professional Association of
Georgia Educators (PAGE),
Savannah Federation of
Teachers (SFT), Phi Delta
Kappa (PDK) and Chatham
Association of Educators
(CAE). For more informa
tion, please call 201-5000.
Statement to the Press
As many of you may
know the 2nd Annual Journey
to Wholeness Women's
Conference, “The Road to a
Better You” was scheduled for
Saturday, November 15, 2008
at the Savannah Civic Center.
Unfortunately, due to hospice
care of my mother, Mrs. Nettie
Alexander it is best to resched
ule the conference to next
year. Plans are now underway
to hold the conference during
Women's History Month in
March, 2009. We will inform
you of our new date for March
and our updated plans in the
Savannah Tribune very soon.
In the meantime, please know
that we appreciate your under
standing and your support as
the journey continues for my
beloved mother and for all of
us.
Linda Pringle-Evans
President & CEO
Journey to Wholeness, LLC
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