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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 I Wf JiJLD l.iKP Tff TIMJN'K iJT.L OF MV FK/tfNDS WHO vjsf'TfD frf'iD 0rif\fWLfIKiel> MV ItlYffl ft_LH£'SS. IhftNKS FO« VOJIH KfNEJNfSS WNU T] irf Htf ■ I (TFIf LLNt'SS. VVW OLL R LULLY MfJEH' MO FftL SPtffilL ilNfi LL^D. Lot* YOU OLL AuLo I'l'IJtR ttnv> JePT lTL>Ok See Junior League, page 16 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 oo publix.com/ads 9 Publix. WHERE SHOPPING IS / ^ PLEASURE.® 2®. 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