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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 4, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Hungry Club Forum to examine
Community Healthcare
Dr. Phillip Cooper
The Hungry Club
Forum of Savannah, Inc.
(HCFS) will hear from a
study group on
Community-wide
Healthcare and Well-Being
at its regular first-Saturday
breakfast forum
on March 7, 2009, in the
Annex of the May Street
YMCA, 9:30 am.
Local dentist and
author Dr. Philip W.
Cooper, Jr. is chairing the
group who are exploring
Covenant I of
Tavis Smiley's The
Covenant With Black
America and
presenting a proposed plan
on improving healthcare
and well-being in the local
area. Cooper penned the
book, Why? African
American Black Children
Can’t Read.
Co-chairs are health
information specialist
Gwendolyn Glover, Leon
Burton, Executive Director
of the Curtis V. Cooper
Primary Healthcare Center
(CVCPHC) and nurse prac
titioner Carolyn Eiland
also with the CVCPHC.
Other members
include Chatham County
Commission Chairman
Pete Liakakis, community
visionary Howard J.
Morrison, Jr., social worker
Mesha Currie Brown and
Kathryn Martin, adminis
trator of the Southeast
Regional Campus of the
Medical College of
Georgia at St. Joseph's/
Candler Health Systems.
E-mail Dr. Cooper at
smilesaremeaningfull@ya
hoo.com. For more infor
mation or to attend the
HCFS call Julia Wright at
233-0855 or Diana Harvey
Johnson at 927-8425.
Local Cemetery Needs Volunteers
Families and friends for
Evergreen Cemetery are request
ing the assistance of volunteers
for the improvement, clean-up
and maintenance of Evergreen
Cemetery.
The next meeting is sched
uled for Thursday, March 19,
2009,6:00pm at the Liberty City
Community Center located on
Mills B. Lane Blvd.
Regular Meetings will be
held every 3rd Thursday of the
month. The first volunteer
cleanup will be held on April 11,
2009 from 10:00am to 2pm.
For more information and
to volunteer, contact: Dr. Becky
Gaston-Dawson/(912) 233-5895
Rev. Augustus Johnson (912)
398-5409 Mr. James Council
(912) 691-0406 Mrs. Brenda
Price (912) 656-2021.
Savannah Jewish Film Festival Continues
through March 8
Junior League
Accepting Applications
The Junior League of
Savannah is now accepting
applications for 2009 Kids
Who Care scholarships.
Scholarships are award
ed each spring and consist of
five $1000 scholarships
awarded to high school sen
iors from Chatham, Bryan,
Effingham, Bulloch, Jasper,
Liberty, Glynn, and Beaufort
(SC) counties who have
demonstrated a strong com
mitment to vohmteerism and
outstanding community
involvement.
These scholarships rep
resent a $5,000 annual com
mitment by the League to the
future generation. Eligible
students will have made a
positive difference in the
lives of others by volunteer
ing. Scholarships are not
based on academic or athlet
ic ability.
The Junior League of
Savannah would like you to
help us identify these Kids
Who Care by nominating
high school seniors that have
been active volunteers.
Nominations may be made
by anyone - principals, coun
selors, students, community
groups and individuals, as
well as self-nomination by
the student.
Deadline for applica
tions is March 13, 2009. All
applicants will be notified in
writing of the selection com
mittee’s decision.
Applications are available
online at www.jrleaguesa-
vannah.org
http://www.jrleaguesavan-
nah.org/ under community
impact/applications, or by
calling the Jr. League of
Savannah at 912.790.1002.
Mayor to lead Bicycle Convoy
Residents commuting
downtown are encouraged to
leave their cars at home this
Friday, celebrate the (hope
ful) end of wintry weather,
and join Mayor Otis Johnson
and other Savannah leaders
for the first in a monthly
series of First Friday Dump
the Pump Bicycle Convoys.
The Bicycle Convoy
leaves at 8 a.m. Friday,
March 6, from two locations
— the Habersham Village
parking lot (Habersham and
61st streets) and Baldwin
Park (Atlantic and 41st
streets) — and joins together
at Habersham and 41st for
the ride downtown.
The Convoy heads
north on Lincoln Street and
finishes at Davant Park, on
the south end of Colonial
Cemetery, with free coffee
and eats provided by Jittery
Joe's.
The ride will be led by
experienced bicycle com
muters from the Savannah
Bicycle Campaign. Rain
date will be the following
Friday.
Dump the Pump is a
series of events intended to
raise awareness about the
benefits of using alternative
modes of transportation such
as bicycling, walking, car
pooling and mass transit. It
is sponsored by the City of
Savannah, the Savannah
Bicycle Campaign, the
Savannah Development and
Renewal Authority, Coastal
Commuters, Chatham Area
Transit, and the Pedestrian
Advocates of the Coastal
Empire.
Area residents can
learn more about local trans
portation options at
www.savannahtransit.com
o r
www.bicyclecampaign.org,
or find carpool partners at
www.coastalcommuters.org.
Featuring a variety of
films sure to appeal to all
types of audiences, the Joan
and Murray Gefen
Memorial Savannah Jewish
Film Festival began on
February 25th and contin
ues through March 8th,
2009, at four venues
throughout the city.
The Festival is a proj
ect of the Savannah Jewish
Federation and the Jewish
Educational Alliance and
this year's Festival is also
supported with funding pro
vided by the City of
Savannah.
The Joan and Murray
Gefen Memorial Jewish
Film Festival was estab
lished in 2003 to honor the
memory of the Gefens,
long-time residents of
Savannah who were killed
ten years ago in a tragic
auto accident. Additional
support is being provided
by Festival corporate and
individual sponsors; for
information on sponsor
ships, please contact Lynn
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Full Festival Passes
are on sale at the Jewish
Educational Alliance, 5111
Abercorn St. or on online at
www.savj.org. Passes are
$50 each for JEA members;
$65 each for non-members.
Tickets for individual
screenings may be pur
chased at the venue prior to
each show; prices are $7
each for JEA members, sen
iors (65 and older) and stu
dents; $9 each all others.
Coastal Harbor To
Open House
Host
Deadline
Friday
4 PM
Coastal Harbor Health
System will celebrate the
opening of its 50-bed
adult inpatient psychiatric
hospital with an open
house and ribbon cutting
ceremony on Thursday,
March 5 at 2:00 P.M. The
dedication of the new hos
pital will take place at
2:30 at 633 Stephenson
Avenue, Savannah,
Georgia. Participants
include Coastal Harbor
Health System CEO Ray
Heckerman,
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Behavioral
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National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill NAMI of
Savannah, and invited
guests. The keynote
speaker is Chatham
County Commissioner
Pete Liakakis. Self-guid
ed tours of the facility,
food and live musical
entertainment will be
available. “ The comple
tion of the Coastal
Behavioral Health
Campus accomplishes
our long-range goal of
not only being able to
serve the elderly, but
once again meeting the
needs of adult patients
who need crisis stabiliza
tion,” said Ray
Heckerman, CEO of
Coastal Harbor Health
System. “We are
extremely proud of our
achievement and believe
we will better serve the
Coastal Georgia region.”
The new hospital is an
extended campus of the
child and adolescent
facility. Coastal Harbor
Treatment Center. The
Coastal Harbor Treatment
Center Campus is a 132-
bed psychiatric facility
that offers high quality,
affordable treatment for
male and female children
ages 4-17.
The Coastal Behavioral
Health Campus is a 50-
bed inpatient psychiatric
hospital that is divided
into two service areas so
that the treatment team
can meet the needs of the
patient. Twenty-five of
the 50 beds will serve the
elderly and the other 25
beds will meet the needs
of the general adult popu
lation. The hospital is
equipped to perform a
medically supervised
detoxification upon
admission. Our treatment
team consists of four
board certified psychi
atric physicians, nurses
skilled in psychiatric ill
ness, therapists and a cer
tified addictions coun
selor. All of these profes
sionals have the expertise
to give patients and their
families the compassion
and care they deserve.
The National Institute of
Mental Health estimates
that one in four adults
suffer from a diagnosable
mental illness in a given
year. Coastal Harbor
Health System knew
there was a need for the
reopening of an adult
program in Savannah
with the addition of a
geriatric program.
Coastal Harbor Health
System treats children,
adolescents, adults and
geriatric patients on our
two campuses located at
Coastal Harbor Treatment
Center, 1150 Cornell
Avenue, Savannah, GA
and Coastal Behavioral
Health, 633 Stephenson
Avenue, Savannah, GA.
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