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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Hunter Spotlighted in Who’s Who in
Black Detroit
Harry Hunter, Jr., a
Savannah native, was
recently featured in the
third edition of the Who’s
Who in Black Detroit.
Hunter is director of
the State of Michigan's
Office of the State
Employer/Employee
Service Program.
In this position, he
serves as the ad ministra-
tor for planning, organiz
ing and managing the
employee assistance and
traumatic incident stress
management services for
Michigan employees. The
State of Michigan has a
workforce of approximate
ly 55,000 employees.
For 20 years, Hunter
served on the board of
directors for the National
Council on Alcoholism
Harry Hunter, Jr.
and Drug Dependence -
Greater Detroit Area.
In recognition of
exceptional achievement,
outstanding leadership and
dedication to improving
the quality of life, he
received the Spirit of
Detroit Award from the
Detroit City Council.
Harry received a
Master of Social Work
degree from the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
and a Master of Business
Administration degree
from Lawrence
Technological University
in Southfield, Michigan.
He is a certified peer
reviewer for the EAP
Accreditation Program
with the Council on
Accreditation in New
York.
He is also a licensed
master social worker in the
state of Michigan. Hunter
lives in downtown Detroit
where he has resided for
the past 31 years.
Hunter is the son of
Mr. Harry, Sr. and Mrs.
Mary Hunter who still
reside in Savannah.
State labor department’s 15th annual
job fair to be televised statewide
The Georgia
Department of Labor’s
15th annual televised job
fair will be carried
statewide on Georgia
Public Broadcasting
(GPB) Sunday, May 17,
from 2-4 p.m.
The live broadcast,
entitled Job Fair 2009 -
Preparing For Recovery,
will originate from
Atlanta, Albany, and
Macon. The broadcast
will be simulcast over
WALB-TV Channel 10 in
Albany and WMAZ-TV
Channel 13 in Macon.
The Macon-
Middle Georgia Career
Expo and Job Fair, co
sponsored by the labor
department and WMAZ-
TV, will be featured
throughout the statewide
broadcast. The Expo and
Job fair will be held from
1-5 p.m. at the Macon
Centreplex.
Job Fair 2009 will
provide extensive infor
mation about community
resources available to
assist the thousands of
workers who’ve lost jobs
from layoffs and business
closings, as well as the
labor department’s role in
helping them find new
jobs and careers.
Teya Ryan, GPB president
and executive director,
said, "Every corner of
Georgia has been affected
by the employment chal
lenges this year, so we are
proud once again to part
ner with the Department
of Labor for our televi
sion, radio and web com
munities. Our mission is
to produce programs that
educate and inform and
we're confident that Job
Fair 2009 will provide
Georgians with valuable
tools to succeed in this
challenging economic cli
mate."
The GDOL will have
160 experts available to
answer questions from
viewers across the state
who may wish to call in
during the job fair.
Viewers may also ask
questions and receive
immediate answers via the
Internet.
Job Fair 2009 will be
Webcast, which will allow
people to watch via the
Internet. To watch the
Web cast, or ask ques
tions, visit the labor
department’s Web site at
www.dol.state.ga.us.
Job Fair 2009 will
be hosted from Atlanta
by Carla Heath-Sands of
WALB-TV, from Albany
by Dawn Hobby and Ben
Roberts of WALB-TV,
and from Macon by
Frank Malloy and Lorra
Lynch of WMAZ-TV.
Two days prior to
Job Fair 2009, on Friday,
May 15, from 3-4 p.m.,
Commissioner Thurmond
and staff from the labor
department will partici
pate in Jobs in Georgia:
A Special Call-in over
GPB Radio and simulcast
over WCLK-FM 91.9 in
Atlanta.
The program will be
hosted by GPB Radio’s
Rickey Bevington.
Listeners will be
able to call during the
program to ask about the
current state of the job
market and the wide vari
ety of career resources
provided by the labor
department.
Bike to Work Day to be held May 15
The monthly Dump the
Pump Bicycle Commute will
be held on Friday, May 15, to
coincide with National Bike to
Work Day. City of
Savannah leaders will join resi
dents and members of the
Savannah Bicycle Campaign
for the event, which will be fol
lowed by a news conference
detailing results of the City's
Bicycle Friendly Community
application.
The convoy will depart at
8 a.m. from two locations — the
Habersham Village Shopping
Center (Habersham and 61st
streets) and Baldwin Park
(Atlantic and 41st streets) —
joining together at Habersham
and 41 st for the ride downtown.
The convoy heads north
on the Lincoln Street Bicycle
Lane and finishes at Davant
Park, on the south end of
Colonial Cemetery, with free
coffee and eats provided by
Jittery Joe's.
City leaders and members of
the Bicycle Campaign will then
outline key findings of a study
that explored Savannah's bicy
cling infrastructure and behav
iors.
The bicycle commute will
be led by experienced riders
from the Savannah Bicycle
Campaign.
The public is invited to
join in the convoy, or commute
via bicycle on their own.
National Bike to Work
Day is an annual event intended
to encourage commuters to
leave their cars at home for the
day and try bicycling to work
instead. Doing so saves gas and
parking costs, cuts down on
traffic and parking congestion,
helps reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, and promotes good
health.
The event is part of
Savannah's Dump the Pump
series, sponsored by the
Savannah Bicycle Campaign,
the City of Savannah, the
Savannah Development and
Renewal Authority, Coastal
Commuters, Chatham Area
Transit, and the Pedestrian
Advocates of the Coastal
Empire.
For more information,
contact the Public Information
Office at 651-6410.
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Second Harvest
Continues Summer
Feeding
America’s Second
Harvest of Coastal Georgia
has been a leader with child
hood hunger initiatives since
it established Kids Cafe in
1989.
Summer feeding is
essential for relieving child
hood hunger for children at-
risk for hunger since they no
longer have access to free or
reduced-price school lunch
es.
Second Harvest is
pleased to announce the
sponsorship of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
funded Summer Food
Service Program.
Meals will be available
to children enrolled in sum
mer programs at locations
listed below.
Meals will be provided
at no charge to children and
without regard to race, color,
national origin, sex, age or
disability.
Locations for Chatham
County Summer Feeding
Programs are: DeRenne
Middle School 1009 Clinch
Street, Savannah Kayton
Homes Boys and Girls Club
624 West Gwinnett Street,
Savannah Mercer Middle
School 201 Rommel
Avenue, Garden City
Midtown Community Center
621 East 35th Street,
Savannah Saint Pius Family
Resource Center 705 East
Anderson, Savannah
Savannah Baptist Center
700 Wheaton Street,
Savannah Saint James AME
Church 632 East Broad
Street, Savannah
Location for Bulloch
County Summer Feeding
Program
Bulloch Boys and Girls
Club 515 Denmark Street,
Statesboro.
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