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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 5
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Ebony and Jet Magazines Are in
Financial Trouble and Looking
for Buyers
John H. Johnson, Founder of
Jet and Ebony Magazines
(Taylor Media Services)
The rumors which had
circulated for months were
pretty much confirmed last
week, the nation’s premier
Black-oriented publications -
Ebony and Jet magazines -
are in severe financial trou
ble
and owner Johnson
Publishing Company is look
ing for investors or buyers in
order to stay afloat.
Newsweek magazine
broke the story reporting that
company CEO Linda
Johnson Rice had already
approached media giants
Time, Inc. and Viacom to
invest in or even buy the
troubled firm.
Then the financial giant
Crain’s issued a report show
ing that revenue at Johnson
Publishing Company fell by
a whopping 28 percent last
year.
Time, Inc. already owns
the Black women’s magazine
Essence and Viacom owns
Black Entertainment
Television (BET).
Last May Johnson
Publishing mortgaged its
Chicago-based headquarters
building in order to raise
funds.
The company has been
Black-controlled since its
founding by John H. Johnson
in 1945. However, sale to a
mainstream company would
almost assuredly end Black
control but the Black-orien
tation would probably con
tinue.
The company’s problems
appear to flow from two
sources: Declining reader-
ship as African Americans
turn to competing media
sources and a decline in rev
enue as major firms have cut
back on advertising during
the current recession.
New Non-Profit Organization Joins in
Plight to End Homelessness
in Savannah
Divine Rest is a non
profit 501 (c) 3 organization
with a mission to assist
homeless women in
Savannah by providing a
shelter for them, education,
and healing through God's
word with hopes of helping
them become productive,
contributing members of
society.
Divine Rest is raising
money with a large goal to
not only rent or buy a build
ing to house the women, but
to give them the everyday
supplies we all use....tooth
paste, brushes, face wash,
soap, deodorant, etc.
They have initiated
what they call a “Bag of
Love” Campaign in which
the above personal items will
be included in the bags.
Donations from the general
public are needed to fill these
bags! Yes, that means we
need you!
In addition, Divine Rest
is doing what they can to
help the women by collect
ing used blankets, coats and
other winter items to distrib
ute to homeless women
throughout the upcoming
cold months. If you would
like to make a monetary
donation, you can go to their
web site at
www.divinerest.org and do
so through Pay Pal.
If you have items for
the Bag of Love campaign or
blankets or coats you wish to
donate, please contact the
founder, Georgette Jackson
at (912) 441-5564, for fur
ther information.
We will come to you
and pick up anything you are
able to donate. No donation
is too small!
Show some love by
helping Divine Rest get a
step closer to reaching their
goal!
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Georgia’s Own Credit Union Awards
$15,000 in Scholarships
In today's economy,
many organizations are scal
ing back when it comes phil
anthropic giving and commu
nity programming. Such
however is not the case for
one local credit union.
For a number of years,
Georgia's Own Credit Union,
one of the oldest and most
trusted financial institutions
in the state, has awarded
$10,000 in scholarships.
Today, the $1.4 billion,
not-for-profit cooperative
announced the recipients of
its $15,000 in scholarships.
“As a strong corporate
citizen, we feel it is our
responsibility to provide
additional assistance and
opportunities during econom
ically troubling times. While
the scholarship is one way we
are helping our members
weather the current economic
storm, we work everyday,
during good and bad times in
our state, to ensure that our
members are able to make the
most of their money,” said
Charlotte S. Ayers, President
& CEO of Georgia's Own
Credit Union.
A total of eight scholar
ships were awarded; $5,000,
$3,000, $2,000 and 5, $1,000
allocations.
The 2009 winners are
Michael Dawes of Johns
Creeks, Alexandria Blevins
of Sandy Springs, Elizabeth
Darr of Alpharetta, Jennifer
Hardin of Marietta, Grayson
Baum of Sugar Hill,
Benjamin Hilley of Marietta,
Mackenzie Smith of Power
VISIT OR CALL
OUR OFFICE FOR DETAILS
1805 M. L. King, Jr. Blvd.
Savannah, GA
912-236-7563
RENTALS AVAILABLE
411 W. 34 th St. (2 Bedrooms) $485
409 W. 33 ri ' St. (3 Bedrooms) $550
515 Wi 33 rd St. (3 Bedrooms) $550
508 W. 33 rd St. (3 Bedrooms) $550
520 W. 33 rtl St. (3 Bedrooms) $550
520 W. 34 th St. (3 Bedrooms) $550
415 W. 33 ,d St. (3 Bedrooms)........,... $550
410 W. 34 ,h St. <3 Bedrooms) $550
518 W. 34* h St. <3 Bedrooms) $550
402 W. 33 ,d St. (2 bedrooms) $485
421 W. 34 th St. (2 Bedrooms) $485
129 Mtllen St. (2 Bedrooms) $400
27 1/2 Wright St. (2 Bedrooms) $350
105 Wright St. (2 Bedrooms) $400
605 W Anderson St. (2 Bedrooms)*,. $525
1418 Church St. (3 Bedrooms) $650
Springs, and Cara-Joy Wong
of Atlanta respectively.
The recipients were
selected by a panel of com
munity leaders, including Joe
Chandler with AT&T,
Debbie Denechaud with
WSB, Leisa Rowe with
Q100, Walt Phelps with
Jezebel Magazine and
Kristin Davis with Junior
Achievement of Georgia.
Georgia's Own Credit
Union's scholarship program
is part of its larger initiative
for teens and young adults
i[x]ga.
According to Ayers,
i[x]ga is truly next genera
tion finances.
The “'i” in i[x]ga repre
sents individuality, while the
“x” stands for the unknown
variable- that part of life that
is out there for the individual
to define for his or herself.”
To learn more about the
i[x ga program visit doy-
ouix.com or
georgiasown.org.
Georgia's Own Credit
Union is a full service, not-
for-profit financial institution
founded in 1934.
With more than
140,000 members and $1.4
billion in assets, Georgia's
Own is one of the strongest,
largest and most trusted
financial institutions in the
state.
In addition to the near
400 sponsor groups served
by Georgia's Own, residents
of Cherokee, Chatham,
Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton,
Gwinnett, Hall, Richmond
and Rockdale counties are
parts of the credit union's
field of membership.
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