Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

10 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 4, 2009 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS Antioch Medical Announces Credentialing of Podiatric Assistants Maynard Jackson Youth Foundation & Morehouse Announce Partnership Members of the Maynard Jackson Youth Foundation Phyllis Youmans, Office Manager and Dr. Lillian Williams congratulate LaTraya Thomas, Heather Delgado, and Kristina Sturdivant. Lillian L. Williams, DPM, and Antioch Medical Associates, locat ed at 3840 Waters Avenue, announce the credentialing of three of their employees: Heather Delgado, Kristina Sturdivant, and LaTraya Thomas. These individuals have met all requirements set forth by the American Society of Podiatric Medical Assistants (ASPMA), the national accrediting body. Delgado, Sturdivant and Thomas are now clinically certified to assist Dr. Williams in pro viding foot care and med ical treatment. Podiatric Medicine is a branch of the medical sci ences concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the human foot, ankle, and their governing and related structures. A DPM specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of foot disor ders, diseases and injuries. The human foot is a com plex structure containing bones, muscles, nerves, lig aments and bold vessels and is designed for balance and mobility. Because the foot has such a highly significant interrelationship with the rest of the body, it may be the first area to show signs of serious conditions such as diabetes and heart dis ease-two diseases clearly documented as prevalent in the Savannah community. Antioch specializes in diabetic foot care. The Maynard Jackson Youth Foundation and Morehouse College have announced their partnership to mount a campaign to unite ethics and leadership and to train young people to become leaders with a conscience. Bound together through the legacy of the Atlanta’s first African American Mayor Maynard Jackson, a Morehouse alumnus, these two organizations recognize their mutual benefits in the fields of education, training, and leadership development. Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, executive director of the Leadership Center at Morehouse, and Brooke Jackson Edmond, CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of the Maynard Jackson Youth Foundation and Mayor Jackson’s daugh ter, have been catalysts for this partnership. “My father was a Morehouse man from his heart. He was dedicated to this institution as well as to the principals of ethical lead ership. The abiding desire to carry on his legacy led me to Dr. Fluker’s door a few months ago. Our vision for the MJYF is to edify funda mental values and life skills, encourage moral commit ments and develop the ability to engage in ethical reason ing.” “The forces of money, power, and technology are on a collision course with the fragile traditions of character, civility and community. This is dangerous territory,” says Dr. Fluker. “Who will train a new generation of coura geous, globally connected, ethically centered leaders. Enter the Leadership Center at Morehouse,” he added. The Maynard Jackson Youth Foundation, a Georgia non-profit organization, was founded by Mayor Maynard Jackson in 1992 to teach leadership skills to young people. John Holley, the foundation president and Valerie Jackson, Mayor Jackson’s widow and the Chair of the Board of the Foundation, have been responsible for many compo nents of the programs includ ing leadership training. In October, the MJYF Leadership Academy began its 18th Leadership Academy class of 11th grade high school students from Atlanta Public Schools and the first class from high schools locat ed in South Fulton County. Students are selected by their high school counselors to participate in the academy for one year. For more information please call 404-523-5744 or visit us on the web at www.mjyf.org Please submit all Copy by Friday, 4 p.m. j.J. Walker Minority- & Womcn-owned Businesses: Tn rvpistvr ur for mure Inform at tun an ccrljflCiiiiOtl, i."ni.wi tin; M/Wffi'i Oflici -ii |912| (iM-365J or email MW BECemflcJiirurt; i;aranruihtfd.gm , i the geographic boundaries of the Junior League of - Savannah, which includes Savannah, Bluffton, South Carolina Low Country and Brunswick. -The applicant organization must have in place a Board of Directors and audited finan cial statement or budget. -Applications will NOT be accepted for the following funding uses: fundraising, capital campaigns, individual requests, travel expenses, salaries, stipends, political activities or religious purpos es. The Junior League of Savannah is an organization of over 1000 women commit ted to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving com munities through the effec tive action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its pur pose is exclusively educa tional and charitable. For more information on the Junior League of Savannah, visit jrleaguesavannah.org www.jrleaguesavannah.org or call 912.790.1002. Junior League of Savannah Accepting Community Program Applications quality opportunities in order to thrive and to be contribut ing members of our commu nity. These opportunities should develop the whole person socially, emotionally, physically as well as academ ically. Organizations who apply must meet the follow ing requirements: -Have a commitment to vol untarism. -Community Programs awarded must be used within Certification Super Friday Nov. 13, 9 a.m. - 3p.m. Suvutmnh Entrepreneurial Center SOI E : ., Gwinnett Street (iron jrtHir bwilncu*4iegtiiet HiJiinind LfiUfl.-Jd i«ipi Super Friday nrnl bn*HnE ii L'^mfiq-d nr WrUllcil.Invricil PutJnCM Enutplm: fM /WlUi} wirli I hr < ;i I h Ilf .mn.ih Tlur Ciiy Siitaiicuih uwjuIk iikLMirm. Hit dckJlarh ill l'ijii.r;u:i h to M AVDE linns <_-very yw. CriiiDcjiiuii n-ill Ik rccjulrtij 1*5 SHim-fuu' a, .UI M/VRt! fltttt in Of) |wiamiuni jLiiviiiiM in M1G. <§>javamidfi Space is limited—mMg 1 The Junior League of Savannah is accepting Community Program Development and Community Assistance Fund applications through December 15, 2009. Applications are available at jrleaguesav.org www.jrleaguesav.org or by calling (912) 790-1002. Community Projects are organizations that partner with the Junior League of Savannah to receive funding and volunteers. Community Assistance Funds are grants awarded once a year in the spring. Partnerships and funding are available to all local 501 (C) (3) organiza tions within the League’s focus area of “Women and Children’s Advocacy.” The Junior League of Savannah believes that women and children deserve to be empowered through Attention: Chatham a Surrounding Counties O C. Wrica is only a short drive for J Saving. We will earn your business and Savi Y<>i\ in the process WELCH HWY 278 HARDEEVILLE, SC www.goseeocfonl.coin 843-2 88-02 OS