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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 7
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Local Business Continues to Support
The Community
Mama’s Furniture of
Beaufort and Savannah has
been proudly supporting
area churches and the
Military USO for many
years.
When a purchase is
made at either one of their
stores, a donation is made in
the customers name to their
church, or to the Military
USO.
At the end of 2009, we
had contributed $6,000 in
support of our troops.
Mama’s and her
employees are proud of the
total amount of their dona
tions to both our churches
and the USO which has now
exceeded $45,053.
Left to Right: USO Volunteer Jack Young, Store
Manager Brent Kallaher, and USO Volunteer
Susan Sauer
Black Denominations Announce Plans
To Help Black Males
Shown are (1 to r): Bishop Warren M. Brown (AME Zion), Bishop George Walker (AME Zion),
Bishop John R. Bryant (AME), Rev. Paul L. Brown, Sr. (CME) and Rev. Staccato Powell (AME
Zion). (Photo by Jason Miccolo Johnson)
The heads of the
nation's three largest Black
Methodist Church denomi
nations, with a combined
membership of more than 5
million people, came togeth
er today and announced at a
press conference at the
National Press Club that they
were forming a historic
coalition to address the
plight of Black men in this
country. They also
announced plans to hold a
major strategy summit and
initiative introduction in
Columbia, S.C., March 1-3,
2010.
Titled the “Great
Gathering,” that summit will
include the leaders of the
Black Methodist Churches —
African Methodist Episcopal
(AME), African Methodist
Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) and
Christian Methodist
Episcopal (CME). The goal
at the Great Gathering is to
seek to alter the troubling
history of African American
males by identifying, devel
oping and implementing uni
fied solutions for the key
issues that are devastating
the African American family
and community.
Explaining the decision
to join together, AMEZ
Senior Bishop George W.C.
Walker said: “We can do
more together than we can
do apart.”
The “Great Gathering”
in Columbia, S.C., will bring
together the senior bishops
of each denomination, politi
cians, church leaders, civic
leaders, educators and con
gregants from across the
country to combat the myri
ad problems facing African
American males, ages 12-25.
“We can't look for govern
ment to do it,” said CME
representative Rev. Dr. Paul
Brown. “We're going to
have to do it.”
AME Senior Bishop
John R. Bryant said three
denominations can focus as a
collective to address painful
issues, such as Black men
missing from Black commu
nity life. Bishop Bryant stat
ed that when Black men are
missing, “that weakens the
family, our children the
church and our men.”
Details of the program
to help Black males were
unveiled March 3 at the
“Great Gathering.”
United Way Accepting Nominations for
Volunteer Awards
Do you know an out
standing volunteer who you
would like to see honored for
their service to our communi
ty? United Way of the
Coastal Empire's Hands On
Savannah is now accepting
nominations for the 2010
Volunteer Recognition
Awards, a program which
honors extraordinary volun
teer work in Bryan, Chatham,
Effingham and Liberty coun
ties.
“Volunteerism plays a
key role in building our com
munity,” said Shirley
Sessions, director of United
Way's Hands On Savannah.
“The Volunteer Recognition
Awards provides a great
opportunity for us to pay trib
ute to the extraordinary vol
unteer efforts of individuals
who dedicate their personal
time, talent and energy to the
causes that mean the most to
them.”
Volunteer Recognition
Awards will be given in each
of the following categories:
Adult Individual, Youth
Individual (18 years or
younger), Adult Group (three
or more volunteers) and
Youth Group (three or more
volunteers 18 years or
younger). A panel of commu
nity leaders will select a win
ner and a finalist in each of
these four categories. A $500
scholarship grant will be pre
sented to the Youth Individual
winner, and a $250 scholar
ship grant will be presented to
the Youth Individual finalist.
The Herschel V. Jenkins
Volunteer of the Year Award,
honoring the late Herschel V.
Jenkins, a visionary and a
community building volun
teer who believed in the work
of the United Way and the
importance of giving back to
the community, will be select
ed from winners in those four
categories. The winner's non
profit program will be award
ed $1,000 in honor of the
winner.
Additionally, United
Way's Hands On Savannah
will present The Anne Moy
Education Award to an indi
vidual or group for outstand
ing dedication and service in
the field of education. The
award is dedicated in memory
of the late Anne Moy, a
retired educator and a dedi
cated United Way volunteer.
The results will be
announced at the Volunteer
Recognition Awards
Luncheon, which will be held
on Wednesday, April 28,2010
at 11:45 a.m. at Savannah
Station.
To nominate an individ
ual or a group for Volunteer
Recognition Award, visit
www.handsonsavannah.org
and download a nomination
form. The nomination dead
line is March 15, 2010. For
further information, please
contact Shirley Sessions at
912.651.7726 or email sses-
sions@uwce.org.
Riley Selected to Represent
Morehouse College in Europe
During 2010 Spring Tour
Herman L. Riley, III
The Morehouse College
Division of Business
Administration and Economics
is proud to announce its 2010
Annual Spring Tour.
Eighteen of the
College's best students, accom
panied by seven faculty and
staff members, will travel to
London, England, Edinburgh,
Scotland, and Dublin, Ireland
from March 4,2010-March 12,
2010.
Among the students will be
Herman Riley, III, a Savannah
native, and Senior at the
College.
Students will have the
opportunity to interact with
senior level management of
major international corpora
tions, such as Google and
Goldman Sachs, and to exam
ine their domestic and foreign
operations.
Selecting students from a pool
of highly qualified candidates
was a difficult process for the
selection committee. After
being nominated by faculty
members, the students wrote
research papers describing the
British Isles economies and
their reaction to the “Great
Recession”.
From this pool of quali
fied students, selection was
based on grade point average,
scholastic honor, distinction,
and extracurricular involve
ment.
The eighteen students
who were ultimately chosen are
only a sample of the high caliber
of students that Morehouse pro
duces. These students major in
Economics and Business
Administration with concentra
tions in Accounting, Finance,
Management, or Marketing.
The Spring Tour was
developed and implemented in
1982 by Dr. James Heftier. It
was taken international in 1985
by Dr. John Williams and nur
tured until 2007 by the late
Benjamin R McLaurin, Director
of Career Counseling &
Placement.
The purpose of the tour
has evolved to exposing
Morehouse students to business
customs and practices and to
assist them in paralleling foreign
customs and practices with
domestic ones.
Since its origin, students
from all areas in the Division
and other related disciplines
have been allowed to participate
in the Tour.
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