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Goodness
& Mercy
Foundation
Sponsors
Annual
Gala
Local dentist Dr. Phillip W.
Cooper demonstrates proper
brushing technique to children
in Ghana.
Goodness & Mercy
Foundation, Inc. will sponsor its
annual “Hands Across Africa”
Gala - Saturday, April 24, 2010
at the Savannah Marriott
Riverfront Ballroom. A Silent
Auction will begin at 6:00P.M.,
and the program and dinner will
begin at 7:00P.M.
Goodness and Mercy
Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit
human service foundation that
provides much needed medical
care, medical supplies, and
health education to low income
families and others at risk in
underserved areas in Africa.
Every year, Dr. Eugene
Nwosu, a local cardiologist and
founder of Goodness & Mercy,
takes a group of volunteer doc
tors, dentists, nurses, and others
from the Savannah area and
around the country on medical
missions to undeveloped villages
in Nigeria and Ghana.
With your help, the
Goodness and Mercy volunteers
can continue to provide medical
care to people who are otherwise
forced to go without.
Donation for the Gala is
only $75.00. Your gift will help
improve the quality of life for
these hard-working, proud peo
ple.
For tickets and additional
information, please call (912)
232-6048.
Morrison, Jackson and Oxnard
Honored at Buttimer Awards Dinner
Tom Oxnard
The Chatham County
Democratic Committee held
its 2010 Annual Buttimer
Awards Dinner on March
4 th at the Savannah
International Trade and
Convention Center.
Lester G. Jackson
The CCDC honored
Howard J. Morrison, busi
nessman and philanthropist,
as the Toby Buttimer Award
Recipient for exceptional
dedication to service and
activism within both the
Howard J. Morrison
Democratic Party and the
community.
All five Democratic
gubernatorial candidates
were in attendance to give a
short speech at the dinner.
Several other local and state
officials and candidates,
including candidates for
the contested 12 th
Congressional District
Congressman John
Barrow and former State
Senator Regina Thomas
attended.
The Committee also
honored Georgia State
Senator Dr. Lester G.
Jackson III with the
Arthur Gignilliat Public
Service Award and Tom
Oxnard, founder of the
Skidaway Island
Democrats, with the Joan
and Tony Mathews
Yellow Dog Democrat
Award.
In its 27th year, the
awards dinner is named
for the late Toby
Buttimer, who was a
longtime local
Democratic activist.
Greenbriar Holds Annual Board
Meeting and Awards Luncheon
Pictured L-R: Executive Director Gena Taylor, Johnye Paul Gillans, Michael Spadoni, Dr. Clemontine Washington,
Arnold Jackson, Christina Temple, Virginia Parham, Shirley Barber James, and Elder James Rodges.
On Wednesday,
February 24, Greenbriar
Children’s Center held its
Annual Board of Directors
Meeting and Awards
Luncheon at Bethlehem
Missionary Baptist Church.
Dr. Clemontine
Washington, 2009 Board
President presided over the
meeting.
The luncheon also cel
ebrated the 60th
Anniversary of Greenbriar,
and also recognized emeri
tus board members Arnold
Jackson, and Virginia
Parham.
Executive Director Gena
Taylor presented the awards.
Recipients included:
2009 Volunteer of the Year
Individual: Christina
Temple, Group: Jonesville
Baptist Church of the
P.A.W.; 2009 Donor of the
Year: Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc.; 2009 Media
Partner of the Year: The
Savannah Tribune; 2009
Community Partner of the
Year: The Savannah Harbor
Foundation.
Greenbriar’s theme for
2010 is “Building Bridges
of Hope and Love”.
Mutombo
is a
Profile
Partner
with the
U.S.
Census
Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo, former
NBA player and activist, has
been chosen by the U.S. Census
as a National Profile Partner.
In his role, he will work
with the Census and create out
reach strategies to increase over
all participation in the Census
among African and African-
American communities and also
utilize the Census information for
outreach projects to improve the
quality of life for the people in
the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
The Dikembe Mutombo
Foundation is dedicated to equal
ity and empowerment for all peo
ple, with a focus on those in the
Congo.
Mutombo’s role as a
National Profile Partner will be
twofold: to speak to African audi
ences and communicate the
importance of the Census and
being counted; and to demon
strate the connection between the
Census and support for other
communities, including the
Congo and other African coun
tries. Mutombo also will act as a
spokesperson for the Census and
will integrate U.S. Census infor
mation on the Foundation’s web
site which currently boasts thou
sands of visitors per week.
“An accurate Census means
that communities will have the
necessary organizations to serv
ice its people,” said Mutombo.
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