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Week of June 2,2010 - June 8,2010 • Vol. 38 No. 14 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Bank on Savannah Presents
Annual Report
L-R: Mayor Otis Johnson, Erica Wiggins, Mattie Bing and Daniel Dobb
O n Tuesday, May
25 at the First
City Club, the
presidents of several of the
leading financial institutions
in Savannah met with repre
sentatives of local govern
ment, bank regulators, com
munity organizations and
other supporters of the Bank
on Savannah Program to
hear the project's first Annual
Report.
One year ago, Step Up
Savannah, the local poverty
reduction initiative, launched
a comprehensive program to
bring Savannah resident who
do not use traditional bank
ing services into the financial
mainstream. Research con
firmed that more than 10,000
Savannah residents living in
the community's highest
poverty neighborhoods were
relying on expensive check
cashing services and spend
ing hundreds of dollars for
services that are free for
most bank customers.
Step Up collaborated
with several local financial
institutions to design the
Bank on Savannah Program
that offers free or low-cost
bank accounts. The program
targets citizens who have
never used a bank account, or
have had problems with an
account in the past.
The goal is to encourage
these individuals to open a
bank account to reduce the
costs of basic financial trans
actions, and take important
steps toward financial securi
ty, including saving for the
future, establishing a credit
history, and getting into the
financial mainstream.
The Bank on Savannah
Program is the first compre
hensive program targeting the
unbanked in Georgia to work
collaboratively with financial
institutions, local govern
ment, bank regulators and
community organizations.
The initial target was to
open 1,000 bank accounts
during the first year of the
program, and the leaders of
the program reported
Tuesday that 1,011 Bank on
Savannah Accounts were
opened. The program also
taught financial education
classes to 3,024 people and
developed other alternative
financial products such as a
low-cost rapid refund income
See Bank on Savannah, pg. 7
King -Tisdell Kick Off Luncheon for
Annual Awards Banquet
(L-R): Seated past honorees, Jessie Collier DeLoach, Olivia Swanson, Jackie Stephens and
Evelyn Dandy. Standing: Richard Shinhoster, Joe Buck, Vickie Minor, director of develop
ment; Mayor Otis Johnson, Craig Barrow, Annette Brock, chair; Larry Chisolm,
past chair, and Clifford Hardwick.
The King- Tisdel
Cottage Foundation held its
Annual Awards Banquet,
Tuesday, June 2 at 11:30
a.m. with a luncheon for key
community and business
leaders at the First City
Club.
The Annual Awards
Banquet is scheduled for
September 25, 2010 at the
Savannah Hyatt Regency.
Gary Sanchez, Region
Manager for Atlanta Gas
Light is- the Honorary
Chairman for this year.
The Awards Banquet is
presented each year as a
means of recognizing per
sons who have been consis
tently noteworthy in their
work to improve their sur
roundings in one of several
areas: Historic Preservation,
Fine Arts, Public Service,
and Education.
The W.W. Law Legacy
award is also given to per
sons who embody Mr. Law's
selfless dedication and com
mitment to this community.
The recipients for 2010
are: Martin Melaver, CEO of
Melaver, Inc.; Dr. Walter
O.Evans; Dr. Priscilla D.
Thomas, Chatham County
Commission; Dr. Thomas B.
Lockarny, Jr.,
Superintendent of Schools
for the SavannahChatham
County Public School
System; Alderman Clifton
and Mrs; Ernestine Jones,
Community Activists.
"The breadth of the tal
ent of the 2010 awardees,
and the depth of their contri
butions to improving critical
facets of the human experi-
See King-Tisdell, pg. 7
Savannah Native
Named Miss SSU
Jordan Riles. 2010-2011 Miss SSU
On Friday April 9,
2010, Ms. Jordan Riles was
named the next Miss
Savannah State University
for the year 2010-2011.
Riles is well-known in
the community, most recent
ly as the 2008 Ebony Fashion
Fair scholarship recipient..
She is also a representative
for her class, the 2009-10
academic year, and Miss
Sophomore 2008-2009 of
Savannah State University.
Riles is the daughter of
James and Chequeta Riles;
youngest grand-daughter of
Annie Nails of Savannah,
GA and Louise Riles of
Thomasville, GA and will be
the first Miss Savannah State
University hailing from the
Savannah area since 2002.
She states that her pre
vious endeavors in such
leadership roles have made
her well equipped for the
servitude of representing the
student body and she plans to
form an effective relation
ship among the community
and the college campus in
order to recruit students and
make the current students'
collegiate experience an
enjoyable one.
The coronation of Ms.
Riles will take place during
the Homecoming festivities
on Thursday, November 18,
2010 at Savannah State
University's Tiger Arena.
Look for more details as the
time approaches
What’s Inside This Week’s Edition
Kappas Teach Leadership Development. 3
Hands on Savannah and Step Up Savannah
Hosts Simulation 6
100 Black Men of Savannah Inducts New
Members 9
Young Named Vice President, Strategy and
Marketing CocaCola 10
Big Kidz Foundation Celebrates Savannah
Memorial Day
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