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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
AWOL Wins National
Foundation Support
Tony and Davena Jordan
AWOL All Walk of Life,
Inc. is proud to announce that
the organization has been
awarded a grant in the amount
of $20,000 from the Comcast
Foundation. This support
comes at a significant time for
AWOL. With government
budget cuts looming, support
from local and national foun
dations will be critical to help
buoy AWOL's budget and
allow them to continue serving
local youth.
Support from the
Comcast Foundation will
allow for AWOL to purchase
updated equipment and sup
plies for the program as well as
support the program's contin
ued operations. The benefits to
the community are numerous:
Youth ages 12-18 have access
to high quality arts and tech
nology programs that increase
their digital literacy levels and
promote positive relationships
with adult role models.
“This is a really exciting
and extremely important initia
tive for Comcast and the
Comcast Foundation.
Developing digital literacy
skills in young people is essen
tial to their future,” said Mike
Daves, area vice president and
general manger for Comcast of
Savannah.
Each year AWOL pro
vides high quality arts and
technology training programs
to at-risk youth living in
Chatham County. The organi
zation serves more than 100
youth annually from some of
Savannah's high poverty and
high crime areas during what
researchers term, the "critical
hours" which are after school
and at night when youth are
most likely to get into trouble.
With an annual operating
budget of just over $200k, the
organization provides a signifi
cant economic boon to the
community by preventing and
deterring juvenile crime.
According to a 2009 study
conducted by the State of
Georgia Department of
Juvenile Justice, the annual
cost to detain one youth in
secure detention for just one
year was a whopping $63,105
dollars!
Since 2004, AWOL has
provided services to nearly 500
youth with 85% of those
enrolled and retained going on
to complete high school and
more importantly, stay out of
trouble. This constitutes a cost
savings of over 2.1 million dol
lars for our communities tax
payers.
"This grant awards
shows just how important local
support from the City of
Savannah, the Chatham
County Commission and our
local United Way is in terms of
helping AWOL to grow it's
capacity and ability to win the
support of local and national
foundations thus leveraging
the support of our local tax
payers. Without local support,
their can be no national support
", Davena Jordan, executive
director, AWOL Inc.
"Creativity and expres
sion are truly what will launch
us as a society into the next
century. It is so important that
even during the worst econom
ic crisis since the Great
Depression that companies like
Comcast, local governments
and community members ban
together in support of our great
est natural resources, youth. We
are humbled and thankful to
have the support of Comcast,"
Tony Jordan, founder, AWOL,
Inc.
AWOL is proudly sup
ported by The City of
Savannah, The Chatham
County Commission, United
Way of the Coastal Empire and
Cricket Wireless.
Help Celebrate Freedom Week
in Savannah
Freedom Week in
Savannah will be held on
October 30 - November 4,
2010. Fifty years after
SNCC was formed in North
Carolina , several former
members are organizing to
observe this historic
anniversary here in
Savannah.
Motivated by the success in
North Carolina, Savannah
likewise employed youth to
accelerate its Civil Rights
Movement. Led by an
organized group of com
munity leaders with hun
dreds of youth on the front
lines, Savannah was inte
grated before the Civil
Rights Act of 1965 ahead
of most of the south.
The Ralph Mark
Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum and SNCC alumni
join forces to commemo
rate these important events
in Savannah.
Tentative Schedule of
Events
Saturday, October 30, 2010
- Port City Bar Association
“Get out the Vote
Campaign" Annex
Monday, November 1,
2010 - SNCC Youth
Program in local colleges
& high schools
Tuesday, November 2,
2010 - SNCC Photo
Exhibit at Sentient Bean,
13 East Park Ave.
Wednesday, November 3,
2010 - SNCC Public
Program at RMGCRM
Annex, Featuring Mr.
Charles "Chuck" McDew
SNCC's First Vice
President
Thursday November 4,
2010 - RMGCRM Annex
7:00 PM
3rd Annual Founders
Honor Banquet “Honoring
Sung and Unsung Heroes
of
Savannahs 1960’s Civil
Rights Movement”
If you would like to
volunteer to assist any of
these activities please
RSVP by email to
jwjiii@aol.com
Sponsor packages are
available. Thanks in
advance for your support!
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