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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! SOLD PAYS ATTENTION TO PERSONAL ATTENTION You deserve to be heard. Experience a bank that's dedicated to listening. Your financial needs are as unique as you are. 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U-26 Relocation of Portable Classrooms (Annual ContractK-’losing Date: 10/28/10 @ 11 AM L1-32 Miscellaneous Warehouse School Supplies Closing Date: 10/28/10 @ 11 AM 11-34 Sidewalk Replacement (Annual Contract) Closing Date: 10/28.10 @ 2 PM Cl 1 -07 Windsor Forest Elementary School Repairs & Upgrades. A Mandatory pre-bid conference wilt be held at Windsor forest Eleincnlaty School. 414 BriarclilTCr. Savannah, GA 31419 on 10/22/10 al 4:30 PM, A bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid must be enclosed with ihc bid. The successful contrac tor will be required io provide a payment & performance bond. Closing Date; 11/2/10 (g! 2 PM Complete biddingdocuments. including plans ami specifica tions, may hr viewed anil purchased at vnm.cilr^pni.dini . (flick on I .agin tu JJfS and nej; inter as a nm user) Ear technical sup part, please etinfuel Sean Mel mire al flay lim Digital l)FS Reprographics, 912—I47-070H. Bidders arr rnu tinned that acquisition a I Bidding Unruiucnls through any other source than ( las 1 ail Digital DKS plan main is not advisable. Acquisition of Bidding Document* fnmi uriuulhari/cd sources places the bidder al risk al receiving invumplcte or mate untie inform atiim iqum which tu lists si bid. At the lime and place tinted abuse, hills still lie publicly npened- No c\tension of the balding perind is ill he rntide unless indicated by mitten addendum. The Hoard reserves the right la reject any and nil bills anil to vsaive any irregu larities nr technicalities in proposals received whenever such rejection nr Uniter is in the best interest af tbe Hoard. The Him rd hits the right In disqualify a bid of uni bidder deemed it on-responsive tu the Board. Bidding documents may be obtained fnnii llte Ibtrehiising Department, 20# Dull Street, Room 113. Savannah, Georgia 31451 or they may be down loaded Irum the District’* neb site, www.savanuh.chalhunJelZ.ga ,uv. The Board of Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer