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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, June 8, 2011-9
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SSU Students Honored by Campbell
Soup for Hunger Awareness Work
Left to right: Rachel Raines, president, SSU chapter of SIFE; Douglas R. Conant,
president and CEO, Campbell Soup Co.; Ericka Williams, treasurer, SIFE; Shalonda
K. Bradford, founding adviser and lecture of business management
A group of Savannah
State University students
earned this month the Silver
Spoon Award from
Campbell Soup Co. after
collecting 6,500 pounds of
food for local hunger relief
as part of the university's
first Hunger Awareness
Week.
The students, members
of the SSU chapter of
Students in Free Enterprise
(SIFE) and the College of
Business Administration's
Leadership and Professional
Development class, entered
Campbell's "Let's Can
Hunger" competition in
April and pledged to collect
5,000 pounds of food.
As part of their effort,
they established Hunger
Awareness Week at SSU and
held several food drives,
surpassing their goal by
1,500 pounds. The food was
donated to the Savannah
Baptist Center.
Campbell's President
and Chief Executive Officer
Douglas R. Conant present
ed the Silver Spoon Award
to the students at the SIFE
National Exposition in
Minneapolis, held May 10-
12.
On hand were Rachel
Raines, president of the SSU
chapter of SIFE; Ericka
Williams, treasurer; and
Shalonda K. Bradford,
founding adviser and lectur
er of business management
at SSU.
Established in 1890,
Savannah State University is
on the move to become the
best value-added university
in the nation.
The university’s 4,100
students are enrolled in 23
undergraduate and five
graduate programs in three
colleges: Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences, Business
Administration and
Sciences and Technology.
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Established Business for
Savannah Economic
Development Authority
(SEDA).
“Georgia Power is
always delighted to partner
with GMSDC in the develop
ment of our Minority
Business Enterprises”, states
Glenda Stinson a member of
the Georgia Power Supplier
Diversity Team.
SEDA and Georgia
Power are sponsors of the
event and both organization
hold seats on the GMSDC
board of directors.
The half-day seminar
will focus on such topics as
“Understanding the
Corporate and Government
Procurement Process”,
“Developing a Business
Capability Statement”,
“Strategies for Partnerships
& Teaming Agreements”, and
“The Value of Minority
Business Certification.” The
event is free and open to
small and minority business
owners, corporate buyers and
supplier diversity profession
als, and government contract
ing staff. Registration for the
event is required in advance
at http://www.gmsdc.org.
The Georgia Minority
Supplier Development
Council, Inc. (GMSDC) is a
not-for-profit organization
that fosters value-driven part
nerships that may otherwise
not be possible between cor
porate entities, ethnic minori
ty-owned businesses and
government entities in the
state of Georgia.
With 172 national and
local corporate members and
more than 700 certified
minority business enterpris
es, GMSDC celebrates over
35 years as a leader in sup
plier diversity and minority
business development in
Georgia. GMSDC is head
quartered in Atlanta and is
an affiliate of NMSDC.
GMSDC was named
NMSDC 2009 “Council of
the Year” for providing
exemplary programs, servic
es and connections through
out the state that has impact
ed the corporate, public sec
tor and ethnic minority busi
ness community and
enriched the economy of
Georgia.
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Appear at Second African
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Locally
The Trojans’ Ministry
of Second African Baptist
Church, 123 Houston Street
welcomes The McIntosh
County Shouters on
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
6:00 p.m.
The McIntosh County
Shouters have been demon
strating old slave shouts and
singing slave songs all their
lives. This age-old tradition
was believed to have died
out in the early 20th century.
When it was discov
ered that this group still
practices a custom that was
begun by their ancestors, a
performing group was
organized, calling them
selves the McIntosh County
Shouters.
This concert is free and
open to the public. For more
information, call the
church’s office at
McIntosh County Shouters
912.233.6163. Rev. C. MeGill Brown, Pastor.
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