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June 15,2011- June 21,2011 • Vol. 40 No. 16 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Holds
Light the Night Corporate Recruitment
Breakfast
Pictured left to right: Mr. Gagliardo, Greyson Gagliardo, and Jenny Gentry, 2011
Corporate Walk Chairman
Public Invited to
Apply for Boards,
Commissions and
Authorities
On Friday, June 10,
2011, the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society held the
annual Light The Night
Corporate Recruitment
Breakfast. The breakfast
allows the Light the Night
Walk staff to recruit business
es and companies the oppor
tunity to participate in the
upcoming walk and help to
raise funds for this worth
while cause.
The mission of The
Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society (LLS) is to cure
leukemia, lymphoma,
Hodgkin's disease and myelo
ma, and improve the quality
of life of patients and their
families.
Locally, funds raised
from events like the Light the
Night Walk go to help people
in our community. Among
them, Greyson Gagliardo.
Gagliardo was diagnosed
with Acute Myelogenous
Leukemia (AML) in
November, 2010 when he was
12 years old. He has under
gone chemotherapy since then
and completed his treatments
in May. Greyson attends
Pinewood Christian Academy
and is in the 8th grade. He
loves football, paintball, video
games and spending time with
his family-Mom, Dad and
brother Pace. Greyson was
this year’s Honored Hero at
the breakfast.
The Light the Night
Walk is scheduled for Friday,
October 14, 2011 at Forsyth
Park.
“We are hopeful that we
will surpass our $166,000
goal, and move closer to find
ing a cure,” said Jenny
Gentry, 2011 Light the Night
Walk Corporate Chairman.
Savannah City Council
is now accepting applica
tions to the boards, commis
sions and authorities listed
below. The Clerk
of Council will accept appli
cations from now until 4:30
p.m. on June 17. These
groups work on various top
ics of interest to the commu
nity, providing guidance or
assisting in making decisions
which impact daily life in
Savannah. Citizens with a
wide range of backgrounds
and experience are needed to
fill these important roles.
Applications can be
found on the City’s website,
www.savannahga.gov. For
more information, contact
the Clerk of Council, phone
(912) 651-6442, fax 651-
4260 or email clerkofcoun-
cil@savannahga.gov.
Available appointments
include: Coastal Region
Metropolitan Planning
Organization,
Coastal Workforce
Investment Board, Code
Enforcement Appeals Board,
Cultural Affairs
Commission, Electrical
Appeals and Advisory
Board,
Housing Authority of
Savannah, Keep Savannah
Beautiful, Metropolitan
Planning Commission, Park
and Tree Commission,
Property Maintenance and
Enforcement Board,
Savannah/Chatham Council
of Disability Issues,
Savannah Film Commission,
Savannah Hospital
Authority, Savannah
Recreation Commission, and
Savannah Zoning Board of
Appeals.
Telfair Museums
Awarded
Preservation Grant
Small-Toney Speaks to
Savannah Downtown Business Association
Pictured with Small-Toney (c) are: Roger Moss, Kai Williams, Cat and Ruel Joyner
Telfair Museums proudly
announces a $7,500 grant by
the National Trust for Historic
Preservation from the Johanna
Favrot Fund for Historic
Preservation. The grant will be
used to aid the funding of the
museums’ October sympo
sium, Slavery and Freedom in
Savannah.
This highly-competitive
grant was awarded to only 11
organizations nationally this
year.
“Without organizations
like Telfair Museums, commu
nities and towns all across
America would have a dimin
ished sense of place,” said
Stephanie Meeks, president of
the National Trust for Historic
Preservation.
The 3-day symposium
and subsequent book have
important local, regional and
national implications as a con
temporary study for the exami
nation of urban slavery and res
idential settlement in Savannah
and the urban antebellum
south. They are designed to
expand the public’s under
standing of American history
by presenting the under
explored subject of slavery and
freedom in an urban setting,
specifically within the physical
setting of the Owens-Thomas
House and the preserved envi
ronment of Savannah’s
National Historic Landmark
District.
Led by national scholars
Dr. Daina Ramey Berry,
University of Texas at Austin,
and Dr. Leslie M. Harris,
Emory University, Slavery and
Freedom in Savannah will kick
off October 13, 2011, with a
keynote lecture by Berry and
Harris, at the Second African
Baptist Church. A day and a
half of lectures about slavery
and freedom in Savannah, from
the Colonial era through
Reconstruction, will follow on
October 14 and 15 at Savannah
Theater.
Additional funding for
the Slavery and Freedom in
Savannah symposium comes
from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services and the
City of Savannah, with support
from Live Oak Libraries and
Second African Baptist
Church.
City Manager Rochelle
Small-Toney was the speak
er at the Downtown
Business Association's
monthly meeting held
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at
the Hyatt Regency.
As she addressed the
audience, she assured the
business owners in atten
dance that there is a working
relationship between the
City and the downtown busi
nesses. She went on to say
that the city's best assets
would be at their disposal to
ensure continued downtown
growth and development, as
the downtown businesses
are important to our local
economy.
In April, the Savannah
Downtown Business
Association held an open
forum for the SDBA mem
bership in order to give them
an opportunity to express
their concerns with govern
ment and the downtown
business environment.
One issue that was
addressed was cleanliness.
Small-Toney then intro
duced Susan Broker, who
heads up the Citizen Office.
This office will address main
tenance and beautifying the
downtown community.
Small-Toney also
addressed the possibility of
the cruise ship leaving from
the Port of Savannah and how
that would impact downtown.
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