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United Way of the Coastal Empire Tops Goal
U nited Way
of the
Coastal
Empire celebrated exceed
ing its $8,251,841 campaign
goal and raising $8,290,281
during the Victory Celebra
tion held at Grayson Stadi
um.
Campaign Chair
Dr. Todd Cellini expressed
his gratitude to thousands
of volunteers, donors, and
corporate partners for work
ing together to raise funds
to help those in need. “Once
again, the Coastal Empire
community has been incred
ibly generous in coming to
gether for the annual United
Way fundraising campaign
and demonstrated the true
meaning of community -
people helping people,” re
marked Dr. Cellini, assistant
vice chancellor of South
Campuses and president of
South University, Savan
nah. “Because of the gen
erosity of so many, United
Way funded agencies will
continue to help our friends
and neighbors improve their
lives.”
United Way or
ganizes its campaign into
units of industry groups.
Unit One, Corporate Divi
sion, surpassed the other
units with a campaign total
of more than $3.7 million.
Gulfstream Aerospace Cor
poration and its employees
gave the single largest con
tribution with a total of $2
million.
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Attorney General Hosts Public Hearing
Regarding Potential Sale of Memorial Health
Georgia’s Office
of the Attorney General con
cluded its Public Elearing
regarding the acquisition of
Memorial Health by HCA
Healthcare today. The align
ment received significant
support and no opposition
at the public hearing. The
transition is expected this
winter.
In the spring of
2017, the Memorial Health
Board and the Chatham
County Hospital Authority
announced their selection of
HCA Healthcare to assume
the hospital’s operations.
“Our board and hospital
team are excited about this
transition,” said Curtis Lew
is, chairman for the hospital
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Board of Directors. “HCA excellent patient care and tem and for this communi-
is committed to the local will support the local econ- ty.”
management of communi- omy. Culturally, they are a
ty-based hospitals, delivers great fit for our health sys- Continued on Page 8
MLK Jr., Observance
Day Association Seeks
Participants
The inaugural
MLK Institute for Com
munity and Social Change,
an intense two-day experi
ence, is seeking participants
who are concerned citizens,
members of neighborhood
associations, civic organiza
tions, Greek organizations,
college student organiza
tions, and community orga
nizers and representatives
of faith organizations who
want to make a difference
in the Savannah commu
nity. Participants will have
the opportunity to develop
a customized action plan
based on the needs of the
community and their vision
for meeting these needs.
The MLK Insti
tute, sponsored by the MLK
Jr., Observance Day Associ
ation, Inc., takes place Fri
day and Saturday, Feb. 9-10,
2018, on the campus of
Armstrong State Universi
ty. Participants may register
at the nominal cost of $20
per person. The fee includes
workshops, learning materi
als and meals - including a
closing luncheon at which
Alderman Van Johnson II
will bring the program’s
closing remarks and also
help present certificates of
completion. The public is
invited to attend the closing
luncheon, at a cost of $15
per person. The deadline for
registration and/or luncheon
reservations is Jan. 8, 2018.
“We look forward
to attracting a diverse group
of individuals and commu
nity leaders who want to
commit to developing pro
grams that will enhance the
quality of life in Savannah,”
said Carolyn Blackshear,
president of the MLK Jr.
Observance Day Associa
tion.
Continued on Page 4
Inside This
Week’s Edition
ACA Enrollment Surging, Even Though
It Ends Dec. 15th
The enrollment
period to be covered by the
federal Affordable Care Act
(ACA) began Nov. 1st, and
is scheduled to end Dec.
15th, for those hoping to
qualify for health care cov
erage beginning January 1,
2018.
The Trump Ad
ministration, which has
made no secret of its wish to
“repeal and replace” Presi
dent Barack Obama’s signa
ture legislative achievement,
has done everything it can to
force the ACA to whither
on the vine by cutting the
enrollment period from the
previous three months, to
just 45 days. And it has also
cut the $100 million Obama
Administration budget to
both advertise the open en
rollment period, and slashed
Get ready for
2018 Marketplace
Open Enrollment now*
November 1,2017 to December 15,2017
grant funding efforts for bilization, by an estimated
state and community orga- 90 percent to just $10 mil-
nizations across the nation lion for the entire nation,
that reach those in dire need And yet, according
of all that the ACA offers to recent published reports,
through education and mo- Pres. Trump’s efforts to
strangle the ACA to discour
age participation are coming
up short. In fact, based on
available numbers, people
are enrolling at a higher,
faster pace than last year at
this time, and there’s every
reason to believe that pace
will continue the closer Dec.
15 th comes.
While no official
numbers have been released
by the administration yet,
The Washington Post (cit
ing sources) reports that,
“More than 200,000 Amer
icans chose a plan on Nov.
1st (first day of open en
rollment). That’s more than
double the number of con
sumers who signed up on
the first day of enrollment
last year.
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• NCNW
Savannah
Section Donates
School Supplies...
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Church Donates
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in Million Book
Challenge...
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• Savannah
Chapter of Top
Ladies Celebrate
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Month...
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