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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 06, 2019
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City Cuts “Green” Ribbon to Open
First Tree Nursery
The City of Sa
vannah held a “green” rib
bon cutting ceremony on
Wednesday to open the first
of three tree nursery’s on va
cant City-owned lots.
The City will seed
and nurture 500 trees over
the next three years using
funding from a $233,244
grant received from the
Southeast Sustainable Com
munities Fund. The intent
of the grant is to transform
vacant City-owned lots into
urban tree nurseries by pur
chasing small trees at a re
duced cost, raising them for
one to three years, and then
moving them to permanent
planting locations across the
city, where they will assist in
mitigating flooding impacts
while enhancing public
space and private properties.
“Planting trees is
one of the most important
things you can do to en
hance the beauty of your
neighborhood and improve
how we feel about our com
munity,” said Mayor Eddie
DeLoach.
Loop it Up Sa
vannah, a grassroots arts
organization, has partnered
with the City and contrib
uted artistic elements to the
neighborhood tree nurseries.
Students from Herbert Mid
dle School attended the rib
bon cutting to present their
paintings, which appear on
many of the pots that hold
trees in the nursery.
“These kids came
in, came up with their own
designs, and painted them
on the pots,” said Director of
Sustainability Nick Deffley.
“They are just beautiful and
make the whole thing sing
for me.”
The Gwinnett
Street site is the first of three
nurseries the apprentices
plan to build and maintain.
The others sites are located
on Augusta Avenue in the
City’s 1st Aldennanic Dis
trict and on Mills B. Lane
Boulevard in the City’s 5th
Aldermanic District.
Flannery O’Connor Birthday Parade and
Street Fair To Offer Family-Friendly Fun
2019 Flannery
O’Connor Birthday Parade
and Street Fair will be held
on Sunday, March 24, 2019
at Lafayette Square (Aber-
com St. andE. Charlton St.).
Tliis lively annu
al celebration of acclaimed
author and Savannah na
tive Flannery O’Connor’s
birthday will offer family
fun, live music and more.
Attendees are invited to join
the parade, carry handmade
signs and sing along. Live
music will be provided by
a cavalcade of singer-song-
writers and musicians from
some of Savannah’s fin
est local bands in honor of
O’Connor’s 94th birthday.
Music for the parade will
be performed by the Sweet
Thunder Strolling Band.
Costumes inspired by Flan
nery O’Connor’s characters
and settings or by the au
thor’s life are encouraged,
but not required. This event
is free and open to the pub
lic.
From 1-4 p.m., en
joy live music, games, art,
face painting and contests.
Meet local authors, enjoy
a pop-up art show by Pan
handle Slim, get your photo
taken with a gorilla and play
bingo with live chickens.
Refreshments provided by
the Sentient Bean. Vendors
include Kleo’s Handmade
Soaps, Holly Oddly, Quarter
Press and many others.
At 3 p.m., the
Parade starts in Lafayette
Square with a blessing by
Bishop Emeritus J. Kevin
Boland, fonner president
of the Flannery O’Connor
Childhood Home board of
directors. Enjoy birthday
cake in Lafayette Square
immediately following the
parade.
To learn more, vis
it flanneryoconnorhome.org.
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Free Computer Classes
Free Computer
Classes taught by Microsoft
Certified Instructors
held at the African-Ameri
can Health Information &
Resource Center, 1910 Ab-
ercom St, in Savannah
Older Adult & Beginner
Classes
Keyboarding, Internet/
Email Basics, Windows I
&II
Advanced Classes
• Word Basic I & II
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Small Business &
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Please Call 912-447-6605
Register Now for Camp Aloha
A Camp for Grieving Children, May 3- 5
Hospice Savan
nah’s Full Circle Grief and
Loss counselors and volun
teers facilitate a weekend
overnight camp for chil
dren ages 6-17 who have
experienced the death of a
loved one within the last
24 months. These caring
professionals provide thera
peutic activities to teach the
children they are not alone
in their grief experience.
Campers enjoy swimming,
sports, games, group therapy
sessions, campfires, singing,
playing and making new
friends who have also expe
rienced loss.
Camp Aloha runs
from the evening of Friday,
May 3 through lunchtime on
Sunday, May 5, 2019. Trans
portation is provided to and
from New Ebenezer in Rin
con, and camp costs are un
derwritten by community
donations and a generous
sponsorship from Southern
Motors. There is a nominal
$25 registration fee which
can be waived if a scholar
ship is needed. Please visit
www. Ho spice Savannah.
org/CampAloha to register
your child, or call Barbara
or Betsy for more informa
tion at 912.303.9442.
Community Discussion Series To Continue
With Mental Illness And Faith Event
On Thursday,
March 28, 2019 from 6 -8
p.m., the Let’s Talk Mental
Illness Community Discus
sion Series: Mental Illness
and Faith will be held at
Wesley Oak United Meth
odist Church, 3124 E. Vic
tory Drive. The fourth event
in The ELLA Foundation’s
Let’s Talk Mental Illness
Community Discussion Se
ries will explore the inter
section of religion, faith and
mental illness.
The event will fea
ture a panel of local experts,
including:
Dorthie Cross,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor
of Clinical Psychology,
Georgia Southern Univer
sity; Rev. David Mess-
ner, Unitarian Universalist
Church of Savannah; Sister
Pat Brown, SSMN, LCSW,
retired Director of Catholic
Charities of South Georgia
and fonner president of the
Clinical Social Work Asso
ciation of Savannah; Rabbi
Steven Henkin, Congrega
tion Agudath Achim; and
Imam Khuzaima, Islamic
Center of Savannah.
The ELLA Foun
dation’s founder and Exec
utive Director Charity Lee
will moderate the discus
sion.
Information about
local nonprofits, community
agencies and other organiza
tions dedicated to providing
mental health support will
be available on-site. This
event is open to the public;
a $10 donation is suggest
ed. To learn more, visit el-
lafound.org/lets-talk-men-
tal-illness-discussion-series.
Savannah-ar
ea nonprofits, community
agencies, psychotherapists
and counselors interested in
distributing information at
the event and other upcom
ing events in the series can
contact Charity Lee at chari
ty @ellafound. org .
Red Cross Volunteers Assessing Storm
Damage Across Georgia
Responding to Emergency Needs
With damage re
ports coming in from a doz
en Georgia counties after
Sunday’s severe weather,
Red Cross volunteers are
busy assessing the impact in
local communities and meet
ing the emergency needs of
residents for food and shel
ter. Dozens of homes were
affected by Sunday’s stonns
and tornadoes statewide.
Power outages are a concern
with frigid weather in the
forecast this week, particu
larly in hard-hit Harris, Tal
bot and Grady counties.
A Red Cross shel
ter remains open in Tal-
botton (Talbot County) at
Central High School, 945 N.
Washington St. Fifteen peo
ple took refuge in the shel
ter along with a safe place
to sleep. They are receiving
meals provided by the Sal
vation Anny, and health and
emotional support.
A Red Cross-sup-
ported wanning center
opened at 1:00 PM last
Monday at the Grady Coun
ty AgriCenter, 65 11th Ave.
NE, Cairo (Grady County)
and will transitioned to a
Red Cross shelter More
shelters in the state will
open if there is a need.
Anyone with im
mediate, disaster- caused
needs can call their lo
cal Red Cross office or
1 -800-REDCROSS for
help. Visit http://www.red-
cross.org/georgia.
Dr. Mercedes Gonzalez Shares How to
Protect Your Sensitive Skin
• Hydrate Skin Everyday
: During winter and as we
enter a new season, be con
sistent with your skincare
routine and your skin-care
choices. Always opt for
a hydrating cleanser and
moisturizer. Moisturizer
should be applied at least
twice a day, or several times
throughout the day (i.e.
when you wash your hands,
returning indoors after be
ing outside, etc.) to ensure
your skin continues to be
hydrated. You should also
avoid rough fabrics on the
skin, especially during cold
season when you’re layer
ing up, and avoid extra hot
water when bathing, as both
can lead to skin irritation.
I recommend your routine
adapt with the seasons, and
always remember to vis
it your dennatologist or a
certified esthetician, who is
knowledgeable in skin of
color, if you’re unsure how
to improve your skincare or
see changes in your skin.
• Be Mindful of Sensitivity
Triggers: Those with sen
sitive skin tend to have re
acted to beauty products or
certain ingredients before,
so a good rule of thumb is
to avoid products that have
an abundance of fragrance
on their ingredient label and
look for “fragrance-free”
alternatives. In general,
products that contain a lot
of “alcohols” can also be
irritating. A common area
that many of my patients
experience irritation or pig
mentation issues is their un
derarms. I recommend the
winter as the best time to
treat these issues, so you’re
all set for sleeveless season
in the wanner months. My
go-to for sensitive skin types
is Dove 0% Aluminum De
odorant. Tliis deodorant has
0% alcohol, 0% aluminum,
and !4 moisturizers, offering
women a gentle alternative
for their underann care!
• Melanin Magic: I can’t
emphasize the importance
of this enough - sun pro
tection, sun protection, sun
protection! ... Did I say sun
protection, and yes in the
winter too! A good regimen
for your face, especially if
you suffer from dark spots
or hyperpigmentation, is to
wash the skin with a gentle
moisturizing cleanser. Then
apply an antioxidant serum,
such as one with Vitamin C,
followed by sunscreen with
an SPF of a least 30 in the
morning. At night, invest
in a good color-correcting
treatment to help combat
uneven skin tone issues/
dark spots.
* Bonus Tip: Remember,
sunscreen is just one part of
comprehensive sun protec
tion plan, you should also
use: sun protective cloth
ing, hats, sunglasses and
always try to find shade.
You should avoid further
irritation or rashes in the ar
eas prone to darkening, by
choosing gentle skin-care
products, especially in ar
eas such as the body folds
that are prone to darkening.
Any type of inflammation
or rash in these areas can
result in darkening of the
skin once the inflammation
has healed. This is called
post-inflammatory hyper
pigmentation. So make sure
you’re taking extra care of
your skin if you’re suffering
from these sensitivity and
pigmentation issues!