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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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Healthy Savannah Welcomes Margie Watson as
Communications and Community Clinical
Linkages Manager
SCCPSS 2023 Spring Ready To Work Job
Fair For High School Students
Happening Thursday
Healthy Savannah,
a public nonprofit organiza
tion aiming to make Savannah
healthier by increasing oppor
tunities for citizens to seek
physical activity and consume
nutritious and balanced diets,
has announced that Margie
Watson has joined the 501©3
local organization as its com
munications and Community
Clinical Linkages manager.
Watson’s duties will
include promoting and con
necting healthy organizations
in the community, spreading
the word about Healthy Sa
vannah and various resources
available to underserved popu
lations, working to de velop and
implement health strategies,
and fostering a social media
presence.
She will also manage
the Community Clinical Link
ages component of the five-
year, $3.4 million Racial and
Ethnic Approaches to Commu
nity Health (REACH) grant ad
ministered by Healthy Savan
nah and the YMCA of Coastal
Georgia. The grant was award
ed by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in 2018
with funding deployed in an
“upstream” approach by the
Savannah/Chatham County
project team to foster sustain
able health equity among Black
residents in low-wealth neigh
borhoods.
“We are pleased to
welcome Margie to Healthy
Savannah and the Racial and
Ethnic Approaches to Commu
nity Health team,” said Paula
Kreissler, executive director.
“As a Savannah native, she
has a wealth of life experience
to share and she also brings a
boxful of professional tools
from her work with one of our
partner organizations.”
Watson previous
ly served with the Economic
Lt
Margie Watson
Opportunity Authority for Sa-
vannah-Chatham County, Inc.
(EOA) as a project coordinator
for the Foster Grandparent Pro
gram and the Relatives As Par
ents Program. In that position,
she often worked alongside
Healthy Savannah to promote
and use the HERO Help Me
database to provide resources
and information to individuals
enrolled in those programs.
Now, Watson utilizes the data
base as one of the key compo
nents of the REACH program
she currently manages.
“I am pleased with
what Healthy Savannah stands
for, creating a healthy environ
ment in Savannah,” Watson
said. “I was introduced to the
organization in 2021 through
the #Healthy Walks and have
since learned so much more
about how Healthy Savannah
connects resources with op
portunities for health equity. I
plan to bring insight from the
perspective of a Savannahian
myself, that can be useful in
our forward approaches, along
with creative and innovative
ideas that will help further
Healthy Savannah’s goals.”
Savannah Technical College is
recognized for excellence at 2023
SkillsUSA Georgia Conference
Culinary Arts student
Sohan Bolle won gold with
the Culinary Arts com
petition. He will move on
to the SkillsUSA National
competition this summer.
Savannah Technical
College was recognized for
excellence at the Georgia 2023
SkillsUSA Post-secondary
State Conference.
Students won medals
in 14 competitions: seven gold,
four silver, and three bronze.
Photos of 2023 SkillsUSA state
medalists and honorees may
be found on STC’s Facebook
page.
SkillsUSA is a na
tional career and technical stu
dent organization/competition
that annually serves more than
395,000 high school, college
and post-secondary students-
and their instructors-in techni
cal, skilled and service-occupa
tion instructional programs.
The College also
earned a Chapter of Excellence
Quality Chapter designation
and Chapter of Distinction -
Gold Level Award.
More than 35 stu
dents participated in 20 com
petitions. Seven individuals/
teams won gold and will com
pete in the national SkillsUSA
leadership and skills competi
tion in Atlanta this June:
• The Community Service team
won gold for the third year in
a row with teammates: Go
rina Stewart, Ashleigh Beth
Blevins, Lourane Hernan-
dez-Phipps;
• The Occupational Health and
Safety (OSHA) team won gold
for the third year in a row with
Hunter Mathews, Gabrielle
Cantanese, Beverly Newman;
• The Promotional Bulletin
Board team won gold for the
Air Conditioning student
James Kiene won gold
for the Sheet Metal com
petition. He will compete
nationally with SkillsUSA
this summer.
second year in a row with Ear
ly Childhood Care & Educa
tion teammates: Joyce Carter,
Janine Lowery, and Chelsea
Brown;
• Culinary Arts student Sohan
Bolle won gold with the Culi
nary Arts competition;
• Air Conditioning student
James Kiene won gold for the
Sheet Metal competition;
• Automotive student Erin
Smith won gold for Mobile
Electronics; and
• Savannah Film Academy stu
dents Lore Carter and Dalton
Klernan won gold for the TV
Production competition.
STC teams or indi
viduals won silver medals in
four competitions:
• Air Conditioning student
Heath Strickland won silver for
HVAC;
• Automotive student Marc
Livingston won silver for Au
tomotive Service;
• Early Childhood Care & Edu
cation student Chelsea Fleming
won silver in the Early Child
hood Education; and
• Early Childhood Care & Ed
ucation student Akala Gordon
won silver for Customer Ser
vice.
Three teams or indi
viduals won bronze:
Baking & Pastry Arts
student Gabriela Ramirez won
bronze for Baking & Pastry
Arts; Cosmetology student
Mishala Bell won bronze for
Nail Care; and Savannah Film
Academy students Angela Rig
or and Kenneth Butler, II, won
bronze for Digital Cinema.
Watson graduated with a Bach
elor of Arts in the fall of 2018
in Visual and Performing Arts
from Savannah State Universi
ty. Alongside EOA colleagues
Debbie Walker and Jasmine
Warren, she was awarded the
Home Depot Foundation Grant
for a community garden in
2021 that helped 20 families
reduce household food inse
curities. Her favorite pastime
is learning how to create gar
ments from old vintage clothes
that she finds in her closet.
The Savannah-Cha-
tham County Public School
System is holding its “Ready
to Work” Spring Student Job
Fair at the Lower Woodville
Campus on Thursday, March
30, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. to
11:30 p.m. The job fair pro
vides employers and recruit
ment officers an opportunity to
meet sophomores, juniors, and
seniors from all SCCPSS high
schools who are interested in
obtaining employment and ex
ploring other endeavors.
WHAT:
SCCPSS Spring Ready to
Work Job Fair
WHEN:
Thursday, March 30, 2023 -
8am to 11:30am
WHERE:
Woodville Lower Campus,
402 Market St., Savannah
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