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10 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Need a H.E.R.O? Catch a CAT!
Healthy Savannah Partners with Chatham Area Transit to Share Hero
Help Me Resources
Healthy Savannah is
offering Chatham Area Tran
sit riders a new opportunity
to connect with affordable
options for healthy food, rec
reation, and health services
throughout Chatham County.
In partnership with the local
transit authority, the non-prof
it organization has installed
posters in all of the Chatham
Area Transit buses featuring a
QR code that, when read by a
smartphone camera, instantly
connects riders with the Hero
Help Me database.
“Chatham Area Tran
sit strives to get people to the
places they want and need to
go, and that includes access
to necessary health benefits in
the Savannah-Chatham County
community,’’ said Executive
Director/CEO Faye DiMassi-
mo. “CAT is honored to pro
mote the H.E.R.O. database
and partner with organizations
like Healthy Savannah which
are doing the work to make
health benefits equitable and
accessible for all.”
The bus card project
is also made possible through
the CDC’s Racial and Ethnic
Approaches to Community
Health (REACH) grant, ad
ministered by the YMCA of
Coastal Georgia and Healthy
Savannah.
Officially called the
Health Effective Resource Or
ganizations, or H.E.R.O., da
tabase, the online health and
social services network offers
Savannah-Chatham County
residents a one-stop power
house of resources, agencies
and programs across 57 cate
gories with the aim of closing
the referral loop and empower
ing those living in low-income
neighborhoods to be their own
health heroes with access to
a one-stop, all-inclusive re
source.
“The purpose of the
REACH grant is to eliminate
disparities in health outcomes
based on race and income
in Savannah and Chatham
County,” said Paula Kreissler,
Healthy Savannah’s executive
director. “Some disparities ex
ist simply because some people
in these priority populations
are unaware of or don’t know
how to connect with the clini
cal and community resources
that can improve their nutri
tion, physical health and access
to medical services such as im
munizations. Our mission is to
minimize those missed oppor
tunities.”
The database was
developed and is managed
by St. Joseph’s/ Candler Af
rican-American Health Infor
mation and Resource Center. It
is also partially funded by the
REACH grant. Since launch
ing in 2020, Hero Help Me has
grown from hosting 600 agen
cy partners to 1500. Monthly
site visits have grown from 600
to around 9,000.
“Hero Help Me is a tremen
dous jewel in our community
that we have a duty to pro
mote,” said Lillian Grant-Bap-
tiste, chair of Healthy Savan
nah. “We know knowledge is
power but, more importantly,
applied knowledge is power.
This helps folks learn and have
knowledge about the various
resources and programs that
perhaps they may have never
known about.”
The new bus cards
use pictographs that might help
those who may not fluently
speak or read English better
understand how to access the
database and its resources. Rid
ers can scan a QR code on the
poster that takes them directly
to the website or directly enter
the URL “herohelpme.com” in
their web browser.
Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society Set For
14th Annual Night Of Champions
The Lowcountry
Down Syndrome Society has
announced the 14th annual
Night of Champions will be
Friday, May 12th, 2023, from
6-llpm at the Savannah Con
vention Center on Hutchinson
Island.
The Night of Cham
pions event recognizes area
businesses that employ differ
ently abled adults, including
those with Down syndrome,
and celebrates the contribu
tions made by these employ
ees.
“The Night of Cham
pions is the recognition for em
ployers but it is also a chance
for them to show other poten
tial employers the difference
people with special needs can
make in the workplace,” said
Joe Marchese, president of
LDSS. “This night is a chance
to first get to know people with
different abilities and then
come to love them.”
To purchase your
tickets and/or tables for this
event, or to become a Night
of Champions Sponsor, visit:
https://NOC2023 .givesmart.
com or text NOC2023 to
76278. If you would like to do
nate an item for the silent auc
tion, please bring your donated
item to Marchese Construction
located at 1525 Dean Forest
Rd. Suite 100 Savannah, GA
31408. You can leave your item
with the front desk staff Mon-
day-Friday between the hours
of 8:00am and 4:00pm. (Please
note that all auction items must
be turned in by Friday, May 5th
to be included in the event auc
tion). For additional informa
tion, email info@ldssga.org.
ABOUT THE LOWCOUN
TRY DOWN SYNDROME
SOCIETY:
The Lowcountry Down Syn
drome Society (LDSS) is a
support group to benefit people
with Down Syndrome and their
families through local leader
ship in support, outreach, edu
cation and advocacy. Meetings
are held every 3rd Thursday
of the month, typically with a
guest speaker and social time
for families to meet and inter
act with one another. LDSS en
courages people to bring their
children. LDSS is an affiliate of
the National Down Syndrome
Society. For more information
about LDSS, visit http://www.
ldssga.org/
Mosiac Character Camp 2023
7 Canebrake Rd. r Savannah GA 31419
June Sj 2023-July 28,2023
8:30 AM -4:30 AM
Children aged 5
who will attend
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Arts & Crafts, Sports,
Games, Character
Education, &. Field Trips
Breakfast, lunch & snacks will he served!
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Ages: 5-10 - $100 per week
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Mothers’ Day Celebration at Resurrection
Pentecostal Temple
Please join Proph
etess Hazel Scott and Resur
rection Pentecostal Temple as
they celebrate Mothers and
empower women on Mothers’
Day, Sunday, May 14, 2023
beginning at 2:00 p.m. The
speaker for the occasion will
be SCCPSS Superintendent Dr.
M. Ann Levett.
Savannah native and
R&B singer Mary Davis will
provide musical entertainment
along with Eric Brack and
Company and the Resurrec
tion Pentecostal Temple Choir.
Chatham County 5th District
Commissioner, Tanya Milton
will preside over the service.
There will be a special pre
sentation to Mothers in atten
dance. This service promises to
Eric Brack and Company
Resurrection Pentecostal Temple Choir
uplift your spirit. The public is Pentecostal Temple is located
invited to attend. Resurrection at 797 Joe St, in Savannah
Stay Well Community Health Initiative’s
Nationwide Vaccination Day Vaccinates Hundreds
of People Across the Country Against COVID-19
The Stay Well Com
munity Health Initiative’s
Nationwide Vaccination Day
delivered over 400 COVID-19
vaccinations and free health
resources to hundreds of peo
ple in a single day on Saturday,
April, 22.
In recognition of
April being National Minority
Health Month, the Stay Well
Community Health Initiative
and the We Can Do This Cam
paign partnered with seven
community-based organiza
tions as part of this nationwide
activation focused on provid
ing vaccine equity and access,
including:
• 100 Black Men of America
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror
ity, Inc.
• Black Nurse Collaborative
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc.
• The Links, Incorporated
• Top Ladies of Distinction
• W. Montague Cobb/National
Medical Association (NMA)
Black individuals
have historically faced health
care inequities, and Black
communities continue to have
barriers to healthcare access.
That is why the Stay Well
Community Health Initiative
designed specific events to
bring health-related resources
to Black communities.
Stay Well’s Nation
wide Vaccination Day took
place in 21 cities across the
country in partnership with the
We Can Do This COVID-19
Public Education Campaign.
The event had activations in
the following cities including
Atlanta, Chicago, Indianapo
lis, Miami, New Orleans and
Washington, DC, among oth
ers.
Throughout the day
on Saturday, hundreds of in
dividuals participated in Stay
Well events across 21 cities,
with over 400 people getting
vaccinated. To learn more
about Stay Well and Nation
wide Vaccination Day, visit
stay wellhealthub .com.
About The Stay Well
Community Health Initiative
Stay Well events are
designed to bring health-relat
ed resources to Black commu
nities across the country. Stay
Well has partnered with local
health agencies and commu
nity-based organizations in
select cities to educate Black
communities while working to
make vaccine resources more
accessible. These fairs feature
panel discussions with local,
trusted Black health care pro
fessionals on the continued im
pact of COVID vaccines and
emerging variants. For more
information, visit stay well
healthub .com.
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Supported by: City of Savannah Golden Age Centers
SCCPSS Superintendent Dr. Ann Levett to Receive
the Inaugural Tar Wars Champion Award
Thanks to $100K donation from CareSource, Georgia Family Physicians Share Tar Wars
Tobacco and Vape Free Message with 10,000 SCCPSS Students
Savannah-Chatham
County Public School System
(SCCPSS) Superintendent Dr.
M. Ann Levett received the in
augural Tar Wars Champion
Award for her advocacy efforts
in preventing youth vaping and
smoking in Southeast Georgia.
Under Dr. Levett’s
leadership, the Tar Wars tobac
co and vape prevention pro
gram was successfully imple
mented this school year with
10,000 SCCPSS students learn
ing about the true dangers of
tobacco and vaping products.
The award was pre
sented by the Georgia Acade
my of Family Physicians who
successfully coordinated im
plementation of Tar Wars in
Southeast Georgia thanks to a
$100K grant from CareSource,
a mission-driven Medicaid
plan serving more than 500,000
Georgians.
Recognition of Dr.
Levett’s exemplary leadership
and support of the Tar Wars
program in Southeast Georgia
culminating with the bestow-
ment of the Inaugural Tar Wars
Champion Award. Post pre
sentation survey results from
schools implementing the Tar
Wars program show notable
improvements in knowledge
about vaping and smoking in
cluding:
• 87% of students reported
learning something new
• 93% of students respond
ed people who smoke are not
healthy and fit (post-test)
• 33% more students said
advertisers are not telling the
truth about tobacco use (post
test)
• 28% more students said va-
pes are not safer than regular
cigarettes (post-test)