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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 05, 2023
Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Announces
Annual Conference In Savannah
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There will be a lun
cheon honoring impactful
Black women in Georgia,
where former Atlanta May
or Shirley Franklin will serve
as a guest speaker. Saturday
evening will close with the
“Chairman’s Reception” event
and a gala dinner. The Honor
able Congressman Johnathan
Congressman
Johnathan Jackson
Jackson for the 1st District of
Chicago, Illinois will be the
speaker at Saturday’s Gala/
Dinner. Saturday’s events will
be hosted at Enmarket Arena.
The GLBC’s confer
ence will conclude on Sunday
morning with a worship ser
vice at First African Baptist
Church. Rep. Gilliard will
serve as a guest speaker during
the service.
Recognized as one of
the largest Black caucuses in
the nation, the GLBC is a group
of elected officials dedicated to
advocating for the needs and
concerns of Black Georgians.
The caucus includes 74 mem
bers who represent more than
three million residents.
More information
about the GLBC’s annual con
ference may be found at gab-
lackcaucus.org.
City Awarded Federal Grant Funds For Springfield
Terrace School Rehabilitation Project
Springfield Terrace School was built in 1926 and later known as the Pearl Lee Smith
School and Oglethorpe Charter Academy. (Photo Credit: City of Savannah)
As the City continues
its work to restore Springfield
Terrace School, the National
Park Service (NPS) has award
ed a $50,000 grant in support
of the project, as part of the
Historic Preservation Fund’s
African American Civil Rights
grant program.
The grant will fund
the Springfield Terrace School
Rehabilitation Project, which
aims to begin planning for
the restoration of the school
building in the Carver Village
neighborhood with a focus on
its preservation.
The project will in
clude structural assessments,
preparation of a rehabilitation
plan and construction doc
uments, as well as plans for
community archiving and en
gagement.
The building was
completed in 1926 to provide
education and resources to Af
rican American youth in Cha
tham County. At that time, Af
rican Americans were excluded
from most buildings and re
sources of the public education
system. Springfield Terrace
School was renamed in 1958
in honor of Pearl Lee Smith
and used to house Oglethor
pe Charter School from 1999
to 2012. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic
Places in 2022.
The school has
served as a long-term commu
nity asset and this project will
jumpstart efforts to restore it to
an active space for the commu
nity.
For more informa
tion, please contact the Munici
pal Archives at (912) 651-6412
or Archives@savannahga.gov.
Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society Announces
14th Annual Camp Buddy In Chatham County
The Lowcountry
Down Syndrome Society
(LDSS) will be hosting its 14th
annual Camp Buddy summer
camp for Chatham County
on July 10-14 at St. Andrews
School, located at 601 Penn
Waller Rd, on Wilmington Is
land.
Camp Buddy is for
children of all ages with Down
syndrome and is designed to
help students prepare for the
upcoming school year with a
specially designed curriculum.
Activities that take
place during Camp Buddy in
clude but are not limited to,
cooking, art, crafts, life skill
lessons, physical and occupa
tional therapy, money and time
management-related activities.
These activities are created and
designed to grow the student’s
knowledge base and hands-
on experience with real-life
scenarios. Money and time
management will help the stu
dents with real-life purchasing
processes and understand the
importance of a daily routine.
Cooking activities present re
al-life situations that focus on
safety and following instruc
tions and steps to create the
dish and achieve the goal. Arts
and crafts will help develop
hand strength and muscle de
velopment with physical ther
apy activities such as scooter
board riding that helps develop
core strength that in turn helps
with small muscle develop
ment.
For over 14 years, the
Lowcountry Down Syndrome
Society has been helping stu
dents with Down syndrome
enjoy summer fun at Camp
Buddy with a customized cur
riculum designed by special
education, occupational, phys
ical, and speech therapists that
helps the students retain the in
formation they learned during
the previous school year and
preparing for the upcoming
school year.
Throughout the camp
session, occupational, physical,
and speech therapy are cleverly
disguised as games, and camp
ers participate in activities that
promote health and wellness as
well as the importance of giv
ing back to the community.
Camp Buddy is
sponsored by the Lowcountry
Down Syndrome Society and
is made possible through the
generosity of the community,
friends and families of LDSS
and events such as the Buddy
Walk and Night of Champions.
Camp Buddy for Effingham
County was held in June. For
more information about LDSS,
visit http://www.ldssga.org/
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