Giving Guide by Savannah Magazine

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GIVING GUIDE As the year draws to a close, help the organizations dedicated to America’s assisting and enriching our community. Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia

Brightside Child & Family Advocacy ...................................................................................163 Celebrating 30 Years of Feeding Children!

GHC Hospice Foundation....................................................................................................164 America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia utilizes food and education to improve lives and create a hunger-free community. We are committed to providing children with balanced meals so Hospice Savannah.................................................................................................................168 they can grow strong bodies and healthy minds. Since 1981, we have provided nourishment for the hungry through partnerships Safe Shelter Center for Domestic Violence Services............................................................168 with other nonprofits and through our programs such as Brown Senior Citizens Inc. ..............................................................................................................167 Bag for the Elderly, Kids Cafe and the Mobile Food Pantry. Providing more than 13.2 million meals annually for our G E T I N VO LV E D Mission.......................................................................................................................166 Union community, our food bank serves as the safety net for 137,410 ➻ Volunteer at food drives, sort and stock food at our children, senior citizens, low-income families and people with Way of thefor Coastal Empire .....................................................................................162 distribution center,United pack Brown Bags the Elderly, tutor disabilities who are at risk for hunger. We also provide meals for children at our Kids Cafe sites, distribute food on our disaster relief and families in crisis. YMCA of Coastal Georgia...................................................................................................165

Greenbriar Children’s Center...............................................................................................167

Mobile Food Pantry and help with special events.

2501 EAST PRESIDENT STREET 912.236.6750 HELPENDHUNGER.ORG

➻ Your tax-deductible $1 gift provides five wholesome meals for local people in need.

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H OW TO H E L P ➻ Donate online at

➻ Support Brightside

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Child & Family Advocacy

➻ Text IMPROVE to 40403. ➻ Find volunteer

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brightsideadvocacy.org or Our mission is to improve lives. Your by donation calling 912.447.8908. to the United Way Community

Fund improves lives throughout Bryan, Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. ➻ Become a volunteer at savannahcasa.org/ In 2020 alone, programs and services volunteer

funded by United Way improved the lives of 207,948 people. That means 46 percent of people in our four-county region – many who never needed help before – received support through the United Way Community Fund. The Community Fund is the UNITED way to give. The power of your gift is multiplied when combined with others to: • Support more than 80 vital programs of more than 50 vetted nonprofits • Provide direct assistance to people through our 211 call center and county service centers • Connect volunteers to causes that 912.447.8908 strengthen our community through United BRIGHTSIDEADVOCACY.ORG Way Volunteers

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This year, the Herschel V. Jenkins Trust and other income cover 100 percent of the organization’s operating expenses, allowing donor dollars to go directly where they’re most needed. United Way was created by the community for the community. It is the one way we all come together to support each other with a safety net of programs, services and pathways for upward mobility. Join us to improve lives and living in the Coastal Empire, the UNITED way. Please give to support your community today.

opportunities at uwce.org/volunteer.

➻ Engage with us on social media: • Facebook: facebook.com/ unitedwaycoastalempire • Instagram: @ unitedwaycoastalempire • Twitter: @UWCE • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/ company/uwce • YouTube: youtube. com/user/ UnitedWayCoastalEmp

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BRIGHTSIDE CHILD & FAMILY ADVOCACY OUR MISSION Brightside Child & Family Advocacy provides services to prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening and supporting healthy family relationships. OUR VISION We believe in a community where every child is given the opportunity to thrive in a safe and loving home. WHO WE ARE After 30 years of providing advocacy to thousands of children in foster care, Savannah Court Appointed Special Advocates is evolving to serve more families and children in crisis. Under the new name Brightside Child & Family Advocacy, this organization will provide a wide range of services aiming to prevent child abuse and neglect in Chatham County. As the 2021 recipient of the Georgia CASA Award of Excellence, Brightside Child & Family Advocacy will continue its high quality and

personalized advocacy for children in foster care. With nearly 200 trained volunteers, Brightside’s Savannah CASA program will ensure that children in our community who have experienced abuse and neglect have a committed advocate helping to change their story. In January 2022, Brightside will launch The Bright House, a supervised visitation and family support center. In a warm homelike environment, parents will develop healthy relationships with their children while participating in their court-mandated supervised visitation. By providing parental coaching, referrals to community services and case management, The Bright House will be a positive space for families to heal and grow despite the many barriers that arise from difficult circumstances. OUR FAVORITE QUOTE “You must keep looking on the bright side, because you won't find anything in the dark.” – Zack W. Van, aut

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H OW YO U CA N H E LP ➻ Support Brightside Child & Family Advocacy by donating at brightsideadvocacy.org or by calling 912.447.8908.

➻ Become a volunteer at savannahcasa.org/ volunteer

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The GHC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created to help GHC Hospice’s patients fulfill ➻ Support Brightside last wishes, invests 100 percent of every dollar Child & Family Advocacy raised through donations and fundraisers by donating back into at our patients, their families and educating our communities. From themed party brightsideadvocacy.org or celebrations and beach trips to sending veteran by calling 912.447.8908. pilots on one last flight and making a patient’s home more handicap accessible, we strive to ➻ Become a volunteer create an environment where our patients and at savannahcasa.org/ their families can continue to make memories volunteer together. At GHC Hospice, we view our hospice as a means of living the best quality of life possible and not dying. We host events throughout the year that include golf tournaments, Boston butt fundraisers, fashion shows, raffle baskets, Savannah Banana ticket sales and more. Thanks to the generosity of family, friends and the community, our foundation has helped numerous families this year by going the extra mile offering bucket list wishes tailored to patients’ wants and needs. GIVING IS SIMPLE You can make a gift online at any time by 912.447.8908 going to our secure website ghchospice.com BRIGHTSIDEADVOCACY.ORG and clicking on donations. Often families and

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organizations choose to honor or remember their loved one or friend with a donation. By making a tax-deductible donation to the GHC Foundation, you are not only ensuring that hospice patients and families are connected to the resources they need, but you are also paying tribute to the life of someone who is special to you. Donations to the GHC Foundation are the perfect way to honor a loved one’s memory or express condolences to a family. OUR PROMISE Choosing the best hospice provider for the patient and family is very important, though not necessarily as difficult as one might think. This is why we at GHC Hospice make it one of our top priorities to have a one-of-a-kind, patient-centered nonprofit foundation to ensure our patients feel loved and honored. We pride ourselves on being with the family in any time of need, day or night. We promise to provide you with expert care and treat our patients with dignity at all times. GHC Hospice is known as the hospice with the highest patient frequencies in the areas that we serve. GHC Hospice brings a superior reputation, which we substantiate through federal survey scores that are higher than both state and national levels.

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G E T I N VO LV E D ➻ GHC Hospice volunteers are an integral part of the hospice team, from providing foundation fundraising support to offering companionship to our patients through phone calls and active listening. To volunteer, donate or request information, go to ghchospice.com or call 912.355.0000.

SUSANJAFFIE@GHCHOSPICE.COM 912.602.5035 (C) 912.355.0000 (O) GHCHOSPICE.COM

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YMCA OF COASTAL GEORGIA OUR CAUSE We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when we all work together. That’s why at the Y, strengthening community is our cause. Every day we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. As a member of the Y, you’re a member of a community. WHAT WE DO The YMCA of Coastal Georgia has been serving the region for 166 years, and continues to work every day to advance our cause through our three areas of focus: youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. We provide numerous services to the community from early learning and childcare to youth sports leagues, before- and after-school care with our YBASE program, fresh food distribution with Fresh Express, literacy development with Y Readers and our bed and book donation program, A Place to

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H OW TO H E L P ➻ Join: With a Y membership, you’re part of something bigger than a gym —

Dream, and much more. The YMCA serves men, women, girls and boys of all ages and from all walks of life regardless of ability to pay.

you’re part of a movement.

WHERE WE ARE We operate 11 units in Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, McIntosh and Glynn counties, including our YBASE beforeand after-school program in 55 elementary and middle schools throughout the markets served. All of this and more is accomplished while putting forth the Y mission to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

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DID YOU KNOW? Basketball as we know it today was invented at the Y. In 1891, creator James Naismith was a student at a YMCA training academy in Springfield, Massachusetts, and came up with the game as a way to keep students active indoors during the cold winter months.

➻ Volunteer: Lead and coach youth sports; build impact change as a board member and work alongside your neighbors at events such as monthly Fresh Express free food distribution.

6400 HABERSHAM ST. 912.354.5480 YMCAOFCOASTALGA.ORG

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We partner with people brightsideadvocacy.org orto end their homelessness through912.447.8908. housing and supportive services. by calling WHO WE ARE Established in 1937, Union Mission provides at savannahcasa.org/ emergency, transitional and permanent supportive volunteer housing, mental-health counseling and job-training programs to men, women with children and targeted services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Through these services, individuals and families acquire the tools they need to lift themselves out of homelessness.

➻ Become a volunteer

WHAT WE DO Union Mission clients come to us with no home and lack stability surrounding all aspects of their lives. By providing an array of housing and supportive programs, we advance our mission by eliminating the personal and systemic barriers that perpetuate homelessness and poverty. In 2020, Union Mission helped transition 667 men, women 912.447.8908 and children from the streets of Savannah to safe, BRIGHTSIDEADVOCACY.ORG

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stable housing and provided more than 78,200 meals and 97,130 nights of housing. WHO WE HELP The path to homelessness is never straightforward. For most individuals, years of loss and trauma culminate in experiencing homelessness. Each journey is unique and marked with diverse and overwhelming challenges such as job loss, eviction, abuse, mental-health challenges and physical health issues. Union Mission programs continue to provide holistic support that addresses the individual needs of those seeking our help. With the Capital Campaign “A Haven for Her,” Union Mission will expand the Emergency Housing Program to unaccompanied, homeless women. This will be the only Emergency Housing Program dedicated solely to unaccompanied, homeless women along the I-95 corridor between Florida and South Carolina. Serving more than 100 homeless women annually, this 90-day program will provide women with the tools they need to end their homelessness and maintain safe, stable housing.

distribute donated items, serve meals or assist with maintenance or administrative support.

➻ Learn more about Union Mission’s “A Haven for Her” capital campaign.

➻Donate at unionmission.org.

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Since 1959, Senior Citizens Inc. has helped people in coastal Georgia age successfully. What began with serving 13 seniors once a week now serves more than 10,000 older adults and their families annually across Chatham, Bryan, Effingham and Liberty counties. We offer services to meet people’s physical, intellectual and social needs through Meals on Wheels, in-home care, our Adult Day Health Centers, The Learning Center, three Neighborhood Centers and more. We want people to live the life they want to live and to have the highest quality of life possible. Recognized as a national leader in providing services for older adults, we anticipate doubling our impact with the recently completed Center for Successful Aging.

➻ Your tax-deductible gift ensures older adults have nutritious hot meals on the table, safe places to congregate with friends, in-home care if they are frail and a smile in their heart. ➻ Volunteers can deliver meals, lead activities in our centers, assist with pet food delivery or make a socially isolated senior’s day with regular friendly calls.

3025 BULL STREET 912-236-0363 SENIORCITIZENSINC.ORG

GREENBRIAR CHILDREN’S CENTER INC.

H OW TO H E L P ➻ For more information or to give online to help children locally, go to www.greenbriarchildrenscenter.org.

In 1949, Greenbriar began as an orphanage for AfricanAmerican children who previously were sent to work farms or penal institutions if they had no one to care for them. Today, our mission is to provide services that lead to the healthy development of children and the strengthening of families. Our three programs include: · An early education/early childcare program for young children from low income families ages 6 months to 5 years · An emergency shelter that is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for children ages 11 to 18 who are neglected, abused and abandoned or who are runaways. · A family preservation and support program, which provides free counseling and support to families in need.

➻ Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn!

3709 HOPKINS ST. 912.234.3431 WWW.GREENBRIARCHILDRENSCENTER.ORG

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SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES The mission of SAFE Shelter Center for Domestic Violence Services is to prevent domestic violence, protect victims and promote change in lives, families and our community. Since 1979, SAFE Shelter has been Savannah’s only shelter dedicated to victims of intimate partner violence and their children. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, SAFE Shelter provides safe, confidential services to all victims of domestic violence. SAFE Shelter services include: · Safe, temporary housing for victims of domestic violence and their children · Follow-up program for qualifying families or individuals leaving the shelter, including continued case management and support groups · Legal advocacy to victims who do not require shelter

G E T I N VO LV E D ➻ Make a year-end gift to support our shelter at safeshelter.org. Your gift gives adults and children hope that comfort, safety and security are within reach and provides them with the resources to rebuild their lives. ➻ Volunteers enhance our ability to offer comprehensive services. For more information, contact Marie Williams at mwilliams@safeshelter.org.

P.O. BOX 61119, SAVANNAH, GA 31420 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE: 912.629.8888 OUTREACH OFFICE: 912.651.0004

Hospice Savannah Founded by our community, we help people live! Let the only Joint Commission accredited hospice give you and your loved one the best quality of life possible… Have a serious progressive illness with difficult-to-manage symptoms? Our Steward Center for Palliative Care can help. Medicare & private insurance accepted. Caring for a loved one with a serious illness, disability or dementia? Our Edel Caregiver Institute offers practical help at no charge.

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Grieving after the death of a loved one? Our Full Circle Grief & Loss counselors provide free bereavement support to anyone in the community.

➻ Honor or remember loved ones at our virtual Tree of Light Memorial Gathering on December 5th. www.HospiceSavannah.org/TreeofLight

1352 EISENHOWER DRIVE 912.355.2289 HOSPICESAVANNAH.ORG

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