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Nonprofits– We will list your event or service at no charge if you are a bona fide nonprofit. Free events or services– If your event or service is free of charge, we will in turn list it at no charge. Current Connect Savannah clients– We will list your Happening at no charge in gratitude for your continued support of our newspaper. Private business or individual– We will charge $5 per week per entry, payable up front by check or credit card. This goes for art classes, yoga classes, workshops, seminars, etc. that do not meet the above criteria. We retain the right to option to place your happening in the appropriate category. Send Happenings and/or payment to: Connect Savannah, 1800 E. Victory Drive, Suite 7, Savannah GA, 31404. Fax to 912-231-9932.E-mail: linda@connectsavannah.com. We reserve the right to edit or cut non-paid listings because of space limitations.
Activism & Politics AMBUCS
is dedicated to creating mobility and independence of people with disabilities Volunteers meet every first and third Monday at 7 p.m. at Fire Mountain Restaurant on Stephenson Ave. Call Ann Johnson at 897-4818.
Chatham County Democratic Committee
Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.
Chatham County Young Democrats
Call Cory at 508-3335 or send email to c@ depthllc.com.
Chatham County Young Republicans
For information, visit www.savannahyr.com or call Brad Morrison at 596-4810.
Coastal Democrats
Contact Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or R1999MHAR@aol.com..
Drinking Liberally
meets at The Caledonian at the corner of Abercorn and 41st streets, just north of Victory Drive. Promoting democracy one pint at a time -- share politics while sharing a pitcher. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, left-leaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. For information, visit www. DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com.
Indy Media Film Night
Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528.
Skidaway Island Democrats
League of Women Voters
Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.
Libertarian Party of Chatham County
Benefits & Fund Raisers
National Council of Negro Women
New, unwrapped toyso can be taken to the Edward Jones office at 24 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. for the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program.
meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital. Membership is open to anyone 18 and older. meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. Call 3083934 or visit http://www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.
Edward Jones Toys for Tots Drive
meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.
Gift Wrap Center
Planned Parenthood
meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Heather Holloway at 352-4052 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org. Volunteers are needed for Planned Parenthood, and will meet the second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean. For information about volunteering, call Megan Burgoyne at 3524052 or megan.burgoyne@ppfa.org.
Savannah Area Republican Women
meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Johnny Harris Restaurant Banquet Room on Victory Drive. The social starts at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is at noon. The cost is $13 at the door. Make reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the meeting by calling 598-1883.
Savannah Branch NAACP
Savannah Republican Club
Meets every second Tuesday of the month. Call 927-7170.
The Hidden Treasure
A book of photography taken at Tybee Island by Dr. Gustave “Stavie� Kreh is being sold with proceeds going to the Chatham Academy at Royce Center for Children and the Marine Science Center of Tybee Island. The book costs $29.95 and may be purchased online at www.tybeetreasure.com and in area gift shops.
Holiday Spirit Drive
Through Dec. 29, Coastal Pet Rescue will join paws with the Helen Woodward Animal Center, the Iams Co. and more than 2,100
Savannah Children’s Theatre Art Auction
will be held Saturday, Dec. 9. Previews will begin at 7 p.m. and the auction will begin at 8 p.m. The auction will be presented by Ross Galleries of New York. Wine and hors d’oevres will be provided. Tickets are $10.
Tybee Turtle Tour
This program is sposnored by the Tybee Arts Association to raise money to help save turtles through ecological education in a public art forum. Fifty fiberglass statues of sea turtles have been placed around Tybee Island and vicinity, and volunteers are being sought to decorate them. Organizational meetings are being held Wednesdays at 7pm, at the old school behind the new gym on Tybee. Visit www.TybeeTurtleTour.org. The tour will be active through autumn, 2007.
Call for Entries Savannah 5 by 5 Art Show
The Red Kite Studio is calling for work of any medium that is 5 inches by 5 inches. All work will be received as a donation to the American Diabetes Association. Blank canvases are available for $5. All entries must be received by Jan. 19 and will be featured Jan. 26 through Feb. 10. An opening party will held Jan. 26 at 5:05 p.m. Call Creative Approach at 234-7991 or contact Joshua Dunbar at joshdunbar@yahoo.com.
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View films produced by independent journalists, media activists and organizations the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
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The Greenbriar Children’s Center will hold its holiday gift wrap center in Savannah Mall through Dec. 24 from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday through Saturday. To volunteer, call 234-3431.
pet adoption cetners to raise awareness of the joys of owning shelter-adopted pets. Local businesses will host Christmas trees with ornaments of pets for adoption along with a wish list of items they want. Pick up an ornament, go shopping and return the ornament and gifts or monetary donations back to the business. Adopt a pet during the two-month campaign and receive a free pet portrait and other giveaways. Call 351-4151 or www.coastalpetrescue.org.
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meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. Call Joe Murray Rivers, chair, 2345969, or Janice Shay, 547-5212 or visit www. chathamdems.com.
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