Youth mentors needed for GoodGuides program
Goodwill of the Coastal Empire is seeking positive role models for the GoodGuides Youth Mentoring Program, which helps kids between 12 and 17 build career plans and skills to prepare for finishing school, post-secondary training and productive work.
Volunteers must be willing to make a one-year commitment to the program, meet with a student in person at least once a month and correspond weekly with the student via email. A background check will be required.
Representatives will be available at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, at the Sallie Mood Goodwill Job Connection Center, 7220 Sallie Mood Drive, and Pooler Goodwill Job Connection, 115 Grand Central Blvd. to meet with anyone interested in becoming a mentor.
Goodwill serves 33 counties in Georgia and South Carolina, operating 19 retail locations and 10 Job Connection Centers.
For more information, go to http://goodwillsavannah.org/mission/goodguidesmentor.
Shooting event to raise money to fight diabetes
The Savannah Boar Association, contestants in the 2014 Kiss-a-Pig Campaign, will host a sporting clays tournament on Friday, May 9, at Forest City Gun Club, 9203 Ferguson Ave.
Registration opens at 1 p.m., and the tournament starts at 3 p.m. followed by an after party at 6 p.m. featuring barbecue courtesy of Bi-Lo and Gerald’s Pig & Shrimp.
Cash prizes will be given for the top team, top male and top female shooter.
The fee for a four-person team is $600 and includes 50 targets/50 shells per person, 12 or 20 gauge, a golf cart and admission for four to the after party.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available until May 1.
To register a team and/or be a sponsor, go to www.adaclayshoot.org or contact Maria Center at mcenter@diabetes.org or 912-353-8110, ext. 3091.
Georgia Southern named ‘green college’
STATESBORO — For the fourth year in a row, Georgia Southern University has been named to The Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges: 2014 Edition, which highlights eco-friendly institutions based on their commitment to environmental and sustainability issues and is produced in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council.
The guide profiles 330 institutions of higher education in the United States and two in Canada that demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability in their free academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.
Universities and colleges were chosen for the guide based on a survey conducted in 2013. The survey asked administrators about their institution’s sustainability-related policies, practices and programs.
To see the schools listed, go to www.princetonreview.com/green-guide.
