Dentist donates mouth protection gear to football team
Rincon dentist Angela Canfield, who’s opening a second office in Sandfly, is donating $9,000 worth of custom-made maroon and white mouth guards to the Benedictine Military School football team.
Canfield is donating 110 custom-fit mouth guards to the Benedictine team free of charge. She and four staff members took impressions of the football players’ teeth on Saturday.
The American Dental Association estimates mouth guards prevent about 200,000 injuries a year in high school and college football teams.
Canfield will picked an impact sports team each year to receive mouth guards. Applications for 2015 should be submitted to her office before June 1, 2015.
For more information, call 912-826-4037 or go to www.premierdentaldesigns.com.
Jepson to receive leadership award
Robert S. Jepson, Jr., Savannah businessman, philanthropist and chairman of the Board of Curators of the Georgia Historical Society, has been selected by Leadership Georgia as the recipient of the 2014 J.W. Fanning Award. The J.W. Fanning award is presented each year in honor of Leadership Georgia founding father J.W. Fanning to a Georgian whose statewide contributions through progressive leadership and service have been broad in scope and rich in achievement.
“We congratulate Bob on receiving this great honor,” said Dr. W. Todd Groce, president and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society. “His contributions to higher education, charitable organizations and his leadership in Georgia’s economic and business community will reap benefits for our state and for industry leaders for generations to come.”
Founded in 1971, Leadership Georgia is one of the nation’s oldest and most successful Leadership Training Programs for young business, civic, and community leaders with the desire and potential to work together for a better Georgia.
The award will be presented in Atlanta at Leadership Georgia’s annual gala Nov. 21.
Coastal Pet Rescue picked as Jaycees’ partner
The Savannah Jaycees have selected Coastal Pet Rescue as the organization’s service partner for 2014-2015.
The Jaycees will help Coastal Pet Rescue raise money and awareness for their cause from now through the end of June 2015. Partnership efforts include a kitty litter drive, a date night auction on Sept. 18 and the Cruise for Critters on Sept. 28.
Coastal Pet Rescue is an all-volunteer, nonprofit animal rescue organization based in Savannah.
For more information, contact Randi Hemple at savannahjaycees@gmail.com or Lisa Scarbrough at lisa@coastalpetrescue.org.
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