Holiday social to benefit community center
The Savannah Downtown Business Association will kick off its social series with a holiday social Wednesday from 5:30-8 p.m. at Satisfied, 301 W. Broughton St.
Guests will enjoy a silent auction, live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and two complimentary drink tickets. The cost for members and non-members is one toy or $10. All toy donations will benefit the Moses Jackson Community Center.
Reservations must be made via SavannahDBA.com.
The Moses Jackson Community Center provides a multitude of services for children, including after-school activities such as after tutorials and computer instruction and use.
For more information, contact Emily Dickinson at 912-920-5650 or at edickinson@wetwillies.com.
Luncheon raises money to fight cancer
More than $185,000 was raised during the 11th Annual Waiting on a Cure (WOAC) luncheon held earlier this month on behalf of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial University Medical Center.
Event hosts dressed as well-known spies to raise money to buy the SPY Elite System, a high-tech medical device that can help prevent multiple surgeries for breast cancer patients.
The event featured patient Donna South and breast cancer survivor and Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin. South was the first patient at Memorial University Medical Center to be treated with the SPY Elite System by surgeons Ray Rudolph and Rich Greco.
School, partner produce goat-milk soaps
Bethesda Academy, a school for boys in grades six through 12, has partnered with Nourish, a boutique bath and soap shop in downtown Savannah, to produce a line of organic goat-milk soaps.
The rosemary-lavender and orange-tangerine soaps can be ordered online at nourishsavannah.com and are sold at Bethesda Academy’s Farm and Garden Farm Stand on Thursdays from 3-5:30 p.m. and at Nourish, 202 W. Broughton St.
Each goat-milk soap bar sells for $7, with $1 donated to Bethesda Academy.
For more information, contact Andrea Dove at andrea.dove@bethesdaacademy.org or 912-644-4376.
New charter school accepting applications
BEAUFORT S.C. — Bridges Preparatory School, a new charter school, is accepting applications for staff and teachers in grades K-6 for fall of 2013. Applicants must have a willingness to embrace the Paideia Principles and share the mission of the school.
Interested candidates should complete an application at bridgespreparatoryschool.org/Careers_at_Bridges.html and review the school’s charter online. Include cover letter, resume, three current letters of recommendation, copies of teaching certificates, transcripts and national board certification and gifted endorsements.
Documents should be scanned and attached in an email to teachersandstaff@bridgespreparatoryschool.org with the applicant’s name and position in the subject line.