Columnist Bertie Allen
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• Phone: (912) 282-7473
Hello!
Here is the news for this week. ***** To our community: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
— Maya Angelou ***** A Black History Community Celebration will be held from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at the Session Hill Community Center, 3105 Allen Avenue, Blackshear. The theme will be “Building Our Community in Unity.”
The event will feature a Black owned business showcase ($30 for vendors), a community barbeque ($20 per plate), free health care screenings including blood pressure/hypertension, prostate cancer awareness and free financial literacy resources, including budgeting and credit, home ownership and small business banking, and music, culture and family friendly activities.
Everyone is invited to come celebrate Black history while strengthening the community through unity, health and economic empowerment.
For more information, contact Organizer Shawn Keaton at 912-670-4659. ***** Isaac Moses’ Black History Day will be held noon - 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at Lee Street Resource Center, 628 Sycamore Street, Blackshear. Tanisha Nunn Gary, a native of Pierce County, will be the featured speaker. Bingo will follow at 5 p.m. Everyone is invited to come have a fun day with your family. For more information contact 912-552-0118. ***** Ministers Alliance: All pastors, elders and ministers of God are asked to meet for prayer at 9 a.m. every first Monday of the month at Rainge Funeral Home, 505 Ware Street Blackshear. ***** Positive Thoughts: “I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
– Michael Jordan ***** I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. — Philippians 4: 13 ***** If you have any news for Bertie’s corner, please call me at (912) 282-7473 or email bertiecornerblktime23b7@ gmail.com . I’ll be glad to hear from you and write up your news.
