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Pi Fitness in Savannah, GA, a non-profit gym, can win $50,000 from Pepsi Refresh with the help of community voters.
Performance Initiatives Fitness helps to fight childhood obesity by providing a safe place for daily fitness programs and after school tutoring for under privileged youth.
Please vote for this Pepsi Refresh Project by going to www.PiFitness.org.
Vote today and each day in December for PI Fitness youth programs at the Pepsi Refresh Project. You can also text 110875 to 73774
Here’s a direct link to the Pepsi Site.
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Original Painting by Molly Wright
SAVANNAH – Local artist Molly Wright will debut her original painting selected as the poster for the 2012 Savannah Book Festival at her Skidaway Art Works Gallery Show on November 17 – 18.
Prints and note cards from the original painting entitled “Lose Yourself in Books” will be available at the show, as well as Molly’s new works inspired by her coastal travels.
Molly Wright, best known for her impressionistic style of brightly colored oil and acrylic painting, has been featured in publications such as Coastal Living Magazine, American Art Collector, and M Magazine.
The Savannah Book Festival will be held February 15-19 2012. Prints of the original artwork for the upcoming festival will also be available for sale on www.skidawayartworks.com and www.savannahbookfestival.org.
The Gallery Show will include a wine and cheese reception from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on Thursday Nov. 17, and Friday, Nov. 18. Skidaway Art Works is located at 8408 Marcus place, off Montgomery Crossroads, and one block east of Waters.
About Molly Wright
Since her first solo gallery show in 1994, Molly has displayed her unique works for private gallery showings throughout the north and southeast. Her work is part of the permanent collection of The Martha Jefferson Hospital, and the private collection of Jay Fishman, CEO of The Travelers Insurance Company in New York City. Find Molly Wrights’ art collection on display in Savannah, Georgia at the Skidaway Artworks gallery and at www.skidawayartworks.com
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The fall and winter seasons are a wonderful time to visit Tybee Island! My latest inspiration is a friend who is now 83 years old. Just this week, she climbed every step of the lighthouse (178 steps)! I invite you to visit Tybee, only 20 minutes from Savannah.
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Nikki Hanebrink, a ninth grade student at Sol C. Johnson High School, won the Subway Fresh Fit poster contest and got to meet Jared Fogle, Subway’s spokesperson, who came to congratulate her at Performance Initiatives Fitness on Friday, October 14th.
After making the presentation, Jared held up the “fat” pants he used to wear prior to losing 245 pounds in one year on the “Subway” diet.
Nikki’s winning poster illustrated her visual story of weight loss and fitness progress. Learning Cross Fit, weightlifting, and new ways of eating healthy helped her lose over 50 pounds.
Prizes awarded from Subway included $1,000 awarded to Coastal Empire Weightlifting, a program offered at Performance Initiatives Fitness, which will go toward new equipment. Nikki also won $1,000 in Subway gift cards, which she will share with her weightlifting teammates.
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Grand Opening Saturday, October 1st
Rob and Susan Dailey opened a non-franchised frozen yogurt shop Isle of Yo’ in Norwood Market in Sandfly. A Grand Opening Celebration will be held Saturday, October 1st. Anyone bringing a non-perishable food item for Second Harvest Food Bank will receive half off their yogurt purchase up to 8 oz. Hours Sun – Thurs 12-9 Friday 12-10 Saturday 11-10
Isle of Yo’ is located at 7360 Skidaway Rd. Savannah, GA 31406. For more details or information, please contact Susan Dailey at 912.354.5501 or go to www.isleofyo.com
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Table Art Fundraiser for Young Athletes at Crystal Beer Parlor
A Table Creations Fundraiser event will be held on Sunday, Sept 25th from 1-4pm at the Crystal Beer Parlor at 301 West Jones Street (corner of Jones & Jefferson in Savannah) to benefit youth programs at Performance Initiatives Fitness.
Local area artists have created hand painted indoor and outdoor tables and chairs which will be sold by silent auction.
Tables may be previewed before the 25th in the Monroe Room. The Crystal Beer Parlor will be featuring a special menu for the event, with 10% of all proceeds from this menu to be donated to PI for the youth programs. http://www.crystalbeerparlor.com/
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Learning to sculpt was the biggest challenge of the summer for students at Performance Initiatives Fitness. This art project was an evolution of learning not only about art, but self appreciation.
Under the direction of Sculptor Susie Chisholm, students began with a lump of clay and a mirror to create their likeness. Learning the feel of the clay, molding, and hollowing out a bust of themselves began the process for each of the young athletes.
The clay was donated by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs Department, who also offered assistance by Matt Maggioni, a graduate of AASU’s Fine Arts program.
“Our goal was to help each child look at themselves and the world around them in a new and different way,” said Chisholm.
Firing the clay pieces was also made possible by the City of Savannah, who has a kiln able to accommodate large pieces of art.
Eleven young athletes who were transformed to artists displayed their work at an exhibit on August 23, as students, friends, and families gathered at the Savannah Dept. of Cultural Affairs Art Gallery for the Youth Sculpture Show.
City of Savannah Cultural Affairs
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Comedian Vic Henley will star in the second annual Laughs for Lemonade: An Evening of Comedy to Fight Ovarian Cancer on Sept. 29, at the Lucas Theatre in Savannah, GA
Tickets are $25 General Admission, $35 Reserved Seating and $50 VIP, which includes Reserved Seating and admittance into the “Meet and Greet” after-party. For tickets, visit www.lucastheatre.com or call (912) 525-5050. The box office is located at 216 E. Broughton St. The Lucas Theatre is located at 32 Abercorn St.
Laughs for Lemonade is the main fundraiser for Mom’s Lemonade Fund, which supports local women and their families struggling with ovarian cancer in the Savannah area. The fund’s mission is to provide medications, testing, wigs, as well as comfort care items for the patients and their families.
Co-author of a national bestselling book with fellow comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Henley has appeared on H
BO, CBS, NBC, FOX, MTV, BRAVO, CMT and just about every other standup comedy show on television. He was a VH-1 VJ a
nd has his own Comedy Central Presents half hour special as well as performances on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Whether it’s HBO’s US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, or the granddaddy of them all – The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Henley has drawn rave reviews and packed houses. His success at Edinburgh led to a slew of BBC TV appearances on stand up and talk shows, some where he was the first American to perform. Henley has also performed on over 500 college campuses receiving 8 “Comedian of the Year” nominations.
Karen Morgan, whose appearances include Nick at Nite and Sirius, will open the evening. Born and raised in Athens, Georgia, Karen Morgan’s Southern accent is an anomaly in Maine, where she now lives. After years as a successful trial lawyer, Karen become a full-time comedian in 2005 after being chosen as a finalist on Nick at Nite’s First Search for the Funniest Mom in America. She has worked nonstop ever since in theatres and clubs around the country.
Morgan can be heard on Sirius XM Radio’s Blue Collar Comedy, Raw Dog and Laugh Break as well as every week on the Coast Morning Show.
About Mom’s Lemonade Fund:
Mom’s Lemonade Fund supports local women and their families struggling with ovarian cancer in the Savannah area. The foundation’s purpose is to raise awareness of ovarian cancer, assist with emotional and medical needs and to provide comfort care items for patients, their family members, and caregivers battling the disease.
Mom’s Lemonade Fund was created in August 2009 by the families of Mary Anne Feist Mahfet and Ellen McAlpin Hogan to honor their memory by proactively helping women and their families struggling with ovarian cancer.
Date: Laughs for Lemonade will be held Thursday, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre.
Find Mom’s Lemonade Fund on Facebook.
To find out more about the comedians:
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Coach Kerri Goodrich of Performance Initiatives Fitness in Savannah has been chosen to coach in the Summer Developmental Camp, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.
Goodrich left last Thursday for Colorado Springs and is currently helping to improve the technical aspects of weightlifting for camp participants, while under the direction of National Team Coach Zygmunt Smalcerz.
“I’m honored to be chosen for a program of this caliber,” said Goodrich.
Gold Medalist Tayler Jakubsen, a member of the Coastal Empire Weightlifting Team was chosen as a youth coach, but had to turn down the opportunity at the OTC due to a prior commitment to summer football practice at Benedictine.
All coaches participating in this summer program reside in the residence facilities at the OTC along with the lifters attending the camp, and are responsible for supervising the lifters throughout the camp period.
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