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Events in September 2024
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August 26, 2024
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August 27, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. |
August 28, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: LIFE Online - Social Club: Promoting Fun & Friendship! – This month's Social Club will be in person at LIFE in Savannah - 4811 Waters Avenue. For information please call 912-920-2414.
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September 1, 2024(1 event) All day: September is Suicide Prevention Month All day If you or someone you know is in crisis, call, text, or chat 988, immediately (chat available at 988Lifeline.org). September is Suicide Prevention Month — a time to raise awareness and discuss this urgently Suicidal thoughts, much like mental health |
September 2, 2024(1 event) All day: CLOSED for Labor Day All day LIFE's offices will be closed today in observance of Labor Day. Have a safe and peaceful holiday! |
September 3, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. |
September 4, 2024
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September 5, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat Group on Zoom – Please join us for the LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat on Thursday, September 5th, at 1:00PM! This is a hybrid event - if you can't use Zoom (login below), you're welcome to join us in person at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. Zoom link provided upon request, please call 912-920-2414.
Did you know?... peer support can improve the sense of well-being for people with disabilities by expanding their support network and empowering them? It's true! The LIFE-Line Peer Chat is a safe space to talk with other people with disabilities, confidentially. Show up and be the difference in someone else's day, or let them be the difference in yours! We hope you'll join us!
The LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat is open exclusively to people with disabilities in LIFE's twenty service counties*.
*LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne
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September 6, 2024(1 event) 10:00 am: Every Vote, Every Voice: Voter Registration & Education Day at LIFE – Please join us for 'Every Vote, Every Voice Voter Registration & Education Day' at LIFE, Inc. in Savannah. This event is designed to empower people with disabilities, their households and community allies to exercise their right to vote.
This is a drop-in event where attendees will learn:
Importance of Voter Participation
Voter Registration Process & Assistance
Accessible Voting Methods
Understanding Rights Regarding Voter Accessibility and Accommodations for People with Disabilities
Representatives from the Chatham County Voter Registration will be on hand to demonstrate the voting machine and accessibility features, as well as educate about the voting process.
Your vote is powerful. Your vote matters. Be heard.
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September 7, 2024
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September 8, 2024
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September 9, 2024(1 event) All day: Disability Voting Rights Week All day It's Disability Voting Rights Week!
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September 10, 2024(2 events) All day: Disability Voting Rights Week All day It's Disability Voting Rights Week!
What: Why: Who: How: 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. |
September 11, 2024(1 event) All day: Disability Voting Rights Week All day It's Disability Voting Rights Week!
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September 12, 2024(2 events) All day: Disability Voting Rights Week All day It's Disability Voting Rights Week!
What: Why: Who: How: 1:00 pm: 100 Days of Peace - Rock Painting with LIFE Peer Support Group – Please join LIFE for 'Peace Rocks!' on Thursday, September 12th, at 1:00PM when we will gather at the Mediation Center to paint rocks to take and place around Savannah for others to discover in an effort to spread peaceful intent in our community! The Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire's 100 Days of Peace is an intentional peacebuilding community outreach campaign, which is designed to raise awareness of the importance of peace in the Savannah community and to celebrate local peacebuilding efforts such as this one! We will meet at The Mediation Center at 5105 Paulsen Street, Suite 125D in Savannah. Please contact us at 912-920-2414 with questions or to register! The LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat is open exclusively to people with disabilities in LIFE's twenty service counties*.
*LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne
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September 13, 2024(1 event) All day: Disability Voting Rights Week All day It's Disability Voting Rights Week!
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September 16, 2024
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September 17, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. |
September 18, 2024
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September 19, 2024(1 event) 5:30 pm: Alzheimer's Support Group at LIFE – Support group for caregivers providing care for people with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. This is a free monthly meeting open to the public. Occurs monthly on the third Thursday from 5:30 - 6:30. Location: LIFE, Inc. 4811 Waters Avenue across from Memorial Hospital in the Medical Arts Shopping Center. Contact Chris at 912-482-1079 with questions. |
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September 24, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. |
September 25, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: LIFE Social Club: Special Art event with Making Marks / Telfair Museum! – LIFE, Inc. is inviting you to our Social Club SPECIAL EVENT on September 25th! Please join us in person on Wednesday, September 25th for the first of two FREE "Making Marks" sessions of guided artistic expression. Telfair Museums inclusive, community-based outreach programming is partnering with LIFE for this fun opportunity!
And, of course, one lucky attendee will win a $10 gift card! No registration required - please join us! This is a hands-on event and will not be available on Zoom this month.
Making Marks emphasizes the healing and transformative powers of artmaking by empowering people through art and bringing people together as a community, The artwork created will be displayed at the Jepson Center as part of the upcoming December exhibition.
Everyone is welcome to attend. No artistic ability is required!
Wednesday, September 25th from 1:00-2:30pm, and the second Making Marks event will be 0n Wednesday, October 25th from 1:00-2:30pm.
Location: LIFE, Inc.
4811 Waters Ave, Savannah, GA 31404 in the Medical Arts Shopping Center across from Memorial Hospital next to Bahama Joe's Uniform Store.
Please contact us for registration and more information at 912.920.2414.
The Social Club does not replace the LIFE-Line Peer Support Meeting, which is still held twice monthly, unless preempted by a LIFE Independent Living Skills Event.
The Social Club is open to persons with disabilities in LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne
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September 26, 2024(1 event) All day: LIFE's Office Locations Closed Today All day Based on the forecasted impacts from Hurricane Helene, LIFE’s office locations will be CLOSED and staff will be working from home on Thursday, 09/26/24. We will update this page if we will be closed on Friday.
It's not too late to Review your emergency plans and kits!
Sign up for CEMA Alerts at ChathamEmergency.org
Severe Weather Preparedness
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September 27, 2024
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September 28, 2024
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September 29, 2024
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September 30, 2024(2 events) All day: LIFE’s office locations are temporarily CLOSED post hurricane Helene All day Based on the ongoing impacts from Hurricane Helene, LIFE’s office locations will be CLOSED and staff will be working from home on Monday, 09/30 and Tuesday, 10/01. We will continue to share information from CEMA and Georgia Power on our Facebook page. LIFE, Inc. can be reached via email or Facebook Messenger, response times will vary adenardi @ lifecil .com.
If you’re a disabled person in need and have access to a phone, please call or text the Disability & Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959.
or Email: hotline@disasterstrategies.org
10:00 am: TBD: Fall cohort of Living Well in The Community Workshop series (LWIC) Due to the ongoing impacts of Hurricane Helene and out of an abundance of caution for everyone's safety, we are postponing the start date for the Living Well in the Community (LWIC) workshop series that was scheduled to begin tomorrow, 09/30/24, at our host location the African American Health Information and Resource Center. I will send out additional information just as soon as the status of things becomes clearer ------------------------------------------ Twice weekly: LWIC Workshop series at AAHIRC for registrants only. Times vary. The Fall cohort is full and registration is closed, but there is still room in the next cohort! Please call the office to learn more and to register! 912-920-2414. Living Well in the Community (LWIC) is a five-week workshop grounded in Independent Living philosophy that can help people set and achieve quality-of-life goals, while building skills to support health and wellness. Trained facilitators guide workshop participants through information, discussions, and activities. |
October 1, 2024(3 events) All day: LIFE’s office locations are temporarily CLOSED post hurricane Helene All day Based on the ongoing impacts from Hurricane Helene, LIFE’s office locations will be CLOSED and staff will be working from home on Monday, 09/30 and Tuesday, 10/01. We will continue to share information from CEMA and Georgia Power on our Facebook page. LIFE, Inc. can be reached via email or Facebook Messenger, response times will vary adenardi @ lifecil .com.
If you’re a disabled person in need and have access to a phone, please call or text the Disability & Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959.
or Email: hotline@disasterstrategies.org
All day: National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) All day Each October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or “NDEAM,” we celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy. NDEAM’s purpose is to confirm our commitment to ensuring disabled workers have access to good jobs, every month of every year. That’s the spirit behind this year’s official theme: “Access to Good Jobs for All.” NDEAM is an opportune time for employers to review company policies to ensure they convey a commitment to an inclusive workplace culture. 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. |
October 2, 2024(1 event) All day: LIFE’s office locations are temporarily CLOSED post hurricane Helene All day Based on the ongoing impacts from Hurricane Helene, LIFE’s office locations will be CLOSED and staff will be working from home on Monday, 09/30 and Tuesday, 10/01. We will continue to share information from CEMA and Georgia Power on our Facebook page. LIFE, Inc. can be reached via email or Facebook Messenger, response times will vary adenardi @ lifecil .com.
If you’re a disabled person in need and have access to a phone, please call or text the Disability & Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959.
or Email: hotline@disasterstrategies.org
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October 3, 2024(2 events) 10:00 am: TBD: Fall cohort of Living Well in The Community Workshop series (LWIC) Due to the ongoing impacts of Hurricane Helene and out of an abundance of caution for everyone's safety, we are postponing the start date for the Living Well in the Community (LWIC) workshop series that was scheduled to begin tomorrow, 09/30/24, at our host location the African American Health Information and Resource Center. I will send out additional information just as soon as the status of things becomes clearer ------------------------------------------ Twice weekly: LWIC Workshop series at AAHIRC for registrants only. Times vary. The Fall cohort is full and registration is closed, but there is still room in the next cohort! Please call the office to learn more and to register! 912-920-2414. Living Well in the Community (LWIC) is a five-week workshop grounded in Independent Living philosophy that can help people set and achieve quality-of-life goals, while building skills to support health and wellness. Trained facilitators guide workshop participants through information, discussions, and activities. 1:00 pm: LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat Group on Zoom – Please join us for the LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat on Thursday, October 3rd, at 1:00PM! This is a hybrid event - if you can't use Zoom (login below), you're welcome to join us in person at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. Zoom link provided upon request, please call 912-920-2414.
Did you know?... peer support can improve the sense of well-being for people with disabilities by expanding their support network and empowering them? It's true! The LIFE-Line Peer Chat is a safe space to talk with other people with disabilities, confidentially. Show up and be the difference in someone else's day, or let them be the difference in yours! We hope you'll join us!
The LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat is open exclusively to people with disabilities in LIFE's twenty service counties*.
*LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne
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