Staff
Celenda Perry, Executive Director
Shantay Gibbs, Project Coordinator

 

Board of Directors
Veronica Anklam, Board President

Steve Romine, Board Vice President

Dean Slusser, Board Secretary

Doug Corwin, Board Treasurer

Lena Brathwaite Bell

Timothy Bessent

William Brunson

Paula Goodnow

Beth Griffis

Susan Lottinville

Shannon Nettles

Kim Pipkin

Bryan Warren

Bridget Wenum

LJ Williams

Christi Gallagher

Sallie Galyean

CCAR is committed to:
Consult with the community and assess the strengths, weaknesses and priorities and problem areas of Camden County.

 • Strengths: Religious & Worship opportunities, Public Safety such as police, fire and EMS, education system, and public health services such as the health department, CMAP, etc.
• Weaknesses: Public Transportation, employment opportunities, care of the elderly and affordable housing availability.
• Priorities: Health services (doctors, dentists, hospitals, etc), education system, public safety, and employment opportunities.
• Problem Areas: Job opportunities, teen pregnancy, drug & alcohol abuse, and       unemployment.

 

Offering capacity building services for organizations that provide direct services to populations in Camden County. We have created Memoranda of Agreement with organizations such as:

 

• CCHS Fine Arts for the Kids on the Block puppet       program for elementary students;
• Cumberland Oaks Betterment Committee for an       afterschool program to assist with homework, support and encouragement but       will also keep the kids focused and out of dangerous situations;
• Georgia       Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division/Woodbine Women’s Club to       provide a Bird Sanctuary. This will foster family involvement and       community and environmental connectedness.
• St.       Marys Middle School for a portable computer lab for students to do       research on alcohol, the effects on the body, mind and community and to       make a presentation to others in the school.

Changing benchmarks such as policies, regulations, and the environment.

• We have embraced alcohol licensees and their employees as partners in preventing underage access to alcohol by providing positive response and reward to those licensees who pass undercover alcohol compliancy checks.
• City of St. Marys has passed an ordinance that requires all       sellers/servers of alcohol to be trained under the Safe Seller/TIPS       training before January.
• Committee work on improving the opportunities for family leisure and recreational atmosphere by converting an abandoned railroad corridor into a trail and getting a local government to adopt it into its recreational master plan and proceed with the project, and developing a natural green space/park in an under served area of the county.