Staff
Celenda Perry, Executive       Director
Jessica Landreth, Program Coordinator
Terri Brown, Administrative       Assistant

Board of Directors
L.J.       Williams, Board President, Local Government
Veronica Anklam, Board Vice       President, Navy/Parent
Dean Slusser, Board Secretary, Camden School System
Doug Corwin, Board Treasurer, Business       Representative
Lena Brathwaite Bell,       Counselor, Healthcare
Pat Clink, Camden Community Housing Team
Ian       M. Dent, Pastor, Religious Organization
Christi       Gallagher, Habitat for Humanity
Vanessa Logan, St.       Marys Earthkeepers
Doreen Myers, Child       Advocacy Center, Youth Organization
Walt Natzic, Community Developer
Kim Pipkin, Department of Juvenile       Justice
Royal Weaver, Community Activist
Dr. Bryan Warren, MHDDAD       Regional Service Board
Steve Romine, Non-Voting, United Way of Camden       County
Sallie Galyean, Non-voting, Child Counselor, Fleet       & Family Support, Navy
Mary Walker, Non-voting, Fiscal Agent

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 (nursing homes), 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       rewards 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.