DBI Supports Girls Inc.

Davis Broadcasting Inc. supports Girls Inc.   June 27, 2014. All friends and families of the station came out to help support their open house from 11 to 5pm to save the Garrard Center. The center has to raise $100,000 by the end of July in order to stay open. Over forty years the Garrard Center on Clover Lane has provided a safe haven and life skills for thousands of young ladies. Because of the deficiency and poor shape of the building, the center may have to close.

The parents of Girls Inc. became upset and disappointed so they started protesting the closing. $125,000 to $150,000 each year will help them to maintain the building.  Even so, if the money is not there, than neither is the building. It is good, however, that parents are willing to try to save the property and it is good that Davis Broadcasting went out to support the event.  

There is unbelief in the air about the shutting down of the building. Reason is, is that it serves purpose giving girls chances to walk away from the streets and into a positive community. Shutting down something so meaningful to everyone makes no sense. The staff and the children have become a family. There should be another way to deal with an issue like this instead of having afterschool childcare taken away from these children.

There are, however, many other leaders fighting to save Girls Inc. Saturday morning, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson, Sheriff John Darr, Marshal Greg Countryman, Councilor Bruce Huff, Representative Calvin Smyre, Representative Carolyn Hugley, State Senator Ed Harbison and Municipal Court Clerk Vivian Creighton Bishop, marched for this cause. This says a lot when the city and state officials come to support the cause. If able and willing, please help them because they need you. Help to save the Garrard Center. Visit online at http://www.gofundme.com/Save-the-Garrard-Center or send a check to PO Box 3096 Columbus, GA 31903 with the memo line saying, "Save the Garrard Center."