2015 Covey Film Fest

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Welcome to the 3rd Annual Covey Film Festival! The Covey Film Festival’s mission is to promote independent films and filmmakers to the Red Hills Region of Southwest Georgia and North Florida. We screen films that relate to Nature, Community & Caring – all representative of the great conservation efforts of the region. This marks our third year and we are excited to see the growth in interest and participation.

So, what exactly does the Covey Film Festival have to do with the Thomasville Community Resource Center? Founded in 1998, Thomasville Community Resource Center’s mission was to address the disparity of health-related preventive services, educational enrichment opportunities, and economic challenges that faced the underserved populations in the community. TCRC continues to support and enhance the educational, spiritual, and physical well-being of all people of Thomas County and the surrounding area through educational, health, and family supportive services. We fulfill our mission through afterschool and summer programs, our Parent Child Home program, and teen outreach services. Money raised from the Covey Film Festival ensures that we can continue our work.

I moved to Thomasville in 2006 with my family and we love it here. I am passionate about early childhood education. Investing in early childhood education is a cost effective strategy for promoting economic growth. Our economic future depends on providing the tools for upward mobility and building a highly educated, skilled workforce. Investing in the developmental growth of young children is critical. The Covey Film Festival is a vehicle for economic and community development for the region and it brings the world to our students.

I am amazed and proud of our students’ skills and intelligence. We are also blessed to have generous commitments from our families, multiple foundations, donors, and community partners. I want to be sure resources are available for children to learn and grow. Resources from the Covey Film Festival have contributed to the following projects:

• The purchase of 10 new Chromebooks for our Computer Lab• Experiential field trips at reduced cost to our parents• Increased enrollment capacity

We are delighted that the Covey Film Festival is seen as a means of entertainment and education for our whole community, as well as a viable partnership that showcases our great city. We appreciate your participation and trust that you will enjoy this year’s scheduled community events in our beautiful city. Let the Covey Film Festival begin!

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All Saints Episcopal Church7 PM

WOLFPACK

Thomas UniversityFlowers Auditorium

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THE WOUND &THE GIFT

Thomas University6:30 PM Reception

7 PM Movie & Discussion

VIRUNGA


7 PM

SECRETS OF THE LONGLEAF PINE


7 PM

HISTORY OF FILM

Thomas Co. Museum of History10 AM

THE GOOD LIEThomas University6:30 PM Reception

7 PM Movie

WHO OWNS WATER?

Tall Timbers Research Station6:30 PM Movie

7:30 PM Q&A/Panel Discussion

Downtown Panel DiscussionTrinity Church • 12 PM

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ULEE’S GOLD


7 PM Movie & Discussion

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This Polish film won many international awards. It addresses the theme of religious identity through the experience of a young Catholic novitiate who, before taking her vows, is instructed by her mother superior to visit a distant aunt. During the visit Anna learns that her family were not Catholic but Jewish and killed during the Holocaust. She then struggles with her religious and cultural identities.

Location: All Saints Episcopal Church 443 S. Hansell Street • Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 7 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door without Pass.

IDA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8

WOLFPACK

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Winner of this year’s Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize, this film is a documentary of the unusual upbringing of a group of brothers in New York City. One of the film’s co-producers, Louise Ingalls Sturges, is the niece of Thomasville’s Kathy Vignos.

Location: Thomas University • Flowers Auditorium 1501 Millpond Road Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 7 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door without Pass.

This documentary looks at the work of Pastor Lee Jong-rak and his heroic efforts to embrace and protect his community’s most vulnerable children. By installing a drop box outside his home, Pastor Lee provides a safe haven to babies who would otherwise be abandoned on the streets to die.

It’s a heart-wrenching exploration of the physical and emotional toll associated with providing refuge to save those deemed unwanted by society. But it’s also a story of hope. And a celebration of the reality that every human life is sacred, has a purpose, and is worthy of love.

Location: Thomas County Public Library 201 N. Madison Street • Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 1 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door without Pass.

DROP BOX

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

1800 Smith Avenue • Thomasville, GA

“Una Cena Senza Vino, ‘E Come Una Giornata Senza Sole”

“A dinner without wine is like a day without sunshine”

Award winning short produced by FSU film student Curtis Adair, Jr. as his Master’s thesis. The short addresses the issue of racial identity.

Event Details: Father Paul Hancock will offer a discussion with the audience after the film to discuss the contrasting meanings of racial and religious identities.

Location: All Saints Episcopal Church 443 S. Hansell Street • Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 7 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door without Pass.

LITTLE AFRICA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6

The story of Tristan, a boy coping with life in the inner-city projects. His mother enrolls him in Boy Scouting in an effort to keep him off the streets. But when Tristan witnesses a homicide, a local thug demands his silence. Now he must learn, with the help of his new friends, that doing the right thing isn’t always easy. Will he follow the code of the streets or the code of the Boy Scouts?

This movie’s powerful story contains messages that resonate with today’s youth. Perfect for middle schoolers and teenagers, this is a beautifully filmed movie told in a way that allows parents and young adults to understand the struggle in making the right decisions.

A panel discussion will be held following the film.

Location: Brookwood School 301 Cardinal Ridge Road • Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 4 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door without Pass. Students Free.

This movie has important, yet complex, social themes. In addition, the film contains language and violence that would not be appropriate for younger viewers. While we recommend the film for students in grades six and above, parental discretion is advised.

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The Wound and the Gift explores the major transformation in our relationship with animals through the Rescue Movement. All over the world, people are saving the lives of animals that were bred for profit, abused, or sold on the black market. Millions of us are adopting dogs and cats from shelters, rather than buying pets from breeders and pet stores. Some people devote their lives to providing sanctuaries for rescued wild animals. By caring for wounded animals in need, we are learning just how much animals give back to those who care for them.

The narrative spine of the film is an ancient fable about a wounded crane, saved by peasants, who attempts to express her gratitude with a gift. Scenes from the folktale will weave together stunning footage of rescued animals and their sanctuaries. As the fable and the film unfold, we cannot help but wonder, who is saving whom?

Location: Thomas University • Flowers Auditorium 1501 Millpond Road • Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 6:30 PM Reception with Carol Jones of Miss Kitty’s Feline Sanctuary; 7 PM Movie & Discussion with Carol JonesAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. Without Pass, movie only, $10 at door. $20 for Movie & Reception without Pass, advance pay only.

THE WOUND & THE GIFT


VIRUNGA

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

“In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world and home to the last of the mountain gorillas. In this wild, but enchanted environment, a small and embattled team of park rangers – including an ex-child soldier turned ranger, a carer of orphan gorillas and a Belgian conservationist – protect this UNESCO world heritage site from armed militia, poachers and the dark forces struggling to control Congo’s rich natural resources. When the newly formed M23 rebel group declares war in May 2012, a new conflict threatens the lives and stability of everyone and everything they’ve worked so hard to protect.” (C) Official Site


HISTORY OF THEFILM INDUSTRY INTHOMASVILLE, GA

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

Margie Compton, Film Archivist at the University of Georgia Libraries’ Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, will be screening unique films preserved by the archives. Three early 28mm home movies from the Pebble Hill Plantation Film Collection will be shown depicting Broadway star Annie Russell relaxing with the Ireland family at Pebble Hill and at her home in Maine, circa 1917. Miss Russell is almost unknown today, but in her heyday, she was an extremely popular actress. Then, from the 1950’s, a selection of short films and a television program made by Florida’s famous sportsman, Dave Newell, will be shown. Newell was the longtime editor of Field & Stream, a staunch promoter of land, waterways and fauna conservation, and was a friend of Elizabeth Ireland Poe. Ms. Compton will present information about her research into these films and how UGA is preserving Georgia’s visual heritage.

Location: Thomas County Museum of History 725 N. Dawson Street Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 10 AMAdmission: Free with Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door.

2015 Academy Award Nominee for

Best Documentary Feature

Winner of 23 International Film Awards

Jacob Atem is widely known as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan – some 30,000 orphans between the ages of 5 and 15 who fled the second Sudanese Civil War in the

1990s. The boys traveled thousands of miles by foot to seek refuge in camps across Africa; many died along the way of starvation, disease, and animal attack. Like 3,800 others, Atem was taken in at the age of 15 by an American foster family. Today, many of these Lost Boys still live across the United States, contributing of their own talents in their new hometowns.

Atem is now president of the Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization, which he cofounded in 2008 to foster the improvement of health care and education in the Southern Sudan. He is also working on his Ph.D. in Health Services at University of Florida in Gainesville. He and his wife, Linda, have one son.

Airing this October at Covey is The Good Lie, starring Reese Witherspoon. The film is based on the stories of four Lost Boys who, like Atem, found new families and lives in the United States. Atem himself is scheduled to speak to a group of children at the Thomasville Community Resource Center about his experiences.

Thomasville Townie: We’re excited to watch The Good Lie at the Covey Film Festival this October. Would you tell us a little about your own story and how it plays into the film?

Jacob Atem: Our Lost boy story is very ubiquitous. Everywhere, everybody knows us. [But] the term “Lost Boys” is used loosely. You’ve watched the movie called Peter Pan? That’s how we got the name. It’s because most of us were young – between the ages of five and fifteen. We were taking care of ourselves. I can see the point [of the media’s name for us], but there’s a difference between real and fictional issues.

We started out with roughly 27,000 to 30,000. But by the time we reached Ethiopia and came here, [our number was] cut in half to approximately 12,000. Then it was cut again. There are approximately 3,889 Lost Boys and Girls that came to America, and they live across many, many states. We came here, became educated, and are giving back to society.

TT: What was your reaction when you first saw The Good Lie?

JA: I was really impressed. It really did [show] life on this end, particularly the hardship that I was going through. When I came, I barely spoke English. My mother was Caucasian. We had so many differences. You can just picture how difficult it was.

What is incredible in the Lost Boys’ story is their resilience. We came to Ethiopia, and we adapted. We came to America, and we adapted. We had no option but to learn. We became a part of the society.

I think [the filmmakers] did a good job. [The movie] did capture the story of the Lost Boys that was almost forgotten 10 years ago.

TT: How did Thomasville find you?

JA: It’s a small world. [Covey co-founder] Didi Hoffman wanted a Lost Boy to come and contacted my cousin in Chicago. He told

her, “There’s a better Lost Boy next to you in Florida.” I [joked with] Didi that I was a little suspicious – maybe Thomasville is so close to FSU that they don’t want a [University of Florida] Gator to be there.

TT: You will be speaking with young children at the Thomasville Community Resource Center while you are here. What is your message for them?

JA: I want to come to a level where I can honestly relate to them and say that yes, it’s not easy … but in spite of your difficulties, you can become the next doctor, the next engineer, the next nurse.

Each of us has a story. Each of these children has a testimony that is similar to mine. Let’s share our testimony and [our views of] that testimony to have a better understanding of life. To be able to fellowship and have dinner and share in each other’s stories – We need dialogue to encourage one another.

TT: How do you feel about Thomasville’s own film festival?

JA: I’m really excited. I’ve been telling my friends that I like small cities. I like the great cause that we’re doing for the children at risk.

For the community to have found this movie that is international, it made my day. That tells us that even a small city like Thomasville is not only connected within the United States of America, [but] it is [also] connected internationally. Today’s age is the day of learning. It’s a very diverse society, but we don’t even know our neighbors. This is a credit to Thomasville, because they are [thinking] globally. By showing this movie, by relating to the children, by inviting me, it’s inviting the whole world. We need to be in this together.

- Nadia Watts

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

They were known simply as “The Lost Boys.”

Orphaned by the brutal Civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.

Mamere and Theo are sons of the Chief in their village in Southern Sudan. When an attack by the Northern militia destroys their home and kills their parents, eldest son Theo is forced to assume the role of Chief and lead a group of young survivors, including his sister Abital, away from harm. But the hostile, treacherous terrain has other dangers in store for them. As the tattered group makes the difficult trek to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, they meet other fleeing children, forging a bond with Jeremiah, who, at 13, is already a man of faith, and Paul, whose skills become essential to their survival.

Thirteen years later, the now young adults are given the opportunity to leave the camp and resettle in America. Upon arriving in Kansas, they are met by Carrie Davis (Reece Witherspoon), an employment agency counselor who has been enlisted to help find them jobs—no easy task, when things like straws, light switches, and telephones are brand new to them.

Together, against the backdrop of their shared losses, the Lost Boys and these unlikely strangers find humor in the clash of cultures, heartbreak, as well as hope in the challenges of life in America.

Location: Thomas University • Flowers Auditorium 1501 Millpond Road Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 6:30 PM Reception with Mr. Jacob Atem 7 PM MovieAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. Without pass, Movie only $10 at door. $20 for Movie & Reception without Pass. Advance Pay Only.

THE GOOD LIE

Join us for an autograph session with actor Nico Evers-Swindell, a very busy working actor on the rise! He played Prince William in William &

Kate, Prince Kenneth in Grimm and along with other exciting past and upcoming roles, plays the handsome fireman in the long-running Alka

Seltzer ad. $5 for autograph and picture, all proceeds benefit the TCRC. Saturday, October 17 • Grassroots Coffee • 2 PM

SHORT FILMS


Enjoy an evening of short films selected especially for the Covey Film Festival to represent our theme: Nature, Community & Caring. Many of these wonderful shorts are award winners. Running time approximately 90 minutes.

SNEAK PREVIEW!

The short film Amerigo will be shown tonight for the first time. The Covey Film Festival is honored to screen this wonderful film first! Todd Thompson (writer, director, and producer) will be in attendance to speak about filmmaking.

Paper Project

Part filmmaking magic, part art therapy catharsis and part “just do it” attitude. A New York documentary, a couple of unique art therapy practitioners, a group of enthusiastic FSU film school students, and a troop of hesitant collegiate veterans unite one weekend for an innovative experience with remarkable results.

Executive Producer: Paul CohenWritten & Directed by: Brittany HuckabeeProduced with The Florida State University College of Motion Picture ArtsThank you to the students of FSU College of Motion Picture Arts and Covey Adviser Paul Cohen for this special lineup of films. Join us for a reception for Paul and Todd Thompson prior to the screening.

We will also view the winning student short film documentaries for the Covey Film Festival competition with cash prizes going to the winning High School and College entries.Thank you to Alexander & Vann LLP for sponsoring this student competition.

Location: Thomas University • Flowers Auditorium 1501 Millpond Road Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: Reception 6:30 PM • Movie 7 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. Without pass, Movie only $10 at door. $20 for Movie & Reception without Pass. Advance pay only. Tickets available online.

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SECRETS OF THE LONGLEAF PINE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

WORLD PREMIERE! See Rhett Turner’s beautiful documentary here first! Covey Film Festival is honored to premiere the documentary Secrets of the Longleaf Pine. The Longleaf Pine forest is a subtle and rarefied landscape that takes time to reveal its raw beauty and unravel its layered mysteries. This production was filmed for more than a year throughout the southeast to showcase the four seasons of the forest. It is a beautiful tribute to the lands surrounding Thomasville, Georgia, lands that used to be found from from Texas to Virginia. The conservation of the Longleaf Pine is one of the great efforts in conservation which makes this area is so unique.

Director and Producer Rhett Turner founded Red Sky Productions in 1999 after spending a decade at Turner Broadcasting, including three years in CNN’s Tokyo bureau and on trips to Baghdad during the First Gulf War. Rhett has produced many award winning documentaries and industrial films, including the EMMY award winning program Chattahoochee: From Water War to Water Vision for Georgia Public Broadcasting. With a focus on natural history and humanitarian aid efforts, Rhett has filmed around the world from Antarctica to Zanzibar for groups like CARE, The Carter Center, PBS Nature, and the International Crane Foundation.

Don’t miss this special screening with a discussion and Q&A following the film with Rhett Turner, producer.

Private reception on the Greenwood Plantation Campus sponsored by Jon Kohler & Associates. Tour of Big Woods courtesy of Mrs. Paddy Wade.


Written and Directed by Victor Nunez, Tallahassee native and FSU professor at the College of Motion Picture Arts, Ulee’s Gold is the story of a reclusive beekeeper who slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son’s previous dastardly cohorts. Peter Fonda won the Golden Globe for best actor and was nominated for an Academy Award. Ulee’s Gold was filmed in the Tallahassee area.

Location: Thomas University • Flowers Auditorium 1501 Millpond Road • Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: Reception 6:30 PM • Movie 7 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. Without pass, Movie only $10 at door. $20 for Movie & Reception without Pass. Advance Pay Only.

ULEE’S GOLD

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

The Retrieval follows Will, a fatherless 13 year-old boy, who survives by working with a white bounty hunter gang who sends him to earn the trust of runaway slaves and wanted freedmen in order to lure them back to the South. On a dangerous mission into the free North to find Nate, a fugitive freedman, things go wrong, and Will and Nate find themselves alone and on the run.

As the bond between them unexpectedly grows, Will becomes consumed by conflicting emotions as he faces a gut-wrenching final decision: to betray the father figure he’s finally found, or risk being killed by his gang. Thrilling, but grounded in historical research, The Retrieval serves as an insight into the little-told story of the grey area between slavery and emancipation, and the horrific moral dilemma that comes with being forced to betray your fellow man.

Location: Thomas University • Flowers Auditorium 1501 Millpond Road • Thomasville, GeorgiaTime: 7 PMAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door without Pass.

THE RETRIEVAL


Victor Nunez, a founding member of The Sundance Film Festival will host a discussion and Q and A following the movie.

DOWNTOWN THOMASVILLE PANEL DISCUSSION

What does the Covey Film Festival mean to Thomasville? Join community leaders, industry professionals, actors, and more to find out how the film industry is already active in Thomasville and how Covey sparks greater interest, from New York to LA, in our special town. Lunch will be provided! Please call 229-227-7020 for a reservation.

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WHO OWNS WATER?

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

An award-winning documentary by Modoc and Fourmile Media. Filmmakers and brothers Michael and David Hanson paddle source to sea along the Chattahoochee, Flint and Apalachicola Rivers into the Gulf of Mexico.

There’s a lot at stake on a few big, slow, brown rivers in the Deep South. The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF) is becoming the canary-in-the-coal-mine for a looming East Coast water crisis. The Hanson brothers grew up in Atlanta beside the Chattahoochee River. In March 2013, they returned and paddled, together and separately, the 542 miles of the basin from its source in the Appalachian Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. Their journey and the people they meet along the way tell the story of an endangered and essential natural resource.

Following the movie will be a Q&A Panel Discussion with river basin experts and recreational enthusiasts familiar with the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river basin system and the on-going water conflict between the states of Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

Location: Tall Timbers Research Station 13093 Henry Beadel Drive Tallahassee, FloridaTime: 5 PM Bird Trail Nature Walk with Jim Cox, Dir. of Stoddard Lab at Tall Timbers 6 PM Doors Open for Film 6-6:30 PM Refreshments sponsored by TTRSLC & Red Hills Small Farm Alliance 6:30 PM Film Begins 7:30 PM Q&A Panel DiscussionAdmission: Free with CFF Passes and Sponsors Passes. $10 at the Door without Pass.

TCRC-COVEY AMBASSADORS

Scott Wilson, Actor

Brian McGee, Storyboard Professional,

Comics Developer, Artist

Bianca McConnico Network Location Scout

Valerie Scoon FSU Faculty Member in

the College of Motion

Picture Arts and filmmaker

Paul Cohen Director of FSU’s College

of Motion Picture Arts

Torchlight Program and

Faculty Advisor

Rob Moran Actor

Nico Evers-Swindell Actor

Jane Fonda Actor

Megan Ferguson Actor

Jay Scully Audition and Acting

Coach in Los Angeles

Frank Hall-Green Filmmaker

Mary Williams Writer and Human

Rights Worker

Andrew Monshein Producer

Todd Thompson Producer

Greg Anderson Director and Producer

COVEY FESTIVAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Lisa Billups, TCRC Executive Director

Sharon Maxwell-Ferguson

Didi Hoffman

Lauren Fielding

Kathy Vignos

Terri Vismale-Morris

Martha Reynolds

Denice Jarrett

TCRC PARTNERS

Archbold Medical CenterHand in Hand Primary SchoolThomas County Head StartHands on Thomas CountyUnited WayBabies Can’t WaitOak Street Episcopal MissionGatlin Creek Baptist ChurchTrinity Anglican ChurchThomas UniversitySouthern Regional Technical CollegeThomas County School SystemThomasville City School SystemGrady County School SystemStork’s NestMorehouse School of MedicineGeorgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

SITES FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

BOARD OF DIRECTORSDr. Sharon Maxwell-Ferguson, ChairKathy Vignos, Vice-ChairTim Klocko, TreasurerAlmeda Sampson, SecretaryDidi HoffmanRev. Arthur Jones IIIBill Settles

Debra GreshamEllery SedgwickJosephine MullinsLisa WilliamsMatt WilleyTerri Vismale-MorrisJane Fonda, Emeritus

STAFFLisa Billups, Executive DirectorMereta Walker, Director of Finance and AdministrationAndra Williams, Facilities and Operations ManagerTameka Smith, Bright from the Start Program ManagerLaTonya Williams, 21st CCLC Program ManagerShannon Brooks, Outreach Program Manager

WHAT THE CHILDREN ARE SAYING...

93%

The program helps me complete and turn in my homework.

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My behaviorhas improved.

I like this program.

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WHAT THE PARENTS ARE SAYING...

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The program helps my child complete and turn in their homework.

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My child’sbehavior hasimproved.

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PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

15% ofregularly participating

students with a Body Mass Indexoutside of the “healthy” range will

improve their BMI.

NOT METbut progressing toward goal.This is reflective of a nationalproblem of childhood obesity.

75% ofstudents will participate in

health and wellness activities.

NOT METbut progressing toward goal.

Again, this community is strugglingalong with most communities with

poor dietary habits of children.

65% of students willparticipate in character building

activities that will increase knowledgein but not limited to teamwork,

sportsmanship, discipline, goal setting,social growth, communications,

critical thinking, social skills, life skills,health, and violence.

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15% ofregularly participating parents

will participate as supporters in 21st CCLC event based activities.

NOT METOur goal specified parents but in realityother family members participated in

family events. We have a new volunteer who is targeting parental involvement.

40% of parents ofregularly participating students

(attending at least 30 operationaldays) will participate in at least

one program wide event annually.

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After School/Summer Program

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AdolescentHealth Initiative

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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

“We learn Math. I love coming to TCRC.” - Camron Brooks, 7

“They help me understandthings and teach me newthings I haven’t learned yet.” - Jaden Samuel, 10 “The staff was wonderful

and a blessing to me and my son” - Robbie Curry

The PCHP, an early childhood program, strives to prepare children for academic success and strengthen families through intensive home visiting. The PCHP works with parents in-home to provide early literacy for children ages 1 to 3 in preparation for school.

Twice weekly, 30-minute home visits are designed to stimulate the parent-child verbal interaction, reading, and educational play critical to early childhood brain development. Each week the trained home visitors bring a new book or educational toy that remains with the families permanently. Home visitors use the book or toy to model for parents and children reading, conversation, and play activities that stimulate quality verbal interaction & age-appropriate developmental expectations.

TCRC is the only licensed program in Georgia.PCHP is a nationally recognized program that emphasizes best-practices for preparing pre-school children and their parents for successful entry into school as well as teaching parents how best to interact with their young children.

Our program serves 75+ children ages 4-12 during the summer and the school year. The program includes enrichment (poetry, dance, art, and music), homework assistance, academic/testing support, and transportation from school.

We are licensed by Bright from the Start: Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning.

The hours of operation are Monday- Friday, 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Summer hours are 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Meal/snacks are provided.

Some of our students participate in the Step-Up Program of the South Georgia Ballet Program where they are exposed to formal ballet classes and participate in performances.

A 32-week after school program that is free to students who are enrolled in a school, striving to improve performance and/or living in high poverty.

The program serves 250+ students at 9 different locations in Thomas and Grady Counties. The program includes enrichment (poetry, dance, art, and music), homework assistance, academic/testing support, and transportation home.

The hours of operation vary at each site and a meal or snack is provided.

We also participate in the “back-pack” food assistance program which provides a backpack of food to eligible students for use over the weekend in order to help alleviate child hunger.

Working in collaboration with the Morehouse College of Medicine, Thomasville City School System, and the Marguerite Neel Williams Boys & Girls Club, TCRC will deliver evidence based abstinence teen pregnancy prevention programs in Thomas County.

The TCRC Clinic is a continuing initiative of the Resource Center’s Coalition of Promise and Prevention, which supports a collaborative effort to prevent and reduce substance use, reduce teen pregnancy, reduce STI’s, STD’s, HIV/AIDS, and at-risk behaviors among young people of the community.

Parent ChildHome Program

After School/Summer Program

21st Century After School/Summer Program

AdolescentHealth Initiative

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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

“We learn Math. I love coming to TCRC.” - Camron Brooks, 7

“They help me understandthings and teach me newthings I haven’t learned yet.” - Jaden Samuel, 10 “The staff was wonderful

and a blessing to me and my son” - Robbie Curry

The PCHP, an early childhood program, strives to prepare children for academic success and strengthen families through intensive home visiting. The PCHP works with parents in-home to provide early literacy for children ages 1 to 3 in preparation for school.

Twice weekly, 30-minute home visits are designed to stimulate the parent-child verbal interaction, reading, and educational play critical to early childhood brain development. Each week the trained home visitors bring a new book or educational toy that remains with the families permanently. Home visitors use the book or toy to model for parents and children reading, conversation, and play activities that stimulate quality verbal interaction & age-appropriate developmental expectations.

TCRC is the only licensed program in Georgia.PCHP is a nationally recognized program that emphasizes best-practices for preparing pre-school children and their parents for successful entry into school as well as teaching parents how best to interact with their young children.

Our program serves 75+ children ages 4-12 during the summer and the school year. The program includes enrichment (poetry, dance, art, and music), homework assistance, academic/testing support, and transportation from school.

We are licensed by Bright from the Start: Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning.

The hours of operation are Monday- Friday, 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Summer hours are 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Meal/snacks are provided.

Some of our students participate in the Step-Up Program of the South Georgia Ballet Program where they are exposed to formal ballet classes and participate in performances.

A 32-week after school program that is free to students who are enrolled in a school, striving to improve performance and/or living in high poverty.

The program serves 250+ students at 9 different locations in Thomas and Grady Counties. The program includes enrichment (poetry, dance, art, and music), homework assistance, academic/testing support, and transportation home.

The hours of operation vary at each site and a meal or snack is provided.

We also participate in the “back-pack” food assistance program which provides a backpack of food to eligible students for use over the weekend in order to help alleviate child hunger.

Working in collaboration with the Morehouse College of Medicine, Thomasville City School System, and the Marguerite Neel Williams Boys & Girls Club, TCRC will deliver evidence based abstinence teen pregnancy prevention programs in Thomas County.

The TCRC Clinic is a continuing initiative of the Resource Center’s Coalition of Promise and Prevention, which supports a collaborative effort to prevent and reduce substance use, reduce teen pregnancy, reduce STI’s, STD’s, HIV/AIDS, and at-risk behaviors among young people of the community.






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2015 Covey Film Fest

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Transcript of 2015 Covey Film Fest