ANNOUNCEMENT: The organizational meeting of GAHSC COASTAL AGENCIES DIRECT CARE CHAPTER needs your involvement in getting started.

DATE: October 15, 1997, 9:30 AM until 2:00 PM

LOCATION: Bethesda Home for Boys
9520 Ferguson Avenue
Savannah, GA

PURPOSE: To formally organize the Direct Care Chapter of the Coastal Agencies. We will be electing officers and adopting the bylaws. All direct care staff in this area of the state are invited to attend. (There will be a $2.00 donation requested to assist with the cost of lunch.) The agenda will include the following:

• Election of officers
• Adoption of area bylaws
• State Update--Normer Adams, GAHSC Executive Director
• In-Service Training--Keith Niager, on the topic "How to Defuse an Angry Child"

Please call Fernando "Pete" Harrold at (912) 234-3431, Horace T. Scandrick at (912) 236-7164, or Normer Adams at (404) 572-6170 regarding any questions you may have. Thank you.