NAACP holds annual Freedom Fund Gala The Effingham County Branch of the NAACP held its annual Freedom Fund Gala Sept. 30 at the Guyton Civic Center Gym. The gala was held for the first time after being canceled the past two years due to COVID. Pictured (from left) are: Gladys Smalls, secretary; Theodora Moody, assistant treasurer; Herlene White, treasurer; Henry Allen, president; Thomas Lonon, vice president; Henry Walker and Chantelle Walker, youth advisors. (Photos by Gilbert Miller/Effingham Herald.) Latest Senate Study Committee meeting Sept. 25 on preservation of Georgia’s farmlands Georgia students invited to take fall STEM Challenge Sheriff's report for Sept. 18, 2024 Georgia Salzburger Society celebrates 99th Heritage Day