St. Mary’s Community Center in Savannah, GA

St. Mary's Community Center is a community outreach initiative of St. Joseph's/Candler and a living demonstration of our mission. The center is located in the Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood, a struggling African-American community with a rich history and strong community spirit.

Our Services

The Center serves many individuals and families from Savannah's poorest census tracts. The injustices of poverty are many - unemployment, illiteracy, lack of health care, substandard housing, drugs and crime. The center strives to accompany people to improve their quality of life through:

Workforce

• Resumes/Cover letters
• Job searches and applications
• Interview preparation
• Job readiness skills
• Employment workshops
• Job fairs
• Email address set up/recovery

Free Tax Preparation

• FREE federal and state tax preparation in January and February
• Each year the Center trains volunteers who become IRS Certified to prepare BASIC tax forms (no itemization)
• At the end of January throughout February, these volunteers help people keep all their refunds instead of paying a portion to a paid preparer.
• Hours are throughout the week and on Saturdays
• Call for specific hours

Public Benefits

• Staff completes applications online for the clients; more than 3,000 applications are processed each year.
• Public Benefit hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and Monday through Thursday 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• New and renewal applications are submitted for the following:
  • SNAP (formerly food stamps)
  • Medicare for children and adults
  • Medicaid denial letters for Medbank
  • Pregnancy Medicaid applications

Eye Exams & Glasses

• Eyeglasses starting at $30 through Prevent Blindness Georgia (must have prescription)
• To get prescription:
• Free eye exams for uninsured St. Mary's Community Center (waitlist).
• Contact your insurance or health care office for in-network eye doctors

Office Services

• Free copies/faxes/scanning
• Free notary public
• Computer Lab
• Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and Monday through Thursday 1:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Bread Day

• Free bread and sweets from Publix
• First come, first serve
• Bread day and hours: Thursdays 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Connect with St. Mary’s Community Center

For more information on the programs offered at St. Mary’s Community Center, please call 912-447-0578 or visit:

812 W. 36th St.
Savannah, Ga. 31415

Hours:  Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Closed for lunch from Noon to 1 p.m.)
              Friday: 8:30 a.m. to Noon