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February 13, 2010

 

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2010 Georgia Days Birthday Bash and Awards Gala

February 13, 2010

 

  

SAVE-THE-DATE

Saturday, February 13, 2010

 Hyatt Regency

2 West Bay Street, Savannah

 

  To reserve seats, click here! 

 

  RSVP Deadline Extended

After 1/30/10 NO REFUNDS will be made for ticket purchases.  Thank you for your understanding.

 
The Georgia Historical Society presents an evening of cocktails, dinner, lively discussion, and dancing at its premiere annual fund-raising event, the 2010 Birthday Bash and Awards Gala. This year’s event, "As Time Goes By," will incorporate elements inspired by the landmark film Casablanca and will be the lavish culmination of the two-week commemoration of Georgia history and celebration of the life and legacy of Georgia Days Honoree and native of Cairo, Georgia, Jackie Robinson.

The 2010 Birthday Bash promises to draw an audience of business and civic leaders from across the state of Georgia. Governor Sonny Perdue will induct the 2010 Georgia Trustees, baseball legend Hank Aaron and Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Chairman, Turner Enterprises, Inc., followed by an insightful and entertaining discussion with the new inductees. In keeping with the evening’s theme, and in honor of great American pastimes explored throughout the 2010 Georgia Days commemoration and honoree Jackie Robinson, GHS will hold a raffle for sports memorabilia (click here to view items available in the raffle). Dancing to a live band will round out the evening.

The Georgia Trustees
In conjunction with the Governor’s Office, the Georgia Historical Society reconstituted the Georgia Trustees as a way of recognizing Georgians whose accomplishments and community service reflect the highest ideals of the founding body of Trustees.  The original Georgia Trustees, a governing body chartered and appointed by His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America, founded the Georgia colony upon the principle of Non Sibi, Sed Aliis, “Not for Self but for Others.” They established and governed the colony with this vision until their disbandment in 1752, after which Georgia became a royal colony. Reestablished in 2009, the Governor will make an annual appointment of new Trustees whose history-making accomplishments and service reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.

 

Raffle Sponsored by: 

 

To see photos from last year's event, click here!

 

Georgia Days Signature Sponsor:

 

Georgia Days Presenting Sponsor:

 

Georgia Days 2010

Birthday Bash and Awards Gala

Host Committee

 

  HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Honorable Sonny Perdue
Honorable Thurbert E. Baker
Honorable Roy Barnes
Honorable John Barrow
Honorable Paul Broun

Honorable Saxby Chambliss
Honorable Ben Harbin

Honorable Johnny Isakson

Honorable Eric Johnson
Honorable Otis S. Johnson
Honorable Jack Kingston
Honorable John Lewis
Honorable Sam Nunn
Honorable Kenneth C. Stewart
Honorable Michael L. Thurmond
 

BENEFACTOR

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Blanchard

Mr. and Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones III
 

HOST COMMITTEE CHAIRS

 

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Carp 

Mr. and Mrs. A. Dano Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hale
Mr. and Mrs. Wyck Knox
Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan
Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith
Mr. William W. Sprague III and Ms. Donna Butler
Ms. Helen Steward
  

HOST COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Barrow III
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch III
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Davis
Mrs. Edward F. Downing
Mr. and Mrs. George Fawcett
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Helmken II
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Don Kole

Mr. and Mrs. Stratton Leopold
Mr. and Mrs. R. Vincent Martin III

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Platt
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Sadler
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Solomons, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Watt 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Weller, Jr.

 

For a full listing of Georgia Days sponsors, click here. 

 

For a full listing of Georgia Days events, click here.

 

 

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Georgia Days 2010 Preferred Savannah-Area Lodging

 

 

 

Other Recommended Lodging

AVIA Hotels

Savannah Riverfront Marriott

Hilton Garden Inn Savannah-Midtown (of the Stay In Savannah Lodging Group)

The Mansion on Forsyth Park