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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Honoring Ruth Dobbs Anthony
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Happy mid-week fabsters. I’m actually off this week but wanted to add a few things to the blog. See y’all next week…SB
Alright, let’s get to it.
First up, let’s hear it for Ruth Dobbs Anthony, honored at the the Buckhead Girls Club’s recent winter luncheon as “Woman of the Year.” The honor was bestowed by club founder Jenny Pruitt.
Anthony has volunteered with organizations including the Shepherd Center, the Atlanta History Center and the Forward Arts Foundation. She has co-chaired the Swan Coach House Flea Market and recently co-chaired, along with Pruitt and Valery Voyles, the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre’s opening night gala.
The Buckhead Girls luncheon, held Dec. 8 at the Cherokee Town Club, featured a fashion show of evening dresses coordinated by member Joyce Mayfield and starring Linda Farr, Carol Grady, Rhette Greenlees, Barbara Goldsmith, Meredith Johnson, Barbara Oliver and Jackie Sanford.
The Buckhead Girls Club supports area cultural and charitable organizations, and it’s open to women who graduated from Buckhead-area high schools or who have been Buckhead residents for at least 20 years. For membership information, call 404-237-5000.
Celebrating 40 years at the CDA
The North Fulton Child Development Association got its start in 1968 as a small group of volunteers looking after nine pre-school-aged children while their parents worked.
Today the CDA serves more than 300 children in 11 classrooms at the North Fulton Human Services Building. Children then go on to schools in Sandy Springs, Roswell, Milton, Alpharetta and Johns Creek.
To celebrate and support the CDA, Roswell Mayor Jere Wood and Alpharetta Mayor Arthur Letchas are hosting the Founders Day Luncheon at noon Feb. 13 at the Metropolitan Club in Alpharetta.
Committee chairs are CDA board members Lee Chadwick and Alvaro Galvis. Featured speakers will include Kessell Stelling of Bank of North Georgia, Alan Golden of Georgia Power and Brandon Beach, CEO of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce. Donna Smythe is the CDA’s executive director.
Tickets for the business-attire event are $75 per person. Call 770-992-4339 or see www.cdakids.org. Oh, and stay tuned for the 40th anniversary gala, a black-tie bash planned for May 2.
See you at the downtown Ritz
Tour de Champagne featuring a silent auction to benefit Angel Flight of Georgia, rolls into town Jan. 19 at the downtown Ritz-Carlton.
Patrons will sample more than 20 brands of champagne and cuisine from local restaurants including Atlanta Grill, Eno, Food 101, Joël, Repast, Steel, Geisha House, Dolce, Shaun’s and the Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View.
The event is from 7 to 10 p.m. At 10 p.m. the VIP fin de soirée begins and includes a cognac tasting and dessert selection. Attire is cocktail/black tie optional.
Tickets are $110; $150 for the VIP treatment. E-mail information@tourdechampagne.com or see www.tourdechampagne.com/atlanta.html.
Angel Flight of Georgia is a nonprofit volunteer pilot organization that provides patients in need with free air transportation to locations where they are to receive nonemergency medical treatments. About 800 pilots donate their time to Angel Flight, which covers Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and the Carolinas, said former Angel Flight board member Sandy Johnson, who volunteers her time as an office manager with the group.
If patients need to be taken outside that region, Angel Flight can coordinate with volunteer pilot organizations in neighboring states, Johnson said. Many of the patients Angel Flight serves are rural Georgians who need transportation to Atlanta-area hospitals, she said.
“A lot of our patients, their immune systems are compromised,” Johnson said. “A commercial flight doesn’t work for them.”
And at the Buckhead Ritz
The Taste of Love gala, benefiting the Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia, is planned for 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Feb. 9 at the Buckhead Ritz-Carlton.
Organizers expect a crowd of more than 500 at the black-tie bash. WSB-TV’s Chuck Dowdle emcees and Rhythm Nation entertains.
The host committee includes Wes Bigler, Susan Ganser, Anita Patterson, Bonnie Terwilliger Leadbetter, Patricia B. Terwilliger and Cheryl Windom.
Pete Graybill is the EFGA board president.
Tickets are $225 each. Tables of 10 are $2,250 and tables of 12 are $2,700. Call 404-527-7155 or see www.epilepsyfoundation .org/georgia.
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