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Landings Landlovers
Enriching the Community We Love
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Imagine yourself sitting at the Landlovers Awards Ceremony in the Plantation Ballroom at beautifully decorated tables, sipping wine, and eating appetizers with 150 other friends and family members. Then imagine nine scholarship recipients going to the podium in the front of the room amid enthusiastic applause. Gabriel Brown, Tori Cook, Hannah Henderson, Elijah Hires, Gregory King, Donovan Lewis, Hunter McDowell, Cory Palm, and Briana Sanchez are all employees or family members of TLA employees and have life changing aspirations. The scholarships will help them monetarily on their journey.
Then picture volunteers from Skidaway Audubon, Skidaway First Responders,
Salvation Army, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, America’s Second Harvest, Coastal Conservation Association, Living Independence for Everyone, Military Relief Fund, Chatham County Family Justice Center, The Landings Association Security, Skidaway Farms, and Boy Scout Troop 57 coming to the podium to receive checks for their nature projects, social services, health and safety projects and educational and cultural endeavors.
Finally, picture Thomas Gauntt Hudgins accepting the Community Service Merit Award for his outstanding service to the Savannah Community, including the Greenbriar Children’s Center, Sylvan Learning Center, Skidaway Island Methodist Church, Humane Society, and Boy Scout Troop 57.
The Landlovers Awards Ceremony is always an end of the year hallmark event for Landlovers. It is the reason we have the Flea Market, Auctionmania, Games Day, Home Tour, and Garden Tour. It would have been such a joy to present the awards in person. However, because of the pandemic, our communications directors, Lynn Stephens and Pam Schepis, who have done an excellent job all year, will be featuring the honorees in the newsletter, TWATL and the Association’s Journal. Please congratulate all of the recipients when you see them. They are outstanding people who deserve all of the virtual hugs and applause that you give them.
Now imagine the closing of the Awards Ceremony. I had planned to publicly thank the board members and salute all of them with a toast.
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Vice President
John Ufford
Treasurer
Jack Welch
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Asst. Treasurer
Beth Holmquist
Secretary
Marian Mackle
Ways & Means
Laurie Milano
Mary Schmidt
Socials
Kerry Ufford
Margy Hatch
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Activities
Connie Kulp
Chris Lanigan
Membership
Cec Calcaterra
Communications
Lynn Stephens
Pam Schepis
Development
Sue Burns
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These folks, in addition to all of our enthusiastic volunteers, energized and revitalized Landlovers all year, and I will be forever grateful for their creativity, support, and dedication to the organization. They made me look good.
With that, I will step down as President and bid everyone adieu.
It has been a blast!
Bonnie
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Meet our 2020 Scholarship Recipients
Returning Recipients:
Tori Cook
’s goal is to receive an esthetician license so she can provide the best solutions to clients’ skin problems, working in a spa, as a brand representative, or as a salon esthetician. Ultimately, she would like to manage her own salon and pursue a career as a beauty educator, going into the schools to share her knowledge and skills with aspiring estheticians. Tori will attend Leon’s Beauty School in the fall of 2020. A resident of Greensboro, NC, Tori is the daughter of The Landings Director of Security Tim Cook.
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Hannah Henderson
is currently a second-year Pharm.D. (graduate school) student at the University of Georgia’s College of Pharmacy, graduating in May, 2022. Her goal is to work in a community pharmacy because she feels that community pharmacists have the best opportunity to work with area residents on a daily basis and to help them understand their healthcare needs. A student with consistently outstanding grades, Hannah was a Zell Miller scholar during her undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia, receiving full tuition. The daughter of Landings Association Controller Jessica Henderson, Hannah stated in this year’s Landlovers scholarship application that she “would love the opportunity to continue to make this scholarship board proud by putting their money into the investment of pharmacy in the future. “
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Third-time Landlovers Scholarship applicant,
Donovan Lewis
is completing his sophomore year at Norwich University, majoring in Business Administration. Definitely created to be a basketball player, he was recruited by several Division I, II, and III colleges and chose Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, for its terrific technology curriculum. A member of the Norwich varsity basketball team since his freshman year, he has been an asset to the team. Should his dream of playing in the NBA not come to pass, Donovan will be prepared to own a computer technology company. Donovan’s mom is Landings Association Communications Manager Lynn Lewis, a 20-year employee of The Landings Association.
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Hunter McDowell
is completing his fourth year at Mercer University as a Biology/Pre-Pharmacy major. The first in his family to attend college, his ultimate goal is to obtain a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and be able to study in a path that can help everyone within his community. In this year’s scholarship application (his fourth consecutive), Hunter states, “I want to enrich the lives of the people around me by providing them the excellent care they deserve, all made possible by the education this scholarship continues to grant me access to.” Hunter is the son of Landings Association Community Development
Representative Sabrina McDowell, a 23-year employee of the TLA Community Relations Department.
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Currently a Floater in The Landings Environmental Department,
Gabriel Browne
aspires to learn the technical skills that will lead to a degree in Applied Sciences. His goal is to obtain an electrician’s license and then locate a position in the field so that he can learn the “ins and outs” of the business and eventually open his own electrical company. He says that “receiving a scholarship would show that not only is my community willing to invest in me but provide me the opportunity to live up to the standard of someone deserving that generosity.” Gabriel plans to attend Savannah Technical College with a focus on Applied Science.
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Elijah Hires
has been a Street Sweeper with The Landings Public Works Department for two years. He would now like to attend Savannah Technical College to receive a Class A Commercial Truck Driving License so that he can better serve in his current position, but also to advance his career to more beneficial positions in the future. In his application, Elijah stated that a Landlovers scholarship would build his confidence in the workforce and push him to do things he is not currently familiar with.
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With a Class A Commercial Truck Driving License, from Savannah Technical College,
Gregory King
will be able to import and export heavy equipment, as needed. This certification will help him better himself for his family, as well as for his job. He will also share the knowledge and expertise he receives and teach others what he has learned. Gregory is currently a Construction Specialist with the Construction Department.
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In the year that
Cory Palm
has worked as a Forklift Driver at The Landings Harbor Marina, he has learned many things about the operations of a boating facility. This unique experience has shown him how fragile our aquatic environment is. He would like to become a certified diver so that he can assist in the underwater operations of the Marinas and also to discover the life of coral reefs and how to save the ocean. This certification is available through The SCUBA Shack.
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Thanks to Our Generous Platinum & Gold Sponsors!
Platinum: Allstate-David Pence, Michael's Roofing, Merrill Lynch-Skidaway Island, Sound View Wealth Advisors, The Marshes, Michelle Pence - Cora Bett Thomas Realty, Yates-Astro Termite & Pest Control
Gold:
Chatham Parkway Lexus, Jepson Associates, Livingood's Appliances & Bedding, Meyer & Sayers, South State Bank SI, The Landings Company
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Communications Directors
Lynn Stephens & Pam Schepis
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