Some positive news from Statham, Georgia: The Georgia Club Foundation contributed more than $28,000 to local charitable organizations last year. Members of the club also donated goods and volunteer hours that served the surrounding community.
“The Foundation continues to expand its efforts in ways we think will be meaningful to our residents and the greater community,” said Harvey Tarpley, chairman of The Foundation’s board and a resident of the community. “We start programs that we think will enrich the community for residents, and we try to respond to what needs there are locally.”
Members of The Georgia Club and Georgia Club Foundation volunteers Sam Dabbs, Lori Meyne, Sarah Baines, Carol Nelson, Kathy Dabbs, Eve Haanio, Joan Cleary, Brenda Cain, Linda Venghaus and David Venghaus.
In 2008, The Foundation launched a memorial program, giving residents and members the opportunity to purchase and dedicate benches and trees in honor or memory of a loved one. The first bench was dedicated in November in memory of a resident’s son who was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan early last year.
To date, The Georgia Club Foundation has given nearly $63,000 to local charities. In addition to continuing the established programs and events, The Foundation engaged residents in compiling a cookbook that will be sold to benefit The Foundation.
So shines a generous, neighborly private community in one of our nation’s most scenic places.
