2008 Awards Dinner Wrap-up

Herman Cain Wowed the Audience
at the Annual Awards & Installation Dinner on June 18. Besides the installation of the new Board of Directors, donors and volunteers were recognized in a special ceremony.
Talk Show host Herman Cain gave a rousing speech on how important it is to have a dream and try to follow it. Judge Adele Grubbs installed the officers and Carmen Burns and Donna Wallace handed out the awards.

Kelly Kettles receives Special
Citizen of the Year Award from
RitC President Donna Wallace.

This year’s Awards Recipients included:
  • Special Citizen of the Year: Kelly Kettles
  • Professionals of the Year: Rocky & Shirley Narine
  • Volunteer of the Year: Norm Paschal
  • Employer of the Year: Publix #155, Albert DiMercurio
  • President’s Award: Ioana Marlow
  • Executive Director’s Award: Cara Huber Mulkey
  • Outstanding Service Awards
    • Roy Stephens
    • Applebee’s Patrick Foster
    • Petite Harpenau
    • Bessie Clay
    • Lorraine Henry
    • Judge George Kreeger
    • Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
    • Gary & Cathy Neher
    • Kelley Lee
    • Alice Osunde
    • Beyeh Ngiyeh
    • Paulette Blake, CCT Paratransit
Congratulations to all of our special recipients. See ‘ya next year?

It’s Bridgemill in ’08!

RITC Golf Chairman Todd Williard has announced that Bridgemill Golf Club will be the site of the 2008 RITC Golf Marathon. The 18-hole "Bridgemill" course at the Bridgemill Athletic Club facility in Canton, Georgia features 7,085 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 74 and it has a slope rating of 140 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Larry Mize/Desmond Muirhead, the Bridgemill golf course opened in 1998. HMS Golf manages this facility. On October 13, 2008, golfers will attempt to play 100 holes in a golf challenge marathon... Check it out

RITC opens two new group homes

We’re so pleased to tell you that we are continuing to grow our residential program. In May of this year, we completed two new group homes for persons with developmental disabilities. The first one is The Eighteenth House, Inc. It has a golf motif and will be the site of the 2008 Golf Marathon kick-off on August 26th. This house will be staffed by UCP of Georgia.

Our second home is the Michael S. Huff House, Inc. It will be staffed by Walton Nursing. It is named in honor of our former board member, Mike Huff who passed away in 2006.

And REMEMBER... if you have new or nearly new appliances, kitchenware, bedroom or kitchen linens or other household goods, we need them. Call 770-427-8401 to arrange for pickup or delivery.