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Picnic in the Park
A Success
Robin Greco as Miss Piggy enjoys the
Picnic in the Park festivities
The City of Savannah
presented Picnic in the Park, in
Forsyth Park on Sunday, Oct.
3. This year’s event featured
Strings of the South, a special
ly formed string ensemble
under the direction of local tal
ent Eddie Wilson.
This year’s picnic theme
was “Pinknic in the Park,” in
recognition of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. Picnickers
were encouraged to make cre
ative use of the color pink
when planning their picnics.
This was the first Picnic in the
Park to utilize Forsyth Park’s
new outdoor performance
stage and bandshell.
To mark the occasion,
musician Eddie Wilson
assembled a lush, 12-piece
string section combined with a
rhythm section, piano and
well-known local vocalists
Fluxsie Scott & Trae Gurley
into an ensemble called Strings
of the South.
Picnic in the Park was
made possible by the City of
Savannah and WSAV- 3. This
year’s picnic contest was host
ed by Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc.
Haitian Monument Gala to be Held
October 9
The Haitian Monument
T he Haitian American
Historical Society
announces the 3rd
Anniversary Celebration of
the Haitian Memorial
Monument in Franklin
Square in downtown
Savannah, honoring the vol
unteer soldiers from Haiti
who fought in Revolutionary
War Battle of Savannah in
October, 1779.
This formal gala
fundraising event will take
place at the Ralph Mark
Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum, 460 Martin Luther
King Junior Boulevard, from
7-11pm on Saturday, Oct.
9th, 2010.
Tickets are $100 per
person; RSVP by calling
(786) 621-0035 or e-mailing
haitianhistory@bellsouth.net
The celebration is spon
sored by: History Channel,
NY, City of Savannah, GA,
Coastal Heritage Society
Savannah, GA,
Comprehensive Health
Center Miami, FL, The Lady
and Sons Restaurant
Savannah, GA, Island TV
Miami, FL.
The monument repre
sents the Chasseurs-
Volontaires de Saint-
Domingue, a regiment of
soldiers who formed one-
tenth of the allied army
before Savannah in the fall
of 1779.
The unit was comprised
of over 500 free men of color
from the Island of Haiti and
was the largest unit of men
of African descent to fight in
the American Revolution.
United Way Awards
Vacation Getaway
Left to right: Lillie Slater, winner of United Way Gift Giveaway, and Camille Russo,
United Way Campaign Chair
United Way of the Tybee Getaway vacation pack- package includes a three day,
Coastal Empire congratulates age, one of many exciting gifts two night stay at Mermaid
Lillie Slater, an employee of from our When You Wish Gift Cottages, gift certificates to
Goodwill Industries of the List. North Beach Bar and Grill and
Coastal Empire, for winning a
The Tybee Getaway
See United Way, page 16
Homebuilders Association
Installs Officers
Pictured left to right: Teresa Wardlaw, Jerry Wardlaw, Patty Rietkovich
Home Builders Association October 1, 2010. Doug officers and board members for
of Greater Savannah held Tumlin, President of the 2010-2011. Outgoing president,
their annual Installation and Home Builders Association Jim Walker of The Lindadan
Awards Banquet on Friday, of Georgia of installed the See Home Builders, page 16
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