James Holland retirement party

Woven brightly,
Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.

From: Altamaha_Riverkeeper@mail.vresp.com
To: danmatt@hotmail.com
Subject: James Holland retirement party
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:16:22 +0000



ARK logo w text 2dd.jpg            james with SELC.JPG
You are invited to honor James Holland's 10 years of service as the Altamaha Riverkeeper on May 1, 2010 at a reception from 4-6:30 p.m. at Open Gates Bed and Breakfast in Darien.
 
Please participate and show your support for James Holland and the Altamaha Riverkeeper's evolution into the next decade.  All contributions will be matched dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor.
Learn ways to participate at: http://www.altamahariverkeeper.org/

The reception features Randall Bramblett, singer, songwriter and musician http://www.randallbramblett.com/
a tribute performance by nationally known author and founding board member Janisse Ray, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janisse_Ray
 and
Trapeze Queen and dance artist Susan Murphy, founder of Canopy Studio, http://www.canopystudio.com/

The event will be a chance for friends and colleagues to roast James with a favorite story and thank him publicly.
Ways to participate:
• Become a sponsor: various levels available
• Attend the dinner and reception: $250
• Attend the reception: $25
We need your help to celebrate James and ARK's successes and meet the continuing challenge    to protect our water for future generations of families and children.  
 Create a Page for James' Memory Book
To celebrate his retirement, and to thank him for a decade of leadership and service, we are creating a "Memory Book" to be filled with tributes and greetings from his friends and colleagues, something that he will be able to look at over and over. Create a one page letter. It should be 8 1/2 by 11, to fit in a plastic page protector. Make it however you like. Say whatever you like. It can be one sentence or a full page. It can have photos, drawings, mementos, poems, a painting. If you create the page in a computer format, you can email it to www.altamahariverkeeper.org and we will print it and add it to the book or mail page to:
Memory Book for James
c/o Waters
895 Catherine T. Sanders Road
Reidsville, GA 30453


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