La Table

La Table 2019

A Luncheon Benefit For Interfaith Hospitality Network of Athens

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, IHNA will host its annual La Table luncheon at the Athens Country Club, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Table hosts sign up and decorates their table with a personally selected theme. Hosts may specifically invite 8 to 9 others to join the table or may open the table to any individual who would like to attend the luncheon. Attendees are asked to make a contribution of $50 to IHNA, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. The funds raised through this event will support IHNA in its mission to mobilize our community to help homeless families in crisis situations achieve sustainable independence by providing emergency housing, meals and comprehensive support services.

Special thanks to our Sponsors!

We are grateful to Callie Waller, Realtor with CJ&L Real Estate for being our Presenting Sponsor!

We are equally grateful to Dick and Susan Ferguson for being our Major Sponsor!

Join Us!

If you would like to attend La Table, or to be a table host, please contact Wanda Culpepper, 706- 202-4862, wandabellculpepper@gmail.com, or Davin Welter, 706-425-1881, director@ihnathens.org as soon as possible. We look forward to your presence at La Table and are grateful for your significant support of our mission to serve those in need.

Details

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Time: Registration from 11:00-11:45 a.m.; Luncheon at noon
Place: Athens Country Club - 2700 Jefferson Rd., Athens, Georgia
Cost: $50 Contribution
Downloads: Invitation, Sponsorship Details

Keynote speaker for La Table 2019

Terry Kay, Renowned Author and 2019 La Table Keynote Speaker

A 2006 inductee into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and a 2009 recipient of the Governor’s Award in the Humanities, Terry Kay has been further honored in 2015 by the Atlanta Writers Club’s designation of its annual fiction award as The Terry Kay Prize for Fiction.

A native of Hart County in northeast Georgia, Kay has been a sports writer and film/theater critic (Atlanta Jounral-Constitution), a public relations executive and a corporate officer. He is the author of seventeen published books, including the 2014 release of Song of the Vagabond Bird.

His other works include The Seventh Mirror, The Greats of Cuttercane, Bogmeadow's Wish, The Book of Marie, To Dance With the White Dog, The Valley of Light, Taking Lottie Home, The Kidnapping of Aaron Greene, Shadow Song, The Runaway, Dark Thirty, After Eli, The Year the Lights Came On, To Whom the Angel Spoke, as well as a book of essays, Special K: The Wisdom of Terry Kay.

Three of his novels have been produced as Hallmark Hall of Fame movies –To Dance With the White Dog, The Runaway and The Valley of Light. Additionally, a Japanese film based on To Dance With the White Dog was produced, and a stage version of the book will be presented in Japan in 2016.

In 2011, Kay was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Georgia Writers Association. He has received the Georgia Author of the Year award four times and in 2004 was presented with the Townsend Prize, considered the state's top literary award. In October, 2006, he received the prestigious Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award from Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, WV. In March of 2007, he was presented the Brooke Baker Award from Dunwoody Library honoring his career as a writer.

Also in 2007, Kay was presented the Stanley W. Lindberg Award, named for the late editor of The Georgia Review and considered one of the state's most prestigious literary honors, given for an individual's significant contribution to the preservation and celebration of Georgia's literary heritage.

A native of Hart County, GA, Kay and his wife now reside in Athens, GA.