Easter Seals 2016 Awards Banquet

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September 21, 2016

Executive Director Beth English, Easter Seals Southern Georgia, smiles as people arrive for the annual awards banquet. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

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Jennifer Sapp and Jennifer Rigsby are presented with the Community Service Award for their work with the Challenger (baseball)League. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Easter Seals consumers wait for the awards banquet to begin. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Friends visit before the Easter Seals event gets underway. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Rep. Ed Rynders, R-Leesburg, was presented with a Distinguished Service Award at the start of the banquet. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Eddie McCarty visits with friends before the start of the banquet. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Director of Residential Services Tim Barbree and his wife, Melinda, watch the crowd as the awards presentation draws near. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Kevin Robinson and Chief Colby of the Sylvester Fire Department share a story or two before the banquet gets started. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Tom Connelly, a longtime advocate for people with disabilities in South Georgia, at the Easter Seals 2016 Awards Presentation. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Michael Meyer von Bremen smiles after awarding the Bobbie Meyer von Bremen Award, named for his late mother, to Roy Rankin. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Don Cole presents Thomas Wimberly with the Annette Bowling Advocate of the Year Award. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

Thomas Wimberly smiles for the camera just minutes after being named the Annette Bowling Advocate of the Year for 2016. (Staff Photo: Mary Braswell)

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