Robins Regional Chamber Champion & Awards Announcements
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
At today’s Annual Meeting, we recognized outgoing and incoming Chamber leadership, looked back to 2020 and ahead to the future, and presented the Chairman's Award for 2020, the A.C. "Dick" Walden Chamber Champion, to Dale Richmond with First Response Services.
For the next three weeks, we will continue to interview and present awards to those who went above and beyond last year. Today, we also announced the award recipients who will join us on next week's program.
The 2020 Sherrill Stafford Government Service Award goes to the very deserving Houston County Board of Education. We will host Dr. Scott and Mr. Fred Wilson to talk about the innovative solutions the Board of Education put in place to keep our students safe and in school through the pandemic. We will also spend some time with our Business Excellence Award winners, Sunmark Community Bank and Eyesight Associates, discussing their response to the immediate needs presented by COVID as well as their investments in the future.
On a personal note, there have been moments over the past year where I felt like so much had been taken from us and that our impact had somehow been diminished because we were unable to carry out the original plan of work for 2020. As I watched the final version of our 2020 Year in Review, I couldn't hold back the tears. I am so thankful that God had a plan far bigger than anything any of us could have imagined for our Chamber and our community in 2020. I hope you share the same pride that we do in the incredibly important work that was able to take place over the past 12 months because, simply put, without the pandemic most of it wouldn't have happened. As crazy as it sounds, this massive, unplanned disruption forced many positive changes for our organization, our members, and our community. We can NEVER forget what it cost, but rather promise to continue to lean in, to come together, to do better, to BE better. Here's a look back at the 2020 Chamber year. We truly are stronger together and couldn't have done it without each and every one of you!