Guests of Honor
Past Honorees at the Annual Thanks Mom & Dad Galas:
2019 Guest of Honor Dr. Ted Johnson
2017 Guest of Honor Senator Renee Unterman
2016 Guest of Honor Sam Massell
2015 Guests of Honor Laura Turner Seydel
2014 Guest of Honor, Fredi Gonzalez
2013 Guests of Honor, MLB Hall of Fame Pitcher, Phil “Knucksie” Niekro honoring his Parents Phil & Henrietta (Ivy) Niekro and Sunny K. Park, General Building Maintenance, honoring his Mother, Pyoungnim Park.
2012 Jonathan Babineaux, Atlanta Falcons, Honoring his Mother, Barbara Babineaux
2008 The Honorable Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senator, Georgia
2007 The Honorable Shirley Franklin, Former Mayor, City of Atlanta
2007 Poster Honorees forming Perennial Exhibition: Willie Ruth Bell Glass, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Dot Meder, Pyoungnim Park, Herman & Otelia Russell, Nathaniel Goldston, Jr., and Kathleen O’Donnell Walton
2006 Evern Cooper Epps, UPS Foundation, retired, honoring her Mother Vivian
2005 Keith Brooking and Chris Mohr, Atlanta Falcons
2004 Jocelyn Dorsey, WSB-TV, Channel 2, Honoring Robert & Helena Dorsey
2003 Michael Thurmond, former Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor, Celebrating a Birthday and Remembering Sidney & Vanilla Thurmond