Items of Interest

Past Items

Items of Interest

Celebrity Golf Tournament

One Columbus’ Inaugural Celebrity Golf Tournament is scheduled for Calloway Gardens on May 12, 2006. Another first for One Columbus!
Diamond Sports Marketing is managing this event for One Columbus and needs the full support of the community. The form attached allows you to select the area in which you are most interested -you don’t have to play golf if you don’t want to - but there is an opportunity for everyone to do SOMETHING in support of this One Columbus event.

Unity Service - Sunday, February 19, 2006 5:00 PM

Eight years ago, Pastor Roy Plummer of Faith Tabernacle Community Church (traditionally African/American) and Pastor Larry Biggers of Northside Chapel (traditionally Euro/American) met in a Unity Service. Even though their backgrounds were vastly different, their passion for Unity in Columbus was the common ground for these two dedicated Christian men. Since that first meeting, they have hosted a Unity Service annually for the purpose of bridging racial and denominational divisions. They believe that Unity begins in the heart, otherwise it is only uniformity.

Join these two congregations and the One Columbus family on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 5:00 PM at Faith Tabernacle Community Church, 1603 Floyd Rd.
This one you shouldn’t miss.

One Columbus on WTVM

One Columbus segment on WTVM’s Newsleader 9 features Phenix City’s Retiring Police Chief Preston Robinson. Cheryl Renee’s interview with this 35-year veteran of the Police Department where he has served as chief for 10 years is a revealing story of a committed citizen who has done good work. Chief Robinson retires March 31,
2006.

Congratulations, Chief Robinson!

Dare to Dream Summit

The 2006 Dare to Dream Summit sponsored by the Leadership Columbus
Alumni, One Columbus and the Muscogee County School District will be held at the
Trade Center on Thursday, March 2, 2006 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
The Luncheon, starting at 11:30, will feature internationally acclaimed and respected
Joseph Sebarenzi, former head of the Rwandan Parliament, who has endured tragedy and
genocide atrocities most of us cannot imagine. In 1994, he lost his parents, seven siblings
and many other relatives in the Rwandan genocide. Yet, years later, as a senior
government official in a position to exact revenge, he instead pushed for peace and
reconciliation. Respectfully and with courage, Sebarenzi said "Revenge is like adding
guilt to victimhood. It solves nothing. At some point, we have to ignore the past and
envision the future."

This message of peace and reconciliation should not be missed!
Cost: $40 per person*
$300 for a table of 8

*Current Leadership Columbus members can attend at no cost and should register
through Jennifer Majors at 706-327-1566 or jmajors@columbusgachamber.com.