Annual Gala & Auction

105^th Annual Gala & Auction

September 27, 2007

Presented by

AT&T

 

 

Thank you to the Following Sponsors:

Platinum

Bank of America

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

Michelin North America

Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports & Tourism

Reeds Jewelers

 

Reception & Auction

Delta Dental

 

Valet Parking

Carolina First

 

Entertainment

R.L. Bryan Company

                                   Featuring Mike Tronco Band                                   

 

Diamond Dip

Reeds Jewelers

 

Facilities

Cobblestone Park

 

Video

Zero Gravity Project

2007 Award Winners & Sponsors

 Diplomat of the Year

Rose Jackson, SC Women in Business

Award Sponsored by SCE&G

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Manufacturer of the Year

Nucor Building Systems Group

Award Sponsored by Wachovia Bank

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Small Business Diversity

Advocate of the Year

Shirley Mills, University of South Carolina

Award sponsored by Southern First Bank

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Small Business Person of the Year

Jay Wedeking, SOHO HERO      

Award sponsored by Bank of America

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Volunteer of the Year

Todd Wagstaff, Comfort Services

Award sponsored by DP Professionals

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Women in Business Advocate of the Year

Barbara Blau, DP Professionals

Award Sponsored by CW 47

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Woodrow Wilson Award

For Community Service

Henri Etta Baskins, AT&T

Award Sponsored by Total Comfort

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Young Professional of the Year

Holt Chetwood, Wachovia Bank

Award Sponsored by Wachovia Bank

Thank you to the following sponsors:

 

Gold Sponsors

ABC Columbia

ALLTEL

Celebrations

Century 21 Bob Capes Realty

CMC Steel South Carolina

Coldwell Banker United, Realtors

Colonial Printing, Inc

Colonial Supplemental Insurance

Columbia Metropolitan Airport

Comfort Services

First Citizens Bank

Garvin Design Group

McNair Law Firm, P.A.

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals

The State Newspaper

University of South Carolina

Zero Gravity Project, LLC

 

Silver Sponsors

Alliance Consulting Engineers Inc

Ascension Hospice

Benedict College

Consultants in Gastroenterology

Copier Sales & Service, Inc.

Courtyard Columbia Marriott Downtown at USC

Doctor's Care

Elliott Davis, LLC

ERA Wilder Realty

FASTSIGNS

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

NAI Avant, LLC

Regions Bank

Schmoyer & Company, LLC

Service Printing Company

The Beach Company

The Loxcreen Company, Inc

The National Bank of SC

Tomlin & Company, Inc

Turner Padget

Willoughby & Hoefer, PA

Bronze Sponsors

AllSouth Federal Credit Union

Arthur State Bank

B P Barber & Associates

BankMeridian

Branch Banking & Trust

Chernoff Newman

City Center Partnership

Colliers Keenan Inc.

F.A. Johnson Consulting Group

First Community Bank

First Reliance Bank

Johnson Food Services

Keenan & Suggs

Livingston Insurance Agency

Midlands Technical College

National Direct Home Pharmacy & Diabetic Supply

Nationwide Insurance - Keith Chichester

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Palmetto Family Medicine of Columbia, PA

Palmetto Health

Russell & Jeffcoat Realtors

Sizemore Inc.

Snelling Personnel Services of Lexington

South Carolina Bank & Trust

SC Community Bank

SC Federal Credit Union

Studio 2LR

UBS Financial Services

WHM Capital Advisors

WKTC-TV My 63