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DAVIS-HODGES FAMILY REUNION July 18 - July 20, 2014 Back Home Again in Sandersville, Ga

Hello Davis-Hodges Family, We hope this letter finds you and your family doing well. The anticipation and excitement are building as the time for our biennial family reunion this summer draws near. We plan to have a real good time on the third weekend in July in our ancestral home of Sandersville, Georgia. The reunion begins Friday morning, July 18 and continues through Sunday afternoon, July 20, 2014. We encourage you to come early and stay late for all the fun and fellowship you can stand. Registration is $100 for ages 18 and older, $75 for ages 6-17, and free for ages 5 and under (5 and under T-Shirts are $10 each). Full payment by PayPal or by check or money order (made payable to Davis-Hodges Family Reunion) is due by June 17, 2014. For PayPal, submit payment to the Davis-Hodges 2014 Family Reunion account at davishodges2014@gmail.com . You may apply 75% of any advertising sold for the reunion souvenir booklet to your registration. Ad sales, ad copy, and photos/graphics are due by May 17, 2014. Payments (checks or money orders/do not mail cash) should be mailed to: Davis-Hodges Family Reunion c/o Julian M. Davis CPA, Treasurer 774 Summer Meadow Court Stone Mountain, Georgia 30087 Registration forms, scholarship applications/documentation, and advertisements may also be mailed to the above address or emailed to davishodges2014@gmail.com.
Registration includes Tithe at Sunday worship service DHFR Scholarship Fund contribution Reunion souvenirs and booklet Reunion T-Shirt (extras $10 each) Transportation in Sandersville All reunion activities

Ten (10) rooms have been reserved from Thursday, July 17 through Sunday, July 20 for Davis-Hodges Family Reunion guests at three local hotels/motels. Book yours now at Days Inn Sandersville ($67/double), Villa South Motor Inn ($46/single, $50/king, $56/double), or Executive Inn and Suites ($60/singles [5 non-smoking)], $67/double [2 non-smoking/3 smoking]). Villa South is the largest of the three properties and will have additional rooms available when the initial block of 10 rooms is filled. Days Inn is the newest property but requires check-out, Sunday morning, July 20. Make your reservations today! Remember, when you contact the hotel, ask for rooms with the Davis-Hodges Family Reunion. Heres how to reach them:
1. Days Inn Sandersville, 128 Commerce Drive. Sandersville, Georgia 31082, 478-553-0393, daysinn@sandersville.net, (First choice if checking out Sunday morning, July 20; newest property.) Villa South Motor Inn, 725 South Harris Street, Sandersville, Georgia 31082, 478-552-1234, 1-800-622-7589, amotiwala2001@yahoo.com, www.villasouthmotor.com (First choice if checking out Monday, July 21 or later; large rooms.) Executive Inn & Suites, 508 South Harris Street, Sandersville, Georgia 31082, 478-553-1414, ExecutiveinnGa@gmail.com, www.ExecutiveGa.com (If Days Inn and Villa South are full.)

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The 2014 reunion committees financial goals are to: 1) honor God with a tithe; 2) fund 2014 Davis-Hodges Scholarships; 3) pay all reunion expenses; and, 4) retain a working balance in our recently established Wells Fargo bank account to be used by subsequent reunion committees. Please complete the enclosed registration form. On the back of it is a scholarship application for family members, who document acceptance and/or enrollment expenditures between August 2012 and June 2014 at a post-secondary education institution, to apply for the Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Scholarship to assist in defraying school related costs. Please return the registration application, payment, and the scholarship application by June 17, 2014. Share this information and make copies for any family member who did not receive a letter. Please send the name, address, phone number(s), and e-mail address of anyone who needs a letter to davishodges2014@gmail.com. Mark your calendar for July 18-20, 2014! See you in Sandersville! Ken Davis Chairman 770-855-7278 Grace Davis Local Host 478-552-3407 Jonathan Davis Social Media Director 678-274-8627 Herman Davis, Sr. Local Host 478-552-3406 Julian Davis Treasurer 404-895-6961

2014 Family Reunion Souvenir Booklet Advertising FAMILY MEMBER WORKSHEET


If youd like to offset some or all of your reunion registration costs by selling advertising space in the family reunion souvenir booklet, heres how you can do it: 1. Use the enclosed letter to solicit advertisements for the 2014 Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Souvenir Booklet from merchants you know and patronize, such as your longtime auto repair shop, hair stylist, barber, doctor, dentist, landscapers, dry cleaners, and others. 2. Ask them to help you raise funds for the Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Scholarship Fund (see the letter and ad form on pages 3 and 4). Make as many copies of them as you need. 3. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the proceeds of your ad sales will go toward your reunion registration. The remaining 25% will go toward printing costs and other reunion expenses. If your ad sales exceed your registration fee, you will have done exceptionally well by generating additional money for the family reunion and the scholarship fund. 4. For the best resolution and printed results, please submit advertisement copy, photographs, and graphics as .jpg or .tif files to davishodges2014@gmail.com . 5. When submitting photos and graphics electronically, be sure to include: a. the advertisers name b. the advertisers contact information i. mailing address ii. telephone number(s) iii. email address c. your name (the Davis-Hodges family member who sold the advertisement) and contact information

Ad Sizes: ____ $25 Page (1 x 2 ) ____ $50 Page (3 x 5) ____ $100 Full Page (7 x 10)

Total Advertisements Sold: ________________

Total Advertisement Cost: _________________

Total Amount Applied to Registration Cost: _________________

2014 Family Reunion Souvenir Booklet Advertisements


If youd like to offset some of your reunion registration costs by selling advertising space in the family reunion souvenir booklet, heres how you can do it: 6. Using the enclosed letter to solicit advertisements for the 2014 Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Souvenir Booklet from merchants you know and patronize, such as your longtime auto repair shop, hair stylist, barber, doctor, dentist, landscapers, dry cleaners, and others. Ask them to help you raise funds for the Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Scholarship Fund (see the letter and ad form on pages 3 and 4). Make as many copies of them as you need. 7. 75% of the proceeds of your ad sales will go toward your reunion registration. The remaining 25% will go toward printing costs and other reunion expenses. If your ad sales exceed your registration fee, you will have done exceptionally well by generating additional money for the family reunion and the scholarship fund. 8. For the best resolution and printed results, please submit advertisement copy, photographs, and graphics as .jpg or .tif files to davishodges2014@gmail.com. 9. When submitting photos and graphics electronically, be sure to include: a. the advertisers name

b. the advertisers contact information i. mailing address ii. telephone number(s) iii. email address c. Ad Sizes: ____ $25 Page (1 x 2 ) ____ $50 Page (3 x 5) ____ $100 Full Page (7 x 10) your name (the Davis-Hodges family member who sold the advertisement)

Total Advertisements Sold: ________________

Total Advertisement Cost: _________________

Total Amount Applied to Registration Cost: _________________

DH
March 5, 2014 Dear Sir or Madam:

Davis-Hodges Family Reunion 2014


"Back Home Again in Sandersville, Ga"

The Davis-Hodges Family will host our biennial family reunion in Sandersville, Georgia, July 18-20, 2014. Since 1992, our family has assisted students/family members enrolled in post-secondary institutions through the Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Scholarship Fund. Over the years, this scholarship has assisted at least 42 recipients defray some of the high cost of attending college. Please help us continue these scholarships by purchasing a printed advertisement in our souvenir booklet. An advertisement with your name/business/organization will be published and distributed to all 150+ registrants that we expect to attend from throughout the United States. You will also receive a copy of the 2014 booklet. Advertisement rates are:

$25 Page (1 x 2 ) $50 Page (3 x 5) $100 Full Page (7 x 10)


With your help we can again provide help to students striving to become better-educated, selfsufficient, and productive members of society.

To be assured a spot in this years souvenir booklet, please place your order and submit payment by May 17, 2014. Make checks and money orders payable to Davis-Hodges Family Reunion. To use PayPal, submit payment to the Davis-Hodges 2014 Family Reunion account at davishodges2014@gmail.com Thank you in advance for supporting the Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Scholarship Fund, family
unity, and community uplift. Sincerely, Ken Davis 2014 Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Chairman 774 Summer Meadow Court Stone Mountain, Georgia 30087 Phone: 770-855-7278 (cell) Email: davishodges2014@gmail.com 4

Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Scholarship Fund Ad Form


For the best resolution and printed results, please submit advertisement copy, photographs, and graphics as .jpg or .tif files to davishodges2014@gmail.com. When submitting ad copy, photos, and graphics electronically, be sure to include: your name (advertiser), your contact information, and the name of the Davis-Hodges family member from whom you purchased the ad.

Ad Sizes:
____ $25 Page (1 x 2 ) ____ $50 Page (3 x 5) ____ $100 Full Page (7 x 10)

Advertisers E-mail Address: _______________________________________ Total Advertisement Cost: ________________


Please include below the copy or text for your advertisement:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Please complete and submit a separate form for each ad purchased. Thank you.

2014 Davis-Hodges Family Reunion Registration Form


(Please print legibly or type) NAME (primary registrant): ADDRESS: PHONE (home): TOTAL ATTENDEES: PHONE (cell): ADULTS (18 & older): E-MAIL: CHILDREN (17 & under):

NAMES AND AGES OF ALL ATTENDEES (Not including the primary registrant; if there are additional home or email addresses, please include by the attendees name ):

Are any of the registrants Vegetarian? Yes / No

If Yes, How Many?

Will you need local Transportation? If Yes, please include:


Hotel: Arrival Date and Time: Number of people in your party needing Transportation:
When are you arriving? When are you departing? Will you be attending Sunday church services?

HOW MANY? (Adults and Children): HOW MANY? (Adults and Children): HOW MANY? (Adults and Children):

Indicate T-Shirt size(s) and quantity (one free per registrant):


Youth XS: Adult S: Youth S: Adult M: Adult L: Youth M: Adult XL: Adult XXL: Youth L: Adult XXXL:

TOTAL AMOUNT OF ADVERTISEMENT SALES:

TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED:

Payments (checks or money orders made payable to Davis-Hodges Family Reunion) should be mailed to: Davis-Hodges Family Reunion c/o Julian M. Davis CPA, Treasurer 774 Summer Meadow Court Stone Mountain, GA 30087 Registration forms, scholarship applications/documentation, and advertisements may also be mailed to the above address or emailed to davishodges2014@gmail.com. PLEASE DO NOT MAIL CASH 6

(Please print legibly or type)

STUDENTS NAME: PARENTS NAME(S): DESCENDANTS OF: HOME ADDRESS: E-MAIL: SCHOOL NAME & ADDRESS: REGISTRARS PHONE NO: E-MAIL: PHONE NO:

COURSE OF STUDY (MAJOR & MINOR, DIPLOMA CERTIFICATION, ETC.): CURRENT CLASSIFICATION: DATE(S) ENROLLED: TUITION COSTS: GRADUATION DATE: BOOK COSTS:

OTHER SCHOOL RELATED EXPENSES (please explain):

WHAT WOULD A DAVIS-HODGES FAMILY REUNION SCHOLARSHIP MEAN TO YOU?

Please submit scholarship applications by June 17, 2014. If you have questions or need more information, please contact reunion coordinator Ken Davis at 770-855-7278 or davishodges2014@gmail.com.

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