1st Annual Volunteer Tybee is a Big Success

FOTT board member & Tybee Times Publisher Cyndi Kinkel joins the gals

Jane Bridges and I participated with 19 other organizations in the first “Volunteer Tybee” event at the Guard House Community Center on Wednesday April 22nd. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness of the various community organizations that benefit Tybee Island and to sign up volunteers.

Volunteer Tybee was well attended and we were able to sign up several new volunteers. The general opinion of the other organizations I talked with was very positive. Everyone was delighted at the opportunity to have all the various groups together in one place. It was terrific to see so many people working to improve and care for Tybee Island. Thanks to Freda Ruthford, Sandy Majors and everyone at Tybee Neighbors for making this such a successful event.


Jane, left & Terry show off Friends of the Tybee Theater

Bye for now,
Terry Spatz FOTT Board Member

Crowd photos courtesy of the Tybee Times

State Grant for Facade Work

As you may already know, FOTT has been award a $20,000 matching grant to restore and replace the front facade windows. Representatives from the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Revenue recently visited the theater to get the ball rolling.

Carole Moore, grants coordinator and Bill Hover, architectural reviewer, take some snaps.

We are very lucky to have Cullen Chambers on board to manage this project for us.

The Tybee Historical Society and its president, Jim Kluttz are very gracious to loan Cullen to us to work on this project. Since this is the only true historic preservation aspect to the theater renovation it is important that the job is done right. With Cullen's help it will be done.

We are so excited to get started!

All for now

Pam