SAGE AWARDS(TM)
Each year The Council on Aging presents the Sage Awards (TM) to several older adults who have contributed to the quality of life in their local community throughout the course of their lives. The seventeenth annual Sage Awards (TM) Luncheon will be held at noon on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel.

Call for 2008 Nominations
We are currently accepting nominations for consideration for the 2008 awards. You are welcome to nominate persons who truly represent older adults (age 50 and up) who are "wise through reflection and experience." Click HERE to download a nomination form. All nominations must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2008 to be considered.

2008 Sponsorships Available
If you or your company are interested in becoming a patron or sponsor of the 17th Annual Sage Awards Luncheon, we would love to hear from you. For more information, email Donna Kumar or call 615-353-4235.

Past Sage Awards(TM) Honorees

2007: Louise B. Katzman, Phil Ponder, Gwendolyn J. Sharp
2006: H.P. "Hop" Hopkins, Ola G. Hudson, Grace Cavert Stumb
2005: Calvin L.* & Evelyn E. Calhoun*, Harriet Foley, Elise Steiner
2004: Dr. Evelyn P. Fancher, Martin Kresge, Nancy Ransom, Sally Wolfe
2003: Jean & Allen Eskind, Edwina L. Hefner, Marjorie R. Koehler
2002: Bob Eisenstein, Hazel Pointer Fields, Penny & Gene TeSelle
2001: Thelma L. Baxter, Charlie Cardwell, Lois K. & Gilbert Fox
2000: Bill Barnes, Eleanor Chippey Grier, Clare & Samuel Loventhal
1999: Charlie & Gracie Allen, Clara C. Elam, Bernard Werthan, Jr.
1998: Nathaniel Crippens*, Adele Mills Schweid*, Bill Sherman
1997: Robert Everett, Jr.*, Daniel Patrick McGeachy, III, Anne Friedrich Roos
1996: F. Tremaine Billings, Jr.*, Mansfield Douglas III, Leah Rose Werthan*
1995: Grace Gardner*, Barbara Mann, Lester Robb*
1994: Mary Bradley*, Ernest Freudenthal, Jamye Williams
1993: Randall Falk, Lettie Galloway*, Jean Stumpf
1992: Nancy Howell*, Laura McCray*, Bill Moynihan*

2008 Sage Awards(TM) Committee Members
Harriet Foley, Honorary Chair
Mary Churchwell
May Dean Eberling
Lee Fairbend
Woodson Maher
Steve Mathews
Janie Parmley
Edie Simpkins
Lottie Strupp
Jessica Younger


Updated April 14, 2008