Events

Annual Gala Dinner – January 23, 2024

The Gala Dinner was held in the Grand dining Room of the Jekyll Island Hotel, and we had a wonderful turnout. The theme was the recent conservancy of the Tiffany Window. Taylor Davis, JIA Preservationist, and Tom Alexander, FOHJI Board Member, presented a summary of the conservancy process from the analysis of the window’s needs to the removal of the window from Faith Chapel to the work done at Mosaic’s Tack Room, and finally to the reinstallation of the window. The door prizes and the raffle of a Tiffany-inspired glass globe reflected this theme. Former FOHJI president Tom Pfaffenbach was remembered with a moment of silence. A big thank you to the Dinner Committee for their hard work that resulted in a successful event.

Members Only Holiday Social at Hollybourne – December 14, 2023

Thank you to all our members who attended the social. A BIG THANK YOU to Susan Williams and Shelly Gardner for their delicious foods and festive decorations. Thank you, too, to their bar-tending husbands. Last, but not least, thank you to Patrick Carmody and Will Story for working the party.

Thom Schuyler Benefit Concert

Villa Ospo – February 23, 2023

Annual Dinner: January 24, 2023

“Celebrating 35 Years of Memories”

The Annual dinner was a huge success! Thank you to David Lodge and Sarah Tallu Schuyler for sharing interesting and entertaining stories about their family connections to Jekyll Island. Thank you to the Jekyll Island Hotel staff who served a delicious five-course dinner.

Proceeds from the dinner benefit the Baker-Crane Carriage House Restoration

2022 Holiday Party at Hollybourne

Time Capsule Dedication

FOHJI Board Members were invited to the 75th Anniversary Time Capsule Dedication on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. The time capsule, honoring Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary as a State Park, is buried adjacent to the historical marker featuring M.E. Thompson and the purchase of Jekyll Island; it will be opened in 2047, Jekyll Island’s 100th anniversary as a Georgia State Park. Jekyll Island Authority Executive Leadership, Board of Directors, and state dignitaries were in attendance. 

Celebrating Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary

January 28, 2022