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u GIADA Donates $5000 to
Camp Sunshine
GIADA’s Government Affairs firm’s part-
ners, Mo Thrash and John Haliburton, of
Thrash-Haliburton have a very special con-
nection with Camp Sunshine, a place for
children with cancer to go and be normal
kids. Mo Thrash has been a part of Camp
Sunshine since inception in 1982. Callaway,
the son of Mo and Jane Thrash, passed away
due to leukemia at three years old before
Camp started, and Camp Sunshine has been
a passion for the Thrash family ever since.

Congratulations

CHARLES HUBERT KELLER JR.
On Saturday night at the GIADA conven-
tion, GIADA and the GIADA Auxillary pre- QUALITY DEALER
sented to John a total of $5,000 in donations
from GIADA and its membership to Camp AWARD
Sunshine, which means GIADA’s members
and vendors sent at least 8 kids with cancer Presented by Paul John
to Camp all expenses paid!
Charles Hubert Keller Jr. has been a car dealer since 1996 when he started as a salesman at
Camp Sunshine is a place for those dealing Volvo of Savannah. He moved on to work at Carolina Volvo where he worked for 9 years.
with childhood cancer to come together to There, he became Sales Manager after only a year and was made General Manager in just
share, grow and find hope. At camp, kids 2 years. He opened Keller’s Auto Sales in Savannah in 2006 and he has been a GIADA
can enjoy normal activities like swimming, member since. His lot is only second place in the Savannah area in sales for independents
horseback riding, and arts and crafts. But behind Carmax which is likely due to his business philosophy which he describes as, “do
most importantly, they discover their inner to others what you would want them to do to you, which translates to me as take care of
power to achieve more than they imagine people and help them out if a problem arises. Treat everyone with respect and honor what
and the gift of making forever friends. In you say”. This is something that GIADA stands behind and one of the reasons he has been
fact, doctors and nurses often say the power selected as our Quality Dealer of the Year.
of Camp Sunshine is as impactful in a child’s
cancer journey as their treatment.

While camp in the summer is the biggest
event, Camp Sunshine offers over 140 pro-
grams throughout the year designed for the
entire family —brothers, sisters and parents
– at the Camp Sunshine House in Decatur
and around Georgia.

You can go to www.mycampsunshine.com
to find out more about Camp.

Mo and John send their deepest thanks to
GIADA, our members, our staff, the ven-
dors, and all those who are a part of contrib-
uting to Camp Sunshine.
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