Two area couples were honored Thursday for their generosity and service to the community at an annual philanthropy luncheon. Tommy and Chantal Bagwell of Forsyth County were named the North Georgia Community Foundation’s philanthropists of the year and Don and Pat Pirkle of Gainesville received the Woodrow Stewart Leadership in Philanthropy Award. “We are deeply thankful for these and many other blessings that have come from this wonderful community, and we humbly accept this award,” Don Pirkle told the 200 or so gathered at First Baptist Church of Gainesville on Green Street for the Gainesville-based foundation’s 10th annual Philanthropy Day Luncheon.