PLANTING SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE…
ANNOUNCING THE SUNFLOWER INITIATIVE’S ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
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As graduates of a women’s college, we take great pride in knowing that our support of The Sunflower Initiative and its annual $10,000 Harriet Fitzgerald Scholarships provides an opportunity for more women to experience the many benefits of a women’s college education. Several years ago, that pride swelled when The Sunflower Initiative’s Board of Directors voted to establish an Endowment Fund to ensure that the Harriet Fitzgerald Scholarships will remain available indefinitely. As honorary co-chairs of the Endowment Campaign, we have been witness to incredible generosity, with donations and pledges ranging from $250 to $100,000, and today we are thrilled to announce that we have reached 85 percent of our $1 million Endowment Fund goal!
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This progress is the culmination of years of fundraising, and we were overjoyed recently when we received an unexpected donation of $100,000 from Joan Jennings Howard, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Class of 1952, that brought the total of gifts and commitments to just over $850,000.
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Joan Jennings Howard
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Having experienced the value of a women’s college education herself, Joan knows the overall importance of women’s colleges to the educational landscape. Upon hearing of The Sunflower Initiative, Joan immediately knew that a gift to its Endowment Campaign was an impactful way to continue her long-time support of the role women’s colleges play in our society, telling her children, “That’s the organization I want to support.”
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As we close in on our $1 million Endowment Campaign goal, we are asking you to support The Sunflower Initiative and the long-term viability of the Harriet Fitzgerald Scholarships. The generous contributions of our annual donors have allowed us to award $210,000 in scholarships to date and have encouraged us to initiate a permanent endowment. Your donation now to the Endowment Fund is vital to ensuring that the Sunflower Initiative can continue to support women in their pursuit of a women’s college education for many years to come. Please join us in this worthy endeavor by following this link and making your pledge or gift today!
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Karen Bush Everett
Honorary Co-Chair
Endowment Campaign
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Class of 1966
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Geri Long Cecil
Honorary Co-Chair
Endowment Campaign
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Class of 1968
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2018 Honor Roll of Donors
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Nance Morris Adler
Ellen Schall Agnew
Anna Belle Corbin Ambrosen
Bonny Browne Anderson
Anonymous
Burwell Thorne Anthony
June Ball
Rebecca Baltzer
Vivianne Barrett
Carolyn Wilkerson Bell
Beth Bentley
Gail Hayman Bounds
Elizabeth Bradford
Geraldine Copley Brann
Anita Bagot Brearton Mashiter
Elizabeth-Latta Brother
Gretchen Butler
Geri Long Cecil
Jean Johnston Clarke
Perry Carter Craven
Rebecca Crosson
Shannon Donnelly
Jennifer Vaughan Elder
Karen Bush Everett
E.B. Watson Flory
Lyn McWhirter Fraser
Sarah Ellen Gordon
Elisabeth Jackson Groninger
Eliza Rucker Hager
Tess Hamzeh
Nahid Hamzei
Mary-Catherine Haug
Kristin Callis Hodges
Joan Jennings Howard
Fran Moreland Johns
Melissa Kaufmann-Buhler
Judy Kelly
Ruth Barnes Kinsolving
Sandra Kuritzky
Megan Lamb
Nellie Pat Clements Landrum
Susan Lewis
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Carol Littleton
Mary Beth Ketcham Maisel
Melissa Moffett Matthews
Sally Sherard Mattingly
JoAnn McConnell
Betsy Gordon McCrodden
Laura Stone McCrodden
Margaret McKean
Joan McRae
Madeline Miller
Charlotte Harris Mullins
Jennifer Mullins
Brenda Nelms
Mary Claire Dothard Olivere
Susan Paul
Marsha Taylor Pepper
DeWitt Peterson
Rebecca Peterson
Kristina Prager
Claire Bledsoe Pratt
Karen Preston
Margaret Quinn
Ellen James Ramsburgh
Jane Herb Rinden
Tamela Sebek
Aastha Sharma
Elizabeth Shearer
Alice Peyton Sherwood
Edith White Simmons
Susan Baum Smith
Meredith Woodrum Snowden
Anne Hayes Soukhanov
Megan Steelman
Christine Musser Stenger
Sarah Stulga
Birgitta Sujdak-Mackiewicz
Vicki Sussman
Helen Thornton
Linda Jones Tiffany
Ann Jarvis Vest
Louise Westling
Deborah Wooten
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Organizations:
Atlanta Woman's Club
Goodshop
Network for Good
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In Honor of:
Anna Belle Corbin Ambrosen
R-MWC 1967,
by Nellie Pat Clements Landrum '67
Chatham College's Class of 1973,
on the occasion of their 45th reunion,
by Sandra Kuritzky '73
Nahid Hamzei,
R-MWC 1980,
by Tess Hamzeh
Betsy McCrodden,
R-MWC 1966,
by Ellen Schall Agnew '80,
Geri Long Cecil '68, and
Laura Stone McCrodden
Madeline Miller,
R-MWC 1966,
by Carolyn Wilkerson Bell '65
Charlotte Mullins,
R-MWC 1980,
by Jennifer Mullins '08
Jennifer Mullins,
R-MWC 2008,
by Charlotte Harris Mullins '80
Rebecca Peterson's 60th birthday,
by Megan Steelman
Randolph-Macon Woman's College,
by Megan Lamb
R-MWC's Class of 1981,
by Anonymous
Anne Hayes Soukhanov,
R-MWC 1985,
by Ann Jarvis Vest '61
The Sunflower Initiative,
by Aastha Sharma
TSI Fitzgerald Scholar, 2012-16
Elizabeth (Lisa) Cloar Sutton,
R-MWC 1975,
by Marsha Taylor Pepper '75
Patricia Boyle Wallace,
by Carolyn Wilkerson Bell '65
Dean Paula J. Wallace,
upon her retirement,
by Elizabeth-Latta Brother '91
and Susan Paul '89
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In Memory of:
Ellen B. Amshel,
by Sandra Kuritzky
Chatham College,
by Sarah Stulga and
Tamela Sebek
Kate Cudlipp,
R-MWC 1964,
by Louise Westling '64
Addie Taylor Eure,
R-MWC 1907,
by Elizabeth Shearer '66
Henry Fant Gabeau,
by Mary-Catherine Haug '65
Ellen Stone Gordon,
by Sarah Gordon '64
Sydnor Walker Hayes,
R-MWC 1928,
by Anne Hayes Soukhanov '85
Jan Hullum,
by Carolyn Wilkerson Bell '65
Randolph Hunter Jackson,
by Elisabeth Groninger '68
Marybeth Martin,
R-MWC 1966
by Geraldine Brann '66
Leroy S. Mattingly,
by an anonymous donor
Kathleen McRae,
by Joan McRae '72
JoAnne M. Peterson
by Rebecca Peterson '80
Randolph-Macon Woman's College,
by Helen Thornton,
and Megan Lamb
Jane Herb Rinden,
R-MWC 1962
by Carolyn Wilkerson Bell '65,
Melissa Gatling Kaufmann-Buhler '62,
Betsy Gordon McCrodden '66,
and Margaret McKean
Lisa Lampe Rogers,
R-MWC 1989
by Nance Morris Adler '89,
Vivianne Barrett '89,
and Meredith Woodrum Snowden '89
David B. Schaffer, M.D.,
by Sandra Kuritzky.
("He loved a graduate of a woman's college.")
Murray Wooten
by Deborah Wooten '74
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