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Donor Recognition

Donations are crucial to program expansion and donors have the chance to be recognized by their giving level. Top donors* are recognized in the Aeolian magazine, listed online, and updated on the Donor Wall of Honor in the Wheatley Administration Building. Each spring, a reception is held to honor and recognize our President’s Circle members ($1000 minimum per year) and donors who have given $25,000+ in their lifetime. Thank you for your continued support of GSW!

*Donor amounts are updated annually and reflect donations from the previous year.

Donor Wall of Honor

President's Circle - Annual Giving of $1000 or more

2025 Annual Giving of $1000 or more

Margaret & Sam Adams
Rechelle & Scott Adkins
Vivian & Newt Allen Foundation
Christine & Jim Aller
Allstate Construction Group
AMB Wealth
Americus Civitan Club
Americus First Methodist Church
Ameri-Green Environmental Recycling
Debra & Ervin Anderson
Kathy & Alan Anderson
Lynne & Jimmy Anderson
Michelle & Ben Andrews
Stenio Araujo
Alice & John Argo
Andrew Austin
Karen & Gregory Austin
Pam & Rusty Autry
Abby & Richard Baringer
Harriet & John Bates
Stephanie & Blake Bennett
Amy & Jeff Benton
Carol & Joe Bishop
Connie & Kendall Blanchard
Tami & Barry Blount
Shay & Bill Bradshaw
Jean & Jim Buchanan
Joyce Buchanan
Linda W. Bush Estate
Everett Byrd
Regena & Charles Callaway
Chris Campos
Carter's Fried Chicken
Center For Educational Adventure
Lou Chase
Gaynor & Mike Cheokas
Robyn & Joe Chesnut
Chick-fil-A Americus
Citizens Bank of Americus
Dana & Tommy Clark
Janice Cliett
Chelsea & Logan Collins
Larry Cooley
Wendell Couch
Jenny Crisp
John Crisp
Kristin & Les Cromer
Miriam & Mark Crosby
James Culpepper Estate
Joe Daniel
Sandra & Arthur Daniel
Marie & Jimmy Davis
Mary Kathryn & Rick Davis
Kelsie & Cam Deiter
Susan & George Dieckmann
DKG International Educators Fdn
Darcy Donaldson
Ashli & Josh Drew
Hellen & Walt Driggers
Cindy Dudley
Jim Dudley
Charles Eames
Elisabeth & Thomas Elder
Courtney & Luke Ellis
Patricia & John Fennessy
Cheryl & Mike Fletcher
Flint Energies Foundation
Mary & Walt Foegelle
Lisa & Allen Fort
Tamlin Fortner
Garbutt Construction Company
Merrit & Ryan Garnto
Carol & Tom Giddens
Robert Gilbert
Sandra & Harold Gillis
Sue Musselwhite Gorski
Lauren & Dan Grahl
Kathy & Mike Greene
Leah & JP Griffin
GSW Chi Phi Fraternity
GSW Kappa Sigma Alumni Fdn
GSW Sigma Chi Fraternity
Cherilyn & Buddy Guth
Melinda & Royce Hackett
Dianne Costner Hall
Lindsay & Jeff Hall
Chip Hammack
Ann & Bill Harris
Bill Harris Jr
Dawn & Richard Harrison
Gaye & John Hayes
Valerie Hepburn & David Hayes
Betty Hewitt
Casey Hicks
Len Hicks
Leon Holloway
Catherine & Lee Holman
Tom Holman
Hospice of Americus-Sumter County
Drew Huey
Ramona & Slade Hunt
Reba & Sam Hunter
Industry Visuals
Dorothy Young Ingram
Nellie Iordanova
David Jenkins
Bill Johnston
Michelle Johnston & Gene Pierce
Christine & Wally Joiner
Keri Jones
Carol & Kyle Kennon
Sandra & Billy King
Sharon & Cody King
Janet & Hulme Kinnebrew
Charlotte & Harry Kitchen
Annie Snider Lanter
Lisa & Tracy Law
Leatherbrook Holsteins
Peter Lee
Jodie & Mike Leeder
Jimmy Lunsford
Katherine & Danny MacQuirter
Elaine & Brian Mallett
Mary Marshall
Mattie H. Marshall Foundation
Bronwyn & James Martin
Martin A. McDonald State Farm
Kitty & Wallace Mays
Laura & Barry McConatha
Christi & Josh McDonald
Dianne & Lamar McDonald
William McKee
Sonia McKenzie
Eva & Timothy McLean
Minick Interiors
Charles L. Mix Memorial Fund
Richard Mooney
Jan & Larry Moore
Sarah & Ricky Morris
Yolanda & Doug Moses
Malinda Mullin
Susan & Roger Myers
Marjorie Ann & Jerry Newman
Helen & Ronnie Nix
Barbara O'Connor
Valerie & Anders Olsson
Jan & Kenneth Oxford
Mark Pace
David Parker
Lynde & Emory Parker
Roy L. Parker Family Foundation
Parker's Heating & Air Conditioning
Peach State Depression Glass Club
Anne & George Peagler
Marianne & Jimmy Peel
Connie & Junior Peeples
Charles Pennington
Perry Brothers Oil Company
Brook & Will Peterson
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
Ann & Cliff Pierce
Pineland Foundation
Donald Pinette
Jeryl Pinnell, Jr.
Lisa & Lee Pinnell
JoAnn & Ed Pope
Michael Pruett
Elizabeth Ragan
Michele & Mike Ragsdale
Richard Reese
Melissa & Calvin Rhodes
Glenn Robins
Jenna Robinson
Rotary Club of Americus
Liz & Joe Ruf
Judy & Jim Rylander Foundation
Edwin Sammons
Karen & Randy Sanders
Sharon & John Sanders
Mandi & Alex Saratsiotis
Katha & Michael Scott
Megan & Jonathan Scott
Seafood Center
Gay & Bill Sheppard
Angela & Rene Smith
Eugenia & Charlie Smith Foundation
Libba & Michael Smith
Pam & Herschel Smith
Brandy & Steven Snell
Leah & Stephen Snyder
Ginger Starlin
Amber & John Stovall
Sumter County Development Authority
Sumter Electric Membership Corp
Synovus Financial Corporation
Terrell Templin
Jack Tharrington
Dianna & John Thomas
Mildred & Hap Tietjen
Mandy Timmons
Mary & Dan Torbert
Shay & George Torbert
Judy & Carl Tott
TSG Resolute
Marianne & Alf Tuggle
Alex & Wes Turner
Carla & Ty Turner
Terrell Turner
Carlotta & Maurice Ungaro
University System of GA Foundation
Tonya & Neal Vickers
Douglas Vines
Joyce Wagnon
MaryLen & Carson Walker
Meredith & Donny Wall
Astrid & Carlyle Walton
Augusta Howard Warren Fund
Lettie Watford
Ann & Blake Watts
Scott Weir
Alex Wells
Wells Fargo Bank
Michelle & Scott Westbrook
Janet & Mike Weston
Kelley & Rick Whaley
Whaley Realty
Jean & Wes Wheeler
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
Liz Wilson
Windsor Hotel
Mandy & Ryan Young

Patrons - Cumulative Giving $25,000-$99,999

Cumulative Giving $25,000-$99,999 

Margaret & Sam Adams
Millard Agerton Estate
Vivian & Newt Allen Foundation
Americus & Sumter Co Hospital Authority
Americus Blue Tide
Americus Civitan Club
Alice & John Argo
Jane & Ricky Arnold
Karen & Greg Austin
Amy & Jeff Benton
Billy Blair
Connie & Kendall Blanchard
Alan Bozof
Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation
Brenda Browning
Bunsai of Japan
Everett Byrd
Melanie & Chuck Byrd
Kathy Cade
Regena & Charles Callaway
Elizabeth & John Carter
Daphne Chambless
Chambliss, Sheppard, Roland & Assoc
Lou Chase
James Clark
Janice Cliett
Cooper Lighting
Charlie Crisp
Frances Daniel
Mary Kathryn & Rick Davis
Carol & Mike Denham
Jewell Duncan
Tim Dupree
Charles Eames
Mary Elizabeth & Will Easterlin
Elisabeth & Thomas Elder
Bonnie & Paul Eusner
William Fisch
Betty & Davis Fitzgerald Foundation
Flint Energies Foundation
Michael G. Flowers Estate
Mary & Walt Foegelle
Ford Motor Company
Lisa & Allen Fort
Georgia Power of Americus
Joanne Gimbel
Ginger Starlin Agency
Kay Dee & David Green
GSW Kappa Sigma Alumni Foundation
Anne & Bradley Hale
Madlyn & Michael Hanes
Anne Helms
Valerie Hepburn & David Hayes
Mary & Ron Hill
Harold Earl Holloway Estate
Leon Holloway
Tom Holman
Hospice of Americus-Sumter County
Reba & Sam Hunter
Imerys
Julia & EA Isakson
Junior Service League of Americus
Sandra & Billy King
Vivian & William B King
Janet & Hulme Kinnebrew
Kiwanis Club of Americus
Lake Blackshear Watershed Assoc
Leatherbrook Holsteins
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Charles Loudermilk
Mariner Health Care
Mary Marshall
Martin A. McDonald State Farm
Masimo Foundation
Mauldin & Jenkins of Atlanta
Kitty & Wallace Mays
Samuel Miller
MNA
Richard Mooney
Edward Moses
Wallace Moses
Yolanda & Doug Moses
Susan & Roger Myers
Eliza Parker
Roy L. Parker Family Foundation
Parker's Heating & Air Conditioning
Rudolph Patterson
Marianne & Jimmy Peel
Brook & Will Peterson
JoAnn & Ed Pope
Anne Power
Procter & Gamble Company
Professional Affairs
Pruitt Corporation
Richard Reese
Candy & Lou Riccardi
Glenn Robins
Debora & Randy Roderick
Rotary Club of Americus
Edwin Sammons
Schuster Enterprises
Kamala Seipp
Sallie & Steven Shaw
Pete Silver
Sue Sisson
Diana & Jimmy Skipper
Eugenia & Charlie Smith Foundation
Joan Smith Estate
South GA Technical College Foundation
Ruth & Henry King Stanford
Patricia Starck
Sumter Regional Hospital
SunTrust Bank
Synovus Financial Corporation
The Community Foundation
The Cousins Foundation
The Neilan Foundation-Fund
Russell Thomas
Mary & Dan Torbert
Judy & Carl Tott
TSG Resolute
Peggy & Robert Tucker
Marianne & Alf Tuggle
Turner Foundation
Alex & Wes Turner
Carla & Ty Turner
USDA Rural Business Grant
Wachovia Bank
Nelle Prance Walker Estate
Augusta Howard Warren Fund
Diane & Bill Weldon
Janet & Mike Weston
Weyerhaeuser Foundation
Kelley & Rick Whaley
Mark Whittier
Whole Foods Market
Linda Wiggins
Liz Wilson
Ralph C. Wilson Jr Foundation
Robert Wilson
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of GA
Ken Wurtz

Partners - Cumulative Giving $100,000 - $249,999

Cumulative Giving $100,000 - $249,999

Ameris Bank
Aramark
AT&T Foundation of Georgia
Nancy & Griffin Bell
Cathy & John Brock
Deborah Bruce
Callaway Foundation
Anne & Bud Cofer
Jane & Larry Comer Foundation
James A Culpepper Estate
Joe Daniel
Doris Deriso
Cindy & Gatewood Dudley
Gates Foundation
Georgia Department of Public Safety
John Gill
Sandra & Harold Gillis
Ann & Bill Harris
Healthcare Georgia Foundation
Charlcie & Viktor Jones
Lee & Harold Kapelovitz
Charlotte & Harry Kitchen
Glynn Mathis Estate
Jan & Larry Moore
Motorola
Frances & Carl Patrick Foundation
Anne & George Peagler
Pew Charitable Foundation
Bettie & Claude Rhyne
Liz & Joe Ruf
Arthur N Rupe Foundation
Lynn & Jim Rylander
Deen Sanders
Gay & Bill Sheppard
Vada & Ted Stanley Foundation
Sumter Electric Membership Corp
Synovus Bank
Jim Tanquary
Mildred & Hap Tietjen
TSYS - Total System Services
U.S. Department of Education
Washington Speakers Bureau
Martha Westbrook
Jean & Wes Wheeler
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
Albert Woodroof III
Wounded Warrior Project

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Founders - Cumulative Giving $250,000 or more

Cumulative Giving $250,000 or more

Margaret Bistline Estate
Linda & Harrold Bowen
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Rosalynn & Jimmy Carter
Citizens Bank of Americus
Jerry & Henry Crisp
Tamlin Fortner
Georgia Department of Transportation
Goizueta Foundation
Harold Isaacs Estate
Johnson & Johnson Services
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Irene & Thomas Kirbo Foundation
Magnolia Manor
Angie & Tom Marshall
Mattie H Marshall Foundation
Charles L Mix Memorial Fund
John Moores
NCR Corporation
Marjorie Ann & Jerry Newman
Phoebe Putney Health System
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
Betty & John Pope Trust
Judy & Jim Rylander Foundation
Roy Lee Smith
State of Georgia
Subers Unitrust
Sumter County Development Authority
University System of Georgia Foundation
Charles Wheatley Estate
Bob Woodruff Foundation

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