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Aug. 25, 2010

Scholarship recipients say 'thank you'

         

AMERICUS—Monday, Aug. 16, the Georgia Southwestern Foundation organized the second annual scholarship recipient orientation at Georgia Southwestern State University. During the orientation, held in the newly renovated Wheatley Assembly Hall, students wrote thank you notes and posed for photographs to be sent to living donors or supporters. One hundred forty recipients were in attendance.

To commemorate the inaugural year of the Denham Family Athletic Scholarship (fully endowed last year), benefactors Mike and Carol Denham met with scholarship recipient Jared Allen. A senior, Allen is the starting first basemen for the Hurricanes’ baseball team.

“Jared Allen is a fine example of the type of leader GSW seeks to produce,” said Boyce “Stick” Miller, Executive Director of the Georgia Southwestern Foundation, Inc. “It is our pleasure to work with Mike and Carol Denham as they help bring the ‘brightest and best’ athletes to GSW.”

The Denhams have long been supporters of their alma mater, Georgia Southwestern, and felt the need to leave a lasting legacy by endowing an athletic scholarship.

The scholarship orientation complements a donor/recipient luncheon held in March that allows each scholarship recipient to meet their benefactors and share a nice meal.

For information on how to establish your own Georgia Southwestern scholarship, contact the GSW Foundation at (229) 931-2014.

            Mike and Carol Denham, donors of the Denham Family Athletic Scholarship, stand with the first recipient, Jared Allen, center.

 

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