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Donor Spotlights<br />
We are grateful for all of our donors.<br />
Below are just a few spotlights on a few of our generous supporters.<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College’s President Harley Knowles (right) accepts a generous gift<br />
from SouthEast Bank President Tom Hughes. SouthEast Bank made this contribution<br />
in support of the college’s general scholarship fund which will help underwrite the<br />
scholarships received by students from the McMinn County area who will be enrolling<br />
at the college. This donation will be doubled because of the George R. Johnson Family<br />
Foundation’s matching gift.<br />
“We appreciate what the college does for our community,” said Hughes. “We want to do<br />
all that we can to support the college and we donated now so that our donation could be<br />
doubled through the matching gift. We wanted to be a part of that impact.”<br />
Athens Federal Community Bank recently presented Tennessee Wesleyan College<br />
with a donation of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in honor of <strong>TWC</strong> Senior Vice<br />
President Larry Wallace.<br />
In lieu of an employee appreciation outing in 2011, the staff of Athens Federal elected<br />
to make a local charitable contribution; the bank’s board of directors designated<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College as the recipient of the $5,000 gift.<br />
“Throughout his storied career, Larry Wallace has represented the highest level of<br />
honor and integrity and Athens Federal is proud to recognize his contributions to<br />
<strong>TWC</strong> and this community,” said Jeff Cunningham, president and CEO of Athens<br />
Federal Community Bank.<br />
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BB&T recently contributed a donation to the college’s general scholarship fund which<br />
will be doubled because of the George R. Johnson Family Foundation’s matching gift which<br />
doubled donations to the college up to a total of $50,000 throughout the month of June.<br />
Tennessee Wesleyan College’s Chief Advancement Officer Randy Nelson (left) and<br />
President Harley Knowles (right) accept the contribution from BB&T Senior Vice<br />
President Bo Perkinson (center) on behalf of the college.<br />
“We sincerely appreciate the support of this community,” said Knowles. “We truly value<br />
the partnerships with local businesses and community leaders such as BB&T.”<br />
Citizens National Bank, one of <strong>TWC</strong>’s longtime banking partners, recently made a<br />
generous gift to Tennessee Welseyan’s general scholarship fund in response to the George<br />
R. Johnson Family Foundation’s $50,000 challenge gift.<br />
“We appreciate the long partnership that the college has had with Citizen’s National<br />
Bank and the Willson family,” said <strong>TWC</strong> President Harley Knowles. “They have been<br />
faithful in their support of the college for many years.”<br />
From left to right: Citizen’s National Bank Chairman/CEO Paul Willson, <strong>TWC</strong> President<br />
Harley Knowles, Citizen’s National Bank Senior Credit Officer Charles Davis and <strong>TWC</strong><br />
Chief Advancement Officer Randy Nelson.<br />
“This gift has put us over the top of the $50,000 challenge gift from the George R. Johnson Family Foundation,” said Randy Nelson, <strong>TWC</strong>’s<br />
chief advancement officer. “We are so grateful to Citizens Bank and the many other alumni, friends and community partners for their help in<br />
successfully reaching the challenge gift goal.
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