Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy



Click on your community below for a list of the major donors who contributed to the Ferst program in your county or district.  Counties where there are no links our program is not available there at this time.  If you are interested in getting the program started in your program or want to help, please go to
Getting Involved.

Appling Cobb Grady Madison Sumter
Atkinson Coffee Greene Marion Talbot
Bacon Colquitt Gwinnett Meriwether Taliaferro
Baker Columbia Habersham Miller Tattnall
Baldwin Cook Hall Mitchell Taylor
Banks Coweta Hancock Monroe Telfair
Barrow Crawford Haralson Montgomery Terrell
Bartow Crisp Harris Morgan Thomas
Ben Hill Dade Hart Murray Tift
Berrien Dawson Heard Muscogee Toombs
Bibb Decatur Henry Newton Towns
Bleckley De Kalb Houston Oconee Treutlen
Brantley Dodge Irwin Oglethorpe Troup
Brooks Dooly Jackson Paulding Turner
Bryan Dougherty Jasper Peach Twiggs
Bulloch Douglas Jeff Davis Pickens Union
Burke Early Jefferson Pierce Upson
Butts Echols Jenkins Pike Walker
Calhoun Effingham Johnson Polk Walton
Camden Elbert Jones Pulaski Ware
Candler Emanuel Lamar Putnam Warren
Carroll Evans Lanier Quitman Washington
Catoosa Fannin Laurens Rabun Wayne
Charlton Fayette Lee Randolph Webster
Chatham Floyd Liberty Richmond Wheeler
Chattahoochee Forsyth Lincoln Rockdale White
Chattooga Franklin Long Schley Whitfield
Cherokee Fulton Lowndes Screven Wilcox
Clarke Gilmer Lumpkin Seminole Wilkes
Clay Glascock McDuffie Spalding Wilkinson
Clayton Glynn McIntosh Stephens Worth
Clinch Gordon Macon Stewart

Baldwin County

$6500
Community Foundation of Central GA, Inc.

$1000
Milledgeville Rotary Club

$500
Sinclair Oconee Ambassadors

Bibb County

Brooks County

Butts
County

$5000 and up
Daughtry Foundation Inc.
Butts County Chamber of Commerce

$1000 to $4999
Central GAEMC Foundation
Trucks, Inc.

$500 to $999
Richard Corbin
Jackson/Butts County Public Library Inc.
Butts County Retired Teachers Association
Georgia Reading Association

Calhoun County

$45,000
Anonymous donor

$10,000
Anonymous donor

$1000
The Equity Group

Camden County

Carroll
County

$40,000
Community Foundation of West Georgia

$25,000
Anonymous challenge grant

$12,000
Carroll Electric Membership Foundation

$9000
Southwire

$5000 to $8999
Carroll Electric Membership Foundation
Georgia Department of Community Affairs – Community Improvement Grant
Carrollton Kiwanis Club

$3000 to $4999
Delta Kappa Gamma Foundation
Carrollton Business & Professional Women
Target
Hardy & Meryl McCalmon Foundation
Sheriff Terry Langley
Villa-Rica Wal-Mart

$1000 to $2999
Carrollton Golden K Kiwanis
Delta Kappa Gamma local chapter
West Georgia National Bank
Kiwanis Club of Fairfield Plantation
Northwest Central Homebuilders Association
Publix Super Market Charities
Carrollton Civic Woman’s Club
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Ayers
Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
Dr. & Mrs. Royce Chaffin
Delta Kappa Gamma-Gamma Rho chapter
Kiwanis Club of Carrollton
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Myers
Rotary Club of Carrollton
Target
Villa Rica Wal-Mart
BB&T Charitable Foundation
Carrollton Wal-Mart

$500 to $999
Mr. & Mrs. Vann Saunders
Carrollton Dawnbreakers Rotary Club
Horton’s Books and Gifts
Carrollton Jr. Woman’s CLub
William E. Brewer
Carrollton Golden K Kiwanis Club
Citizens Bank & Trust
Dr. & Mrs. Hines Edwards
First Georgia Banking Co.
Kiwanis Club of Fairfield Plantation
Plantation Woman’s Club
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Overton
CB&T
Sertoma Club of Bowdon
Sertoma Club of Villa Rica
Times-Georgian

Catoosa County

$18,000 and up
United Way of Greater Chattanooga
Northwest Georgia Bank Foundation Inc.

$5000 to $6000
City of Ringgold
Kiwanis Club of Ringgold
Barbara Holland
Brice Holland

$2000 to $4999
Ringgold Rotary Club
Catoosa Citizens for Literacy, Inc.
Gateway Bank & Trust
Jane & Joe Everett

$1000 to $1999
Weeks and Peters Insurance
BEC-DON
Sims Family Partners
Wal-Mart

$500 to $999
Randall & Tracey Foster
Fuller Rehabilitation
KTG, Inc. dba Little Caesars Pizza

Charlton County

$15,000 and up
Southeastern Bank

$1000
Okefenokee Chamber of Commerce

$500
Okefenokee Adventures, Inc.

Chatham County

Chattooga County

$11,500 and up
Chattooga County Literacy Council, Inc.

$3150
Chattooga County Board of Education

Clarke County

$10,000 and up
Athens Rotary Club
Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation
Noramco

$8000
The Turner Family Foundation

$1500
Athens Luncheon Optimist Club
Newland Family Foundation
The People's Bank
R.E.M.
Bertis & Katherine Downs
Athens Orthopedic Clinic
Dedicated Management Group

$500 to $600
Paula Schwanenflugel

Clay County

Colquitt County

$9200 and up
Moultrie Junior Women’s Club
Georgia Theatre Company

$4500 to $6000
Community Welfare Association
The Equity Group

$1000 to 1250
James & Rosalind Jeter
Daniel & Felicity Jeter
Moultrie Federated Guild
MoultrieTechnical College
Okapilco PT0

$500 to $999
Ameris Bank
Duggan Horne Foundation

Coweta County

Dade County

Dawson County

Dougherty County


Effingham County

$36,000 and up
Effingham Co. Board of Commissioners

$10,000 to $11,500
United Way of Coastal Empire
Planters Telephone Foundation, Inc.

$5000 to $6000
Georgia Pacific
Clarence & Pam Morgan
Effingham School Food Service Association

$2000 to $3200
Republic Waste Services of Savannah
Coca Cola
The Bank of America Foundation
Harold’s Body Shop, Inc.
Rotary Club of Effingham County
Wal-Mart
Tommy Exley
Effingham County Industrial Development Authority

$1000 to $1999
Leland Sanders
Hutcheson Properties
Savannah Electric and Power
Kiwanis Club of Effingham
Judy Quinney
Rotary Club of Effingham Sunrise
Flint River Services, Inc.
Edward & Virginia Brown

$500 to $999
Citizens Bank
Custom Metal Works Inc.
Theron & Terry Rahn
City of Guyton
Dayle & Jon Burns
Leland & Marsha Sanders
Theodre Carellas
Fuller Chevrolet
Daniel Burkhalter
Claude Kicklighter
Clarence Gnann

Elbert County

Fannin County

$1500
United Community Bank

$1000 to $1499
Rotary Club of Blue Ridge
Mrs. Tom Dunn

$500 to $999
June Dein Slusser
Wayne Burke
Julius Thomas
Northeast Georgia Board of Realtors, Inc.
Out of the Blue Inc.

Forsyth County

Franklin County

$5300 and up
Franklin County Board of Education

$2500 to $3500
Ty Cobb HealthCare Systems, Inc.
Target

$700
John & Donna Herron

Gilmer County

$3500
Faith Hope & Charity Recycle Store

$2000 to $3499
AEMC Trust

$1000 to $1999
Nancy Fountain
Appalachian Community Bank
Comprehensive Health Management, Inc.

$500 to $999
Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce
The Craddock Center
Anne Zimmerman

Glascock County

Glynn County

$50,000
St. Mary’s United Methodist Church Foundation, Inc.

$13,000 to $17,250
Brunswick Kiwanis Club, Inc
The Brunswick News

$5000 to $8000
The United Way of Coastal Georgia
Anonymous donor
Georgia Power Company
Library Fund, Inc.

$2500 to $4999
Christ Church Frederica
Southeast GA Health System
Colonial Property Services, Inc.
Sea Island Company
The Community Foundation, Inc.
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation
Optimist Club of Brunswick Friend of Youth
The Coastal Bank of Georgia
Island Ace Hardware
Lang Building Supply

$1000 to $2499
John Goodrich
Eugenia Price
Joyce Blackburn Foundation
Rotary Club of St. Simons Island
Target
Kimberly Antic
Suntrust Banks
Glynn Place Mall
Marelda Glynn Place Mall
United Community Bank
Brunswick-Glynn County Board of Realtors
Hans Trupp
Signature Properties
St. Simons Island Optimist Club
Susan Williamson

$500 to $999
CH & Jennifer Leavy
Golden Isles Council Navy League of the US
Hercules
Mindy Overly
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
SSA Security, Inc.

Grady County

$9500 and up
City of Cairo
Grady County Board of Commissioners

$5000 to $7500
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Singletary Foundation, Inc.

$2500 to $4999
Georgia Pines Community MH/DD/AD services
The Equity Group
Cairo Plant
Wal-Mart
Cairo Rotary Club

$800 to $2,499
Kiwanis Club of Cairo, Inc.
United Way for Grady County
Martha Fowler

Greene County

$22,000 to $30,000
Estate of E. Louise Gaudet
The O’Keefe Family

$5000 to $7500
Curtis Foundation, Inc.
Greene County Board of Education
Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Counties
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

$2500 to $4999
Union Point Elementary School
Lake Oconee Community Church
Altantic Philanthropies
The Rex & Alice Martin Foundation
Greene County Christian Outreach

$1000 to $2499
The Bascle Fund
Greensboro’s Foundation for the Future
Lake Oconee Area Association of Realtors, Inc.
Reynolds Plantation
Todd & Michelle Ciavola
Peter & Donna Lloyd
Nibco, Inc.
Harbor Club Outreach Community
Michael & Carol Moore
Georgia Classic Cruisers
Exchange Club of Greater Lake Oconee
Robert & Diane Desmond
Robert & Pamela McConnell
James & Charlotte Thorne
Greensboro Elementary School
Bank South
Duncanson Family Foundation
Knights of Columbus
Ulrich & Monika Moser

$500 to $999
First United Methodist Church
Gay Knox Vaughn
Walker United Methodist Church
Plantation Ladies Club
Durward & Martha Roberts
Lake Oconee Rentals
Dr. Robert and Mrs. Linda Rowe
Howard & Dorothy McKinley
E.L. & Karen Kelly
John & Jean Hoffner
Harmony Crossing, LLC
Jimmy Britt Chevrolet
Linger Longer Development
Kedward & Ann Murray
Re/Max Lake Oconee

Hancock County

$4000
John Pollack

Haralson County

$22,000
Haralson Coalition for Children, Youth & Families Inc.

$2500 to $4500
Hardy & Merryl McCalman Foundation
Bremen Rotary Club
Haralson Coalition/Carroll EMC
Haralson-Carroll Developmental Disabilities
Warren & Avan Sewell Foundation

$1000 to $2499
Alice Jane and Gelone Wasdin
The City of Bremen
Haralson County Chamber of Commerce
Gradick Communications LLC
Miller Funeral Home
Tallapoosa Lions Club
Wal-Mart

$500 to $999
GFWC Bremen Junior Woman’s Club
Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, LLC.

Harris County

$1000
Allen Levi

$500
First Peoples Bank
Judith Ruzycki
Kelly & Martha Dimon

Hart County

$500
Georgia Power
St. Andrews Men’s Club

Heard County

Henry County

$500
Publix Super Markets

Houston County

Jasper County
 

$14,000
UPS Foundation

$500
Paul & Susan Holmes


Jones County

Lamar
County

$5000
Southern Rivers Energy Trust

$1850
Barnesville-Lamar Community Foundation

$1000
United Bank
1st National Bank of Barnesville

$500 to $999
Brian and Kelly Hughes
John and Rhonda Toon
Tom and Hollie Payne
Carey and Paulette Bunn

Lincoln County

Lumpkin County

Madison County


McDuffie County

McIntosh County

$12,500 and up
Rotary Club of McIntosh County

$5000
Coastal EMC Foundation

$1500
Darien Telephone Company

$500 to $1000
United Way
Southeast Georgia Health System
Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation
Citizens of Georgia Power
Marian Owens
BCES Charitable Foundation

Meriwether County

Miller County

$1000
Community Foundation of South Georgia on behalf of the Equity Group

Mitchell County

$10,000 and up
Georgia Pines Community MH/DD/AD Services

$5000 to $9,999
Community Foundation of South Georgia on behalf of the Equity Group
Mitchell Electric Charitable Fund

$3500
Camilla Chamber of Commerce

Monroe County

$1000 to $2600
Monroe County Adult Literacy Program, Inc.
Forsyth Monroe County Rotary Club
Exchange Club of Forsyth, GA, Inc.
Monroe County Family Connection
Edward Sheppard Jr.
The Monroe County Reporter

$600 to $999
Margaret Bowden
Georgia District Kiwanis Foundation

Morgan County

$10,000 to $18,500
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Blanchard
Georgia Pacific
Flambeau Inc. & Sauey Family Foundation
Alcoa Foundation and Alcoa Inc.
James & Virginia Conrads (Conrads Family Foundation)

$5000 to $9999
Chris & Lisa Brandon (Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation)
Central GA EMC Foundation

$2500 to $4999
Ben & Heather Whidby (Whidby Jewelers)
Wal-Mart
Robert & Anne Trulock
Everett & Jane Royal
Charles & Wendy Mason (SellEthics Marketing Group)
Harry & Ginger Beverly
Roy & Chris Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Shoptaw

$1000 to $2499
Joe & Linda Sky (Safeco Insurance)
Pennington Seed, Inc.
Dan & Ginny Rather
Kathy & Clarence Whiteside
David & Flossie Dodge
Connie Bryans (Bryans Family Foundation)
Hank & Theresa Johns (Mid South Lumber)
Jim Jones
Robert & Lillias Baldwin Turnell Foundation
Marshall & Marilyn Walker (Southern Mortgage & Realty)
Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
Penn & Rossie Spell
Community Foundation of Morgan County
Susan & Frank Kelley
Jerry & Margaret Caldwell
Morgan County Primary School & PTO
Judy & Bruce Gilbert
Jane Carter
Madison Presbyterian Church
Jeff, Christie & Carrie Davis
Hoyt & Brillo Jackson
Georgia Power Company
Betsy Wagenhauser
Wilson Carter
Judson & Diedre Knight (The Knight Agency)
Madison Kiwanis
Dr. RoseAnn and Mr. Russ Weaver

$500 to $999
Brian  & Kathy Lehman
Cindy & Ronnie Stapp
Gloria Stuhlmiller
Adelaide & Graham Ponder
Ellen Warren
Drs. HD & BK Johnston
George & Nancy Launius (Thrifty Mac Drugs)
Evelyn Hunter
Dr. Terry & Mr. Roman Blum, Dr. Paul Blum
Felton & Julie Jenkins
Christopher Jones
Sandy & Betsy Morehouse
David & Shandon Land
Lake Country Board of Realtors, Inc.
Elizabeth & James Branch
Bill & Sharon Ross
Barry & Marcia Lurey
Dr. Forest and Mrs. Karen Padgett
Dr. Bill and Mrs. Bobbie Rushing
Mael Bowman
Marty & JoAngela Fierman
Kay & Burke Jones
Heather Landmesser
Anna Marett
Dr. Wayne Myers
Dan & Julie Vice
Dr. James and Mrs. Jamie Williams
Lloyd & Paulett Long
Fred & Jean Wacker (and Home Depot Foundation)
Erich & Connie Booth
Joan Alby
Dr. James and Mrs. Michelle Paschal
Neil & Jewell Thompson

Oglethorpe County

Pickens County


Putnam County

$7500
Georgia Pacific

$4000 to $4200
Smith Family Chiropractic
Rotary Club of Greene & Putnam Counties USA Inc.

$1000 to $1750
Reynolds Plantation
E Town Entertainment
Wal-mart
Hy-Lite
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Minnie & Howatt Mallinson
The Peoples Bank
Larry & Pat Hone

$500 to $999
Exchange Club of Lake Oconee
Lake Country Board of Realtors, Inc.
Citizens Coalition at Great Waters
Horton Homes, Inc.
Rush & Ellen Utley
Sinclair Oconee Ambassadors

Seminole County

$4000
Mattie Marshall Foundation

$2500 to $3999
Dr. Cleve and Mrs. Pam Bridges
Georgia Pines Community

$1000 to $2499
The Clark Fain Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Lake Seminole Lions Club
Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart Foundation
Commercial State Bank
Martha Register
Seminole County Elementary School PTO

$500 to $999
Donalsonville Hospital Inc.
Donalsonville Lion’s Club
Ameris Bank
Southwest Georgia Farm Credit
Three Notch Electric Membership Corporation
Amanda Palmer
Capital City Bank Group Foundation
Georgia Pacific
State Farm Mutual

Stephens County

Taliaferro County

Telfair County

Thomas County

$15,000
Williams Family Foundation of Georgia, Inc.

$5000 to 7000
Mike Grimsley
Singletary Foundation, Inc.

$1000 to $3000
The Equity Group
Thomasville Rotary
Jane Blount

$500 to $750
Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart Foundation
Wilson & Jill Carraway
Mary Katherine Ellis

Towns County

Upson County

Walker County


Walton County

Warren
County

$2200
Hometown Warrenton Inc.

Washington County

White
County

$7500
White County Homework Centers

$2500
White County Community Resource Association

$500 to $650
White County Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club of Cleveland





 

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