Mayfield family pledges gift to Tennessee Wesleyan campaign
Clarice Baggett, Scottie Mayfield and Elaine Cathcart, along with the C.S. and Muriel Mayfield Family Foundation, have pledged a $50,000 gift to Tennessee Wesleyan College’s Proud Heritage, Strong Future campaign. The gift will be used in the renovation of Reece Hall for the new art and communication studies building, where an art gallery will be named in honor of Muriel Mayfield.
Hixson Council awards $3,000 to Hixson schools
The Hixson Council of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce recently presented donations totaling $3,000 to Hamilton County public schools within the Hixson community. At the chamber’s last meeting, principals from those schools told how their schools benefited from the grants.
Colloms donates $25,000 to Cleveland State Foundation
Carl E. Colloms, retired judge, magistrate and attorney, has pledged $25,000 to fund a scholarship at Cleveland State Community College in honor of the Cleveland Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2598. Colloms said a scholarship given him by the VFW in 1960 enabled him to go to Tennessee Wesleyan College and then to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and he wanted to continue the tradition of a VFW scholarship at Cleveland State. The scholarship will be administered through the Cleveland State Community Foundation.
Athens Chamber pledges $10,000 to Tennessee Wesleyan
The Athens, Tenn., Area Chamber of Commerce has pledged $10,000 to Tennessee Wesleyan’s Proud Heritage, Strong Future Campaign to help fund the Colloms Campus Center, named in honor of Carl Colloms. The center will provide gathering spaces for students, several meeting rooms, game lounge, grill and cafe, student life offices and a large banquet room. Work on the center will begin later this summer with the expected completion date to be December 2017.
Community Fund donates to Orange Grove Center
The Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Inc. Community Fund recently made a $2,500 donation to Orange Grove Center. The fund was established by employees at Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon to assist in carrying out the company’s spirit of giving back to communities where employees live. This donation will assist Orange Grove in sharing its story with new and potential community partners.