For the second consecutive year - and only the second time in school history – Darlington’s senior class has achieved 100 percent participation in the Annual Fund Senior Challenge.
Each year, seniors are encouraged to make a donation to the Annual Fund as their first step toward recognizing the roles and responsibilities they have as alumni. Last year, 114 members of the class of 2008 raised more than $600 and became the first class to meet this challenge, which was initiated two years ago by a local, anonymous trustee.
“We were excited when the Class of 2008 became the first group to achieve this milestone,” said Jason Turner, annual fund gifts officer. “While that was certainly impressive, the Class of 2009 was able to do it with 139 members, raising more than $900 altogether. I think this establishes a tradition of which all Darlington alumni can be proud.”
The seniors' perfect participation triggers a $2,009 gift from the anonymous trustee to the Annual Fund in honor of the Class of 2009. Students were encouraged to make a donation in honor of a teacher, coach, adviser or staff member who made an impact on them during their time at Darlington.
“In a challenging year for annual giving, this is a significant boost to our Annual Fund campaign,” Turner said. “We are very grateful to both the ’09 bunch and to this trustee for such a tremendous display of leadership and loyalty.”
Senior Gifts:
Erin Ables in honor of Matthew Jones
Kathryn Aldrich in honor of James Milford
Cole Allen in honor of Jim Van Es
Justin Baker
Dylan Baker in honor of Mitch Jordan
Caroline Baker
Delfina Bandiera in honor of Kila and Tim McCann
Anjali Banerjee in honor of Owen Kinney
Emily Baron in honor of John Cox
Emily Barron
Anna Biggers
Korea Black in honor of Phil Titus
Isabel Bonnyman in honor of Jean Bonnyman
Anderson Boone
Meg Bowden
Victoria Broadhead
Garrett Brown in honor of Will Camp
Katie Brown
Nastassia Bryant
Rachel Buckle
Moriah Burnett in honor of John Cox
David Burton
Allen Bushkuhl
Jae Yoon Byun in honor of Bailey Duncan
Kidd Cao in honor of Betsy Awsumb
Spencer Carroll in honor of Craig Schmidt
Miss Ebony Carter
Anisha Chandra
Esha Chandra
Zi Yang Chen in honor of Julia Dodd
Lyn Chen
Eric Chiu in honor of Donald Sweeney
Nora Cook in honor of Mitch Jordan
Thomas Craton in honor of Jason Turner
Michael deGolian in honor of John Cox and Owen Kinney
Neil Desai
Bear Dines in honor of Justin Arpan
Alexandra Dodd in honor of Jennifer Amobi
Harrison Douglas in honor of George and Betsy Awsumb and John Cox
Trista Dowdy
Lauren Dulaney in honor of Madge Crawford
Mark Dunagan in honor of Vickie Haney
Carl Edge
Devin Eman in honor of Tim McCann
Amee Eubank in honor of Jim Van Es
Katie Flint in honor of Pat Waddell
Matt Flint in honor of Will Camp
David Forgac
Anna Fox in honor of Phil Titus and Kathy O’Mara
Nicholas Glass in honor of David Powell
Matthew Glover
Ben Goldberg in honor of Reba Barnes
Tyshawn Good in honor of Jim Van Es
Shanarra Goode in honor of James Milford
Lindsay Griffin in honor of Beth Wilson
Adrienne Hamil in honor of Tara Inman
Lauren Hampton in honor of Sam Moss
Julia Hansen in honor of Donald Sweeney
Jessica Harris
Rachel Hong in honor of George Awsumb
Britney Hughes in honor of Owen Kinney
Pepe Ivars
Cleve Jackson in honor of Tollie Ross
Gregory Jackson in honor of Jamie Jackson
Fred Johnson in honor of Donnie Ray Tate
Michael Johnson in honor of George Awsumb
Thad Jolly in honor of Tim Garrett
Taylor Josey in honor of Kevin Ivester
Beau Kanskulthorn
Allan Katzef in honor of Kila McCann
Bess Kelley
Katlyn Kerr
Thomas Kuckhoff in honor of Donald Sweeney
Josh Land in honor of Jim Van Es
Rea Law in honor of Owen Kinney
Wright Ledbetter in honor of Will Camp and Stormy Johnson
Kun Sun Lee
Jaemin Lee in honor of Kila McCann
Mike Limpornpipat in honor of Julia Dodd
Michael Lo in honor of George Awsumb and Kay Lowe
Anna Loveless
Cris Lowe in honor of Kay Lowe
Ming-Gean Lu in honor of Raymond Murray and Rachel Turner
Natalie Maffett in honor of Madge Crawford
Ramy Mahfouz
Oscar Martinez-Tirado
Jim Matthews in honor of Jim Van Es
Jawad Mazhir
Kim McAbee in honor of Pat Waddell
Lauren McDaniel
Ian McKenzie in honor of Donald Sweeney
Tamara McKenzie in honor of John Cox
Jessica Moore
Katie Mullen in honor of Julia Dodd
Cha-ame Napombejara in honor of Donald Sweeney and Raymond Murray
Kelsey Nelon
Thuy Nguyen in honor of Cooper House
Rick O'Neal in honor of Gordon Hight and Jason Turner
Will Orr
Costanza Ospina in honor of Owen Kinney
Jin Woo Park in honor of Phil Titus
Monique Picon in honor of Owen Kinney
Patrick Pierson in honor of Tollie Ross
Jackie Pober in honor of Pat Waddell
Miss Laurie Pope
Collie Powers in honor of Jason Turner
Jett Wayne Puckett in honor of David Powell
Alex Purdie
Kurt Purvis in honor of Donald Sweeney
Ethan Ray
Laura Rhoades in honor of Karen Bennett and Jason Turner
Brian Rhoden
Taylor Richardson in honor of Bailey Duncan
Basti Richter in honor of Tim McCann
Sharpe Sablon in honor of Jason Turner
Syaweli Saputra
Stephanie Schecter
Juliet Serabian in honor of Kelly McDurmon
Kevin Shen
Connor Somerville in memory of Anne Somerville
Cedrica Spivey in honor of Kathy O’Mara
Anna Stephenson in honor of Dan Bishop and John Cox
Katie Stout in honor of Brian Inman
Yumehito Takimoto in honor of Dan Bishop
Ariel Tang in honor of Brant Evans
Rachel Tillman in honor of Owen Kinney
Jonathan Tullos
Gavin Tumblin in honor of Vickie Haney
Sam Tumlin in honor of Raymond Murray
Cavin Urquhart in honor of Tara Inman
Murat Varol in honor of Kila McCann
Abby Vincent in honor of Will Camp
Nguyen Vo
Megan Ware in honor of Raymond Murray
John Weeks in honor of Beth Wilson
Eric Wetherington in honor of Phil Titus
Morgan Whitman in honor of Mark Carleton
Mackenzie Wilson in honor of James Milford
Joey Yip
