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Friday, January 09, 2009
H-SC YOUNG FOUNDERS

When he grew up, he did even more. And so can you.

Edgar Graham Gammon '05 was an exemplary student-athlete, who became a Presbyterian minister but retained his youthful good humor, love of sport, and zeal for raising money for worthy causes. He capped his career with a long and successful term as President of Hampden-Sydney College.

What is the Gammon Society? Named in recognition of his lifelong youthful zeal for his alma mater, the Gammon Young Founders Society honors graduates from the class of 1994 to the present (the last 10 years) who give an annual gift of $750 to $1,499 to Hampden-Sydney College. This is half the amount required for older Founders. Recognizing that, while you are newly out of school, your resources may not yet be commensurate with your good will, the College has established this giving-society level to honor those who wish to give substantially even as they embark upon their career.

Why should I become a Young Founder? When you become a Young Founder, you receive all of the same benefits as regular Founders:
  • A parking pass to the Founders lot at home football games
  • An invitation to Founders Weekend
  • Special messages from the President on the state of the College
  • Advance invitations to important events at Hampden-Sydney College
The best reason, however, to become a Young Founder is simply the fact that you are helping our current students receive the best possible education. Think back to what Hampden-Sydney taught you. Your time on the Hill would not have been nearly as rich or rewarding were it not for the generosity of others who passed through the gates before you.

What are my options for paying? You can support the College in a number of different ways:
  • Credit Card
    1. Make your American Express, VISA or MasterCard gift online.
    2. A popular option is to authorize a monthly debit on your check card or credit card.
  • Check
    Make your check or checks payable to Hampden-Sydney College and use the enclosed business reply envelope to send in your postage-paid gift.
  • Matching Gifts
    The Gammon Society, like all of the College’s giving societies, will honor matching gifts made by contributors’ employers. If your employer matches charitable gifts, you pay only $375 when you send in your matching gift form. If your employer matches charitable gifts and you spread your payments out over 12 months, a Young-Founders-level gift will cost you only $31.25 per month. If your company does not match gifts, you still pay only $62.50 per month to become a Young Founder at the entry level.
  • Stock Gifts
    Giving appreciated stock may be more advantageous than giving cash. Federal tax law offers special incentives for gifts of non-cash property. To make a gift of appreciated securities, call the Office of Institutional Advancement at (800) 865-1776.
How will my gift to the Annual Fund be used? Gifts to the Annual Fund are used, along with tuition and room and board, to pay for the operating costs of the College. That money is used to cover financial aid, faculty salaries, athletic equipment and any other operating costs the College incurs on an annual basis. Quite simply, the Annual Fund helps underwrite the “the atmosphere of sound learning” of the College.

Why should I support Hampden- Sydney College?

When you make a financial contribution you help ensure that our students receive the best possible education—inside and outside the classroom. Your Young Founders donation is a significant gift. It not only helps the College maintain its outstanding quality; it helps it to move forward by providing even more and better opportunities for our students. You will help our students and help to increase the value of your diploma. As a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College you are now a shareholder in its future. And the future of Hampden-Sydney is precisely what we care enough to make of it.
SOCIETY CHAIRMAN


"Young founders are the

current and future leaders

of our College and Alumni Association.

Our support can assure that Hampden-Sydney's

'atmosphere of sound learning' will exist

for generations

of men to come."

Dr. S. Aaron Marks, D.D.S.  

Class of 1998

 Chairman of the Young Founders Society


Making a Founders Gift

 Making a Founders Gift is easy and makes a tremendous impact on the College.

Monthly Debit Option

$62.50/month

for 12 months

 

Matching Gift Company

$375 plus company match

(Can also be debited monthly)   

The Gammon Medallion

 2007 Recipients

2006 Recipients


 

CONTACT US

 

For more information

on joining the
Young Founders Society,
  please contact:

 


  James Barton ’06
  Director of Annual
  Giving
  jbarton@hsc.edu

Mandalyn Thompson
  Asst. Director of Annual Giving
  mthompson@hsc.edu

 

  Hampden-Sydney College
  Office of Institutional
  Advancement
  Toll Free: (800) 865-1776