Editor, On behalf of Bryan County Children’s Fund, I would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who helped to support the program this year. We were able to provide Christmas gifts to over 400 disadvantaged children in our county. This would not have been possible without collaboration and assistance from local churches, businesses, schools, social-service agencies and many others. The communitywide response was overwhelming. We are exceptionally thankful to The Good Ol‘ Boys, who raised funds through the annual Santa Scramble Golf Tournament and to Pembroke Advanced Communication for use of their space and staff members. Special thanks also goes to those who volunteered their time to help collect, organize and distribute the gifts to over 250 families across the county.
We would also like to thank the following:
ABATE of Georgia, District 11
Bryan County Board of Education Staff
Bryan County DFCS
Bryan County DJJ
Bryan County Elementary School
Bryan County Fire Department
Bryan County Middle School
Bryan County News
Bryan County Sheriff’s Office
Bryan Lodge #303
Cindy’s Custom Arts and Framing
Consumed Church
Dollar General in Pembroke
Ellabell United Methodist Church
Espresso Hill
Faith Harvest Sanctuary Youth
First Baptist Church of Pembroke
First Century 21
Homes of Integrity Construction
Keller’s Flea Market
Keller Williams Realty
Life Changer’s Christian Center
NAPA Auto Care
New Life Church of God
Olive Branch Baptist Church JOY Group
ORAFOL Americas
Page Farms
Pembroke Advanced Communications
Pembroke United Methodist Church
Pembroke United Methodist Youth
ReMax Accent
Richmond Hill Elementary School
Richmond Hill Girl Scout Troop 30370
Richmond Hill High football team
Richmond Hill Middle School
Richmond Hill Montessori Preschool
Richmond Hill Presbyterian
Richmond Hill Primary School
Richmond Hill Senior Citizen Center
Richmond Hill Transmission
Richmond Hill United Methodist Church
Richmond Hill Vineyard Church
Robin Lance Realty
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth’s of Hungary Youth Group
Toni’s Grooming
Top Teens of Bryan and Liberty County
The Waterfront Church
Mark and Cheri Alderman and family
Pat Auth and family
Karen Becker
Eric Berisford and family
Mark Boatright
Sabrina Branch
Christine Bulloch
Frances Bowen and family
Roddy Canas
Corey Cook
Ben Covington
Darcy Covington
Josh Covington
Noah Covington
Joe and Kathi DePlacito
Lt. David Ellis
Allison Etheridge
Sandra Fields
Bryan and Amber Fordham
Candice Fife
Lauren Francis and family
Shari Giddens
Rebecca Graham
Julie Hernandez
Karen Hewitt and family
Trey Hewitt and family
Tim Hodges
Alison Holcombe
Ashley Holland
Lynn Hughes
Andy and Tara Jennings and family
Cherisse Johnson
Kelly Johnson
Cheri Keller
Patrick Lane
Betty Lee
Gary Lewis and family
Terri Liles
Cheryl Medina
Forrest Miller
Jenny Miller
Nurse Nancy Mosely
Shaun and Angel Page
Todd Purvis
Michael Roberson
Iris Sims
Audrey Singleton and family
Mary Smith
Sheriff Clyde Smith
Donna Starling
Haley Taylor
John Usher
Heather Walker and family
Cindy Wakefield and friends
Amy West
Kaitlin White
Jeff Whitten
Sarah Williams
Keith Wright
Tom and Denise Young
One of Bryan County’s greatest assets is its citizens. Never was this more apparent than during the 2014 holiday season. The great citizens of our county really gave so much to help make the lives of our children happier. How blessed we are to live and work in Bryan County!

— Wendy Sims
director, Bryan County Family Connection