Ruth and Ruby Crawford Endowment Fund

to Benefit the GAWL Foundation

The Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Foundation is pleased to announce the re-naming of its Endowment in honor of two women who were true pioneers in law and instrumental in the history of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers. The Ruth and Ruby Crawford Endowment to benefit the GAWL Foundation will carry on the legacy of these two amazing women. Contributions to the Ruth and Ruby Crawford Endowment will lead to additional and sustained funding for scholarships for deserving female law students in Georgia as well as grants to other charitable organizations throughout the state. The GAWL Foundation is honored to name its Endowment fund after Ruth and Ruby Crawford.

The purpose of the Ruth and Ruby Crawford Endowment is to provide long-term support for the Foundation and its mission, including: (1) encouraging women's legal education by funding scholarships for deserving female law students; and (2) encouraging philanthropy by women attorneys in Georgia by making direct donations to other non-profit organizations with whom we then also partner to provide community service opportunities to our membership.

Having created the Endowment in 2006, we are now determined to grow the Endowment at an ever increasing rate so as to provide the resources for even greater influence of the GAWL Foundation in the future. The "Campaign for Our Future" is an eighteen-month campaign that began in May, 2008. The goal of the Campaign for Our Future is to raise $50,000. As part of the kick-off to the Campaign for Our Future, three giving societies were created.

Giving Societies:

The Sustaining Members   (a gift of $300 or more over a 3-year period) Benefits of membership include: Recognition of your donation on the GAWL website throughout the effective 3-year period; Recognition of your donation in the next GAWL newsletter; Recognition at the GAWL Annual Dinner.

The Champions (An annual gift of $500 - $999) Benefits of membership include: Recognition of your donation on the GAWL website throughout the year; Recognition of your donation in the next GAWL newsletter; Recognition at the GAWL Annual Dinner; Invitation to the Annual GAWL Foundation Endowment Event in April of each year.

The Trailblazers (An annual gift of $1,000 or more) Benefits of membership include: All of the benefits of The Champions, plus two tickets to the next GAWL Foundation Art Auction (in the spring of every year).

The Founding Trailblazers (This society will be composed of the first fifty people to make an annual gift of $1,000 or more) Benefits of membership include all of the benefits of The Trailblazers, plus permanent recognition as a Founding Trailblazer on GAWL's website and a commemorative gift.

Founding Trailblazers:

Kimberly Childs
Laurie Dugoniths
Rebecca Godbey
Joy Gorney
Jessica Harper
Amy Kolczak
Cheryl Legare
Sandy Malkin
Gwyn Newsom
Jill Pryor
Shayna Steinfeld
Sara Turnipseed

2009-10 Trailblazers	2009-10 Champions	Recent Donors	Sustaining Members
Amy J. Kolczak		Christina Baugh	Hon. Dorothy Beasley
Jill Pryor		Millie Baumbusch	Cynthia Burnside
		Catherine Coppedge	Hon. Doris Downs
		Hon. Doris Downs	Marjorie Girth
		Jessica Harper	Dana Grantham
		Phyllis Holmen	Jessica Harper
		Jennifer Keaton	Heather Karrh
		Christina Leon	Jennifer Keaton
		Joyce Gist Lewis	Linda Klein
		Cindy Manning	Lisa Lemke
		Elena Parent	Christina Leon
		Lisa Schrage	Joyce Gist Lewis
		Ellene Welsh	Rachel Platt
		Jennifer Wolak	Pilar Prinz
			Lindsay Verity
			The Wallace Firm
			Ellene Welsh
			Jennifer Wolak

Donations may be made by credit card or check.
To make a donation by credit card, click here. 

Donations by check should be made payable to "GAWL Foundation Endowment Fund" and
mailed to Betsy Giesler, Executive Director, 3855 Spalding Bluff Drive, Norcross, GA 30092.