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The Valdosta City Schools Education Foundation is an independent, community based, non-profit organization dedicated to state-of-the-art education for all children and young people of Valdosta City Schools- Valdosta, Georgia.

10/20/2026

🧠🎉 We are officially SOLD OUT!

All tables for the 6th Annual Winnersville Battle of the Brains Trivia Night have been claimed! Thank you for supporting local education and a little friendly Winnersville competition!

Still want to support the event? Round sponsorships are available! You can help make the evening a success while supporting students and staffin both school systems.

All proceeds are split equally between the Lowndes Education Improvement Foundation and the Valdosta City Schools Foundation, Inc. No matter who takes home the bragging rights, our students and staff win! 💛🖤❤️

📅 Monday, October 26
🚪 Doors open at 6 p.m. | Trivia begins at 6:30 p.m.
🍿 Tailgate snacks + cash bar
🎟️ 50/50 raffle

Become a round sponsor: https://bit.ly/BotBTrivia2026

10/11/2026

💛🖤 OUR VCS FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS SHOWED UP!

We were so excited to catch up with several of our gift card winners and snap a few pictures before heading into Fall Break! 📸🎉

A HUGE thank you to these employees and every member of our VCS family who helped make this year’s BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit. Employee Giving Campaign a RECORD-BREAKING success!

And guess what? We’ve even had a few MORE donations come in since we announced our final totals! 👀💛

When we return from Fall Break, we can’t wait to share our updated numbers and recognize the schools/departments with the highest number of employee donors and the greatest increase in donors compared with last year’s campaign! 🏆

But here’s something we want EVERYONE to know…

Giving to the VCS Foundation is ALWAYS possible!

Our official campaign may have ended, but our opportunities to support students, employees and schools never do. Whether you want to begin monthly payroll deduction, make a one-time gift or designate your support to a school, department or program close to your heart, there’s always a way to GiVe!

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction:
https://forms.gle/NZA9fL6JmbvkyBDJ8

🖤 One-Time Gift:
https://forms.gle/5HhxiTnwRsPjAiwB8

We’ve seen our BelieVers. We know there are still GiVers. And we will NeVer Quit creating opportunities for our VCS family!

Thank you for making this campaign something truly special. Enjoy your Fall Break, Wildcats! 💛🖤

BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

10/02/2026

💛🖤 YOU SHOWED UP, VCS!

For 30 days, we shared the stories behind the giving.

And now we can share THIS:

💛 385 monthly donors | $3,500/month
🖤 125 one-time donors | $4,465

$46,465 IN ANNUAL PLEDGED EMPLOYEE SUPPORT!

That's $12,370 MORE than last year, an increase of more than 36%!

And the impact has already started. Because of the increased support generated through this campaign, we're adding FOUR new $1,000 scholarships, two for VCS employees continuing their education and two for graduating seniors. 🎓

And now for the fun part...our WINNERS! 🎉

$50 Gift Cards
🎁 Ashley Harrell, Sam's Club/Walmart
🎁 Rozanna Kinder, Target
🎁 Idella Williams, Publix
🎁 April Ward, Winn-Dixie
🎁 Emma Johnson, Amazon

$100 Gift Cards
🎁 Carlos Hundley, Sam's Club/Walmart
🎁 Tracie Sermons, Target

$250 Sam's Club/Walmart
🎁 Jennifer Garrett

And because YOU made this campaign so successful, the VCS Foundation Board approved three BONUS Amazon gift cards!

🎉 $100: Michael Templeton
🎉 $150: LeThonia Garrison
🎉 $250: Brooke Barr

11 winners. $1,200 in gift cards. One INCREDIBLE VCS family.

And just because the campaign has ended doesn't mean giving has.

We've seen our BelieVers. We know there are still GiVers. And we will NeVer Quit. 💛🖤

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction - https://forms.gle/Y1bkLxCxAf4RchcD8
🖤 One-Time Gift - https://forms.gle/2XhHnLtbZYg1ss1R8

BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

10/01/2026

🎶 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M FEELING 22...🎶

TWENTY TWO. THAT'S IT, WILDCATS! 💛🖤

After 30 days of BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.:
💛 378 monthly donors | $3,470/month
🖤 104 one-time donors | $4,165
💰 $45,805 in annual pledged employee support

Last year: $34,095
This year: $45,805 and counting!
That's $11,710 MORE, an increase of more than 34%!

And the impact has already started.

Because of the increased support generated through this campaign, the VCS Foundation is adding FOUR new $1,000 scholarships, two for VCS employees continuing their education and two for graduating seniors. 🎓

We've broken the dollar record. Now we want 400 monthly donors! We're at 378. WE NEED 22.

VCS employees, ask your friends. Ask your coworkers. Ask the person next door. Surely we can find 22 more Wildcats willing to GiVe $5 a month!

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction - https://forms.gle/Y1bkLxCxAf4RchcD8
🖤 One-Time Gift - https://forms.gle/2XhHnLtbZYg1ss1R8

⏰ ABSOLUTE DEADLINE: 4:00 P.M. TODAY!

22 people. $5 a month.

PLEASE help us get to 400! 💛🖤

BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

09/30/2026

THIS IS IT, WILDCATS! 💛🖤

For four weeks, we've shared the stories. Today, we're asking you to help us write the next ones.

As we enter the FINAL DAY:
💛 292 monthly donors
🖤 57 one-time donors
🙌 349 Wildcats participating

Our goal is 400 monthly donors. 108 Wildcats. One day.

And we're only $3,100 in pledged annual support away from surpassing last year's employee giving!

If you've been thinking, “I need to do that...”

Today's the day.

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction - https://forms.gle/Y1bkLxCxAf4RchcD8
🖤 One-Time Gift - https://forms.gle/2XhHnLtbZYg1ss1R8

BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

09/29/2026

One more story we hadn't written yet...💛

Yesterday, we asked you to think about the stories we haven't shared yet.

Here's one more.

Meet Malcolm Thomas, VHS Class of 2025.

Malcolm received scholarship support through the VCS Foundation and entered Georgia Southern University with sophomore standing thanks to college credits earned while at VHS.

Today, he's in the GSU Honors College, pursuing a BBA in Accounting.

And he's making the most of that head start:
💛 4.0 GPA + President's List
🖤 Resident Advisor
💛 Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
🖤 Junior standing in only his second year

Malcolm is already looking ahead to summer opportunities in Accounting.

His proud parents, Jeremy and Shannon Thomas, are grateful for the teachers, opportunities and scholarship support that helped prepare him for what came next.

Malcolm wasn't part of our original campaign schedule. And that's exactly the point.

These stories are everywhere. We simply haven't told them all yet.

Help us make the next one possible.

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction - https://forms.gle/Y1bkLxCxAf4RchcD8
🖤 One-Time Gift - https://forms.gle/2XhHnLtbZYg1ss1R8

Campaign ends TOMORROW, September 30.

BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

09/28/2026

Because someone BelieVed...💛

For four weeks, we've shared just a handful of the MANY stories of the VCS Foundation impact.

For our final story, meet Lauren Ball, VHS Class of 2026, scholarship recipient and now a student at the University of Georgia.

Her message to our employees says it best, “Your gift may seem small, but together those gifts create meaningful opportunities.”

And Wildcat Family, you proved that this weekend!

💛 273 monthly donors
🖤 48 one-time donors
🙌 321 employees participating

That's 33 more Wildcats since Friday! And when we challenged you to reach 250 monthly donors, you didn't just get there. You blew right past it!

Now, with only three days remaining, think about the stories you've seen this month.

Maybe you taught that student. You know that family. You work with that teacher. Or maybe one simply reminded you of your own WHY.

These stories are just a glimpse of the impact happening across VCS. Don't just think about the stories we've shared. Think about the ones we haven't written yet. Will you help us write the next one?

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction - https://forms.gle/Y1bkLxCxAf4RchcD8
🖤 One-Time Gift - https://forms.gle/2XhHnLtbZYg1ss1R8

Campaign ends Wednesday, September 30.

Be the reason our next generation of BelieVers becomes GiVers.

BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

09/25/2026

Because someone BelieVed... 💛

Some of the most meaningful learning happens when students have the opportunity to step outside the classroom and experience it for themselves.

For students in the Valdosta High School ENGAGE Club, that meant attending Youth Assembly, where they had the opportunity to learn, lead, collaborate and experience government and civic engagement firsthand.

But meaningful experiences often come with expenses that aren't covered through a regular school budget.

With support from the VCS Foundation, ENGAGE Club sponsor Eve Lawhorn was able to help cover the cost of providing chaperones, removing one of the financial barriers to making this experience possible for students.

Eve shared:

“Some of the most impactful learning happens outside the traditional classroom. Having the VCS Foundation as a resource allows us to create experiences that build confidence, leadership, responsibility and a greater understanding of our students' role in their community.”

Sometimes Valdosta City Schools Foundation support provides something students can hold in their hands.

Sometimes it helps a teacher bring a new idea to life.

And sometimes, it simply removes the barrier standing between a student and an opportunity.

All of it matters.

We are now in the final days of our BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit. Employee Giving Campaign. If you've been meaning to join us, there is still time, but September 30 is almost here.

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction:
https://forms.gle/Y1bkLxCxAf4RchcD8

💛 One-Time Gift:
https://forms.gle/2XhHnLtbZYg1ss1R8

Your gift. Their future.

09/24/2026

Because someone BelieVed... 💛

Sometimes you don't get to see where an investment in a student eventually leads. And sometimes, you get to watch it come all the way back home.

Meet Carson Crenshaw.

Carson's VCS story began in kindergarten at Sallas Mahone Elementary School, where his mom, Allison, says teachers “poured into him and loved him like their own.”

He became a little boy who loved school and LOVED the Valdosta Wildcats. That Wildcat pride followed him through AR tests and science fair projects, practices and games, and eventually onto the field at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium as a Valdosta Wildcat.

In 2022, Carson graduated from Valdosta High School and received both a Harley Langdale, Jr. Foundation Scholarship and a VCS Foundation Scholarship.

But his VCS story wasn't finished.

Carson continued his education and graduated from Valdosta State University's Harley Langdale, Jr. College of Business Administration in May 2026.

And today? He's back.

Carson is now a Project Engineer with JCI Contractors, and one of the projects he's helping lead is the construction of the new Valdosta City Schools Board of Education facility. Next month, we'll move into a building that one of our own Wildcats helped build. 💛🖤

The little boy who grew up loving the Wildcats is now helping build the future of the school system that helped build him.

VCS helped build him. Now he's helping build VCS.

Look at that little Wildcat. Now look at him. That's the story behind the giving. That's why we BelieVe. And with just days remaining in our employee giving campaign, we're asking our VCS family to help us create the next story.

We currently have 227 monthly donors, and we're just 23 Wildcats away from our next milestone of 250! Are you one of our next 23?

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction: GiVe monthly - https://forms.gle/VGzUqAXiYr2AHWFk9

🖤 One-Time Gift: GiVe one time - https://forms.gle/YSPUwhv3XRDtxZkN6

Campaign ends September 30. BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

09/23/2026

Because someone BelieVed... 💛

Sometimes a scholarship helps pay for college.

Sometimes it gives a student room to dream bigger, explore further and discover just how far she can go.

For Trinity Sherman, it has done both.

Today, Trinity is a sophomore at the University of Georgia, studying Public Relations through the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a minor in Consumer Economics.

She's involved on campus and in the Athens community. She's gaining professional experience as a Marketing and Communications Intern with the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce. She spends Saturdays at Sanford Stadium working as a Premium Seating Game Day Ambassador.

And this summer, she did something she once wasn't sure would be possible.

She got her first passport and traveled outside the United States for the first time to study abroad in Thailand. 🌏

Trinity shared:

“As a first-generation college student who experienced the loss of my father, scholarship support has helped ease the financial burden of college for my family. More than that, it has given me the freedom to take advantage of opportunities that I may not have otherwise been able to pursue.”

And then she brought it right back home:

“To the VCS employees who choose to give, thank you for making opportunities like these possible... I hope to one day give another student the same opportunity to dream bigger, explore further, and see just how far they can go.”

Look at that little Wildcat.

Now look at her.

This is why we BelieVe. This is why we GiVe.

Our campaign ends September 30.

💛 Monthly Payroll Deduction:
Give monthly - https://forms.gle/cYtGJVKBcDyVNoZUA
🖤 One-Time Gift:
Give once - https://forms.gle/NBLJRk9Mv3kCF3bN7

BelieVe. GiVe. NeVer Quit.

Address

P. O. Box 5407
Valdosta, GA
31603

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+12296716065

Website

https://www.gocats.org/page/valdosta-city-schools-foundation

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