Warren County Educational Endowment’s 24th Annual Golf Tournament

Town Tip Thursday, A WHAT MATTERS Initiative–announcing the Warren County Educational Endowment’s 24th Annual Golf Tournament in memory of Jim Eastham.

• DATE: Wednesday, May 9, 2018
• TIME: Registration: 11am | Lunch: 11:30am | Start: 12:30pm
• LOCATION: Shenandoah Valley Golf Club, Front Royal, VA

Hole-in-one Sponsored by Marlow Motor Co., and Catering by The Apple House

Additional Sponsorship Opportunities

All Sponsorships Include: recognition signage at the tournament, mention in local newspapers.

Sponsorships are currently available in the following categories:

• Gold Corporate Sponsor=$1,000 includes fees for one team
• Silver Sponsor=$750
• Bronze Sponsor=$500
• Supporter Sponsor=$250
• Hole Sponsor=$100
• Individual Golfer=$75
• Golf Team (4)=$300
• Shenandoah Valley Golf Club Member Individual Golfer=$45
• Shenandoah Valley Golf Club Member Team=$180

A MESSAGE FROM DOUG STANLEY, ENDOWMENT CHAIRMAN:

“The Warren County Educational Endowment (WCEE) is excited about the future of Warren County’s school system! It is the Endowment’s aim to be a comunity support for the enormous energy put forth by our teachers, students, staff, and parents to ensure that  Warren County Public School graduates have an enhanced ability to lead successful lives. We hope you will want to share in the excitement by becoming a donor to the WCEE. Your contribution will help build the endowment base to support the grants we give each year to the Warren County Public Schools.

If you have donated in the past, we thank you and invite you to continue supporting the local schools through WCEE.  The WCEE, a non profit 501(c)3 foundation, is a volunteer effort working right here in our community. The mission is to serve as a catalyst for the continuing improvement of the learning environment in our schools via funding projects that:

• Are sponsored by the school system, and consistent with its mission/direction
• Initiate sustained improvement in the fundamental capability of the school system
• Enhance the attractiveness of the community through the promotion of educational excellence

The corpus of the endowment is invested and the income is used to help with educational projects.  It is to be used to directly assist in promoting creative efforts to foster educational excellence for the children of Warren County.  To date, the endowment has given 135 grants totaling $454,428.37 over the past twenty one years.

At this time of deep cuts to education budgets, the Warren County Educational Endowment feels a compelling commitment to our mission of helping the local school system support high level and creative programs for our children.  The Warren County Public School System has had to make some difficult decisions in dealing with budget issues and needs our support more than ever. With these four grant awards we feel that we have been able to give a spark to creative thinking and continue to encourage the spread of the use of technology as a tool for advanced learning.”

JIM EASTHAM

James Michael Eastham Sr., 65, of Front Royal, VA, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 at home surrounded by family after a valiant fight with pancreatic cancer.

Jim was born and raised in Front Royal, the son of Dr. Edwin and Mrs. Alene Eastham. He attended Warren County schools, graduated from Woodberry Forest School, Washington and Lee University, and the Virginia School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia with honors.

After college, Jim returned to Front Royal where he became an avid member of the fine arts community. While rehearsing his role as Buffalo Bill in the Front Royal Little Theater’s production of Annie Get Your Gun he met the love of his life, Denise, to whom he was devoted for over 40 years together and 38 years of marriage.

In addition to the 35+ years he dedicated to his career in banking and financial management, his life exemplified the Rotarian motto of Service Above Self, serving two terms as Mayor of Front Royal, President of the Rotary Club of Front Royal, and Chairman of the Warren Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, as well as serving on the Front Royal Planning Commission, the Front Royal Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Authority, the Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and the Warren County Educational Endowment.

His devotion to the town was recognized by the community, which awarded him the Blue Ridge Arts Council 2005 Arts Citizen of the Year and the 2008 Front Royal-Warren County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year. In 2017, in recognition of superior achievement, dedication and leadership, he was awarded the Robert E.L. “Bob” Miller Community Service Award by the Rotary Club of Front Royal.

He loved his hometown and continually worked towards its beautification, participating in the design of the town gazebo and the establishment of the greenway trail and Eastham Park that overlooks the Shenandoah River.

Jim’s legacy continues to shine through his surviving wife, Denise; their children, Laura E. Simson of Raleigh, NC and James M. Eastham Jr. of Williamsburg, VA; and grandchildren, George M. Simson II and Dabney J. Simson of Raleigh.