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     The mission of the Walker Foundation is to secure those resources that will enable the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind (SCSDB) to achieve its mission and goals.

     The Walker Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind and its students.  Through sharing the school’s stories, to building partnerships across the state, to raising funds for support, the Walker Foundation seeks to maximize each student’s individual opportunities for success.  The Walker Foundation works closely with businesses, other foundations, civic groups and individuals to promote the abilities of our special students.  Through education, we seek to build understanding, acceptance and support for persons with sensory disabilities so that they are able to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives of productivity and independence. 
 

Students from SCSDB

The Walker Foundation regularly provides funding for:

  • Field trips

  • Experiential learning opportunities

  • Mini-grants for staff and teachers

  • Classroom resources

  • Assistive technology

  • Summer camps

  • Leadership training

  • Emergency needs (medications, clothing, etc.)

     Additionally, the Walker Foundation assists SCSDB with  funding for capital and special projects.  Some of these include:

  • The Walker Hall renovation

  • Construction of the new Hughston Hall/Transition Living Center (TLC)

  • Construction of the Cleveland Learning Resource Center

  • Hall Dormitory renovations and furnishings

  • Renovation of the Instructional Resource Center

Photo of the front of Walker Hall

Drawing of the inside of Walker Hall auditorium

 

Contributions______________________________

     Gifts to the Walker Foundation may be made

  • in person at our offices in Room 207 on the second floor of Walker Hall on the Spartanburg campus

  • by mail at 355 Cedar Springs Road, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302

  • on the internet at www.walkerfdn.org

  • by calling us at 864-577-7582 (voice and TTY)

  • by e-mailing us at thewalkerfoundation@scsdb.org

Every gift, regardless of size, is important as it will impact positively the lives of the children at SCSDB.  Undesignated gifts that can be used where the needs are greatest are always very important.


Annual undesignated gifts are recognized as:

  • Champion                $10,000

  •  Sentinel                      $5,000

  • Protector                    $2,500

  • Defender                    $1,000

  • Guardian                       $500

  • Benefactor                    $250

  • Patron                           $100

Drawing of purposed courtyard beside Walker Hall

Other giving recognition includes:

  • Engraved bricks in the Walker Hall Courtyard ($50)

  • Named chairs in the Pulliam Auditorium of Walker Hall ($150 and $250)

  • Named rooms and buildings ($10,000 or more)

  • Named endowments ($25,000 or more)

  • The Legacy of 1849 Society ($1,000 or more to the unrestricted endowment)

  • The Cedar Springs Society (recognizing those who include the Walker Foundation in their will or estate plan)

For more information on any of these, please contact the Walker Foundation office.  The Walker Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit foundation.  It is licensed by the South Carolina Department of Charities, Permit 291, to raise funds within the state.  Its federal identification number is 57-0693592.
 

The Walker Foundation Board of Trustees 2008-2009

Russell R. Raines, Chair                                
Phyllis B. DeLapp, Vice-Chair                      
Dr. John F. Dunbar, Jr., Secretary                 
J. Scott Keim, Treasurer                                
Valerie M. Barnet                                          
Paul Boggs                                                     
W. Scott Brawley                                                      
Mellnee Buchheit
Robert A. Dobson III
Donald Finkell
 

Alan L. Harkey
Dr. Robert G. Mahon, Jr.
Norman F. Pulliam
Carol E. Scott
Russell Weber
Judy T. Wilson
Arthur F. Cleveland, Chairman Emeritus
Martha Cloud Chapman, Emerita
Pamela C. Shaw, Ph.D., SCSDB President

Children on Playground

For more information, please contact:

 Heather Patchett, Executive Director
The Walker Foundation
(864) 577-7582 Voice/TTY • (864) 577-7585 Fax
E-mail: thewalkerfoundation@scsdb.org

Or visit our web sites at:
www.walkerfdn.org • www.scsdb.org