Seminary Grad Keynote Speaker for Major Fundraiser

The 18th annual Stake and Steak Fundraiser, hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Americus-Sumter County, was held Tuesday at Georgia Southwestern State University and the gym floor of the Storm Dome was filled with supporters. This highly anticipated event raised more than $30,000 this year, according to Shirley Green Reese, president of the local B&G Club board.

Distinguished guests included the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who have greatly contributed to the success of the local Boys & Girls Club program, Congressman Sanford Bishop, among other elected officials. Britanny Dawson, the newly appointed CEO, expressed how much her own experiences in the program as a child has affected her current and past successes.

Keynote speaker, Wintley A. Phipps, was introduced by Jimmy Carter. A world-renowned motivational speaker, pastor, education advocate, and vocal artist, Phipps was born in Trinidad, West Indies, and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended Kingsway College, a Christian Academy; Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in theology; and earned a master’s of divinity degree from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Read the full story in the Americus Times-Recorder