Patty Heath / pattyheath.com / 757-874-7001 / 12600 Suite B Jefferson Ave

Terry Martin, Attorney at Law

OUR SUPPORTERS

Sister Cities represents Newport News to the world. We thank our local community for supporting our mission through their generous monetary donations and in-kind support. You make our exchanges possible.

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Corporate Sponsors &
Individual Donor Members

Through grants, memberships dues, donations and fundraisers, Sister Cities funds our mission. Annual events include the Global Bee International Quiz, International Breakfast, the Eric Chen Memorial Golf Tournament and a small auction at the Annual Membership Meeting. We appreciate the support of both individual and corporate donors including:
(List is as of December 13, 2019; please report any errors or omissions to 757-926-1348.)

AMBASSADORS
$5,000 and over
City of Newport News (CSA Grant Award)
W&M Confucius Institute (Grant Award)

$1,000 to $4,999
Canon Virginia, Inc.

$500 to $4,999
Adam Creekmur
Fred & Phyllis Kohlman
PMA Architecture
Steven Tung

WORLD PARTNERS
$250 to $499
Alan Altschuler, CPA
ATCS
Christine Cann
Century 21 Nachman Realty
Clancy & Theys Construction Co.
Colonial Engineered Solutions (CES)
Cowardin, Kim & Riddle, PLC
Draper Aden Associates
DPR Construction
ECS
Charles Farguhar, MD
William "Bill" J. Goggins
Melissa & Pax Goodson
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P.C
Holly & Quentin Kidd
George Kingston
Kjellstrom-Lee Construction
Andrew Landrrum, PE
NN EDA/IDA
John Paine, PE, PH, CFM
Pearson Toyota-Scion
Pembroke Construction
David & Christine Peterson
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Petters
The Honorable Bobby Scott
State Farm - Patty Heath
Terrence K. Martin. Attorney
Bryan Stilley
Whitman, Requardt & Assoc. LLP
World Affairs Council of Hampton Roads

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$100 to $249
Mary Aldrich
June Barbrey
Mildred L. Byrd
John Calver, MBE
Michael F. Carpenter
Rev. George & Mrs. Flora Chioros
Bud Curtis
Jennifer Daknis
Ruth Deibler
Teresa Denner
Tracey Dowling
William Eastburn, CFP
Cullen Farquhar
Mark S. Fendrick
H. Reed Fowler, Jr.
Courtney Gardner
Viki Chaffee Hanke
Susan Harris
Bobbi Hutchko
Cleder Jones
Nosuk Kim
Angela and Mario Migliore King
Lynn Lambert
Chaoyu Liu
Deborah Lohmeier, PE
Louis Martinez
Kathryn Mcallister
Bob McElheney
Sharron Kitchen Miller
Beth Moore
Rudolph Naurath. MD
William G. Ouzts
Jennifer Privette
Dawn Simonds Ramirez
Davetta Rinehart
The Honorable Sharon Scott
The Honorable Shelly Simonds
Ned Spencer
Jeff Stodghill, AIA
Clara Swanson
James Taylor
Phyllis B. Wallace
Baylee Wang
The Honorable Patricia P. Woodbury, EdD
Robert R. Zins

Citizen Diplomats
Under $100
Reinhold Albers
Maureen Archer
Roderick Barnes
Christi L. Beil
Curtis Bethany, III
Josephine Blum
Hal Brauer
Eleanor Weston Brown
W. Page Cockrell
Robert E. Colvin, Ph.D.
Rita Evitts
Patricia Franklin
Craig Galant
Monica Hall
Steve Hudak
Valeria J. Hundley
The Honorable Gary B. Hunter
Sabrina Y. Jones
Ashby Kilgore
Cindy Lakin
Ebony Majeed
Ved P. Malhotra
Terry Martin
Dr. Mario D. Mazzarella
Robert S. McKenna
Shirley McQueen
Eoghan P. Miller
Cindy Moore
Laney Morewitz
Hatsue Mori
J Moyer
Robert Nutwell
Hiromi O'Keefe
Joanne Palmeira
Francie Pearce
Kinder L. Preston
Jennifer Priest
Ralph W. Randolf, JR
Deborah Roundtree
Carol & Mike Scarberry
Bobbie Schilling
Jackie Shapiro
Kevin Siegel, PE
Everett P. Skipper
Barbara Drucker Smith
Adelia Thompson
Stephanie Thompson
Tammy R. Watkins
Jacqueline Brown Whitley
Karen N. Williams
Carole G. Wydur

Community Partners

Community Partners provide "in-kind" (non-monetary) support for visiting international delegations in the form of tours, food and use of meeting and event space. Several businesses provide in-kind services (printing and design) as well as gifts certificates and donations for our Annual Golf Tournament. We are grateful for your support.

Addicted to Golf (Gift Certificate)
Brittingham-Midtown Community Center
Canon Virginia, Inc.
Christopher Newport University (CNU)
CNU Asian Student Union
CNU History Society
CNU Lifelong Learning Society
City of Newport News Office of Risk Management
Circa 1918 (Gift Certificate)
Dr. Laura Delulio (panel speaker)
Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center
Ford’s Colony (Gift Certificate)
Ms. Sandy Radmanesh (panel speaker)
The German Embassy, Washington DC
Hair by Alexis (Gift Certificate)
Jeff's Flower of Course
Lionsbridge FC
Mellen Street Creative
Menchville High School
Newport News Department of Development
Newport News Golf Course (Gift Certificate)
Newport News Parks Recreation and Tourism
Peninsula Golf Center (Gift Certificate)
PFAC (Peninsula Fine Arts Museum)
PMA Architecture
Dr. Brian Puaca (panel speaker)
SMOKE BBQ
The Mariners' Museum and Park
Viniterra Golf Course (Gift Certificate)
Warwick High School
W&M Confucius Institute
Woodside High School

Silent Auction Donations

Teresa Denner
Steven Tung
Manami Workman
Neyagawa City Students

2019 Delegates & Host Families

The reciprocal exchange process is essential to Sister Cities’ mission of building peace through people-to-people exchanges. Thanks to all who participated in 2019!
 
March 27 - April 6
10-Member Youth Delegation to St. Nazaire
LaVerne Flowers, Warwick French Teacher &
Lead Chaperone
Elsa Sangouard, Chaperone
Fergi Cabrera
Aurelie Flowers
Ryan Johnson
Kylie Lakin
Faith Vincelette
Chloe Watson
Family members, Bruce and Alex Flowers
 
April 12-19
Hosts for 34-member Jahn Gymnasium Delegation
The Baker-Richter Family
The Bell Family
The Brinkley Family
Christine Cann
The Clark Family
The Dahl Family
The Danehy-Simonds Family
The Devereux Family
The Grube Family
Joe and Bobbi Hutchko
The Janney Family
The Jones Family
Fred and Phyllis Kohlman
The Lakin Family
Barbara and Bob Lucas
The McCoy Family
The Miles Family
David and Christine Peterson
The Ramirez Family
The Roach Family
Ron and DJ Russell
Jeff and Katie Stodghill
The Carter Family
The Washington Family
 
May 8-15
11-Member Adult Delegation to Greifswald
Christine Cann
Paul Danehy
Phyllis Kohlman
Fred Kohlman
Al Riutort
Judi Riutort
Katie Stodghill
Jim Taylor
Virginia Taylor
Brent Williams
Elli Williams
 
June 15-29
15-Member Youth Delegation to Greifswald
Christina Willett, Menchville German Teacher & Lead Chaperone
Jessica Janney, Chaperone
Christiane Clark
Dani Clark
Georgia Danehy
Susan Grube
Nahsir Hill
Emma Janney
Kylie Lakin
Jayla McCoy
Melissa Miles
Hailee Mulligan
Lily Ramirez
Jack Roberts
Alex Yau
 
July 19-21
Hosts for 13-Member UESTC (China) College Summer Program
The Combs Family
Kate Helwig and Michael Hobert
The Singh Family
Nancy Hodges and Terry Martin
Frank and Nancy Hunyady
Fred and Phyllis Kohlman
The Liu Family
Steven Tung and Melvin Lauf
The Zinn Family
 
October 3-8
Hosts for 12-Member Chengdu Textile College Performers
Mildred Byrd
Kate Helwig and Michael Hobert
Frank and Nancy Hunyady
Fred and Phyllis Kohlman
Steven Tung and Melvin Lauf
Tom and Jenny Perham
Hap and Holly White
The Zinn Family

2019-20 Youth Travel Scholarship Contributions

SCNN accepts donations throughout the year to support our Scholarship Awards. We also earmark all donations received in the "GIVE LOCAL 757" campaign to our scholarship programs.2019-20 donors include:

In Honor of SCNN President Katie Stodghill
In Honor of the 2019 SCNN Board
In Honor of Sarah Vann Hino
In Honor of Arden Gilliam
In Honor of the Janney Family
In Honor of Jim Garner
In Honor of Executive Director Kate Helwig
“Network For Good”
Lionsbridge FC Fans
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Kimberly Anthony
Crystal Bell
Christine Cann
Michael Carpenter
Bud Curtis
Bill Eastburn & Bow Jackson
Rita Evitts
H. Carlyle Gravely
Chip Goldstein
Richard Grube
Viki Chaffee Hanke 
Joe & Bobbi Hutchko
Fred & Phyllis Kolhman
Louis Martinez
Beth Moore and Associates, CPAs
Julie Pillow
Dawn Ramirez
Amber Rice
Julie Richter
Shelly Simonds
Melissa Simpson
Kathleen Stodghill
Jeanne Surber
Jim & Virginia Taylor
Lindsey Wagner