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SUMMARY:2025 Georgetown County Women's Hall of Fame Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special program honoring the contributions of women to Georgetown County. The 2025 honoree is Georgetown County philanthropist Frances Peace Bunnelle.\n\n\n\nMrs. Bunnelle is best known as the founder of the Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation\, which she established just before her death in 2000 to support charitable causes that serve the area she chose to make her home in   Georgetown County. Upon her death\, her trustees adopted her mission and put a hefty bequest from Bunnelle to work. \n\n\n\nThe first grants were made in 2003. Since then\, more than $26 million has been distributed to worthy causes serving Georgetown County and the Foundation has served as a convener and thought leader in the community.\n\n\n\nOne such cause she championed was the Saint Frances Animal Center\, which was named in her honor for her support. Throughout her lifetime\, she also was a regular supporter of the Pawleys Island-Litchfield Rescue Squad and Tidelands Community Hospice\, among other organizations.\n\n\n\n"Frances Bunnelle was a firm believer that people should care for one another according to their means\," said Geales Sands\, executive director of the Bunnelle Foundation.\n\n\n\nThanks to an inheritance from her first husband\, Charlie Peace\, whose family owned the Greenville News-Piedmont Co.\, Bunnelle's means were quite significant. After Peace's death in 1958\, the widow received stock in the newspaper\, which became a media conglomerate when it was sold in 1995. She later married Robert Bunnelle\, who died in 1988.\n\n\n\nDuring her life\, Bunnelle went about her good works discreetly\, quietly giving assistance to the disenfranchised and disadvantaged\, because she believed in the importance of community\, Sands said.\n\n\n\nSands will be among the special guests who will speak about Mr. Bunnelle's legacy during the induction luncheon. \n\n\n\nMrs. Bunnelle kept the spotlight on the causes rather than her as the donor. "Our program will shed light on who Frances Bunnelle was\, as well as delving into how greatly she has impacted our community\," said Beth Stedman\, President and CEO of the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce. "I really hope members of the community will take the opportunity to attend the induction luncheon and learn more about this great woman whose generosity continues to impact Georgetown County."
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,sans-serif\;">Join us for a special program&nbsp\;honoring the contributions of women to Georgetown County. The 2025 honoree is Georgetown County philanthropist Frances Peace Bunnelle.<br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;">Mrs. Bunnelle is best known as the founder of the Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation\, which she established just before her death in 2000 to support charitable causes that serve the area she chose to make her home in &ndash\; Georgetown County. Upon her death\, her trustees adopted her mission and put a hefty bequest from Bunnelle to work.&nbsp\;</span></span></span><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal\;font-variant-caps:normal\;orphans:2\;text-align:start\;widows:2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\;text-decoration-thickness:initial\;text-decoration-style:initial\;word-spacing:0px\;" />\n<br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal\;font-variant-caps:normal\;orphans:2\;text-align:start\;widows:2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\;text-decoration-thickness:initial\;text-decoration-style:initial\;word-spacing:0px\;" />\n<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt\;"><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal\;font-variant-caps:normal\;orphans:2\;text-align:start\;widows:2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\;text-decoration-thickness:initial\;text-decoration-style:initial\;word-spacing:0px\;">The first grants were made in 2003. Since then\, more than $26 million has been distributed to worthy causes serving Georgetown County and the Foundation has served as a convener and thought leader in the community.</span></span></span></span><br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal\;font-variant-caps:normal\;orphans:2\;text-align:start\;widows:2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\;text-decoration-thickness:initial\;text-decoration-style:initial\;word-spacing:0px\;" />\n<br style="font-variant-ligatures:normal\;font-variant-caps:normal\;orphans:2\;text-align:start\;widows:2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\;text-decoration-thickness:initial\;text-decoration-style:initial\;word-spacing:0px\;" />\n<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;"><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal\;font-variant-caps:normal\;orphans:2\;text-align:start\;widows:2\;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\;text-decoration-thickness:initial\;text-decoration-style:initial\;word-spacing:0px\;">One such cause she championed was the Saint Frances Animal Center\, which was named in her honor for her support. Throughout her lifetime\, she also was a regular supporter of the Pawleys Island-Litchfield Rescue Squad and Tidelands Community Hospice\, among other organizations.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,sans-serif\;"><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;">&ldquo\;Frances Bunnelle was a firm believer that people should care for one another according to their means\,&rdquo\; said Geales Sands\, executive director of the Bunnelle Foundation.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;">Thanks to an inheritance from her first husband\, Charlie Peace\, whose family owned the Greenville News-Piedmont Co.\, Bunnelle&rsquo\;s means were quite significant. After Peace&rsquo\;s death in 1958\, the widow received stock in the newspaper\, which became a media conglomerate when it was sold in 1995. She later married Robert Bunnelle\, who died in 1988.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;">During her life\, Bunnelle went about her good works discreetly\, quietly giving assistance to the disenfranchised and disadvantaged\, because she believed in the importance of community\, Sands said.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;">Sands will be among the special guests who will speak about Mr. Bunnelle&#39\;s legacy during the induction luncheon.&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt\;">Mrs. Bunnelle kept the spotlight on the causes rather than her as the donor.&nbsp\;&ldquo\;Our program will shed light on who Frances Bunnelle was\, as well as delving into how greatly she has impacted our community\,&rdquo\; said Beth Stedman\, President and CEO of the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce. &ldquo\;I really hope members of the community will take the opportunity to attend the induction luncheon and learn more about this great woman whose generosity continues to impact Georgetown County.&rdquo\;</span></span></span></span></span></span>
LOCATION:Pawleys Plantation 70 Tanglewood Drive Pawleys Island\, SC
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DTSTAMP:20260919T085641Z
URL:https://www.visitgeorge.com/events/details/2025-georgetown-county-women-s-hall-of-fame-luncheon-21452
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