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Winning Hand Donors

With hearts full of gratitude, we celebrate every Holiday whose generosity is building the Winning Hand Endowed Scholarship through UNCF. Each gift, at every level, is a card played in service of a lasting legacy for future scholars.

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Special Commendation · Gifts of More Than $1,000

  • Holiday Denise Blue Poe
  • Holiday Sharon Watkins Cooper
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Gifts of $1,000 — The Founding Hand and Those Who Matched It

PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENTS CAMPAIGN MEMBERS WHO JOINED THE CHALLENGE

  • Holiday Denise Blue Poe
  • Holiday Jacqueline Bontemps
  • Holiday Leah Creque
  • Holiday Lucille Webb
  • Holiday Lydia Alexander
  • Holiday Margaret McCrary
  • Holiday Agnes Harper
  • Holiday Cynthia Alexander
  • Holiday Margaret Jacobs
  • Holiday Patrice Hinnant
  • Holiday Vanessa Haywood
  • Holiday Veronica Frazier
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Gifts of $500

  • Holiday Predethia Lowery
  • Holiday Tiffani Lee
  • Holiday Wivona Ward
Winning Hand Donors

With heartfelt thanks to every Holiday who has contributed to this campaign

♠ Agnes Chappell
♥ Andrea Hardiman
♦ Angela Weathers
♣ Audrey Little
♠ Barbara Washington
♥ Betty Johnson
♦ Bettye McFarland
♣ Billie Jones
♠ Brenda Hodge
♥ Carol Phelps
♦ Cheryl Byrd
♣ Cheryl Sledge
♠ Constance Anderson
♥ DeLorraine Corry-Moore
♦ Dianne Young
♣ Elaine Conway
♠ Ena Weathers
♥ Estella Hoffler
♦ Florence Jackson
♣ Francina Hollaway
♠ Geiselda Clark
♥ Halimena Williams
♦ Inez Lipscomb
♣ Jacqueline Jones
♠ Janet Wheeler
♥ Joyve Moorehead
♦ Kaneta Lott
♣ Karen Washington
♠ Karimu Hill-Harvey
♥ Laura Jackson
♦ LaVere Burnim
♣ LaVerne Green
♠ Lois A. Lipscomb-Risacher
♥ Margie Curry
♦ Mary E. Davis
♣ Monica Bullock
♠ Pat Cunningham
♥ Patrica Duncan
♦ Patricia Brooks
♣ Rene Beal
♠ Reva Harris
♥ Robert Collins
♦ Ruth Oliver
♣ Sandra El-Amin
♠ Sandra True
♥ Sharon Veale
♦ Sheryl Tate
♣ Toyoko Beaty
♠ Tres Griffin
♥ Velma Watta
♦ Wilma Bonner
♣ Winona Humphrey

In loving memory

Holiday Cheryl Hogg Seay, in memory of Holiday Rose L. Hogg (Mother)

Holiday Denise Blue Poe, in memory of Alma Coleman

Holiday Denise Blue Poe, in memory of Holiday Dana F. Gray

Holiday Denise Blue Poe, in memory of Gail Williams

Holiday Denise Blue Poe, in memory of Holiday Jerrauld C. Jones (Labor Day)

Holiday Denise Blue Poe, in memory of Joe Lowery

Holiday Denise Blue Poe, in memory of Holiday Sharon Collins

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Winning Hands Endowed Scholarship

In 2025, The Holidays, Incorporated established the Winning Hands Endowed Scholarship in partnership with UNCF — transforming six decades of annual giving into a permanent legacy of opportunity for deserving scholars.

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The Annual Concourse

Join us in Birmingham, Alabama, September 3–6, 2026, for the 55th Annual Concourse — four days of fellowship, bridge, history, and celebration hosted by the Birmingham Chapter at the Hyatt Regency – Wynfrey Hotel.

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A legacy of community service

The Holidays, Incorporated is the first nationally based African American social bridge club in America. Founded in 1961, we are a family of Holidays, Labor Days, Everydays, and Somedays — united by sisterhood, service, and a shared love of bridge.

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