About
Overview
The Rose Ball is Greenville’s longest-running charitable event, featuring more than 4,000 roses and raising more than $4 million to benefit the physical, emotional, educational and cultural needs of our community. Held biennially, the Rose Ball has a reputation of being one of the most beautiful and elegant affairs in the Southeast.
History
In 1971, the Charity Ball Board of Greenville was organized to sponsor a ball for a charitable community benefit. The Rose Ball was the first ball held in Greenville that would solicit public support to benefit charities in the community. The first Rose Ball was held on September 24, 1971 at the Poinsett Club, and proceeds from the event benefitted the newly constructed St. Francis Hospital.
Beginning in 1975, the Charity Ball Board decided that proceeds from the Ball should be distributed throughout the community with the St. Francis Health System receiving half of the proceeds.
Over the past forty-seven years, the Rose Ball has raised nearly $4 million to benefit the physical, emotional, educational, and cultural needs of our community. The 26th Rose Ball will be held Friday, September 24, 2021 at the Poinsett Club located at 807 East Washington Street in Greenville, South Carolina.
Executive Committee
Mr. Carey Daniel Adams (Dan), President
Mr. William Andrew Murphy (Will), Vice President
Mrs. Charles Martin Alexander (Salli), Secretary
Mr. Brandon Michael Robinson (Brandon), Treasurer
Mrs. Don Wayne Cooley (Kimberly), Rose Ball Chairman
Mrs. Matthew Thomas Madden (Kate), Rose Ball Vice Chairman
Mr. Christopher Daniel Hayes (Chris), Benefactors Committee Chair
Mrs. David Kay Seaver (Michelle), Benefactors Committee Vice Chair
Ms. Courtney Celeste Atkinson (Courtney), Beneficiaries Committee Chair
Mrs. Bartley William Sides (Katy), Beneficiaries Committee Vice Chair
Mr. Brian Alan Rogers (Brian), Past President
Mr. David Lee Beard (David), Ex-Officio Member
Mrs. Rodney Leon Grandy III (Linda), Ex-Officio Member
Lifetime Honorary Members
Mr. Gordon Lee Cory (Lee)
Mrs. Erving Arthur Dreskin (Jeanet)
Ms. Joyce Batchelor Parks (Joyce)
Members at Large
Mrs. Gerald Lee Barber (Tammy)
Mr. Leroy Wilson Brasington III (Wil)
Mr. Christopher Lynn Fincher (Chris)
Mrs. John Thomas Latham (Gina)
Mr. Erik Bryan Whaley (Erik)
Board Members from Rose Ball Committee
Mrs. Hector McLean (Kristen), Past Rose Ball Chairman
Mrs. Bryan David Feldman (Rebecca), Arrangements
Mrs. Jeffery Craig Tice (Lisa), Decorations
Mrs. David Alan Wilson (Wendy), Decorations
Ms. Amy Eckberg Malcomb, Historian
Mrs. James Berry Crain (Leigh), Invitation
Mrs. William Vann Kastler, Jr. (Lesa), Invitation List
Mrs. Charles Andrew Mowlajko (Julia), Program
Ms. Hollis Valaer McKissick (Holly), Publicity
Mrs. Hunter Keehln Murphy (Erin), Seating & Reservations
Other Members of the Rose Ball Committee
Mrs. Matthew Eugene Newton (Lauren)
Mrs. Caroline Wrigley Schroder (Caroline)
Mrs. Thomas Denison Croft, Jr. (Caroline)
Mrs. Jason Todd Jarvis (Teel)
Mrs. Andrew Reed Mitchell (Tiffany)
Mrs. William Lewis Glenn (Kerry)
Mrs. Stephen Clay Daniel (Mallory)
Mrs. Thomas Michael Destafano (Randi)
Mrs. Michael David Zurenko (Nikki)
Mrs. Michael Peter Kourlas (Amie)
Mrs. William Stephens Jones, Jr. (Molly)
Mrs. Gregory William Stoffelen (Catherine)
Mrs. Joshua Paul Sims (Cara)
Mrs. Daniel Robert Green (Angela)
Mrs. Edward Perry Heidtman IV (Leigh)
Mrs. Erik Bryan Whaley (Ann)
Mrs. Hamilton Earle Russell III (Allison)
Ms. Elizabeth Hope Philpot (Liz)
Mrs. William Richard Johnston (Taylor)
Ms. Leigh Ann Miller (Leigh Ann)
Mrs. Paul Evans Proffitt III (Mell)
Mrs. Alexander Rollinson Stalvey (Lee)
Volunteers
The Rose Ball welcomes volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering your time and energy for this event, please contact Lee Stalvey, Rose Ball Volunteer Coordinator, lstalvey@gmail.com.