This season of Forever Forward, the podcast of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, features the voices of the next generation of family philanthropists. In this episode, John Zell, Senior Vice President of Development at the Foundation, interviews Debbie and Sutton McGehee, second-generation owners of Mac Papers who recently made a transformational gift to Baptist Medical Center and Wolfson Children’s Hospital for a new four-story emergency department tower.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
- The history of Mac Papers, a wholesale paper distributor, that began with horse and cart deliveries and grew until it was sold with fortunate timing in 2020
- The story of Sutton’s aunt, Ellen Cavert, whose experience having premature twins led to her founding the Women’s Board at Wolfson Children’s Hospital
- The family’s connection to The Community Foundation, including through Tom McGehee, who co-founded it in 1964, and why the McGehee family and Mac Papers have used donor advised funds at the Foundation to give back
- Why they chose to make a transformative gift to Baptist in their name to help build a culture of philanthropy in Northeast Florida
You can listen here or find this episode on Apple, Spotify, or wherever podcasts are found.
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