Connecting Families to Impact

The Ramsey Family | Blue & Gold Sausage Fund

Connecting Families to Impact

For 50 years, Don and Willadean Ramsey have been helping Oklahoma students and FFA chapters raise money through their family-owned Blue & Gold Sausage Company – and leaving quite a legacy along the way.

As an agricultural education teacher, Don knew the struggles of securing funding for youth programs. His fundraising idea of selling breakfast sausage made from student-raised livestock was a success, and 50 years later the Ramsey family’s legacy reaches far beyond blue and gold jackets.

The Ramsey’s oldest son, Brett, says one of his earliest memories is of his father volunteering for the Dale Rogers Training Center, a vocational training and employment center for individuals with disabilities. The Ramseys were instrumental in establishing an endowment fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to support the nonprofit, as well as creating funds benefiting the Oklahoma FFA Foundation and scholarships for students.

“Over the years, we have found that the Community Foundation aligns with our ideals and broad-based approach to supporting education,” Brett Ramsey said. “We appreciate the opportunity to grow our charitable funds and increase the impact of our giving so that everyone benefits. It’s been a meaningful, long-term relationship.”