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Friends of Children & Nature Network
We gratefully acknowledge the members of the Friends of Children & Nature. These gifts provide resources for programs and services that are critical to building the children and nature movement.
Friends of Children & Nature 2012
$20,000
Betsy and Charles Townsend*
$5000
Anonymous
Johnson Family Foundation
Richard and Kathy Louv
Pisces Foundation
$3000
Bullitt Foundation
$1000
Adam Bienenstock*
Cheryl Charles* **
Cathy and Webb Edwards**
Howard Frumkin
Barbara Glaser*
Dina and John Johns*
Teresa Lindsey* **
Travis and Mink Neely*
Outdoor Discovery Center*
Linda Wagner
$900
Dan Leftwich
$500
Gerald and Sandra Charles**
Martha and Ron Erickson
Al and Shanna Narath
Elizabeth Patric
John and Ashley Wilson
$300
James and Joan Leary**
Richard and Kathy Louv**
$250
Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse
Janet and Herb Broda
Colorado Outdoor Education Center, Inc.
Jacqueline Green and Henry Bloomstein
Laura Giannini
Cliff & Katie Hamilton
Sarah Johnston**
Lori and Manny Kiesser
Michael Maguire
Helen Olsson
Amy Pertschuk**
Michael Pertschuk
Lisa and Brad Peterson
Tamra Willis
Joseph Yalch
$200
Catherine A. Allen
James H. and Sis Blanchard
Gregory Cajete
Mark Feinknopf**
Jessica Haynie
James and Renate Kempf
Kim Larson
$150
Margie Burks
$100
Joseph Baust
C. Stuart Brewster**
Henry M. and Lottie H. Burger
Mary Erpelding-Chacon**
Avery Cleary
Linda Donnels and Lawrence Logan
Rose Epperson
Martha Erickson**
Cathryn Falwell
Howard Frumkin**
Meredith Garner
Roy Gordon
Port Family Endowment Fund of Tampa
Qualcomm Charitable Foundation
Michael McDonald
Fran Mainella**
Robin Moore
Gordon Orians
Dean Stahl
Donna Staples
Harold Swaisgood
John Thielbahr
Betsy Townsend**
Mary Vidas**
Sheila and William Walker
Keith Wheeler**
Active Recurring Donors
Kathy Bull
Cheryl Charles
R. Laurence Davis
Chip and Ashley Donahue
Jack Greene
Teresa Lindsey
Barbara Ohms
Elizabeth Patric
Peter Sebring
Linda Wagner
*Denotes Heritage Circle Members who pledge to contribute annually for three years at a minimum of $1000 per year.
**Denotes gifts in Memory of Bob Samples.
Friends of Children & Nature 2011
$10,000
Betsy and Charles Townsend
$8000
In the Game Collectibles--Michael Richter
$5000
Johnson Family Foundation
Richard and Kathy Louv
$2000
John and Dina Johns
Mary Vidas
$1000
Algonquin Books
Elaine Gibson
Vance Grannis, Jr.
Margaret Rietano
Travis and Mink Neeley
Outdoor Discovery Center
$500
Catherine A. Allen
Cheryl Charles
Cook CountyVisitors Bureau
Martha Erickson
Howard Frumkin
Stephen Kellert
Dan Leftwich
$250
Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse
James H. Blanchard
Herb Broda
Gerald and Sandra Charles
The Child and Nature Alliance
Michael Collins
Colorado Outdoor Education Center, Inc.
Jenn Hunt Dempsey
Thomas DiMicelli
Eugene Duvernoy
Jacqueline Green and Henry Bloomstein
Cliff & Katie Hamilton
Manny Kiesser
Michael Maguire
Fran Mainella
Lucie McNeil
Ruth McWilliams
Robin Moore
Michael Pertschuk
Lisa and Brad Peterson
Tiffany Sauls
Ina Stern
John Thielbahr
Jeffrey Williamson
Tamra Willis
Peggy Winkler
Active Recurring Donors
R. Laurence Davis
Chip and Ashley Donahue
Jack Greene
Peter Sebring
Friends of Children & Nature 2010
$10,000
Betsy & Charles Townsend
$5000
Johnson Family Foundation
Richard and Kathy Louv
$2500
James Farley – Leichtag Family Foundation Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
$1000
Cheryl Charles
John Thielbahr
$250 - $500
Catherine Allen
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Blanchard Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
Herb Broda
Meaghan Boice-Green
Derrick Crandall
Thomas DiMicelli
Eugene Duvernoy
Lars Erdahl
Martha Erickson
Howard Frumkin
Elaine Gibson
Henry Bloomstein & Jacqueline Green
David Hartwell
Jacqueline Jaeger
James and Renate Kempf
Jodie Labowitz
Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse LLP
Jim McHardy
Ruth McWilliams
Al and Shanna Narath
Travis and Mink Neely
Frank Nutter
Brad & Ingrid Peterson
Juliet Robertson
Ruckus Enterprise Inc.
Annoesjka Steinman
Robert Victor
Keith Wheeler
Travis Williams
Jeffrey Williamson
Tamra Willis
Joseph Yalch
Gifts in Memory of Victor Krzyzanski
Join C&NN’s Friends of Children & Nature
Your support will help:• Give Families the Tools, Information and Community They Need
• Build and Expand a Powerful Information Base to Support the Movement
• Expand and Support Leadership and C&NN's Annual Grassroots Gathering
• Create a Generation of New Leaders to Connect Children to Nature
• Reach Professional and Other Communities that Can Change the World
• Grow Innovation
A Special Contribution
A memorial fund was set up in 2012 in celebration of Bob Samples, husband of 40 years to C&NN co-founder Cheryl Charles.
[+] Find out more about his inspiring life and legacy.
A gift has been made to the Children & Nature Network in honor of Mr. Charles Legac by his family and friends on the occasion of his death. To learn more about Mr. Legac and his commitment to connecting children with nature, and to see a few images of this dedicated husband, father and grandfather, please click here.
[+] a tribute to Charles J. Legac
A gift has been made to the Children & Nature Network in honor of Victor "Butch" Krzyzanski by his family and friends. Victor and his fishing partner and uncle Charles "Chuck" Legac were avid fly-fishermen.
