Our Sponsors and Donors

2007 Foundation Support, Sponsors & Partners

Thank you to all of the organizations and business that support the educational work of The Nature Museum!

Foundation Support & Business Donations

• Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
• Anonymous Family Foundation
• G. W. Cadbury Charitable Trust
• Sovernet, Bellows Falls, VT
• NewsBank, Chester, VT
• K L Thalin Freelance Services
• Vermont Technology Partners, Inc.
• Debbie Trent Accounting Services
• The Windham Foundation
• Grafton Village Store
• Draa Hobbs Trio

Program Sponsors

• Anonymous Member
• The Village Printers, Bellows Falls, VT
• Barrett & Company, Grafton, VT
• Wilson & Lawrence, Grafton, VT

Project Partners

• TransCanada Hydro Northeast, Inc.
• The Grafton History Museum
• Grafton Ponds Mountain Nordic Ski & Mountain Bike Center
• The Grafton Public Library
• Vermont Earth Institute
• Vermont Academy
• The Windham Foundation
• The Saxtons River Inn

Individual Donations of Items

• Julie Waters - Photo print of Snow Geese
• Chris Stanwhich - Hanging folders
• Pamela DeBona - Fossil teeth
• Christopher Schemm - Book: Sharing Nature with Children
• Erin & Hilaire Hennessy - Moose Antler
• Christopher Schemm - Book: Last Child in the Woods
• Silvia Sturges - Note cards
• Pat Mack - Cards for crafts
• Bruce Parks - Books, binoculars, pencils, projection screens, compass, tweezers
• Travis Congdon - 2 mink mounts & coyote skull
• The Reynolds Family - Bee Puppet
• Laurie & Will Danforth - Garden Plants & Equipment; Mac PowerBook, photocopier for office
• Mike Cheslock - Loan of Pinterd Feather Art
• Cindy Hendrick - Art Exhibit
• Rita Langle - Pheasant & Fox Mounts
• Bridget Butler - Book: The Aububon Society Guide to Attracting Birds
• Cheryl Cox - Hand puppets
• Don Hofer - Art Exhibit
• Cai Xi Silver - Art Exhibit
• Patsy Ellis - Items for silent auction
• Colin Lawson - Garden & trail tools & bench top for the shed
• Patricia Gutierrez - Night hawk
• Heather Lane - Giant Hissing Cockroach & tank
• Richard Warren - Jars of honey
• Fred & Meg Kundahl - Meade Astro Telescope w/auto star hand control
• Dennis & Candace Gilkenson - HP All-In-One printer
• Mark Green - Freezor mink
• Alma Beals - Mushroom slides
• Rachel Laliberte & Keith Hermiz - Eagle painting

2007 'Sponsor A Gallon' Campaign Donors

We recently held a fundraising drive to secure gallons of paint for a summer spruce-up of the Nature Museum's exterior walls! As you can see from the list below, the support was incredible. Thanks to all of you who contributed to this much needed project, and thanks to Dave Moore of Saxtons River for a great painting job!

1 Gallon
Rick, Kate, Will & Daniel Kane
Mike Obuchowski
Jean & George Winston
Harriet M. Gelfan
Hughes Associates
Bob & Jinna Barrett
Louis & Phyllis Gross
Rob & Karen Hall
Elvis & Priscilla Battaglino
Tim & Karen Reynolds
Knockout Carpet, Inc.
Myra E. Ashcroft
Vermont Museum of Mining & Minerals
Andy Zak
Kathleen Pirruccello
Judy & Chuck Dickison
The Svec Family
The Sippels
Sue Nostrand
The Geurts/Leuschel Family
Riley, Paige & Brigid Karl
Janet & David Hamilton
Mimi Neff in Memory of Perry Neff
Margaret & Kent Armstrong
Diane Kemble
Stephen & Sarah Chapman & Family: Tiger Rose, Paul, Ryan
The Rogenski Family
Dave Moore's Painting Crew
Pat & Stan Mack
The Youatts
Lauren Potter
Janet & Alan Yuspeh
Fred & Meg Kundahl
Heath & Mary Boyer
The Beehlers
Lizzy Lucas
Arnold & Nancy Bennett
Arthur Gould
Brann & Ellen Wry
The Painter Family
Lorenz & Aunt Frieda Langman
Ed & Barbara Koval
Joe Hanglin & Vicky Allard
Matthew Glimcher & Parents
Kay Moseley
The Haeffner Family
David, June & Matt Hall
Lisa Laird
The Hume Family
Kerrie & George Heslin
Addie Voigel & Jack Robinson
John Rhoads & Susan Bean
Bob & Alice Culver
Dunbar Family
Kathy Michel
Stephanie & Robert Olmsted
Sandy & Eric Stevens
Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society

2 Gallons
Bob/Jean Baldwin
Sidney & Anne Craven
The Ross Family
R. A. Warren
Noralee & The Girls
Jerry & The Yellow Boys
Winifred McDowell to Honor Margo Ghia
Marcia & Tom Wessels
Laurie & Will Danforth
The Goodfellows
Sabin & Beverly Streeter
Keith & Rachel
The Schemm Family

3 Gallons
Daniel Farrar
The Windham Foundation, Inc
Peggy Blumenthal & Doug Murray
Dieeon Ward/Jessica Ward/Brendon Ward
The Blundon Family
Tom & Tania Evans

10+ Gallons
Anne & Tom Grape
Terry & Joe Pollio