Together in Kuwait - United Through Reading

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United Through Reading and USO
Together in Kuwait
USO photo by Duane DeVorak
Dr. Sally Ann Zoll, CEO,
Tours Kuwait and Germany
with USO Board of Governors
Transitions Program
Expansion Continues
Grandparent Program
Meeting Growing Demand
Children’s Books
for Military Program
United Through Reading
Receives Innovations
Through Reading Award from
National Book Foundation
One of hundreds of painted T-walls at Camp Virginia, Kuwait.
This one was painted by volunteer servicemen at the camp,
promoting the United Through Reading Military Program as
hosted by USO Camp Virginia.
Reading Together
Unites Families
ceo report
Accompanied by USO Board members Sue Timken and Dennis
Swanson, and escorted by USO regional vice presidents Gary Bibeau
(SWA) and Walt Murren (Europe), I had the incredible privilege of
visiting four camps in Kuwait and several sites in Germany.
In Kuwait at Camp Arifjon, I proudly represented United Through
Reading in presenting RP1 Blackmon with a letter of commendation
for his commitment to running the United Through Reading Military
Program at the Camp Arifjon Navy Expeditionary Medical Facility
Kuwait! He has been quite a blessing to our troops during his
deployment and I was honored to be able to recognize his service
in person.
Escorted by USO Center(s) Manager, Steve Murray, we were amazed
at the beautiful USO facilities at Camp Buehring and Camp Virginia
which are becoming the model for future USO sites in Southwest
Asia. Providing services for thousands of troops every day, the USOhosted United Through Reading reading rooms were very popular
places! At Camp Buehring I talked to a number of soldiers on their
way to Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Germany, we were honored to spend several hours at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), an overseas military hospital
operated by the US Army and the Department of Defense. LRMC
is the largest military hospital outside of the continental United
States, serving as the nearest treatment center for wounded soldiers
coming from Iraq and Afghanistan. A large proportion of serious
Sally Ann Zoll talks with a soldier at the
reading room at Camp Buehring.
Sally Ann Zoll presents RP1 Akil Blackmon
with a letter of commendation.
casualties from the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters are treated
here, flown in via Ramstein Air Base. Visiting with one wounded
warrior who had seriously injured his arm in a Humvee accident in
Afghanistan, he told me he read four separate books through United
Through Reading to his four children as he was awaiting surgery.
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Former Ambassador Tim Timken; USO Governor Sue Timken; Dr. Sally
Ann Zoll; Mary Lou Austin, President USO Georgia; Colonel Hoffman;
USO Governor Dennis Swanson; and Bruce Nitsche, EVP Wounded
Warrior Project at Camp Arifjan.
He said, “If my kids enjoy watching me read those stories half as
much as I enjoyed reading to them, I will be reading again real
soon!” That made my heart sing! The USO Warrior Center, located
right next to LRMC, is a warm, beautiful home-away-from-home for
our wounded warriors at LRMC and United Through Reading is an
important part of their offerings.
We visited the Contingency Aero Medical Staging Facility (CSF)
and the USO where, once again, we saw the power of our Military
Program in action. And even more humbling was the opportunity
to observe the upload and download of our wounded warriors at
Ramstein Air Base. God bless them all.
The final leg of our trip was a trip to eastern Germany where
we spent a day with the wonderful folks at US Army Garrison
Grafenwoehr, the largest Army Garrison outside of the continental
United States. With state of the art living facilities, thousands of
troops to train and even more service families to provide for, USAG
Grafenwoehr Commander Colonel Chris Sorenson and Commander
of the Joint Multinational Training Command Brigadier General
Steven Salazar were gracious with their time in briefing us on the
work of the Garrison. The brand new USO, led by Director Linda
Lorenzana, will be a wonderful host site for United Through Reading
and with the energy of her team and the significant deployments
that occur at Grafenwoehr, our reading room will most likely be
SRO (standing room only)!
Thank you to USO CEO Sloan Gibson, for providing the opportunity
to participate and to all of the USO team whom I met and have
failed to mention in this brief overview of our expedition. To a one,
our USO friends were phenomenal, doing amazing work.
It is my hope that you can see the incredible value of your support of
our mission through these brief stories. You have brought peace and
joy and contentment to parents and their children around the world
and I have seen it first hand. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
USO photos by Duane DeVorak
I was honored to be asked to join the USO Board
of Governor’s tour of Kuwait and Germany in
January 2010.
message from our chair
2010 has been an exciting year so far for
United Through Reading.
I hope you were able to see United Through Reading featured in the “Making a Difference”
segment of NBC Nightly News in March and in a separate segment on CNN in April. If you
missed it you can view both on our website. We are grateful to have been given such a
wide audience for this wonderful program for parents and children.
Looking ahead and planning three to five years out is essential for the long-term health of
any organization. In April, the Board, staff and members of our Advisory Committee met for
an all day offsite retreat to do exactly that; look back at what has worked and look forward
to the challenges we need to face and prepare for in the future. Our last strategic planning
offsite was in 2008, and it was time to update our plan. Our use of technology is one of our
biggest challenges and potential success factors. Currently our beneficiaries, the children,
receive DVDs from their parents and grandparents. The potential for other delivery methods
is expanding rapidly, and it’s important to stay current so that we are not delivering “buggy
whips to people driving cars.” We are fortunate to have both staff and Board members who
are very knowledgeable about technology.
It is also very useful to look back and see how United Through Reading has changed and
grown. In the last three years our beneficiaries have grown by more than 300% with a
40% growth in budget. The Board tips
their hats to the talented staff who have
made this kind of growth happen without
commensurate growth in budget.
United Through Reading has benefited
from efficiencies created by experience
and numbers, as well as alliances with
organizations, such as the USO, that
support our mission.
United Through Reading’s Board of Trustees is hard at work.
Last year the Board and staff developed
a strategic alliance process that guides
who we work with to reach more beneficiaries and how to create those “win-win
relationships.”
We want you, our donors and beneficiaries, to know that Board and staff understand
the value of a nickel and have a laser focus on how we can reach more children who are
separated from their parents to create that bond through reading. But it isn’t numbers that
motivate the Board and the staff. It is the testimonials that continually come to us about
someone’s child who is less anxious and more content because of the DVD they received
from mom or dad reading to them.
“
And from Founder
Betty Mohlenbrock
To my friends,
family, and supporters:
Now that I am retired as Chair
of the United Through Reading
Board of Trustees, I will continue
to contribute in the Chair Emeritus
capacity, as requested. I am also
moving on to tackle other needs
in our culture, specifically as they
relate to youth and literacy
initiatives. My mission at United
Through Reading has been successfully launched and for that
I am grateful and humbled.
By far and away, the highest honor
and blessing I have experienced
in these twenty years has been
to interact directly and positively
in the lives of thousands of wonderful people who desire to do
the right thing for their children:
read aloud with them regularly.
Thanks for being part of an
important legacy for our country.
Onward and upward, my friends.
You can reach me at
[email protected].
Let’s stay in touch!
”
It is our drumbeat...
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Volunteer Kelly Haman conducts a women’s
workshop at Vista Detention Facility.
transitions program
In March 2010, the United Through Reading Transitions Program
celebrated its sixth month at the Santa Barbara County Jail where
the workshops are facilitated solely by volunteers.
The Transitions Program at the Santa Barbara County Jail was featured in a recent local news
story aired on KCOY TV. The story illustrated the bond between parent and children made stronger
through United Through Reading. The story can be found on our website under Transitions Video.
As a part of the county program’s parenting and family unification, the Transitions Program currently
provides over 20 workshops in San Diego County detention facilities each month and there is
a continual demand for more workshops. Counselors see the value the Transitions Program
provides in promoting positive parenting, even from a distance, by allowing the parent to read
a book aloud on DVD and sending it home to the children. It not only incentivizes the detained
family member to stay on track with their programming obligations, but starts building a positive
relationship with their children which paves the way for a comfortable return home.
facilitate the Transitions Program in Metro, primarily because
of the lack of programs that connect families.
In addition to the detention facilities, the Transitions Program is also integrated into transitional
housing where family unification is important because homecoming is so close. Freedom House
and Correctional Alternatives, both in San Diego, allow the Transitions Program to provide
monthly workshops for their resident parents to read to their children as they slowly reintroduce
themselves to the family at home.
Testimonial
In addition to the NAVCON Brig in Charleston, South Carolina, the Transitions Program is anxiously
awaiting the results of a pending grant to expand the program to the Metro State Prison for
Women in Atlanta, Georgia. A nonprofit group in Atlanta expressed an overwhelming desire to
Interested volunteers are encouraged to contact the Transitions
Program by visiting our website at unitedthroughreading.org
and clicking Transitions or contact Leilani Stone at 858-481-7323
x 206.
“My 7 year old watches it every night and sleeps a lot better
now. My children are more interactive with me now and my
1 year old gets to see her dad. I would like to say thank you
for letting my children experience this. It has had a positive
impact on them.”
From a mom whose husband is in the S.C. brig.
Volunteer Joyce Finley recording Martha Mersden
reading at the Coronado Library.
grandparent program
Volunteers Help the Grandparent Program
Meet Growing Demand
As more and more organizations and individuals become aware of and recognize the value of
the Grandparent Program, the requests for program implementation have rapidly increased,
along with individual requests for participation. Each quarter has shown an increase in the
number of beneficiaries at all 18 recording sites. The first quarter of 2010 had 737 program
beneficiaries with a cumulative total of 3,403 total beneficiaries since inception in 2008.
We are meeting this increased demand with the launch of a Grandparent Program Volunteer
Team. The goal of the Volunteer Team is to increase the number of opportunities for grandparents to participate in being videotaped reading a book and then sending the DVD to their
grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
The first volunteer orientation session was held in February 2010. It is important that
volunteers are aware of the organizational history and the other two United Through Reading
programs because they represent the entire organization when they conduct a grandparent
recording session. The next step in the volunteer training process is observing an actual
grandparent recording session. After observing, the volunteer becomes familiar with the
camera and the surveys that are given to participants and families. Reporting is minimal with
a paper or online option for the volunteers’ ease of use. When a volunteer feels ready to
conduct a session, the first one is done with stand-by assistance from the program manager.
The objective of training is for volunteers to feel comfortable conducting the taping sessions
and answering questions about the organization.
Initially our pioneer volunteers came from participants within the Grandparent Program.
These volunteer participants come with an understanding of the process, the value of the
program and a wonderful enthusiasm for United Through Reading. Volunteers are now coming
from Volunteer San Diego and the community at large. The Grandparent Volunteer Team is
designed to be flexible to accommodate various schedules. As the volunteer program matures,
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two or three volunteers will be available per site so there is
always someone available for the scheduled time.
The Grandparent Program Volunteer Team allows more
grandparents to strengthen the inter-generational bond with
their grandchildren and great-grandchildren while serving as
a reading role model to inspire a love of reading within their
family. These reading grandparents have discovered a new
way to connect with family, young and old, near and far, by
sharing their love of reading and their life stories.
If you are interested in volunteering for the Grandparent Program,
please email [email protected] or
contact Linda Hopkins at 858.481.7323 x214.
Testimonials
“This is a good program. I enjoy reading the stories.
It makes me feel good.”
Grandparent reading at Imperial Beach Library
“Greatest thing since chocolate!”
Grandparent reading at Talmadge Senior Village
military program
United Through Reading’s Spring Celebration of the
Month of the Military Family
Announcing a New Personalized Deployment Children’s Book
100% of Proceeds Donated to United Through Reading’s Military Program!
Author Jan Krystkowiak will donate
100% of proceeds from the sale of
You’re Never Far Away to United
Through Reading Military Program.
Last summer, United Through Reading’s CEO, Sally Ann Zoll, was
contacted by local author Jan Krystkowiak who had learned of our
organization’s Military Program. Though this was not the first time
that United Through Reading had been contacted by a children’s
author, Jan presented an idea with great appeal. She wanted to
create a children’s book intended to be read aloud by the deployed
Servicemember and customized with the name of the child recipient.
Her company, Where in the World Books, creates personalized
children’s books that incorporate the child’s name into the story,
photos, and state of the art print technology.
While there have been many books written with military deployment in mind, it is rare to find books
written from the Servicemember’s perspective. It is rarer still to find books than can be personalized. So Jan’s concept seemed a perfect fit for United Through Reading Military Program. Her goal
was to work with the United Through Reading staff to ensure that the book would meet the needs
of our Military Program’s beneficiaries and reflect the messages that so many Servicemembers hope
to send to their children during deployments. As an added bonus, Jan generously offered 100% of
proceeds from this new book to the United Through Reading Military Program to help us reach more
military families.
United Through Reading is excited to announce the launch of You’re Never Far Away, a children’s
book for deployed Servicemembers to personalize and read to their children back home. The book
is a message of love and positive encouragement, intended to address the realities of deployment.
We hope that deployed Servicemembers will read the book at one of our recording sites.
To purchase copies, visit Jan’s website: www.whereintheworldbooks.com. You can provide
the name of the Servicemember, branch of service, relationship to the child, and the child’s name.
Your personalized book will then feature the child’s name on every page and in every illustration!
We hope you’ll enjoy it!
A Soldier’s Poem
Sitting in a room alone,
A soldier stares at a camera.
With a book in his lap,
He takes a deep breath and pushes “record.”
Seeing his son in the image of himself,
The camera in front of him shows.
Words flow out of his mouth with ease,
No thought, just his inner feelings.
Shortly after starting the book of choice,
The story ends as the book now closed.
The soldier somehow relieved,
Knowing his son will feel closer to him,
Until the day he is finally home.
Soldier at USO Kuwait
“
I’ve got to tell you,
United Through Reading is one of my
favorite programs. As you can see I
made it one of my favorite [Facebook]
sites. Every Sailor and parent in the
Navy Family needs to know about and
become a Fan of your site and more
importantly take advantage
of the service.
What Military Families
are saying about United
Through Reading on
Facebook...
Last fall, United Through Reading
launched its Facebook Fan Page.
Since its inception in September 2009,
our page has garnered over 2,400 energetic fans. Most every day we receive
comments, photos and feedback from
our beneficiaries and the dedicated
supporters of our three programs.
Since April was the official “Month of
the Military Child,” we thought this
might be a nice time to share some of
the recent comments we’ve received
from our fans about their children’s
reactions to their United Through
Reading DVDs:
“We love this program so much! It is
so great to see my two sons’ faces light
up when they first get the package and
then watch their father read to them! It
has been such a blessing! This is thus
far the best communication for the
soldiers with their children! Thank you!”
“Thank you for such an awesome
program. It means the world to our family
and children to be able to connect with
Daddy while he is deployed!”
Former Executive Officer of the USS NEW
ORLEANS (LPD-18) and his son share a United
Through Reading moment together.
”
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
(MCPON) (SS/SW) Rick D.
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paperback swap
Popular. Fun. Efficient.
PaperBackSwap.com provides bibliophiles a mechanism for keeping their book
collections fresh.
Over 200,000 members swap books on a regular basis with
about 70,000 mailed each month from an inventory of 4.5
million! Members have saved over $18 million dollars collectively, with the typical household saving over $300 per year.
Membership is free, and book exchanges are made through
a credit system and for the cost of postage.
In collaboration with United Through Reading, PaperBackSwap.com and their generous membership have donated
15,000 Scholastic books to our Servicemen and women.
They firmly believe in the power of reading, and the power
of giving.
In PaperBackSwap’s campaign, called Storytime with Soldiers,
our national program managers identified deploying commands
or units in the Continental United States who were able to
receive a box of 250 new Scholastic books by FedEx delivery.
PaperBackSwap took care of the rest, delivering the donation at
no cost to our Active Duty Coordinators or Homefront Coordinators.
Suzan Caughlan, Marine Corps Program Manager, commented
that Marine participants in United Through Reading’s Military
Program are extremely grateful to be able send the book home
with their DVD recording. For some deploying Army units,
Melissa Malloy, our Army Program Manager, said, “Units
are able to load the Scholastic books on their pallets or in
containers prior to deployment. The book donation really sold
units on taking the program downrange”. Further, she said
“For participants, it provides them an opportunity to give
the book and DVD together which allows the child a more
tangible means of reading the book along with the DVD!”
IIR prize winner 2010
Innovations in Reading
United Through Reading receives Innovations Through Reading prize.
United Through Reading has been chosen as a 2010 recipient
of the National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading
Prize. The National Book Foundation was founded in 1950
to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its
audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing
in America. The National Book Foundation’s National Book
Award is the nation’s most prestigious literary prize. Recipients
have included William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, J.D. Salinger
and many other icons of American literature.
2010 is the second year for the Innovations in Reading Prize,
which was established to recognize organizations and
individuals “demonstrating passion, creativity, dedication,
and leadership in the service of creating and sustaining a
lifelong love of reading.”
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From Leslie Shipman, Director of Programs for the National
Book Foundation, “The Innovations in Reading Prize is the
National Book Foundation’s program to discover, promote,
and, we hope, help replicate the innovative efforts of individuals and organizations who are sharing their passion for books
and reading at the grassroots level, both in their communities
and online.”
United Through Reading is honored to have been selected as
an Innovations in Reading Prize recipient. We are inspired by
the vision of our Founder, Betty J. Mohlenbrock, and humbled
by the commitment of the moms and dads around the world
who are reading stories to their children regardless of the
continents, oceans or circumstances that separate them from
their children.
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Lifetime Giving
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hunter
Coronado Fire Department
Ms. Cheryl Sylvester
Within Arms Reach
$1 Million & Above
The J.M. Long Foundation
Costello Family Foundation, Inc.
Thomasville Furniture
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zatkin
Target
Las Patronas
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Costello
Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Thornton, Jr.
VADM and Mrs. James M. Zortman
$500,000-999,999
Maurice J. Masserini Charitable Trust and the French Fund
Cubic Corporation
Designs by Betsy
Tidewater Officers’ Spouses Association
$100-499
Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Aden
Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund
May and Stanley Smith Trust
Double Diamond Ranch
VADM Patricia Tracey, USN, (Ret.)
The Meyer Charitable Foundation
Ms. Sondra Antonel
Dr. and Mrs. William C.
Mohlenbrock
El Dorado Royale Spa Resort
University Club
Nordstrom, Inc.
Far Niente
USA Federal Credit Union
Ms. Kathryn Askin
Pacific Life Foundation
First Baptist Church of Covington, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Welch
Ms. Emily Bagnall
$100,000-499,000
Ms. Dianne Ratzel
First Book - San Diego
Ms. Patricia Wilkinson
Bank of America
Ms. Christa Burke and
Mr. Walter Dittmer
Rice Family Foundation
Ms. Joan R. Fisher
Dr. and Mrs. Moises Baron
Samuel I. and John Henry Fox
Foundation at Union Bank of CA
General Dynamics Corporation
Mr. Warren Shafer and
Ms. Pamela K. Willis
Governor and Mrs. Pete Wilson
Ms. Julie Bemis
Drs. James G. and Sally Ann Zoll
Ms. Joan Bernstein
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford
W. Colwell, Jr.
Conrad and Christa Burke Fund
at The San Diego Foundation
Donald C. and Elizabeth
Dickinson Foundation
Dr. Seuss Fund at
The San Diego Foundation
Mrs. Audrey Geisel
Girard Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Kelley
The Kellogg Company
Kenneth T. and Eileen L.
Norris Foundation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Martha S. Cole Trust
Northrop Grumman Foundation
Reuben H. Fleet Fund
at The San Diego Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Rory Sabbatini
TriWest Healthcare Alliance
The USAA Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
$50,000-99,999
Downing Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Downing
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable
Foundation
Samuel H. French, III and
Katherine Weaver French Fund
San Diego Gas & Electric
Sempra Energy Utilities
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Union Bank of California
2009 Annual Giving
$10,000-24,999
The Collins Companies
Mr. and Mrs. K.M. Garrett
Greater Los Angeles Women’s Council of the Navy League
RADM and Mrs. Steve Loeffler
Mr. and Mrs. E. Tyler Miller, Jr.
Mr. James Patterson
ProFlowers
San Diego County
Sheriff’s Department
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tribolet
$5,000-9,999
Mr. Charles Charman
Collins Development Company
Datron Systems, Inc.
Diamond Boutique
La Jolla Development Company
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gilchrist, Jr.
Harold R. and Winifred R. Swanton Foundation
Mr. Curt Hebert
$500-999
Mrs. and Mr. Claudette Heffner
Andrew J. and Joan K. Chitiea Foundation
Kim and Thurea Heim
Anesh Speck Associated Packaging
The Heller Foundation of San Diego
Dr. Lynnette Beall
RADM and Mrs. William J. Holland
Ms. Karen Butler
HomeGoods
Mr. Reo Carr
Hotel Del Coronado
Ms. Linda L. Christen
Hunter’s Capital
Mrs. Kathy Crossley
Hyatt Regency Waikiki
Cub Scout Pack 411
Jaffe Estates Wines
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Dealy
Japengo at the Hyatt Regency
La Jolla at Aventine
Drs. Charlie and Valerie Ewell
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jertberg
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Junker
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Knowles
Ms. Jan Krystdowiak
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Lipp
Louis M. Martini Winery
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Mader
Mr. and Mrs. Keith McKenzie
Meadowood Napa Valley
RADM Veronica Froman USN (Ret.)
Mr. and Mrs. H. Kirk Henry
RADM and Mrs. Fran Holian
Ms. Paula Jacobson
Kippy’s
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Lancaster
CAPT and Mrs. Bruce Linder
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lowry
CDR and Mrs. H. J. Bedinger
Dr. and Mrs. Duane E. Blickenstaff
Mr. Norman Blumenthal
Ms. Anne M. Bolzoni
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Bradley
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bradt
Ms. Mary Ellen Breen
CAPT T. L. Breitinger USN (Ret.)
Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brugh
Ms. Anh N. Burgan
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Burger
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Burr
Mrs. Beth Burroughs
Ms. Karen Butler
CAPT Thomas Carlson and
Ms. Linda Fitzgerald
Mr. Reo Carr
Ms. Jennifer Caughey
Col and Mrs. Thomas A. Caughlan
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark
Ms. Mary H. Clark
ADM and Mrs. Archie Clemins
Mensana Clinic Diagnostics
Marine Officers’ Wives Club
at MCAS Miramar
Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club
Mr. and Mrs. Doug M. McKnight
Mr. Thomas J. Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Moore
Ms. Joyce K. Constantine
National Steel & Shipbuilding Co.
Naval Officers’ Spouses’ Club
of San Diego, Inc.
Ms. Terry Cooper
Ms. Kim Cordeiro
CAPT Ken Norton
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Couture
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Clotfelter
Ms. Anne C. Coleman
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Macy’s Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kelley
CAPT and Mrs. Terry Magee
The Legler Benbough Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mercaldo
Naval Officers’ Spouses’ Club
of Washington, DC
Navy Federal Credit Union
Mission Federal Credit Union
Community Foundation
Mr. Mike Orlando
The Painted Pooch
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Crockett
Price Charities
The Paula B. and Oliver W. Jones Family Foundation Inc.
Pearson Book Group
Ms. Emily Cullen
San Diego Downtown
Breakfast Rotary Club
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Currie
The Pratt Memorial Fund at
Union Bank of California
Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Pekras
Ms. Jennifer Dahle
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Swinton
The R.C. Baker Foundation
Robert & Bettye Johnson Fund of
the Jewish Community Foundation
Northrop Grumman Corporation
The Parker Foundation
TRW Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Viterbi
The Viterbi Family Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
$1,000-4,999
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ablitt
Weingart Foundation
Mr. Tim Anders
$25,000-49,999
Administaff, Inc.
Asset Management Group
Callaway Golf Company Foundation
Century Club of San Diego
City of San Diego
County of San Diego
Probation Department
CW Cares for Kids Fund
The Daily Transcript
The Deer Run Fund at
The San Diego Foundation
Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust
Ms. Deborah Bell and Dr. Gary Smith
Barnard Family Foundation
Ms. Gladys Bernabei
Ms. Sandy Biondo
Dr. and Mrs. James P. Blasingame
BlueCross BlueShield of
South Carolina
MajGen and
Mrs. Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Bremer Family Winery
Cambrium Learning Technologies
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cameron
Community Service Association, San Diego City Schools
CAPT Peter Dallman and
CDR Kara Dallman
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Raiter
San Diego County Employees’ Charitable Organization
BGen and Mrs. Terry R. Robling
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schnitzer
Ms. M. C. Dillon
Rotary Club of Coronado Foundation
Mrs. Joette Seniff
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Dimas
SAIC
Mr. and Mrs. John Shore
Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. Doren
San Diego Fire Department
Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Dougherty
Salvestrin Winery
Soroptimist International
of Coronado
Mr. James W. Sharp
Ms. Henrietta C. Sparks
Society of Sponsors of
the United States Navy
Mr. Joshua Spoerri
Soroptimist International of Oceanside-Carlsbad
Stan Lawrence Portrait Art Photography
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil H. Steppe
Southwest Airlines
Dr. and Mrs. Donald D. Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Monty E. Sparks
Mr. and Ms. Howard W. Spetter
The Metzler Family Fund
at the Fuller Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Dough Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Traylor
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Stiehl
CAPT Craig Turley and CAPT Lori Turley
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Sylvester
Mr. and Mrs. Signe R. Twardowski
Ms. Janice P. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Duval
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Ms. Elisabeth K. Ecke
Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis
Employees Charity Organization of Northrop Grumman
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Erickson
VADM and Mrs. Terrance Etnyre
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evert
Dr. and Mrs. Darrell D. Fanestil
Ms. Judith A. Feutz
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Ms. Paula Jacobson
Dr. Lucy Moore
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Stephan
Mr. Jeffrey Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jertberg
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Morse
Mr. Mark Stevens
Dr. and Mrs. Jan Fronek
Jewish Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Rand Mulford
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Garrett, IV
Ms. Judy M. Johnson
VADM and Mrs. Henry C. Mustin
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Strickland
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Gaskin
Ms. Virginia Johnson-Jensen
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Myer
Mr. and Mrs. Art Stunard
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Gilby
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Joss, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Mylonas
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Suckling
Ms. Christa Burke-Dittmer and
Mr. Walter Dittmer
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gilchrist, Jr.
Drs. Toshiaki and Yuko Kawakami
Mr. David W. Nauen
Mr. Charles R. Sullivan
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Colwell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Gildred
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin N. Keller
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Neidorf
Superior Leadership
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Gollobin
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kendrick
Mr. Ken Norton
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Swanson
The Colwell Family Fund
at The San Diego Foundation
Ms. Alyson R. Goudy
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kessler
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Kincaid, Jr.
Officer Students’ Spouses’ Club, Naval Postgraduate School
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Swanson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Graham
Ms. Susan Grayson
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Koch
Ms. Marilyn Palmer
The Green Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kolenda
Mr. and Mrs. Don Panek
The Lake County Illinois Combined Federal Campaign
Dr. Daniel A. Green and
Dr. Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green
Dr. and Mrs. George Koumaras
Ms. Cynthia Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Thomas
Mr. David R. Guebert PE
Mr. and Mrs. Jody N. Krimstock
CAPT Thomas C. Pinard USN (Ret.)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Toomajian
CDR and Mrs. Markus Gudmundsson
Mr. and Mrs. Don Kriz
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Raiter
CDR and Mrs. Phil Turner
Mr. Jacob Moya and
Ms. Lynn R. Híjar-Moya
Mr. David R. Guebert PE
Ms. Jan Krystdowiak
United Way of Northeast Florida
CAPT and Mrs. Peter A. Gumataotao
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Langmaid
Ralph Stone & Associates
Landscape Architects
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Reeder
RADM and Mrs. George F. Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. John Resko
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Walker
Ms. Pamela D. Walton
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hannah
VADM and Mrs. Conrad C.
Lautenbacher, Jr.
Ms. Mona Roizman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weislopf
Ms. Ann S. Harden
Ms. Pamela Lawrence
Mr. Mark Rose
Ms. Joyce Wessel
Mr. Richard A. Harrison
Mr. and Ms. Harvey Levine
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Rouse
Dr. and Mrs. John West
Mr. and Mrs. E. Miles Harvey
CAPT and Mrs. Bruce Linder
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Westcott
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lipper, III
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Mohlenbrock
CAPT and Mrs. Edward R. Hebert
Mr. Michael A. Sachs and
Ms. Alice B. Rapoport
Lynn Kimball Memorial Fund at
the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Ms. Kate Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Madigan
Ms. Dianne Ratzel
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Heid
Ms. Cynthia Salvato
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Magdlen
Dr. and Mrs. Roger Rowe
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Henry
Mr. and Mrs. John Schaedler
Mrs. Patricia Wilkinson
Dr. and Mrs. O. L. Majure
Ms. Ria Scoma
Ms. Renee Herrell M.A.
Ms. Patricia J. Schuler
Dr. and Mrs. John J. Willems
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Herron
Dr. and Mrs. Les Martisko
Mr. Warren Shafer and
Ms. Pamela K. Willis
Seiber Family Donor Advised Fund, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Mr. Doug Minshell and
Ms. Rebecca Heyl
VADM and Mrs. Martin J. Mayer
Scott and Ginny Beal Fund at GKCCF
LtGen and Mrs. John L. Woodward
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Swinton
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wurtzel
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tribolet
CAPT and Mrs. Charles R. Hill USN
Mrs. Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins Ed.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hoehn
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Metzger
RADM and Mrs. Fran Holian
Ms. Marlane Meyer
Ms. Barbara F. Holland
Ms. Barbara Miller
Drs. Phillip L. and
Johanna S. Hunsaker
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Moises
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Haller
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hammett
Dr. and Mrs. William P. Haney M.D.
Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Hunt
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Mr. Charles E. Bradley and
Ms. Susan K. Laurel
Ms. Kate McDevitt
Mrs. Chloe Moore
Dr. and Mrs. James T. Sears
Drs. John and Ann Siefert
Ms. Georgiana D. Simmons
Mr. James Skeen
RADM and Mrs. Kenneth D. Slaght
Mr. and Mrs. Ebin Smith
Ms. Cheryl Sylvester
Mr. Jack Vellis
LCDR and Mrs. Wayne G. Young
Ms. Rochelle Zifferblatt-Siegan
CAPT and Mrs. Herb Zoehrer
VADM and Mrs. James M. Zortman
ENDOWMENT FUND
DONORS
($500 and above)
MajGen and
Mrs. Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Boys and Girls Foundation
Conrad and Christa Burke Fund
at The San Diego Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Garrett
Global Impact, Inc.
RADM and Mrs. Fran Holian
Jane and Roger Rowe Fund at
the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Ms. Britta Justesen
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Kincaid, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jody N. Krimstock
LEGACY SOCIETY
DONORS
Ms. Martha S. Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Kelley
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Somers
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Mohlenbrock
Mr. and Mrs. Monty E. Sparks
CDR and Mrs. Phil Turner
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