The Journey to Stapleton - Anchor Center for Blind Children

The Journey to Stapleton - Anchor Center for Blind Children

The Journey to
Stapleton
Issue III
Where we are on
the journey:
• We continue to raise the
final funds necessary for
furnishings, fixtures and
equipment in the new
building.
• All contributions to Anchor
Center’s capital campaign
qualify for the Colorado
Child Care Contribution Tax
Credit, an income tax credit
of 50 percent of the total
contribution.
• Send checks to:
3801 Martin Luther King
Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205.
Please mark your donation
for “new building.”
• For credit card donations,
visit www.anchorcenter.org
or call 303-377-9732 ext.
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Spring 2007
Homeward Bound:
Grand Opening Scheduled for September 28-29, 2007
D
espite the worst winter in
Denver in years, construction on Anchor Center’s new
teaching facility is progressing
rapidly and on schedule to open
in September 2007.
At press time, the basement was
complete. The structural steel
for the roof was in place, and
the walls were framed. It was
actually starting to look like a
real building!
For the staff, children and families jam-packed into our current
leased facility, the move cannot Anchor Center preschoolers enjoyed several field
trips to the construction site and making friends
come too soon.
with the Fransen Pittman building crew.
On behalf of all of us at
Anchor Center for Blind Children, thank
you for your support of this project. It is
an honor to have you with us on this
journey—and we are almost there!
Save the Date!
Friday, Sept. 28, 2007
Ribbon Cutting Celebration
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Official ribbon cutting ceremony
with tours of the new building
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007
Family Fun Festival
11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
For Anchor Center families, past and present, and Stapleton
neighbors. Lots of fun activities for children plus tours of the new
building
Charlotte Morgan, Teacher of the Visually
Impaired, and preschoolers inside the framed
building.
Both events held at 2550 Roslyn Street in Stapleton
Thank you
to the following generous donors who as of May 15, 2007,
are making this journey to Stapleton possible.
We appreciate your commitment to Colorado’s blind children!
$1,000,000 and above
ECA Foundation
Energy Corporation of America
John and Julie Mork
Anonymous (Endowment)
$500,000-$999,999
Anonymous
Gates Family Foundation
Toni and Emmet Stephenson
$100,000-$499,999
Adolph Coors Foundation
The Bacon Family Foundation
Boettcher Foundation
George E. and Betty B. Dutton
Foundation
Kenneth King Foundation
Suzanne K. Kintzele
RE/MAX International, Inc.
The Rollie R. Kelley
Family Foundation
Susan and John Sheridan
Karen and Randy Woods
$50,000-$99,999
Anonymous
Delta Gamma Alumnae of Denver
Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson
Foundation
Martin Family Foundation
John and Mari Ann Martin
Mary Reisher and Barry Berlin
Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation
St Mary Land & Exploration Co.
$25,000-$49,999
Bruce and Cheryl Blankenship
John and Sandy Blue
Mike and Kaye Hurtt
Sandie and Donald Ihlenfeldt
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family
Foundation
Lafarge Building Blocks of Our
Community
Richard and Shauna Landon
The Lillis Foundation
Marcia and Randy Lortscher
J. Landis and Sharon Martin
Denise and Dan Murray
Susan and Howard Noble
Lexy and Brad Pfeifley
Mary and Tom Rogers
Paul and Linda L. Sinsar
$15,000-$24,999
Sandy and Gary Autrey
Linda and Ron Branish
John and Wendy Clayton
Delta Gamma Foundation
Susan M. Duncan
Susan Gates Jamieson
Gensler
Jeffrey and Karen Roberts
Trask Family Foundation
$10,000-$14,999
Frank Baumgartner
Fishes and Loaves Foundation
Norma Lee Frederic
Margie and David Hunter
Carol and Brad James
John and Mary Ann Lundgren
Diane and Tom Stortz
George and Candance Webb
Willbee Erickson Charitable Fund
Marcia Williams
Mariette and Douglas Wooden
$5,000-$9,999
Alice and Marc Applebaum
Gay and Dan Boyd
Pamela Bailey Campbell and
Michael Campbell
Jim and Pam Crowe
Delta Gamma - Phi Chapter,
University of Colorado
Joan and Dan Dixon
Jane Douglas and Carroll Novicki
Paul and Susan Ducklow
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Forest City Stapleton Inc.
The Galena Foundation
Samuel Gary
Gary-Williams Energy Corporation
Great-West Life & Annuity
Insurance Company
Grimshaw & Harring
Hobart Corp.
Bud and Kaye Isaacs
Mary and Lucian Jones
Margie A. Kinslow
Sally and Thomas Lowe
Pete Morgan Foundation
Schlessman Family Foundation, Inc.
Dana B. Shepard
Jackie and James Stratis
Jefferey and Tanya Watkins
$1,000-$4,999
Advanced Exercise Equipment Inc.
Joanne and Robert Alspaugh
Amgen Foundation Matching Gifts
Program
Arapahoe Sertoma Club Bingo
Gerald R. Armstrong
Glen and Barbara Barnard
Thomas and Susan Bass
Ann and Robert Benson
Natelle and Curt Brown
Burchcraft Inc.
Isabelle and John Burchfield
Calvada Surveying, Inc.
Rebecca and James Calvert
Campbell Foundation Fund
Thomas and Judith Canter
Caulkins Family Foundation
Charles Schwab Foundation
Courtney Clayton
Robert Clayton
Gary and Tracy Corbett
Kees and Linda Corssmit
Barbara and Bob Davis
Sara and Michael DiManna
Patricia Durliat
Darren and Blake Fisk
Jo Frederic
Julie and Bill Walsh
Sheila and Manfred Galatowitsch
Nancy and Douglas Walton
Jean and Ben Galloway
Weil Family Foundation
Janet and Craig Gardiner
Wells Fargo
JC Greeley
Charline and Alan White
Hal and Beverly Haddon
Whiting Petroleum Corp.
Christi and Jim Harman
Miriam and Mason Whitney
Michelle Hernandez
Williams Title Guaranty & Escrow
Nancy and Albert Hill
Ltd.
Chuck and Diane Hooper
Lucy Wirth
Josh and Kimball Howell
Suzanne Woodard
Integrated Physical Therapy of
Marion Woodward
Littleton
XploreNet, Bill and Karen Young
Kathryn and Jerad Justesen
Frank and Carolyn Keller
$500-$999
Amy and John Lawton
ACT Investments
Marty Leuthaeuser
Laura May and Herbert L. Bacon
Linda and Gene Lewis
Esther Beynon and Alfred W.
Robert and Cheryn Lindley
Metzger
Eric and Susan Ludwig
Karen and Chris Brandvold
Charles and Joan Mateskon
Jim and Kathy Brown
Yvonne and William McCallum
Brownstein Hyatt & Farber
Nancy and Hugh McCulloh
Joseph and Val Casabona
Doug and Linda McDonald
Leslie and George Cavalieri
Holly and Mac McDonald
Michael Clayton and Caitlin Weil
Gayle and Dennis McGowan
James and Toni Cohig
W. Douglas and Lynnette Morrison Mona Costley
Jennifer and Sean Myers
CRL Associates Inc.
Nancy and Gordon Nelson
Wendee and Michael Crowley
Lynn Norsworthy
James and Jane Davis
Harriett and Laurence Paddock
Delta Gamma Alumnae
Dennis Quinn
of Colorado Springs
Judy and Clark Riley
Delta Gamma Alumnae Chapter Dave, Janet and AnnaSophia Robb
Chicago West Suburban
Kathy and Darrel Schmidt
Delta Gamma Bowling League
Scripps Howard Foundation
Cindy and Jeff Dohse
Gregory Seller and Brad White
Belinda and Tom Severtson
Signil Wealth Network Inc.
Barry Slights
Dan and Cathy Smith
Cathy and David Smyth
Paula Stallman
Stapleton Foundation
James and Constance Steeples
Anchor Center
Peggy and John Talbot
preschoolers
E. Stewart Taylor in memory
and best friends
of Ruth F. Taylor
Alma and
Jason and Heidi Teter
Deyannira
Ruth and Jack Thomas
discover their
new school.
Tuchman Family Foundation
William and Karen Waller
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Bailey and Marilou Dotson
Brad Dutton
Brian Fine
Patty and Randolph Garfield
Louanna and Steven Gerleman
Golden Lions Club
John and Michelle Hanley
Katherine Haraway
Julie Heath
Duane and Mary Lou Johnson
Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP
Larry King
Laura and Robert Koecheler
Bradley and Kimie Kreidle
Donna and Chuck Lehman
John Lowrie
Patricia and Donald Lujan
Pamela Mahonchak
Jean Manion
Gretchen Gagel McComb
Messner & Reeves LLC
James Metcalf
Marcia and Jack Mitchell
Nancy Motlong
Kerry, Brian & Elizabeth Musfeldt
Patton Boggs LLP
Orpha and Fred Pattridge
Carrie Pena and Michael Slater
Ersel E. and Linda M. Reid
Carla Richards
Sally and Harold Roberts
Gregory and Jacqueline Rodriguez
Sage Ann Scheer
David Seiferth
Senn Visciano Kirschenbaum
Merrick PC
Elaine Senter
Joanne and Nicholas Sesson
Nancy Smith
William S. Smith
F.P. and Judith Spratlen
Harriet Strong
Richard and Deanna Thornburg
Pat and Fritz Uhrmann
Urban Summit Holdings LLC
Mark and Sheryl VanDuren
Tim and Cynthia Wadle
Carol and Hunt Walker
Arlys Warfield
Erik and Ellen Weihenmayer
Marylin and Donald Werschky
Nancy and Grant Wimbush
$100-$499
5280 Property Investments LLC
Nina Abernathy
Chris Acuna
Kristin and Mark Adams
William Allegar
Mary Louise and Crawford Allison
Pamela Altman
True Anderson
Anonymous
Marilyn and Steve Arens
Bonnie and Jerry Armstrong
Jean Arthur
Richard and Anne Auerbach
LuAnne Aulepp
Bill and Stephany Austin
Charles and Michele Bahr
Norma Barrett
Joan and Harry Baumgardner
Barbara and Field Benton
Wanda Blackburn
Susan and Dale Boller
Joan Botdorf
William Bronchick
Hichem and Sue Bouraoui
Shirley and Thomas Bowman
Kristin Brinkman
Breakfast Optimist Club
of Windsor Gardens
Wendy and Mark Brodsky
Kendra Brooks
Broomfield Dental Care PC
Jeanine Brown
Nancy and Dean Burchfield
Jerome and Elaine Burdock
Bill and Patti Carpenter
Ken and Lisa Chaiken,
Loudmouth Media
Chambers Family Fund
Jean Chatlain
Karen Cheeld
John and Marjorie Chipouras
Katherine Ciejek
Christine and Eugene Clark
Phyllis and Ronald Coffin
Bob Colby
Steven and Carolyn Coleman
William B. and L. Alice Collister
Colorado Freewheelers
Colorado Home Masters
Tracy and Judith Cooke
Mona Costley
Lisa and Mark Cramer
Juan
makes
a new
friend.
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Marjorie and Hugh Daniell
Cynthia and Richard Daniels
Davis Partnership
Paula DeMuth
Diana DeSantis Kachmer
and Mark Kachmer
Jean DeSena
William Dettling
Dave Dixon
Lynn Domeck
Lois Downing
Mindy Doyle-McCall
and Kirk McCall
Dwight Duryea
Andrew and Bartley Dutton
Patricia Edwards
Dennis and Lori Falkner
Elizabeth Feitner
Michael Field
First Data Western Union
Foundation
Flatirons Optometric Group PC
Douglas Lee Frederic
Matthew Frederic and Family
Rand Frederic
Pamela Gagel
Patricia Gardner
Thomas and Margaret Gardner
Will Garin
Marla and Richard Gentry
Norma Gerber
Andrea and Michael Glass
Thomas and Veronica Gleason
Lynne and Tom Gooch
Jeanne Goss
Marie Patricia Gower
Sara and Larry Grace
Kitty Greeley
Andrew Haas
Joy Hall and John Birkeland
Carl and Mary Jo Harder
Nicole Harwell
Todd Haughton
Virginia Haynes
William Hearn
Barb Heverly
Marilyn Hilgers
Eric Hoffman
Suzanne and David Hoover
Gary and Leslie Howard
Lori and Trevor Howard
Anne and Kirk Ingebretsen
Contributions to Anchor Center’s capital campaign qualify for the
Colorado Child Care Contribution Tax Credit,
an income tax credit of 50 percent of the total contribution.
Jeanne Ingold
Stephen and Stephanie Ismert
Nancy Jacobsen
Steven and Lydia Jaggard
Lawrence Janowski
Japanese Automotive Specialist
Gail and George Johansen
Marilyn Katzman
Thomas and Julie Kessler
Carolyn Kirwan
Cecil and Joan Knox
Ze Ze Kreidle
Ioannis and Julie Krousouloudis
Alex and Beth Lagerborg
Don and Charlotte Lawless
Donna and Chuck Lehman
Chris and William Leonard
Gary Licata
Tazia Livaditis
Darlene Locke
Brenda and Hector Lopez
Loyal Order of Moose - Denver
Lodge No 21
Patricia Lufkin
Jorge and Erica Maciel
Terry MacMillan
Laurel and Denis Mark
Pamela Marsh
Laura Marvin
DeDee Mashek
Patricia Mason
Bret and Alyssa Maynard
Brittany Maynor
Adelina and Robert McAndrews
Alicia and Peter McAndrews
Gertrude H. McDermott
Randal and Zelia McDowell
Patricia and Robert McGill
David and Ruth McLaren
Judy McMillan
Gabriel Medina
Lloyd Medina
Janine and Mark Melberg
Phipps and Bruce Menk
Marilyn and Richard Metcalfe
Brian and Mary Minturn
Charlotte Morgan
Mila Morgese and Lane Morgese
Zoe Morgese
Larry Mostrom
Nancy Murphy
Barb Nelson
Carolina May and Thomas Nevens
Northern Colorado Delta Gamma
Alumnae
Kathleen and Martin O'Fallon
Gary and Jo Ann Oakley
Oppenheimer Funds Legacy
Program
Marjorie and David Parlapiano
Fred and Karen Pasternack
Jane Pecorelli
PMF Group
Plum Creek Funding Inc.
Dorothy Polen
Jerry and Nadine Popham
Tricia Potucek
Carol Puchalski
Janice Puder
Christine and Steven Ralston
Pamela and Richard Randall
Jo Ann Randolph
Brad and Pat Rhodes
James Rieppel and Paulette Sanchez
Monja Rochholz
Sally and Mark Roebke
Mary and David Rossbach
Tom and Pam Ruehle
Jane Russell
Deb Sakaguchi
Janet and Tom Sangster
Scott and Jeanette Saylor
Blake and Erin Schaefer
Jan and Richard Schaefer
Ellen and Donald Scott
Sara T. Siegesmund
Marty and Nathalie Simsak
Ray Skibitsky
Roy Smith
Edie Smith and Rob Parkinson
Kate and Michael Snow
Carol and Michael Spicer
Debbie Stafford
Adele and Jeff Stalder
Cathy and S. David Steel
Bonnie and T.B. Stewart, Jr.
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James and Cheryl Strang
Rob and Melita Swanson
Kristi and D. Brooks Sweeney
Robert and Shelly Tanaka
Arthur and Judith Tarler
Lois Tate
Bill and Sharon Taylor
Stephen and Lori Taylor
Ken and Christine Thiesen
Veronica Tighe
David and Susan Tollman
US Bank
Matt and Mary Anne Vos
Rick and Jackie Watkins
Darla West
Joshua White
Ted Williams
Gail and James Wilson
Duane Wishmeyer
Mary and James Woodard
Wendy Woodard and
Olive McLamb
Xcel Energy Foundation
Dennis and Cheryl Zubieta
Evan Zuckerman and
Andrew Bernstein
Under $100
Holly Adams
Marian and Charles Adams
Caroline Albright
Mary and Thomas Albyn
Susan and Michael Alexenko
Brett and Maria Ammerman
Ralph and Beth Anctil
Anonymous
Dennis and Pat Applebaum
Rhonda Atkinson
Susan Bacheller
Jill and Gerard Baker
Shirley Baker
Kathleen and Douglas Bates
Pat Bayer
John Bell
Nancy Billica and Brian Vickers
Sue Bishop
Sue Blaes
Dale and Robert Blaha
Lindsey Blue
Judy Blunck
Ramona Botzum
Janet Boulter
Francis Louise Bowman
Beverly and Thomas Brayden
Sandra Bretzlauf
Sandra Brinckerhoff
Mary Broadhurst
Margaret and Andrew Bronson
James and Nancy Brown
Keith Brown
Rosemary Brown and Willard Briggs
Carol Burger
Edith Busam
Marilyn Bush
Pat and Dick Buxton
Susan and Ned Calonge
Bryan and Kelly Calton
Kelli Cammack
Jane Carlson
Jason Carlson
Robert and Kaye Carney
Barbara Cartier
DJ and Norma Catrambone
Catrambone Dental Associates PC
Nancy and Bradford Chase
Roger and Julie Childs
Donna and Walter Cianfichi
Christina L. Clark
Karen Clements
Charles Cooper and Sharon Cooper
Kathryn and Hobart Corning
Robin Cowell
Patricia Cox
Wynona and Greg Crum
Christy Cutler and Bill Walters
Margorie Cutler
Anne and Robert Dahl
Elizabeth Davenport
Marjorie and J. Ron Day
Cindy DeLong
Thomas Dettling
James and Thayis Dionne
David Dittmer
Anna Mae Duffy
Dana Susan Dunlap
Chris and Angie Edmundson
Janel and Ryan Elmore
Vivian Emrich
Bruce and Donna Evans
R. Craig and Mary Ewing
Donna and Robert Exstrom
Joan Fairbanks
Catherine and Michael Feilla
Marjorie and Lawrence Feinberg
Pete Feovenyessy
Kathryn Flores
Sally and Russ Frerichs
Myrna Fretz
Anita and Richard Fricklas
Roger Fuehrer
Virginia and Robert Fuller
Chad loves the construction site.
Edward and Su Gabrielsen
Patricia Garofalo
Nancy Garretson
Leanna and Frank Gay
Lisa and David Gervasi
Nadine Gillespie
William and Rebecca Gillespie
Elizabeth and Kenneth Glann
Gloria Glasby
Christina and H.G. Godbey
Helen and M. Goering
Elaine and Edward Goldman
Penina Goodman
Kelly Goodnough
Cindy and Richard Gordon
Gayle Gordon
Dean and Cheryl Goto
Max and Virgina Gramly
Jo Anne and Daniel Gray
Shirley Green
Art Greslin
Joseph and Barbara Gschwendtner
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Sheila Guinn
Barbara Gump
David and Laura Haber
Nancy Jones Hall and Henry Hall
Patricia Hamilton
Felicity Hannay
Phoebe Hansen
Craig Harris
Barbara Harward
Gerald Hatch
Phyllis Heble
Myra Hellbusch
Lynn and Vern Hendrickson
Helen Hickisch
Hildebrand Chiropractic LLC
Susan Hillhouse
Barry and Arlene Hirschfeld
Robert and Gail Hoebing
Marcia Howland
Thayer Hubbard
Claudia Hunsaker
Bradley and Tanya Hunt
Catherine and Greg Hurd
Lynn and Doug Huxley
Rich Israel and Doris Schuler Israel
Janet Jacobs
Tom and Jean Jahant
David Jankosky
Dolores Jankosky
Norman and Lois Jouett
Michael and Jennifer Kerr
Audrey Kiesel
Emily Kloser
Joseph Kraker
Geraldine Kugler
Betty Kulish
Frank and Betty Kutner
Patricia Lally
Christopher and Monica Latkiewicz
Nina Lavin
Stephanie Leonard
EM and Marjorie Lesho
Jan Ley
Paul and Elizabeth Licht
Valerie and Richard Liechty
Elaine and Michael Little
Deloras and Leland Loney
Shannon Love
Ray and Mariann Lowrie
Susan Lozow
David Lucas
Fred Ludwig
Patricia Lueb
Cecelia Lundgren
Betty MacDougall
Phyllis Madden
Mildred Gates Maker
George and Lucille Mamas
Lani Manning
Nicole and Greg Markley
Barbara Marshall
Marianne Martin
Rebecca Martin
Paul and Sally Mathewson
Carol Maxson
Jessica and Nathen Maxwell
Mary McCormick
Gertrude and Paul McDermott
Harriet McGuire
Richard and Joan McKenna
Maureen and Tom McKenzie
Barbara and Paul Melinkovich
Sharol Metzler
Betty Meyer
Duane Meyer Appraisals
Helen and Elwood Meyer
John Meyer
Patricia and Bernie Michalek
Maggie and David Milek
Thomas and Frances Milner
Ann Moores
Christine Murphy
Jennifer Murphy
Kathleen Murphy-Skibitsky
Joel Nelson
Netfund Group of Colorado Inc.
John and Joyce Neville
Maura O'Sullivan
Allene and Mark Outman
Michelle Palmer
Nancy Parker
Muriel Patterson
Jane Penoyer
Elizabeth Perry
Vickie and Ronald Phillips
Ana and Sean Pocock
Don Pope
Patricia Porter
Georgia Prapas
Wayne and Kim Pruitt
Ann Musman Quigley
Barbara K. Reed
Michael and Jeanette Reynolds
Luanne Richie
Helen Risley
Susan C. Robinson and
David E. Steinke
Diana Rosenthal
Sharon Rouse
Ed and Rebecca Rowland
Susan Rudd
Ann and Bruce Rush
Katherine Vaggalis Schaaf
Mercedes and Brendan Schwall
Carol and Glenn Schwarte
Joanne Sesson
Betty Sexton, Polly Sexton
and Curtis Cornett, and the
Eddie Coulson Family
Joan Shada
Annette Shaffer
Patsy Shanahan
Ellin Sickler
Betsy Simons
Southmoor East Garden Club
KK Skylar
Jeff Slankard
Jane Spencer
Janet Spradley
Sandra Staab
J.H. and Ruth Stambaugh
Judi Starnes
Betty and Lloyd Steinmann
Jane E. Strottman
James and Margaret Strub
Kathryn Stuart
Karen and John Stultz
Jill Taylor
Bill and Marilyn Taylor
Rita Temple-Trujillo
Amy Teryazos
Jan and Tim Thornton
Nancy Thornton
Georgianna Tidwell
Anna and Fred Tilson
Jami Toole
MaryAnn and Kip Travis
Victoria Travis
Julie Turken
Stacy Turner
Karon Turpin
Karen and Frank Van De Water
Lois Vinge
Valerie Walker
Arlys Warfield
Washington Mutual Matching Gift
Program
Margaret and Robert Weisenbach
Kay and Paul Wells
Schuyler and Alice Wells
Wendy Clayton's Lunch Bunch
Patricia Wheeler
Coralou B. White
Betty Jayne Whitson
Alice Wilson
Hal and Susan Wofford
David and Katherine Wood
Kuo Yang
Christy and Gordon Yonz
Maggie Diers Yost
Thank you!
See you at Stapleton in September!
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The Journey to Stapleton
Anchor Center for Blind Children teaches life skills
to young children with vision impairments
and provides services to their families.
For more construction photos, visit
www.anchorcenter.org
Preschoolers
Marina and
David explore
the construction
site of Anchor
Center’s new
home at
Stapleton.
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