Giving Society and Individual Donors
The Annual Giving Society recognizes donors who are passionate about Dunes Learning Center and outdoor science education. Through the giving circles, donors enjoy special recognition, updates on programs, and social opportunities (in non-pandemic times). For more information or to join, please contact us or visit the Giving Circle Page.
Dunes Learning Center is deeply grateful to all of its donors. If your name was inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, please accept our apologies, and contact us at 219-395-9555 or friends@duneslearningcenter.org so that we may correct it in the future.
Gift Listing is for Fiscal Year 2021: October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Lake Michigan Circle - $10,000+
Susan Eleuterio and Tom Sourlis
Carolyn and Patrick Gorman
Elizabeth Greenwald and Tom Boldt
Dunes Circle - $5,000-$9,999
Monica Conrad and Chris Hoham
Ari Levy
Leslie McLean and David Phelps
Sophia Stratton and Rick Novak
Owl Circle - $2,500-$4,999
Ann and Mike Anastasio
Peg and Ken Schoon
Joan Solbeck
Frog Circle - $1,000-$2,499
Alison Anastasio and Robert Shymanski
Lisa and Vernon Beck
Peggy and Rex Blackwell
Adriane and Robert Blaesing
Brett Carney
Patrick Conrath
Maureen DeCenzo and John Fulghum
Jo Ann Engquist
Susan Fischer and David Nisius
Mary Fulghum and Geof Benson
Anne Gross
Philip Hahn
Laura and Jay Hennessey
Sue and Paul Labovitz
Matrona Malik
Nancy Moldenhauer and Sharlene Livesay
Zella Olson
Susan and Edward Osann
Jacqueline and Dave Owens
Terry and William Payonk
Michelle Rogers
Caryl Schratz
Jasmina Sisirak and Sanjeev Misra
G William Walker Irrevocable Trust
Theresa and Thomas Weakland
Diamond Wittlief
Butterfly Circle - $500-999
Susan and Andrew Arnold
Matthew Benus
Greg Crowley
Nina Diamond
Tammy and Thomas Donnelly
Edward Engelsen
Carl Franklin
Jenny and John Golba
Heather Hahn Sullivan and Lon Sullivan
Kristina and Jayson Hemphill
Mary Ann Hettich
Donna Howell and Charles Welter
Debbie and John Mengel
Kay and Craig Nelson
Maggie Rice and Jim Morsch
James Ruge and Roy Krizek
Maureen and David Stroud
Usha Vyas-Major and Glenn Major
Carolyn and Charles Weinberg
Johanna and Bill Welter
Brian Williams
Acorn Circle - $250-$499
Juliann and James Babb
Debera Backhus
Michelle Bair
Catherine and Calvin Bellamy
Sarah Berndt
Mary Ann Bibat
Valerie Blumenfeld
Katy and Tyler Botbyl
Elizabeth Botts
Margaret and James Brault
Michael Cane
Abir and David Clark
Dolores Connolly and Dan Casey
Rebecca Crall and Eric Neagu
Erin and Sean Crofton
Maureen Duffy and Andre Daugavietis
Rosanna and Donald Elder
Anthony Escobedo
Grace and Ricardo Escobedo
Susan and Gary Garrett
Jaime Golba
Karen and Bill Higbie
Jan and Jeffrey Katz
Kim and Brian Kortum
Michelle and David Krueger
Cecelia Largura
Donna and Greg Lind
Amy and Jeffrey Mc Cormack
Heather McCowen and Paul Botts
Constance McKeague
Paddy McNamara
Alice and James Meyer
Michele Murday Pariso
Myrna Newgent
Nancy and Dale Nichols
Donna Norkus and Bill Taylor
Sarah and Noel Pavlovic
David and Deborah Pruis
Alison Quackenbush
Jennifer and Greg Quartucci
Robert Rivers
Cynthia and Thomas Roberts
Maureen and Bill Sammon
Cynthia Sausman
Sabina Shaikh and Aaron Deal
Sandra and Michael Stoffregen
Betty Strack and Greg Mueller
Julie Walsh Doran and James Doran
Amy Workman and JJ Grosinske
Carmel and David Wright
Individual Gifts - $100-249
Victoria and Stephen Adik
Zully JF Alvarado and Jonathan Silber
Jill Arthur
Julie Artis
Donna Marshall Attinello
Judy and Gene Ayers
Patti and Tom Barnett
Janys and Dave Behrens
Nathaniel Bibat
Constance Blade and Ron Levitsky
Alan Botts
Cynthia and Walter Breitinger
Dorreen and William Carey
Nancy Cassidy
Donna Coleman
Bruce Davidson
Joyce Drake
Dunes Learning Center Staff
Kathy Fischer and Edward Kleese
Diana Floress
Bridget Flory
Louise and William Foy
Emily and Brett Furuness
Chris and Mitch Gaffigan
Judith Gaskell
Rosemary Gemperle and Larry Jensen
Angel Gochee Goins and Cliff Goins
Jon Micah Goeller
Carmen Hernandez
Kristin Hettich
Julia Hoham
Beth Kronfeld
Linda Kurtos
Dorothy and Don Kurtz
Kathleen and Alan Lang
Gunnbjorg Lavoll and Robert Edger
Susan Loeb and Larry Stanton
Alison MacDonald Ryan
Anita Marshall
Teresa Massa and Ralph Box
Maxine and James McCarthy
Michael McCready
Marcia and Richard Metzcus
Peg and Donald Mohar
Karen Nevotti
Jeanette Oesterly
Irma Olins
Gretchen Pickeral
Barbara Plampin
Roz Potter
Jude Rakowski
Jean Rudd
Beth Rutherford and Rafi Wilkinson
Kristine Sandrick and Karl Krizmanic
Carmella Saraceno and Roger Machin
Gail and Wayne Schimpff
Nancy Schwab
Pat Scott
Pam and John Solimine
Mary Stanton Corrigan
Janice and Timothy Sullivan
Laura and Danny Susko
Patti Thurber and Gregory Lais
Sally and Joseph Van Bokkelen
Suzy Vance and Tim Griffin
Paula and Harry VandeVelde III
Barb and Richard Vanecko
Suzanne Versteeg-Radzik
Douglas Wassilak
Elizabeth and Richard Whitney
Marta and Doug Wolfe
Erin Yeoman
Lissa and Thomas Yogan
Alisha Zick
Other Individual Gifts
Otie and Ken Anderson
Deb and Drew Armstrong
Soumita and Subir Bandyopadhyay
Maryann Becich
Arlene Beglin
Davis Benson
Cathryn and Peter Bomberger
Rosemary and Fred Braun
Ana and Jim Brocksmith
Diane Brown
Tamara Browne
Kathleen and Charles Christian
Nicholas Collins
Alvin Davis
Margaret and Chadwick Dayton
Jamie and Nicholas Dernik
Leo Firme
Megan Ford
Christine Gerlach
Jason Golba
Cathy Grable
Ralph Grundel
Carolyn Hahn and Dan Rueter
Keiki and Sol Hinami
Anna Hindell
Barbara Hinton
Tracy Hobbs
Elise and Bob Hollister
Dan Houlihan
Patricia Jackson
Aimee Jacobs
Marcia Jansen
April Jenson
Janet and Knoefel Jones
Jacob Jones
Linda and Vitas Kazragys
Martha and Steve Kearney
Christine Kirk
Thomas Levenda
Ludmilla and Gregory Ludkovsky
Kathleen and Frank Thomas Lynch
Jennifer and Timothy Marler
Jeffrey Mattison
Carolyn and Anthony McClinton
Malorie Medellin
Mike Molnar
Madeleine Monaco
Loretta Olinger
Rebecca and Frank Pariso
Beth and Phil Parker
Mary Helen Payonk
Gary Pieters
Joyce and Dean Recktenwall
Vicki and Bob Rhoda
Surisa Richardson
Tracy Ruiz
Elizabeth Saeed
Lynn and Dennis Schermer
Jill and Warren Schimpff
Jamal Sheriff
Corilyn Shropshire
Patricia and Michael Shymanski
Kathleen and John Slamkowski
Wendy Smith and Paul Keaton
Carol and Phillip Smith
Julie Smith
Mark and Sandi Sperling
Kenneth Stelter
Patti Sullivan
Diane Swanson
Judith Tanter
Lynette and Tim Werner
Sara Wetzel
Mary White and Henry Streiffer
Patricia and Eugene Wisniewski
Darren Zar
Erich Zimmermann
Sarah Zimny