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Donation Acknowledgements - Fiscal Year 2023

Donations and gifts to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District help protect open space, preserve wildlife and natural habitats, enhance the positive experience of visitors to Midpen’s public open space lands and aid in our efforts to create an open space legacy for future generations. Our sincere thanks to the donors below for their thoughtful contributions from July 2022 through June 2023.

Gifts in Memory of:

  • Bob Anderson by Michael Grady and Diane Doolittle 
  • Theodore C. Carlstrom by Ed and Pearl Karrer 
  • Barbara Green by Sarah Green, Friends and Family 
  • Sylvia Henderson by Elizabeth Monzon 
  • Robert Murphy by Roger de Lusignan   
  • Trevor C. Rowland, Leader of Trev’s Trekkers, by Mary and Michael Abraham, Karen Frees and Elaine Boehm, The Montoyas, L. Smith for the George and Smith family, and friends and family 
  • Joyce Spence by Nikki Stange 
  • Howard Schopman by Claudia Newbold
  • Patricia Weiping Wang by Friends of Patricia Weiping Wang 
  • Robert Murphy by Roger de Lusignan 

Gifts in Honor of:

  • Espen and Abel Bratt by Dr. Lisa Giocomo and Ian Bratt
  • Sean Murphy by Xander Wroblewski    
  • Ann Waltonsmith by the Hakone Foundation Staff 

Private and Business Donations:

  • Anonymous 
  • Chris Apfel 
  • Carolyn and Dennis Armstrong  
  • Eryl Aynsley                                        
  • Laura Balkovich 
  • Laurel Beecher 
  • Robert Bellicitti 
  • Ann Oswald Benett and Sandy Benett 
  • Dean Bernheim                                       
  • The Stuart and Marcella Bernstein Family Fund 
  • Cydney Bieber 
  • Robin Biesterveld                                   
  • Kristin Black 
  • Mike Blanchette 
  • Susan Boennighausen    
  • Angela M. Boles King                              
  • Sharon E. Bozzo                                      
  • Gregory F. Buchanan 
  • Henry and Barbara Bugatto 
  • Patricia J. Campbell 
  • Allen and Roseanna Castillon  
  • Chris and Lucy Cesar 
  • Dana Chandler 
  • Chilung Chang 
  • Mr. and Mrs. Brody Chapman, The BCC Family Fund 
  • The Christel Family Charity Fund 
  • Skip Coggin                                                                                
  • Cathy and Steve Combs 
  • William Conner 
  • Sandi and Richard Conniff                             
  • Chris and Patty Cook                                  
  • Stephenie R. Cooper                                  
  • Barbara Correia 
  • Kimberley Cowell                                          
  • Dave Curtis                                         
  • Sixia Deng 
  • Catherine J. Dolton 
  • Carol Dula and Phelan Vendeville                    
  • Lisa Dusseault 
  • Mary Egan 
  • Adam Eschner 
  • Rebecca Esquivel-Arch                               
  • Celeste Evans                                       
  • Kristine Ewing 
  • Behnam Farhat                                       
  • James Feichtl                                       
  • Dianne Fishwild 
  • Kwonil Fleischman 
  • Jeffrey Franckx 
  • Jodie Frerichs 
  • Eric Fries                                          
  • Paul Fuoss 
  • David Gaertner                                      
  • Noble and Lorraine Hancock Family Fund 
  • Jim Gaylord 
  • Kelly Gilbert 
  • Diane Goldstein 
  • Lynn Gordan and David E. of the Simon Fund 
  • Mary and Tom Granvold                               
  • CB Graubart 
  • Joseph Grima 
  • Florent Haik            
  • Thomas Peter Hempel, Jutta H. Hempel Survivor’s Trust 
  • Ruth Hennigar 
  • Patrick Heynen                                      
  • Allan and Nancy Hikoyeda                            
  • Dan Hill                                            
  • P. Michael Hunt 
  • Roberta Hutchinson 
  • Sigrid Illes 
  • Jerome Jackson                                      
  • Stephen Jayanathan 
  • Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell 
  • J. Karpf and K. Zaretsky     
  • Catherine Kilkenny                                                           
  • Earl A. Killian 
  • Alisa Klaus 
  • Davida Kovner 
  • Allan and Betsy Kropp  
  • Susan Kurpius   
  • Kit Land                                            
  • Lorraine Land                                       
  • Lydia Lee      
  • Roy Levin and Jan Thomson 
  • Stephen Lewchuk 
  • Holly Light                                         
  • Yu-Hsiang Lin           
  • Charles Lingle 
  • James Little and Linda Persson 
  • Orla L Loper                                       
  • Lund family                                        
  • Jason Mansfield                                    
  • Michael Martin   
  • Paul Meijer 
  • Sharon Melmon 
  • Elizabeth Monzon 
  • Donald Moon  
  • Cindy Morse  
  • James and Julia Nelson  
  • Rhoda Noall  
  • Roeland Nusse        
  • Daniel Oliver                         
  • Brian Outland  
  • John Parissenti and Linda Chin 
  • Ravi Parthasarathy 
  • Doug Perry                                          
  • Ryan Petigura  
  • Nancie Plumb 
  • Kelley Prebil                                       
  • Jennifer Presto  
  • Iyad Qumei  
  • Cathy and Larry Recht 
  • Julie G. Reis  
  • Allison Riley and Paul Hoffman                      
  • David L. Rodnitzky 
  • James and Betty Jean Rogers                               
  • Patricia S Rutowski                                 
  • John Scheibe                                        
  • Madeliene Scheiman 
  • Robert and Hilary Schlossman           
  • Kevin Schulman   
  • James Sedberg and Tracy Calk                              
  • Siddhartha Sen                                      
  • Lise Hurst Shannon                                  
  • Elsina and Dan Silver             
  • Pat Skillman, The Sequoias Portola Valley Resident Association 
  • Meena S. 
  • Jonathan and Allison Stanton                          
  • Susan Stapleton 
  • Carla Stirling   
  • Ann and Joe Stockwell 
  • James Sederberg and Tracy Calk   
  • John Swartley and Debra Cohen                       
  • Anna Takahashi                               
  • Charles Thurber Jr. 
  • Julie Tibshirani 
  • W. V. 
  • Sarah Vargas-Hurlston 
  • Steven Vernon 
  • Marilyn Voelke                                      
  • Jennifer Wahlsten                  
  • Elizabeth Wallace with acknowledgement of Carolyn C. Jennings 
  • Don Weden                                           
  • Bob and Nancy Weeks                                   
  • Terrence Willett 
  • Justin Wodrich                                      
  • Patrick Ye 
  • John William Young 
  • Debbie and Doug Young 
  • Mitchell and Jane Zimmerman     
  • Velvet and Sunday of the Tomas Fund 
  • Barney 
  • Julie 

 

Midpen gratefully accepts gifts of time, money, land and in-kind services. While the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Federal ID # 94-2231873) is not a charitable foundation under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code, donations to governmental agencies for exclusively public purposes may be tax deductible under IRS code section 170(c)(1). Consult your tax adviser to determine the deductibility of your donation.

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