Contributions for 2008
Contributions of $250 or more are listed for the entire calendar year; donations in the $100+ category are listed for one quarter.

Individual Donors

Lifetime Arctic Ambassador
Val & Dick Beck
Evelyn Greaves
Hawksglen Foundation
Melissa O'Donnell
San Diego Zoological Society

Churchill Bear $10,000+
Robert & Carolyn Buchanan
Burns Foundation
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Manitoba Provincial Government
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
National Geographic Society
Winnipeg Foundation

Nanook Bear $5,000+
American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK)
Buffalo Zoo
Churchill Northern Studies Centre
Cleveland Zoo
Hannover Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Oregon Zoo
Oregon Zoo Foundation
Philadelphia Zoo
Rhode Island Zoological Society
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Roger Williams Park Zoo
(In honor of Bill Watkins)
Scandinavian Wildlife Park
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Stadtsparkasse Freudenberg
William H. Donner Foundation
Bob Williams
Winnipeg's Partners in the Park

Ursus maritimus $2,500+
Charities Aid Foundation
Helen B. Curtice
Erie Zoo
Sally & Tom Ocasek
Pittsburg Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Pomeroy Family Foundation
Rocky Mountain AAZK Chapter
Stadtverkehr Detmold GmbH
Camille Trugenberger
Utah's Hogle Zoo

Northern Light $1,000+
AAZK - Milwaukee Chapter
Robert Bachtel
Blank Park Zoo Conservation Committee
Gabriella Carrelli
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Helen B. Curtice
Nancy Donegani
Bill & Ann Duschatko
EnCana Cares Foundation
Farmdale Faculty Parent Association
James & Martha Foght
Sarah Gutz
Henry Vilas Park Zoological Society
Maruja Jackman
(In honor of Josh Harlan)
Jenni James
Elizabeth Kemp-Pherson
Kerr Foundation
Bill Lamberton
John Marcus
Yvonne & Michael Marsh
Stephen & Susan Metter
Milwaukee County Zoo
Dorothy Murray
Ohio Northern University
Amanda & Jonathan Paul
Katharina Pock
Carolyn Potts
Norbert & Ellie Rosing
Patti Russell
Scotlyn Foundation Trust Fund
Seneca Park Zoo
Tony Smailes
Graeme Steven
Janice Wenarchuk
William & Patricia L. Wessinger
Winnipeg Foundation

Lord of the Arctic $500+
AAZK Detroit
(In honor of Albert J. Figlioli)
Jerry & Rose Anderson
Keith Anderson
Dana Baines
Clayton Ross Braatz
Diane Brown
Robin Burns-McNeill
Eric Busch
Teri-Ann Canil
(In honor of the Canils)
Marvin Chow
Diane K. Christel M.D.
Michelle Christensen
Derek & Gay Cowbourne
Bronwen Denton-Davis
(In honor of all polar bears struggling to survive)
Ann Dudley & Stanford Goldblatt
Earth Care Team/Richard Pfaff Secondary Alternate Program
Ruth & Mitchel Feldman
Gisela Gamper
(In memory of Rudolph)
Elizabeth Haanes
Tomas & Ann Hill
Jim Hubing
Myron Klysh
Leanne Lachman
Lambert Family Charitable Foundation
Cathy Lavoie
Jia Li
Craig Laub
Michael & Sharon Malone
Jennifer McDonald
Beverly & John Messner
Myi Miyazaki
Dorothy Murray
Aubrey M. Neville
Newton Marasco Foundation
Olivia Orr Trustee
Patricia Pavlik
Donna Querengesser
Reagan Family
Barbara T. Ridgely
Michael & Hillary Rosenfeld
Jill & Doug Schatz
(In honor of Dick Beck's birthday)
Ruth Scherbarth
Ralf Schmok
Jeannette Schwab
William B. Shannon
Lin Shen
Tom & Rene Soucek
William C. Jr. & Mary Sterling
Sarah Street
Patricia Turner
United Way Alberta
James & Lucinda Varnum
Scott Walter
(In honor of Colby Brokvist)
Richard & Beth Zucker

Arctic Circle $250+
William & Lynn Albrecht
Bob Bacon
(In honor of Susan Orlansky/Solstice-Christmas-Hanukah-New Year)
Greg & Clare Hart Baer
Dana Baines
Charles Barnes
Janis Belforti
Vanessa Bennett
Marcel Biedermann
Mathias Borcke
Peter Brown
Buffalo Zoo
Caty Buisine
J.M. Calloway
Victoria Carroll
Cleveland Foundation
Pam Cote
Ann Cox
Davidson Road Elementary School
Jackie Dean
Jeffrey Dryfoos
(In honor of F. Gamble)
Herb Egbert
Tom Ellsworth
Jennifer Fetter
Kristin Renee Fourtner
Sue Francis
Fredrica W. Gamble
Margaret & Albert Garmhaus
(In honor of Valerie Beck)
Frederica W. Gamble Sr.
Ruth & Jim Gaulke
Monique Gevas
Robert Graff
A. Thomas Hallowell
Sally Hamilton
Tracy Harcourt & Edward Chejlava
Robert Hergenrother
Robert Higaki
Elaine Hirsch
Leila Iskandar
(In honor of Marlise & Marcel Biedermann)
Douglas & Ruth Johnson
Henry & Marg King
Kayle Kitayama
N.M. Graafstal Lankester
Ralph Lauber
Lauren Long
Shannon Lynch-Tucholski
(In honor of the Lynch/Tucholski wedding guests)
Michael & Sharon Malone
Doretta Marwin
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Christopher Masiero
Jennifer McDonald
Mike McGuire
Chloe Mitchell
Shari Myszka
Brigid Naden
Ed & Patricia Nahin
Karl & Stephanie Nicolas
Karl & Carol Nolin
North High School
Kevin & Andrea O'Connor
Charles & Lore Ormrod
Mary Claire Owen
Derrick & Marilyn Paine
Dee Ann Pederson
Pittsburgh Zoo
Matteo Poli
Jody Pou
John & Shelby Pritzlaff
Sally Quinby
Michael & Pat Reynolds
George Ross Rhodes
Terry Rindt
Kathleen Ritch
Cathleen Robertson
Jeffrey Scherbarth
Vincent Seman
Robert & Candace Siciliano
Walter Simonz
Liz Southern
Deanna & Harvey Steblyk
Eric & Gina Stern
Luvonne Stewart & David Towle
Coral-Christopher Story
Sarah Street
John Tangney
Kristina Tenhunfeld
Tucson Zoological Society
Laura Urtnowski
Edmond D. Villani Charitable Lead
Lisa Vogt
Dontin Wang
Sue Weiland

Unnamed Amount
Steven Berlin & Debbie Smith-Berlin

Mother & Cubs $100+
Fourth Quarter of 2008. This category is listed on a quarterly basis.
Valerie Abbott
Noah Agarwal
(In honor of Alex Wolff)
Laura Agostini
Robert & Debra Allian
(In honor of Sydney & Stanley)
Paul Andrews
Thomas Avery
Sarah Bachman
Greg Baer & Clare Hart
Max L. Bennink
Holly Benson
Katrina Benson
Susanne Berchtold
Joan R. Bergsund
Katie Black
(In honor of Van-Lear Black III)
Patricia Bowen
Susan Bradley
Freda Bramhill
Debra Bray
Casey Brewe
Jan Brooking
(In honor of Thomas Dorflein & Knut)
Diane Brown
Shari Burnett
Janet Butler
Shirley Cahill
Jean Calaverne
Carolyn Carter
J.W. Chadwick
Ann Chambers
Young Ray Cho
Elizabeth Clinton
John J. Cogan, M.D.
(In honor of Tom Ocasek)
Yost Conner
(In honor of Jerry Conner)
Gerald & Vicki Dagen
(In honor of Aaron Dagen)
Delia Dahm
Sue Denlinger
Dr. Helena Dobrova
Michael Drollinger
Cathie Edgar
Chris Elliott
Shirley Engler
Caroline Erickson
Leslie Ewy
Audrey Fisher
Barbara Franklin
Francis Frattali
Chelsea Frazer
Cal Freundlich
(In honor of Alex Wolff's birthday)
Ya-Yu Fu
Wendy Giffords
Margareth Gommans
Phillip Granquist
Mark & Yvonne Greeb
Don & Nancy Hack
(In honor of the Shocker-Smith wedding)
Sally Hamilton
Susan Harmon
Prue Harrison
Gerhard W. Hay
Pamela L. Healey
Sue Henderson
Suzanne Henderson
Elizabeth Hewitt-Falls
Barbara B. Hiller
Karen Hoffman
Wendy Holtzman
Luke Irons
(In honor of Bruce Weber)
Nicole Lynn Janke
Janet Jansen
Thomas & Alison Jaskiewicz
Jan Johansson
Leslie Joshi
Diane & Michael Karabin
Chong Chee Khiong
Dan Kirouac
Susan Kline
Jacqueline Klosek
Moki Kokoris
Ruth Kranovich
Laura Krey
(In honor of the new Mr. & Mrs. Scott Abrams)
Lab School Fort Collins
Mary Frances Laier
Catherine Lau
Wayne Lawson
James LeBlanc
Emily & Albert Lemer
Julie Litwin
Chunux Liu
Kara Long-Johnson
Jeffrey Loox
Jo Ann Loux
Kathe Lujan
Mardi MacKimm
Christine Manyak
Frank & Jacqueline Marichal
(In honor of Aaron Dagen)
Marjorie Marks
(In honor of Sally Wiggin)
Kathleen S. Martin
Dorothy McCormick
Jennifer McDonald
Meehling & Bernardoni
Mrudula Mehta
Kim Mendenhall
Denise Fetko Merritt
Gifford Metz
Mike & Jennie Miller
(In honor of our friends and family)
Patricia Millius
(In honor of Mao Mao)
Lenore Mitchell
David Moody
Nancy Lee Jones Moore
Jeffrey & Debra Murray
Roxanna Nazari
Cathy & Paul Niehaus
Tom & Mary Nordland
Karen Norman
Pamela Norton
Ohio Northern University
Charles & Lore Ormond
Patricia Patterson
David Pease
Willey Peckham
Phyllis Pepper
(In honor of Aunt Bea Motel's 90th birthday)
Ann M. Petric
Robert Plitt
John & Shelby Pritzlaff
Carly Purtill
Dr. & Mrs. Anthony R. Rhymer
Paul Rice
Martina Ring
Susannah Roberson
Joe & Joan Rog
Kristen Rogers
Jami Roux
Patti Russell
John & Lisa Saiza
Kirsten Schaefer
Kenneth E. Schenfelt
Paula Schilling
School District No. 63, Saanich
Pat Schwochert
Pam Shaw
Louise Shearer
Tanya Sherritt
Carol H. Sherwood
Robyn Shimada
Sill Family Foundation
Ruth Silverman
Barbara Smiles
Robyn & Noel Smith
Sophie Smith-Bordy & Mariel Grosshtern
Elena Snyder
Dr. Robert Sokol
Heather Spencer
St. Margaret's School
Frank Stetson
Andrea Stillman
Jean G. Strojan
Carol Swedborg
Carter Teasdale
Adrienne Theophilus
Elena Thompson
Robert Thorpe
George & Lisa Tranberg
Van Buehren Family
Jean Vargas
Patricia Walker
(In honor of Linda & Tom Morris)
Joanna Wallenstein
(In honor of Elizabeth Haines)
Dorothy Ward
(In honor of Kamensky Rubinstein Hoelman & DeLott)
Lisa Webster
Erin Walker
Ann & William Wesp
William L. Westbrook
Lisa Williams
Windsor Park Collegiate
William Wright
Cassandra Wysel
C.D. Young
Judy Young
Russell Young
Suzanne & Michael Zywanski

Memorial Contributions
Northern Light $1,000+
Sharon Christians
(In memory of Thomas Dorflein)
Frederica G. Gamble
(In memory of Dan Guravich)

Lord of the Arctic $500+
Barbara Bakaletz
(In memory of Douglas Rhorer)
Niall Ritchie
(In memory of Phyllis Enid Ritchie Carpendale)

Arctic Circle $250+
Yvonne Brockman
(In memory of Stanley Brockman)
Treina Harper
(In memory of Bear Harper)
Robert Malott
(In memory of Dan Guravich)
Louis & Nancy Pichette
(In memory of Ricky G. Wiley)

Mother & Cubs $100+
Fourth Quarter of 2008. This category is listed on a quarterly basis.
Janet & Rick Dray
(In memory of Yukon)
Diana Fakhrai
(In memory of my grandfather, Mahmoud Fakhrai, who loved animals and was a great man)
Ken Fiske & Tim Wilson
(In memory of Malcolm Ramsay)
Kathleen Ginley
(In memory of Joe, this donation will help protect an amazing endangered animal)
Sarah Greenfield
(In memory of Dan Guravich)
Thibaut Lauwers
(In memory of Debby)
Gary McLaughlin
(In memory of Dan Guravich)
Lisa & James Milne
(In memory of our dog Brando)
Jolene Semtner
(In memory of Deanna Lou Loving)
Karen V. Stefanini
(In memory of Thomas Doerflein, Knut's Papi)
Ruth Treul
(In memory of Fred Treul)
Edward & Gunild Walsh
(In memory of Owen Moscone)