Friends of Great Smoky Photo by Sam Hobbs Mountains National Park

2011 Annual Report Preserve. Protect. Provide.

Photo by Sam Hobbs

Photo by Missy Kane Photo by Sam Hobbs

Photo by Jack Williams About This Publication

Our 2011 Annual Report exists exclusively in digital format, available on our website at www.FriendsOfTheSmokies.org. In order to further the impact of our donors’ resources for the park’s benefit we chose to publish this report online. If you would like a paper copy, you may print it from home on your computer, or you may request a copy to be mailed to you from our office (800-845-5665). We are committed to conserving natural resources in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Throughout 2011 we enjoyed perspectives of the Smokies shared on our Facebook page by many generous photographers, so we’re sharing some of their great pictures here and on page 3.

Newfound Owl Photo by Debbie Westervelt Green Boomer Squirrel Photo by John Northrup

Cades Cove Bikes Photo by Bonnie Miller

Foothills Parkway Photo by Julie Hatvany

Abrams Falls View from Inspiration Point- Alum Cave Bluffs Trail Photo by Photo by John Northrup John Northrup

Mission Statement

The mission of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is to assist the National Park Service in its mission to preserve and protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park by raising funds and awareness and providing volunteers for needed projects.

2 Board of Directors • Jan. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2011

OFFICERS EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews...... Chair Dr. Myron “Barney” Coulter (Waynesville, NC) Waynesville, NC John Dickson (Asheville, NC) Dale Keasling...... Vice Chair Natalie Haslam (Knoxville, TN) Knoxville, TN Mary Johnson (Shady Valley, TN) Kay Clayton...... Secretary Kathryn McNeil (San Francisco, CA) Knoxville, TN Judy Morton (Knoxville, TN) Stephen W. Woody...... Treasurer John B. Waters, Jr. (Sevierville, TN) Asheville, NC David White (Sevierville, TN) Justice Gary R. Wade...... Chair Emeritus Leon Jones** Sevierville, TN Wilma Dykeman Stokely** BOARD MEMBERS Lindsay Young** ** Deceased Nancy Daves (Knoxville, TN) Vicky Fulmer (Maryville, TN) Bruce Hartmann (Knoxville, TN) Luke D. Hyde (Bryson City, NC) John Mason (Asheville, NC) Jim Ogle (Sevierville, TN) Hal Roberts (Waynesville, NC) HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Sandy Beall (Maryville, TN) Mimi Cecil (Asheville, NC) Linda Ogle (Pigeon Forge, TN) Deener Matthews (Waynesville, NC) Jack Williams (Knoxville, TN) Webb Overlook Mark Williams (Knoxville, TN) Photo by Julie Hatvany Friends Staff

Jim Hart...... President Holly Scott...... Marketing Director Nan Jones...... Chief Financial Officer Kathryn Robertson...Special Projects Coordinator Lauren Gass...... Special Projects Director Holly Demuth...... North Carolina Director Sarah Weeks...... Director of Development

Office Information

Tennessee/Main Office North Carolina Office Jim Hart, President Holly Demuth, North Carolina Director 3099 Winfield Dunn Parkway, Suite 2 160 South Main Street PO Box 1660 Waynesville, NC 28786 Kodak, TN 37764 Phone: (828) 452-0720 Phone: (865) 932-4794 or 1-800-845-5665 Fax: (828) 452-0767 Fax: (865) 933-7607 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Friends Website: www.FriendsOfTheSmokies.org

3 Friends Across The Country

In 2011, nearly 3,800 individuals, corporations, and foundations representing 39 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. 9. Virgin Islands made gifts to Friends of the Michigan Smokies, hailing from as far away as Hawaii to as close as Bryson City, North Carolina. Great Smoky Mountains National Park benefits from 5. Ohio tremendous generosity! We’d love to count 8. 10. Friends of the Smokies in every state. Can you Illinois Indiana help us? If you know someone who loves Great 10. Virginia Smoky Mountains National Park and lives in 9. Kentucky Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, 2. North North or South Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode 1. Tennessee Carolina 6. South Island or Vermont, please encourage them to Carolina become a Friend, or give them a gift membership 4. Georgia for a birthday, anniversary, or holiday! 7. Alabama Top Ten States (# of donors) 1. Tennessee 6. South Carolina 3. Florida 2. North Carolina 7. Alabama 3. Florida 8. Illinois 4. Georgia 9. Kentucky & Michigan (Tied!) 5. Ohio 10. Indiana

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We still have a great website Please “Like” us at http://www. where you can sign up to receive facebook.com/SmokiesFriends Watch our latest Mission Video on e-newsletters, watch inspiring Daily updates include park events YouTube at http://www.youtube. videos, hear Steve Whiddon’s and happenings, hikes and Trails com/user/friendsofsmokies song “Be a Friend of the Forever workdays, plus gorgeous Smokies”. Check it out at www. Smokies photos! FriendsOfTheSmokies.org 4 2011 Friends of the Smokies Highlights of Park Support

Calendar Year 2011 was a record-setter in terms of the dollars given to support projects and programs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In September, CFO Nan Jones happily wrote the annual “big check” for $818,941.99. Another $321,295.08 was direct-paid by Friends of the Smokies to vendors and seasonal employees to fulfill Park needs. Then in late December, President Jim Hart handed over the keys to the Hoffman Property on Soak Ash Creek in Pittman Center, Tennessee. The home and 20-acre land parcel, adjacent to the largest wetlands in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, meant a transfer of assets totaling nearly $800,000. This brought the total of park disbursements for 2011 to $1,923,036.02. Grant funding remained a strong and essential source of revenue for Park projects and programs in 2011; a few highlights are included on the next few pages.

Photo by Holly Scott

ABOVE: Use of Hoffman House is governed by an agreement between the National Park Service and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. The A.T. Conservancy uses it as seasonal housing for trail crews and for Smokies’ Ridgerunners on rest.

Photo by McCarter Auctions

ABOVE: The 20-acre parcel of land that Friends purchased at the Park’s request is located along Soak Ash Creek in Pittman Center, Tennessee.

LEFT: Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson accepts the keys to the property from Friends of the Smokies Photo by Holly Scott President Jim Hart in December 2011. (continued on page 6) 5 2011 Highlights (continued) Fundraising for Park Projects, Programs, and Partners Cornerstone Foundation In 2011, Cornerstone Foundation generously gave $37,500 for Tremont, Parks as Classrooms, and general funds. Since 1998, Cornerstone has given more than $372,000 to Friends of the Smokies to ensure the preservation and protection of Great Smoky Mountains National Park by helping to provide science education programs for kids. This is our Park’s next What is Parks as Classrooms? generation of supporters! http://www.nps.gov/grsm/forteachers/pac-video-tn-k5.htm

Alcoa Foundation

From 2009 through Photos by 2011, the Alcoa Jack Williams Foundation’s $75,000 grant for Trails Forever and Parks as Classrooms made big things possible in the Smokies. Funding for Trails Volunteer Coordinator Forever really helped for Trails & Facilities Christine Hoyer stands jump-start the program inside the Trails Forever in myriad ways. In equipment trailer. 2009, 10.5 trail miles across the Park from Ramsey Cascades to Twentymile Cascades were rehabilitated with Alcoa’s support, utilizing 3,341 volunteer hours to complete these projects. Alcoa funding provided necessary equipment and supplies in 2010, like an equipment trailer, a storage shed for tools, volunteer camping area improvements, and volunteer recognition incentives. The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program began in 2009 through Alcoa grant funds. The results were far-reaching. The Park hired three science teachers for a six week period in 2009. They contributed to summer Junior Ranger programs and assisted with curriculum development while being exposed to field science and resource management information that they could take back to the classroom and to other teachers. They provided in-service programs to teachers in Sevier and Cocke Counties at the beginning of the ‘09-‘10 school year to encourage teachers to participate in the Parks as Classrooms program. For 2010 the Park hired a middle school science teacher, a high school science teacher, and a high school Spanish teacher. The 2011 teachers were a K-8 English Language Learners (ELL) teacher, a high school math teacher, a Rehab Therapy teacher, and a middle school science and social studies teacher. The counties represented by these educators were Cocke, Jefferson, and Sevier in Volunteers and Trails Forever crew members Tennessee. Duties remained similar throughout with the equipment trailer. 6 2011 Highlights (continued) the three year period, but each year we refined the work experience based on Learn more about Teacher-Ranger-Teacher the input of the previous years’ teachers. on the National Park’s website The educational community will http://www.nps.gov/learn/trt/ continue to benefit from having several teachers from multiple schools and counties that have in-depth knowledge of the park and new ideas for teaching science and other subjects from their experiences each summer. In addition to working with knowledgeable park staff, they attended workshops with local expert scientists which the teachers said would improve the quality of their teaching. The visiting public benefited by having enthusiastic teachers delivering summer programs. The park staff benefited from new ideas and curriculum to improve its Parks as Classrooms program, which serves over 15,000 students annually in Tennessee and North Carolina. Park staff gained a better understanding of teachers’ needs related to school curriculum. Park management will also benefit from having teachers who serve as ambassadors that understand and support the park. The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program reaped great and immediate rewards. One teacher arranged a teacher in-service workshop in the park for her entire school (grades K-8). After the workshop her principal stated that he wanted all of his teachers to participate in the field-based Parks as Classrooms school programs. Two teachers collaborated to start a hiking club at their high school. The Spanish teacher organized a focus group with several educators to examine how the NPS can reach out to the Hispanic community.

Richard Haiman National Parks Foundation

Photo by Appalachian Trail Maintainers Committee

The Laurel Gap Shelter with renovations complete. Richard Haiman National Parks Foundation contributed $16,000 for completion of the 15th and final backcountry shelter renovation project at Airlifting supplies for the Laurel Gap Shelter work required Laurel Gap and Parks as Classrooms. Since 1999, extensive logistical planning by the crew, and depended on this foundation has given more than $353,000 for cooperation from Mother Nature for the schedule. backcountry improvements in the Smokies and Photos by Appalachian Trail Maintainers Committee environmental education.

7 2011 Highlights (continued) REI, Inc. REI, Inc. provided us with $10,000 to support Trails Forever rehabilitation projects and the purchase of a second Trails Forever equipment trailer

The Aslan Foundation The year brought the finish line into view for the initial phase of Trails Forever endowment fundraising. The Aslan Foundation provided its $400,000 match installment for 2011, bringing their total given to $1.7 million. Contributions and pledges to the $500,000 Tom Cronan Pathfinder Fund of Trails Forever helped close the gap on Friends’ commitment to raise $2 million to match the Aslan Foundation challenge. Once the original $4 million goal is met by Friends of the Smokies and the Photos by Christine Hoyer Aslan Foundation in 2012, fundraising will continue in order to grow the Trails Forever endowment. The three-year transformation of the Forney Ridge Trail to Andrews Bald was complete in the third quarter of 2011. It is a different trail now thanks to the hard work of the crew members and amazing volunteers. The planning and design of the improvements make them all appear very natural, but the secret to the success of this rehabilitation work is that the Photo by Richard Owen improvements should withstand weather, wear, and tear for Working on the Forney Ridge Trail to decades. Andrews Bald. The Lyndhurst Foundation The Lyndhurst Foundation provided $25,000 in funding for park-wide SCAs through Friends of the Smokies. One of the students wrote the following “THANK YOU” note for her experience- “The intense project you’ve allowed us to complete in this environmental treasure of a place has been quite the adventure. Our crew of 8 has crossed creeks, climbed peaks, pounded rock, shoveled dirt, and survived Mother Nature’s fury of thunder, lightning, pouring rain, white out mist (the smoke in Smoky Mountains) and BUGS galore! We’ve teamed together and met our goals. None Do you know someone who of it would have been possible without may be interested in becoming your generous support, and for this we all a Student Conservation graciously thank you. Sincerely, Lizzy” Associate? http://www.thesca.org/

8 2011 Highlights (continued)

Examples of the trail transformations on the Forney Ridge Trail made possible by the Trails Forever crew members and volunteers

All photos by Christine Hoyer

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9 2011 Highlights (continued) In Memory of True Friends Although 2011 offered many reasons to celebrate the continued generosity of countless individuals, as well as many corporations and foundations, there was also cause to give humble thanks in memory of two outstanding park advocates in Friends of the Smokies’ 18-year history. Dr. Myron “Barney” Coulter was a founding board member of Friends of the Smokies who lost a battle with cancer. He was a friend to Western North Carolina and the Eastern Band of Cherokees, as well as a mentor to generations of students through his leadership at Western Carolina University. As the year drew to a close, we all lost Mrs. Wilma Maples, the most generous individual donor to Friends of the Smokies, and a Gatlinburg icon. Her grace, wisdom, generosity and unfailing honesty were important assets to the community as a whole. During her life, Wilma gave land and tremendous financial support to Park programs like the scholarship fund in her name to provide college tuition- assistance for Park employees’ children; the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont; the Twin Creeks Science and Education Center; and Trails Forever. These two remarkable people both deeply loved the Smoky Mountains and lent their visions and voices to strengthen their communities for the betterment of their neighbors.

Dr. Myron “Barney” Coulter photos by Jack Williams

Left—Dr. Coulter with FOTS’ Emeritus Board Secretary John B. Waters, Jr. Center—Dr. Coulter with Emeritus Board Member Natalie Haslam Right—Dr. Coulter in February 2006.

Mrs. Wilma Maples photos by Jack Williams

Wilma Miller Maples 1993-2011. She was the third female employee of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, hired in 1943 as part of the clerical support staff for Park Headquarters under Superintendent J. Ross Eakin.

10 2011 Highlights (continued)

Fun with Friends—2011 Evergreen Ball photos by Jack Williams, Board Advisor The 2011 Evergreen Ball at Cherokee Country Club raised $402,000+ and kicked off a very successful year of fundraising for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Left—Boogertown Gap entertains arriving guests

Right—Morton Massey holds replica of park directional sign for ‘Morton Overlook’ which was offered in the Silent Auction

Deener & Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews with Matt & Martha McClellan

Tim & Lisa Line Above: Danny & Liz King with their son, D.J. King with Tasha Wade

Below: Dee & John Mason

Mark Williams, Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews, Justice Gary R. Wade, and Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters

11 2011 Highlights (continued)

Fun with Friends—3P Bar-B-Que photos by Jack Williams, Board Advisor Friends’ big summertime celebration is the annual 3P Bar-B-Que (a.k.a. Picnic in Pittman for the Park) co-hosted by Phillip and Vicky Fulmer and Jim Ogle. Both Jim and Vicky are on the FOTS Board of Directors. The 2011 3P Bar-B-Que raised $118,000+.

(Left to right) Suzanne Ditmanson, Vicky Fulmer, Jim Ogle, Leisa Caldwell

(Left to right) Robert A. Tino, (Left to right) Phillip Fulmer, Justice Gary R. Wade, Jim Ogle, Lauren Gass, Jim Ogle, Dale Gillespie Dan Brooks, Steve Caldwell

Kathy & Randy Pope, former Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Jim Ogle and Cheryl Houston

Fun with Friends—Hannah Epperson photo by Stephen W. Woody

In September of 2011, Hannah Epperson became an intern with Friends of the Smokies as an Outreach Associate in the Waynesville office through the AmeriCorps Project Conserve program. Her talent, creativity, attitude, and energy contributed greatly to our awareness-raising mission. The board and staff of Friends of the Smokies are deeply grateful to Hannah for her 10 months of service to helping to preserve and protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hannah Epperson poses next to the directional sign for Hannah Cabin in Little Cataloochee

12 2011 Highlights (continued)

Fun with Friends—the NC Side of the Smokies photos by Danny Bernstein Friend of the Smokies Danny Bernstein started a series of hikes to engage members new and familiar with the North Carolina side of the Smokies. Pictured below are shots from hiking adventures in 2011 with Danny and FOTS North Carolina Director Holly Demuth.

Fun with Friends—John Muir Event photos by Hannah Epperson In October 2011, storyteller Lee Stetson brought his portrayal of naturalist legend John Muir to Western North Carolina University in a performance to benefit Friends of the Smokies.

Right—FOTS Board Treasurer Stephen W. Woody, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson, and Holly Demuth onstage, October 15, 2011.

Lee Stetson as John Muir

13 Park Funding at a Glance—2011

Total Support for Park Projects and Programs in Calendar Year 2011 including Hoffman Property $1,923,036.02 Resource Management, Science & Conservation 20%

Resource and Hoffman Property Transfer Environmental Education 40.7% 12.5%

Facility Management & Historic Preservation 17.8%

Other Park-Directed Resource & Needs & Initiatives Visitor Protection 6% 3%

Picture above and below, The Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center at Purchase Knob near Waynesville, North Carolina is a residential learning laboratory for park scientists and visiting researchers from across the country and around the world. The house and land was donated to Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Dr. Voit Gilmore and Kathryn McNeil, and it became part of the park in 2006. Photos by National Park Service.

14 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Foundations Five Oaks Development Group Venture Resorts Life & Specialty Ventures Knoxville News Sentinel MissionFish $400,000+ Nisus Corporation $250 to $499 Mountain Mall Aslan Foundation Phillips & Jordan Alcoa Tennessee Federal Phil Lovelace & Associates Regal Entertainment Group Credit Union Retired Citizens of the Smokies $55,000 to $100,000 SmartBank BankEast Riverplace Condos Alcoa Foundation Buckhorn Inn RubyTuesday $2,500 to $4,999 HomeTrust Bank SENES Oak Ridge $25,000 to $50,000 Barnes Insurance Agency Kodak Land Company Soho Publishing Cornerstone Foundation of ILM Rentals LeConte Lodge Tennessee State Bank Knoxville Kramer Rayson, LLP Richardson Turner Whitaker Mudd Simms Luke Haslam Family Foundation Mast General Store Construction Company & Wells Martin & Company Stone Creek Surfaces Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen $10,000 to $20,000 Mercy Health Partners Weston Solutions & Carpenter Clayton Family Foundation NOC Gatlinburg Y-12 Federal Credit Union The Haslam 3 Foundation Ripley’s Aquarium of the $100 to $249 Paddison Charitable Smokies B & B Dredging & Matching Gift Foundation Excavating Company Companies Perceptics Foundation $1,000 to $2,499 Big Creek Expeditions The William B. Stokely Jr. Appalachian Trail Conservancy Blue Ridge Realty Friends of the Smokies thanks Foundation Barber McMurry Architects Bridgewater Group the following companies for Blue Ridge Mountain Sports Buie Pottery providing matching gifts in $5,000 to $9,999 Celebrity Entertainment Butler, Snow, O’Mara, 2011. Matching gifts make National Park Foundation Clayton Bank and Trust Stevens & Cannada contributions go twice as far! Conner Family Properties C & F Sales $1,000 to $4,999 Mountain Laurel Chalets Cataloochee Valley Tours Does your employer match Community Foundation of Sevierville Tax Service Cook Claims Services your charitable contributions? Western North Carolina, Inc. The Trust Company of Crosslin & Associates Send us your matching gift William E. & Audrine C. Knoxville Dixie Stampede paperwork, and we’ll be Honey Foundation, Inc. Twin City Nissan The Donut Friar happy to process it with your Ken & Deborah Wilson Wells Fargo Bank Flat Creek Publishing employer! Foundation Inc. Foxhill Gallery $500 to $999 Golf Swing and Pinhighpro Allstate Ameriprise Financial $500 to $999 Champion Credit Union Great West Casualty Company Aon Service Corporation Richie Family Foundation, Inc. Gatlinburg Falls Resort Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Bank of America Greystone Wellman Boeing $100 to $250 Intentional Growth Center Investment & Retirement Carmax Mitchell and Dorothy Kostro Mitchell, Emert & Hill Services Group Covidien Family Foundation Mountain National Bank Jonathan’s DPL Kellogg Foundation Smokey Mountain Lumberjack Leitner, Williams, Dooley & GE Feud Napolitan GlaxoSmithKline Businesses Valley Forge Inn Liberty Tire Services $50,000+ Photo by Jack Williams Scripps Networks

$15,000 to $20,000 Dollywood Company

$10,000 to $14,999 ChoiceDATA Citizens National Bank Home Federal Bank Pilot Travel Centers REI Recreational Equipment Unilever United States Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999 Ackermann Public Relations & Marketing Alcoa, Inc. - RPD Charles Blalock & Sons Clayton Homes

15 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Matching Gift $250 to $499 Foundation for the Carolinas Sevierville Lodging Association Companies Calvin College HOPE Christian Community (participating members) (continued) Combined Federal Campaign Foundation Smoky Mountain Outdoors WNC Interact for Change Whitewater Rafting Haire-Bohmer Wealth Smoky Mountain Bed & Lowe Family Foundation Tennessee Smokies Baseball Management Group Breakfast Association Morgan & Keegan Company The TN Riverboat Company JP Morgan Chase Sub-Board I Inc Motion First Kellogg Foundation Town of Waynesville Network for Good Individuals Kimberly-Clark PNC Wealth Management Every year, some of our Knoxville News Sentinel Raymond James Charitable $100 to $249 outstanding sources of support Norfolk Southern Endowment Fund Boy Scouts of America Troop come from donors whose names Oracle SmartBank #213 we may not know and whose REI Recreational Equipment, Smoky Mountain Bed & Carson-Newman College faces we may never see! The Inc. Breakfast Association Center for Bio-Ethical Reform names and addresses of those Vulcan Materials Triangle Community Dogwood Knitters who purchase the Friends of Foundation East Tennessee Whitewater the Smokies specialty license Additional Partners Warren & Zoann Dusenbury Club plates in Tennessee and North Charitable Trust $20,000 to $49,999 French Broad River Garden Carolina are kept confidential Winston-Salem Foundation Blue Ridge National Heritage Club by the states. Folks who put Area Haywood County Hotel & their hard-earned dollars in our Motel Association Membership Partners donation boxes in places like $15,000 to $19,999 Justgive The following businesses Sugarlands Visitors Center and Great Smoky Mountains Knit Nouveau generously participated in our Oconaluftee Visitors Center do Association Serenity Falls Cabin membership benefits program so anonymously. All of this Sevierville Intermediate School by extending discounts to support is greatly needed, and $5,000 to $9,999 Walnut Free Will Baptist members of Friends of the deeply appreciated. Tennessee Valley Authority Church Smokies. For an up-to-date listing of our Mountaintop Friends $1,000 to $4,999 Partners in membership partners, please $400,000+ Covenant Health Philanthropy visit our website at www. FriendsOfTheSmokies.org. Foothill Striders Friends of the Smokies also Knoxville Garden Club thanks the following community Apple Valley Comfort Inn Little River Chapter Trout foundations, gift funds, and Blue Ridge Books & News Unlimited #664 businesses for facilitating Carolina Vacations North Carolina State contributions through donor- Cataloochee Valley Tours Employees Combined advised funds, gifts of stock, Clarion Inn Willow River North Carolina Specialty Campaign guest donation programs, and Dollywood and Dollywood’s License Plate Supporters Smoky Mountains Hiking Club other charitable gifts in 2011. Splash Country Friends of the Smokies sincerely Gatlinburg Lodging and thanks all of the employees of $500 to $999 Bank of America Hospitality Association the tag offices and the North Gatlinburg Chamber of Clayton Family Foundation (participating members) Carolina Division of Motor Commerce Community Foundation of Great Smoky Mountains Vehicles for their support! Smoky Mountain Convention Greater Memphis Association’s park & Visitors Bureau Community Foundation of bookstores Smoky Mountain Region Western North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains Combined Federal East Tennessee Foundation Railroad Campaign Farm Bureau Insurance Haywood County Hotel West Knoxville Rotary Club Fidelity- Charitable Gift Fund and Motel Association (participating members) The Inn on the River Tennessee Specialty License Knoxville Zoo Plate Supporters Loralei’s Friends of the Smokies sincerely Mast General Store thanks all of the Tennessee Museum of Appalachia County Clerks and their NOC’s Great Outpost employees for their support! Ober Gatlinburg Parkside Cabin Rentals $200,000+ The Park Grill Steakhouse Park Donation Box The Peddler Steakhouse Contributors Pigeon Forge Hotel and Lodging Association $25,000 to $50,000 (participating members) Mr. and Mrs. James A. Haslam, Photo by Sam Hobbs Ripley’s Gatlinburg Attractions II 16 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Mountaintop Friends Ms. J. Elaine Seat Ms. Bernice Gray Dr. William Sullivan and Dr. (continued) Mr. and Mrs. John D. Tickle Sr. Ms. Clementine W. Gregory Mary Kay Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Robin Turner Mrs. Charlotte Hanes Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Tino Mr. and Mrs. Bradford G. Mr. John B. Waters, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Headden Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Stanback Mr. and Mrs. Greg Wittbecker Ms. Angela M. Hoffman and Watson, Jr. Dr. Seth M. McConchie Mr. and Mrs. Seth Webb $20,000 to $25,000 $1,000 to $2,499 Mrs. Norma K. Holmes Mr. David V. White Mrs. Linda Ogle Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Williams Mrs. Cathy G. Ackermann and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Joines Mr. and Mrs. Richard $10,000 to $19,999 Mr. Tommy Walker Mr. and Mrs. Chip Kain Yarbrough Mr. and Mrs. Randal D. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Arnette Mr. and Mrs. Gene C. Koonce Mr. and Mrs. Autry O. DeBusk Mayor Bryan C. Atchley Mr. Franklyn Kraus Cascade Friends Mr. and Mrs. George Deichert Mr. Bryan C. Atchley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Lawler $500 to $999 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lawrence Ms. Sharon V. Agar and Mr. Doug and Wynne Odell Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bartell Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lowe Richard P. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Teddy Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beckwith Mrs. Lydia S. Macauley Mr. Edward S. Albers, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Pryse Mr. Michael S. Brown and Ms. Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Stanback Betty S. Evans Madigan Anderson Justice and Mrs. Gary R. Wade Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mason Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ashin Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Williams Carroll, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCown Mr. and Mrs. Merrill D. Austin, Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson Mr. and Mrs. Glen S. McGroom II $5,000 to $9,999 Chapman Mr. and Mrs. James H. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Clinton McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Ms. Kathryn K. McNeil Bailey Mr. and Mrs. William Baxter Crawford Ms. Jodi A. Miller Mr. William R. Battle III Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Blalock Mr. and Mrs. Bradley N. Mr. Joel Miller Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Beall, Mr. and Mrs. Darby A. Currey, Jr. Ms. Julie Anne Morton Jr. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davis Mr. and Mrs. Conley H. Mr. and Mrs. William Beecher Mr. and Mrs. H. Peter Superintendent and Mrs. Dale Murrell Ms. Deborah J. Bennett and Ms. Claussen, Jr. Ditmanson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Muszik Margaret Bennett Mr. and Mrs. James L. Clayton Ms. Elizabeth Dodds Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Mr. and Mrs. Tom J. Benton Mr. and Mrs. Bill L. Cobble Mrs. Virginia M. Dougherty Nelson Dr. and Mrs. David A. Birdwell Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Furrow Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ethier Dr. and Mrs. G. S. Ollard Mr. and Mrs. James D. Blalock Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Gigliotti Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Falk Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ownby Mr. and Mrs. Raymond K. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Mr. Andrew E. Farmer Mr. and Mrs. Greg S. Palmer Boardman Hartmann Assistant Superintendent Kevin Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Pearsall Dr. David D. Bradley and Dr. Mr. Robert W. Hutson FitzGerald and Mrs. Cyn Dr. and Mrs. John R. Ray Amy J. Dawson Mr. and Mrs. John R. Israel Slaughter Mr. Richard H. Roberts and Mr. Matthew Brooks and Ms. Mrs. Sherri P. Lee Mr. Ted L. Flickinger and Mrs. Ms. Imogene A. King Jennifer Moser Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Phillips, Sr. Julie Howard Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Rogers Dr. John M. Burkhart and Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ray Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Eric Russell Laura B. Powers Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Roberts, Jr. Mr. Gideon W. Fryer Mr. Joseph Ryall Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Busby Mr. and Mrs. Rittner E. Will Mr. and Mrs. Harold Galbraith Mr. and Mrs. George Shiner Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Mr. Joel W. Garber Mr. and Mrs. Howell G. Callaway, Jr. Wolpert Mr. and Mrs. George R. Giles Simerly Dr. and Dr. Jason Cameron Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Worsham Mr. and Mrs. James E. Goddard Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Cantrell Mr. and Mrs. Willis D. III Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. $2,500 to $4,999 Gradison Jr. Mr. Kirby Smith Cavins Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Anton Mr. Stephen Grady and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Squires, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Mr. Samuel E. Beall, III Patricia Grady Mr. Craig O. Stine and Dr. Cazana Ms. Susan Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Grant Jeannette Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Curtis Dr. H. Peter V. Claussen, III Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Daves Mr. and Mrs. Randy Clemens Mr. and Mrs. Leon C. Downey Mr. and Mrs. B. Dale Collier Mr. and Mrs. Michael Edwards Mr. Ted Cook Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Enander Mr. and Mrs. James B. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Fulmer Coykendall, III Ms. Audrine Honey Rev. and Mrs. Jerry R. Cronan Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Keasling Dr. Reid Crumpton Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kielarowski Ms. Lois G. Cruze Mr. Julian G. Morton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Daniel Mr. and Mrs. John Parish Mr. and Mrs. Alex Davis Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Partridge Mr. and Mrs. Greg Davis Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Dismukes Dr. Steve Rhodes Photo by Missy Kane

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Cascade Friends Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Sarson Birmingham Mrs. Kathrin Dorr (continued) Ms. Relia M. Scheib Mr. and Mrs. Doug Blalock Mr. Dan Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ms. Karen M. Blumenschein Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Dula Ms. Kathryn G. Doyle Schriver, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Brock, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David T. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Schultz Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Eaves Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ebsen Mr. Jason E. Seavy Ms. Suzanne S. Brown Mr. Jimmy Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Egli Mr. Chris Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Travis Brummitt Dr. and Mrs. Dan Ely Mr. and Mrs. Gene Estill Mr. and Mrs. James Q. Sidwell, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. Tony English Ms. Ruth Z. Ewald Jr. III Ms. Phairabe Estes-Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Feder Dr. and Mrs. L. Gene Singleton Dr. and Mrs. Curtis Burke Mr. and Mrs. James A. Everett, Mr. Michael Fields Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. David Burleson III Ms. Suzanne Fontenot- Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Burns, II Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Farris Williams Ms. Carol Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. James M. Burrell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Mr. and Mrs. E. Bruce Foster, Mr. and Mrs. W. Stewart Taylor Mr. Mark Camblin Ferriter Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ben Turner Mayor and Mrs. Roy G. Mr. Edward R. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. James Gass Mr. and Mrs. Keith Turner Cardwell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gerding Mr. David C. Verble Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Fluharty Mr. and Mrs. John Gill Mr. and Mrs. Greg A. Vital Carpenter Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Forrest Mrs. R. B. Hailey Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Ms. Judith M. Carson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mr. Tom R. Harrington, III Wagenbach Mr. and Mrs. Art Cathers French Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Haythorn Mrs. Jane Walker Mr. Michael G. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Frey Mr. and Mrs. David H. Henry Ms. Elizabeth Watts and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Mrs. Betty D. Frierson Mr. and Mrs. Darin Hinshaw Jill Stevens Chandler, III Dr. and Mrs. Stefan H. Fromm Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Hoff Mr. and Mrs. Lynn T. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Tim Chandler Ms. Sandra E. Gates Mr. Dane Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Weller Mr. and Mrs. Don K. Chase Mr. Mark J. Geller Mrs. Mary P. James Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. West Jeff and Deb Chenault Mr. and Mrs. Danny Giammo Mr. and Mrs. Steven Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Keith Widmer Mr. and Mrs. Ray Colclough Mr. and Mrs. Owen Glantz Dr. and Mrs. Chip Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Marshall L. Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Cole, Dr. and Mrs. James T. Goodwin Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Johnson Wilkins Jr. Mr. Steve Grabenstein and Ms. Mr. William A. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. John F. Woods Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Collier, Sarah Oram Mr. William Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Jr. Ms. Kristi Grady Mr. and Mrs. John Jones Woody Mr. and Mrs. Jon Cook Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Ms. Emily B. Kile Ms. M. Evelyn Cooke Greengold Mr. Kent Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Frederic L. Mr. Ray Greer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. King Evergreen Friends Coover Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grover Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Kirkland $250 to $499 Dr. and Mrs. William M. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Halouma Mr. and Mrs. David Kleshinski Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Aalders Cottrell Mr. Richard Hanna Ms. Jan Kreminski Mr. and Mrs. Joel Adams Mrs. Barbara H. Coulter Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Harker Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Laney Mrs. Mary W. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Charles Logan Mr. and Dr. Marvin Harmon Ms. Nancy J. Laurence Ms. Amanda L. Amon Coykendall Ms. Christine M. Heckemeyer Mr. and Mrs. Les Love Carol and David Anderson Ms. Ruthellen Crews Ms. Sarah Hendrix Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Ms. Martha C. Armstrong Ms. Dawn Crouse Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Hendrix Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ayres Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ms. Elizabeth J. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Joseph May Dr. Brett R. Baldwin and Dr. Cummings Mrs. Stefanie S. Hess Mr. and Mrs. David Mayfield Jennifer D. Baldwin Dr. Tommy Daugherty and Ms. Ms. Cheryl L. Hiers Mrs. Aileen McCarter Ms. Carol L. Ball Suzie Whisnant Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hill Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Mr. Clarence Beaman, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Javad Deganian Dr. Lynn Hogue and Dr. Carol McCullough, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Beck Ms. Holly Demuth Hogue Mrs. Kathy B. McPhail Ms. Berta M. Bergia Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dietz Dr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Holland Mr. Robert Menasco Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Miller, Jr. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. William J. Photo by Sam Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Minteer Howell Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Monson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hull Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parrott Mr. Jeremy S. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Randall R. Pope Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Huskey Dr. Robert E. Powell and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Meridith Elliott Powell Imbrey Mr. Larry A. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. William S. Irby Mr. Robert D. Reily Dr. Holly Ivey Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Mr. Richard Robillard and Mr. Johnson Ken Spurling Mr. and Mrs. John Joslyn Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Ruyl Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Joy

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Evergreen Friends Mrs. Antoinette O. Ogle Photo by Missy Kane Mr. Dennis Owen (continued) Mrs. Kathleen R. Pacetti Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kassem Mr. Christopher Panneck Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Ms. Margaret A. Payne Kastner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Philips Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kennedy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert D. Pickel Mr. Bill Kilpatrick Mr. Carl A. Pierce and Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Dr. Margaret S. Pierce Kilpatrick Ms. Ann P. Porter Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kincaid Mrs. Patricia Postma Mrs. Edith R. King Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Prinz Dr. and Mrs. Larry E. Kingsley Mr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Proffitt Mr. and Mrs. Bradley H. Kopf Mr. William J. Pugh Mr. and Mrs. William T. Mr. Tim Raines Kroska Mr. Adam Stine and Mr. Richard T. Kubota Ms. Stephanie J. Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lambert Ms. Tommye Rankin Ms. Marilyn C. Lampard Mr. and Mrs. George B. Rawls, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vandermeer Mr. and Mrs. Jack Apgar Ms. Phyllis Langord Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Zach Wade Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Ashe Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Lawson Ms. Kimberly Ray Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Askov Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. Layne Mr. Byron Reed III Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Mr. and Mrs. David B. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Atterson Ledyard Ms. Laura J. Renfro Walther Mr. and Mrs. Tom Aumen Mr. and Mrs. Steve Leo Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mr. and Mrs. Larry Warren Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Austin Ms. Annette H. Levin Richardson Mr. and Mrs. John B. Waters, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Autry Mr. and Mrs. Bill H. Lewis Mr. Louis Roberts III Dr. Ellis S. Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Tim Line Dr. Marilyn J. Rogers, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Brent Watson Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bacon Mr. E. Malcolm Link Dr. and Mrs. Gary L. Rolfe Dr. and Mrs. Taylor Mr. Steve Badinghaus Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Rosser Weatherbee Col. and Mrs. Roy Bahr Livingston Dr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. David Wedekind Mr. Darren Bailey and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Lonon Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schechter Ms. Sarah J. Weeks Renee Humme Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lorenz Mr. and Mrs. Al Schmutzer Mr. and Mrs. Mike West Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Todd Loveday Ms. Virginia A. Schwamm Mr. Michael L. Wetzel Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Baird Mr. and Mrs. Michael Magill Mr. and Mrs. Lex Scott Dr. and Mrs. Keith Whaley Mrs. Lillian R. Baker Mr. and Mrs. John Majors Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sechler Mr. and Mrs. Alan Willett Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bakley Mrs. Mary L. Maples Mr. O. R. Sellers Mr. and Mrs. David R. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bales Mrs. Wilma M. Maples Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mr. and Mrs. O.T. Wright Ms. Cathy Barber Mr. and Mrs. Larry B. Martin Shepherd Mr. and Mrs. Keith Yahr Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Barker Ms. Laura L. Martin Mr. Will Sibbald and Mr. Mr. Steven P. Yurkovich Ms. Patsy Barker Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Mays Leland T. Brown Ms. Susan Barker Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mrs. Herbert H. Slatery, Jr. Creekside Friends Mr. Weaver C. Barksdale McBrearty Mr. and Mrs. John Slautterback Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Barnes Mr. Hugh G. McCall, II $100 to $249 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bartlett, III Mr. and Mrs. David F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ms. Sara Baskin Mr. William J. Snow Abbas McClinton Mr. and Mrs. Sam F. Beck Ms. Lisa J. Sparkes Mrs. Angela Adams Mr. and Mrs. Randy McGinnis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Beckley Dr. Forrest Spencer Mr. Leroy Adams Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Mr. D. R. Beeson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Stanek Mr. and Mrs. Tommy G. McNutt Ms. Susan Benell Judge and Mrs. D. Michael Adams Ms. Peggy Melville Mr. Larry R. Benfield Swiney Mr. Ben H. Adler Dr. and Mrs. James R. Ms. Anna Bennes Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Tate Mr. and Mrs. John Ager Merriman Ms. Teresa Bennett Mr. Richard M. Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mierke Mr. Leo Benson, III Mr. Sheevaun M. Thatcher and Ms. Mary E. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Clayton J. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Berry Ms. Laura S. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Minchew Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bevis Mr. and Mrs. Chad Thomas Alspector Mrs. Ellen Mitchell Ms. Kandice Bewley Mr. and Mrs. Dalton L. Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Ammons Dr. Rhea Morgan Dr. Mark T. Biagi Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Neely, III Mr. and Mrs. George B. Bishop Mr. David M. Traver Anderson Mr. John J. Newman Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Mark Tyson Mr. and Mrs. Perrin Anderson Mrs. Sue E. Niemeyer Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bivens Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ullrich Dr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Nye Mr. and Mrs. David Black Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Oakley Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Blair Underwood Mrs. Wanda B. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oblow Mr. and Mrs. Gregory H. Blake Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Mr. and Mrs. Monty C. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Odom Mr. Wesley Blalock Valentine Andrews

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Creekside Friends Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Burwell Mr. and Mrs. Dewey L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey DeGroat Mr. and Mr. Larry Bush Mr. James F. Clark Ms. Joann D’Eramo (continued) Mr. Ronald N. Bush Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Clark Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Dew Ms. Dianne Blane Mr. and Mrs. Warren R. Ms. Sally Clark Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Dickey Mrs. Margaret Blankenship Butcher Mr. and Mrs. John M. Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Bogard Ms. Joan S. Butefish Mr. Locke Clifford Dicus Dr. Joel C. Boggan and Dr. Ann Ms. Barbara Butler Mr. Jeff Cobb Mr. David Dieter M. Navar-Boggan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Coggin Mr. Odell G. Dillard Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Bogle Byerley Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Coghlan Mr. Don Dillinger Mr. Ted Bogue Ms. Joan C. Cabe Mr. Rick A. Colen Mr. Joseph W. Dillon Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Bollinger Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie E. Cain, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Collins Dr. J. Paul Dittmann Mr. and Mrs. G. Gordon Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Dittrich, Bonnyman, Jr. Dr. Gene Caldwell Collister Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Boren, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Caldwell Ms. Cherie M. Cone Mr. and Mrs. Bob B. Dixon Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James M. Mrs. Bobbie Congleton Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O. Dixon Mr. Kenneth R. Borisch Callaway Mr. Charles Conner Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Botto Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy R. Cook Dodson Mr. and Mrs. David Bourne Calloway, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Cooper Dr. and Mrs. Donald K. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Bowers, Mr. C. Howard Capito Mr. and Mrs. Lanis L. Cope Dougall Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O. Carden Mr. J. K. Copeland Mrs. Wanda G. Douglas Ms. Kimberly A. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cardente Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Coppock Mr. Robert A. Dowbiggin Mr. Donald Box Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Dowd Ms. Sharon E. Boyce Ms. Diane H. Driskill Dr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Boyd Mr. Steven C. Dronen Mr. Joel P. Boylan and Ms. Mr. Charles G. Duckett Rowena R. Sim Mr. Meahal Duffy Dr. J. W. Boyle Mr. Claude A. Duke Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bradford Mr. Ronnie Dula Mr. and Mrs. Galen C. Bradley Ms. Jean C. Dummer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Brady Mrs. Patricia Duncan Mrs. Carlene Braswell Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Mr. Michael J. Braun Dunning, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Ms. Constance Durant Breeding Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Durham Dr. Elaine G. Breslaw Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dusseau Mr. Max E. Brewer Photo by Sam Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dwyer Mr. Olin Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Omer O. Dyer Mr. and Mrs. William Brickeen Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Dykes Mr. Joseph W. Brill Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Ms. Cynthia Corn Ms. Petra Edge Mr. and Mrs. David Brinkley Carleston Mr. Coleman Cornelius and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brooks Ms. Bette Carlson Mr. Thomas J. Milligan Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brown Mr. and Mrs. Gene R. Mr. David M. Cosgrove Ms. Karen P. Ellingson Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown, Jr. Carpenter Dr. John D. Cowan and Dr. Mr. John Ellington Dr. Mary L. Brown Mr. Kenneth B. Carpenter Peggy P. Cowan Mr. Larry E. Elliott Mr. Terry Browning Mr. and Mrs. Tim R. Carpenter Ms. Patricia A. Cowan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Elsass Mr. Derrick E. Bruce Mr. and Mrs. David W. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Crisp Mr. and Mrs. Bobby H. Ely Mr. Tom S. Bruce, Jr. Carringer Mr. and Mrs. Steve Crutchfield Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Ely, Jr. Mrs. Barbara L. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mr. and Mrs. Phil R. Crye, Jr. Dr. John W. Emberson Mrs. Carline C. Bryant Catterfeld Mr. and Mrs. H. Weyman Culp Dr. Blair Erb and Ms. Ann R. Mrs. Barbara M. Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Ms. Naomi H. Cunningham Ross Mr. and Mrs. Bob Buchanan Caughron Mr. and Mrs. Cromer Curtis Ms. Linda S. Erwin Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. George H. V. Dr. and Mrs. Jim Curtiss Ms. Krissy Evans Ms. Mary Buckner Cecil Mr. and Mrs. George A. Dailey Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Evans Ms. Marion Bulman Mr. and Mrs. Burl D. Chambers Ms. Faye Daniel Ms. Patricia Evans Mr. and Mrs. James H. Burbank Mr. and Mrs. Josh Chambers Mr. Simon J. Daniels Mrs. Patricia A. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Burgin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Chastain Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Davey Mr. and Mrs. David E. Everson Mr. Johnny M. Burkett Dr. Anne Cherry Ms. Charlotte M. Davis Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Failing Dr. and Mrs. Norvel L. Burkett Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chesney Ms. Ellen Davis Mr. William Fairchild Dr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Ms. Sherry F. Chobanian Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dawson Mrs. Anne W. Farkas Burkhart Mr. and Mrs. Hans Christen Mr. and Mrs. James K. M. Day Ms. Pamela S. Farrar Mr. and Mrs. Ben A. Burnette, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mr. Frank A. de Ganahl Mrs. Mary Ann Fennell Jr. Christenberry Mrs. Jane J. Dean Mr. J. D. Ferrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burroughs Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Clabo Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn H. Dean Mr. and Mrs. James C. Fields Mr. and Mrs. John Burton Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark Mr. Robert A. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Louie C. Finley

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Creekside Friends Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Greene, Jr. Photo by Missy Kane Mr. and Mrs. Kester H. Greene, (continued) Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Finney Mr. and Mrs. David Greenwood Mr. Curry First Mr. Robert Greer Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grieger Mr. and Mrs. Vance Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Wade Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Brian Groenhout Dr. and Mrs. Ted L. Flickinger Mr. Jason Groover Mr. and Mrs. Randy Flint Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Guigou, Ms. Shirley Flynn Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Prof. Rosalind Hackett Foglesong Mr. and Mrs. George O. Mr. Bob Ford Haggard Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fortner Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hale Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Fouse Mr. Christopher G. Hall Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fox Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hall Ms. Marilyn L. Frank Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hewitt Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Huskey Ms. Karen E. Free Mr. and Mrs. Michael Halley Ms. Joanne M. Hibbs Mr. and Mrs. James D. Dr. and Mrs. Steve Freeman Mr. Patrick A. Hammond Ms. Melissa Hicks and Ms. Ann Hutchins Mr. Thomas G. Friar Ms. Elaina F. Hampton Brown Ms. Joella Hutchinson Mr. and Mrs. James D. Froyd Mr. and Mrs. Bill J. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Dr. and Mrs. William J. Fry Mr. and Mrs. Herb M. Handly Mr. and Mrs. John Hilbrandt Hutchison Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Mr. James A. Hands, Jr. Dr. Arthur T. Hill, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hwastecki Fuhrman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hyatt Mr. Christopher D. Fuller Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Hill Mr. Luke D. Hyde and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hanson Mr. and Mrs. David D. Hilton Leila Tvedt Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fuller Dr. and Mrs. William P. Harbin Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hixson Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Iappini Dr. Vicki Funk Mr. Robert Hardison Mr. and Mrs. William J. Mr. and Mrs. Shaifer Ingram Mrs. Eva S. Galeas Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Hlewicki Mrs. Evelyn S. Irwin Mr. Lee Galloway and Ms. Harrison, Jr. Ms. Bonnie Hodge Mr. and Mrs. David P. Ivey Nancy Thompson Ms. Anne Hart Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hodge Mr. and Mrs. George D. Ivey Mr. and Mrs. Mark Galloway Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hart Ms. Anna F. Hoffman Ms. Pamela P. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Don Garrott Mr. John Hart and Ms. Mischa Mrs. Meshell Holiman Mr. and Mrs. Loren A. Jahn Dr. Jean Gauger and Mr. Hiram Renfroe Mr. Richard D. Holland Ms. Fidelia V. Jahna J. Rogers Mr. James G. Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mr. and Mrs. John J. Jaqua, Jr. Ms. Martha Gaut Mr. Mark Harvey Hollenbach Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Dr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Geagan Miss Donna Hasting Mr. Thomas Hollenbeck Jelinek Mr. Joseph E. Gettys Mr. Michael W. Hastings Mr. Marty Holliday Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Barna Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Dr. William S. Holmes Dr. Susan Jenkins Dr. and Mrs. Carl Gibson Haubenreich, Sr. Mrs. Mary Bond Holt and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jennings Dr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Kent Hawkins Andrew D. Holt Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Jim C. Gilland Mr. and Mrs. William B. Ms. Angela S. Holton Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. F. Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Gillenwater Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hooper, Jr. Johnson Mr. James M. Gilmer, III Haxton Mr. and Mrs. John Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Duane Gingrich Mr. Mike Hayes Mr. Clarence E. Hopkins and Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Glawe Mayor and Mrs. Jerry Hays Ms. Betty C. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Johnson, Mr. Wes Goddard Ms. Cynthia H. Headrick Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hoppe, Jr. III Mr. C. K. Goff Mr. and Mrs. Don Headrick Ms. Sharon E. Horton Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Mr. and Mrs. Farrel Golden Ms. Kenetha Heape Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Johnson, Jr. Mr. Robert J. Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. Donald Helme Hostetler Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Mr. Benjamin C. Houck Mr. Tom Johnson Ms. and Mrs. Derek Gottlieb Henebry Ms. Carol M. Houck Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dr. and Mrs. Randal O. Ms. Phyllis Henry Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Howard Johnston, III Graham, M.D. Mr. William T. Henry Mr. Frank Howington Ms. Jane Johnston and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hensley Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hoyle Diane Johnston Grant Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Ms. Marcia L. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Gray Hermann Huddleston Mrs. Susan Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Egbert M. Ms. Jane A. Hudson Mr. Doug Johnstone Jr. Herring, III Ms. Robin E. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Alan Jones Ms. Carolyn R. Green Mr. and Mrs. George A. Herzog Mr. and Mrs. Ira E. Hufford Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. O. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Green Ms. Bette C. Hester Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Hunt Jones Mr. Geoff Greene Dr. Hortense Hester Ms. Lucinda Hurst Mr. and Mrs. David T. Jones

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Creekside Friends Mrs. Mildred A. Lawell Mr. James M. Massey and Dr. and Mrs. Dan T. Meadows Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Lawson Senator Rebecca Massey Captain Scott W. Medlyn (continued) Ms. Murla K. Leahy Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Mathis Mr. Derrel E. Melton Mr. and Mrs. Elton R. Jones Ms. Marie H. Ledgerwood Mr. Daniel S. Matthews Dr. Richard D. Melton Mr. Gregg K. Jones Mr. Charles L. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Ms. Mindi Meltz-Friedwald Mr. and Mrs. Keith Jones Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Matthews Ms. Jackie Messer Mr. and Mrs. Leonard D. Jones Legendre Mr. Edward B. Maupin, III Ms. Annette J. Messinger Mr. Matthew M. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Stanley G. Legner Mrs. Deborah W. May Mr. Larry M. Metcalf Ms. Patricia C. Jones Dr. Thomas E. Lester Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Mr. and Mrs. John Michels Ms. Verni Jones Miss Helen Levy Maynard Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Milani Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Lewis Ms. Mary K. McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Ligon Mr. and Mrs. Roger N. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mims Mr. and Mrs. Terry Jordan- Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lillestolen McBrayer Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mincey Henley Miss Nancy L. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Steven McBride Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Miner Ms. Rebecca A. Judy Dr. and Mrs. James D. Link Mr. and Mrs. Rick McCarroll Mr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Linzey Mr. and Mrs. George McClain Minnich Juengling Ms. Jennifer L. Lively Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mr. and Mrs. Herman E. Moll Mr. Joseph W. Alderman and Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lloyd McClamroch Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mrs. Rose A. Jurgonski Ms. Mary Ann Lochner Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McClane Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mr. Ted R. Locke Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Mrs. George D. Montgomery Kallemeyn Mr. Jeremiah Locust McClellan The Honorable and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kaufholz Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Lofaro Mr. F. Douglas McCoy Richard Montgomery Mr. James L. Keeble Ms. Marjorie C. Looney Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mrs. Sandra B. Kehne Ms. Carole Lopez Ms. Betty C. McCrary Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Mrs. Jane S. McCullough Mr. John M. Moore, Jr. Mr. Steve Kemp and Ms. Janet Lorenzo Mr. and Mrs. Dean E. Mr. John G. Moore, Sr. H. Rock Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Love McCumber Mr. Kenneth Moore Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Kenyon Ms. Barbara Loveday Dr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Mr. and Mrs. Pat W. Moore Ms. Shirley Whitney Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lovelace McDaniel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rodger A. Moore, Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Kiefer Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Lowrie Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Jr. Mr. Douglas J. Kile Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Loy McDowell, Jr. Ellen and Grant Morar Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Kile Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lubke Mr. Jerry O. McDuffie Mr. and Mrs. Doug Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Mike McElhinney Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Morris Kindred Mr. and Mrs. Rob Lundgren Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McGregor Mr. and Mrs. David E. Morris Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. King Mrs. Marianne Lyon Ms. Janet L. McKinley Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Morris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. King Mrs. Mary H. Magee Mr. and Mrs. Vernon D. Ms. Linda L. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Rufus B. King Dr. and Mrs. Chris Malmquist McKinney Mr. and Mrs. William Morrow Mr. David W. Kinser Mr. and Mrs. Glenn T. Malone Dr. and Mrs. Norman A. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Ms. Betty Knight Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy E. Manis, McKinnon, Jr. Mummert Mr. David C. Kocher Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mr. William W. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Koons Miss Margery A. Manville McKittrick Ms. Janet A. Murray Mr. William Kopinski Mr. David H. Marcotte Mr. and Mrs. Max McLeod Mrs. Barbara Murrish Mr. Jacob D. Kortz Mr. Douglas A. Marshall Edith J. McMillan Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Myrick Ms. Dianne L. Kosmala and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Martin Dr. and Mrs. Wesley E. McNeal Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Nadaud Dianna Fuller Mr. and Mrs. James E. Martin Ms. Edna Mae McNutt Mr. Henry Naff Mr. William L. Kovacich Mr. Mark J. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Mac McNutt Mr. and Mrs. Dana Naill Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kramer John and Lillian Mashburn Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Ms. Lori Nash Ms. Valera Krebs Ms. Cynthia A. Mason McWhorter Mrs. Sandy Z. Neale Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mr. David Mason Mrs. Jeanne Meador Ms. Marianne L. Newman Kreitlow Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Ms. Kathleen S. Krenz Newton Mr. and Mrs. Richard Krieg Ms. Mary M. Newton Mr. and Mrs. Clark Kulp Ms. Victoria Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Ms. Kathy Niccum Kuykendall Ms. Diane L. Norris Dr. and Mrs. John W. Lacey, III Ms. Flo P. Norville Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Mr. and Mrs. David S. Oaks Lambert Mr. and Mrs. David S. Oaks Mr. and Mrs. James T. Mr. T. Patrick O’Connor Lambiase Ms. Lois B. Odabash Mr. Rob Lamme Dr. and Mrs. Harry K. Ogden Mr. and Mrs. John Lansing Mr. and Mrs. Bud C. Ogle Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Large Mr. Ken Ogle Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lash, Jr. Photo by Sam Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. O’Hagan

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Creekside Friends Ms. Sara L. Sjoberg Mr. John Skinner and Ms. (continued) Sandi Langston Mr. and Mrs. David U. O’Kain Mr. and Mrs. John Slater Mr. Bruce H. Olson Dr. and Mrs. Otto W. Slater Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. O’Neal Mrs. Margaret A. Sliger Mr. and Mrs. Byron J. O’Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bill Sloan Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sloane Orander, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ben B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Overbay Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Dr. Kenneth W. Smith Ownby Mr. and Mrs. Nathan K. Smith Mr. Stephen L. Pagans Dr. Penelope S. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Painter Ms. Rebecca S. Smith Dr. and Mrs. John Panella Ms. Rita Smith Ms. Tammy L. Papay-Turean Photo by Missy Kane Ms. Sheila Smith Mr. Brian Papworth Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parham Mr. and Mrs. Bob Snodderly Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parish Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Soell Ralls Ryburn Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Parker Mrs. Laura Soltis Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ramger Mr. John Sanders Mr. Michael S. Parlier Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell D. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Santee Mrs. Jo S. Parris Sorensen Ramsey Ms. Christine Satterfield Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parsons Mr. and Mrs. William Mrs. Gayle E. Rapien Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schaich Mr. and Mrs. Keith Patton Sparkman Ms. Shirley A. Ray Mr. and Mrs. Carroll J. Schell Mrs. Marion A. Pavur Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Ms. Carol Schmidt Dr. Cindy M. Pearman Sprinkle Redmond Mrs. Darlene F. Schmidt Mrs. Leta Pease Ms. Anne Sprouse Dr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Redwine Mr. William Schmutzer Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pellegrini Mr. and Mrs. Edward St. Clair Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reece, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Schwalb Dr. Michael R. Pelton Ms. Diane Stanley Ms. Amanda K. Regelin Ms. Drusilla Scott Mr. and Mrs. Dwain L. Mr. and Mrs. Randy Stansberry Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Renz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Scott Pesterfield Ms. Lois S. Starck Dr. Neil Rhodes and Dr. Becky Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Walt Petersen Dr. and Mrs. Christian Stauber Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Joel Searfoss Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Steele Doug and Nancy Rice Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Seiler Dr. and Mrs. Lester M. Petrie Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Steger Ms. Emily A. Rickard Mr. and Mrs. David C. Sellers Ms. Frances Pfaff Ms. Audrey T. S. Stelson Mr. Buzzy Riis Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Ms. Margaret A. Phares Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steneck Mrs. Mary A. Rinearson Senterfit Mr. and Mrs. Maurice H. Mr. Howard W. Stephan Dr. and Mrs. LeRoy Roberson Mr. and Mrs. Bobby N. Setzer Phillips Mrs. Sheila J. Stephan Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Pickard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Stevens Dr. and Mrs. Jack T. Roberts, Seymour, Jr. Mr. Ron Pigora Mr. and Mrs. John S. Stevens Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. Shaffer Mrs. Jessie M. Pilant Dr. Peter F. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Drs. Tanaz Sharma and Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Ms. Jennie G. Stewart Robertson Mukesh Sharma Pilkington Mrs. Roberta M. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Barry B. Robie Ms. Ava I. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pippin Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stickney Mr. Douglas O. Robinette Ms. Janette C. Sharp Ms. Becky Pitcher Ms. Laura Stooksbury Mr. and Mrs. Barry L. Robinson Mr. William D. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pitney Mr. Carl B. Storms Mrs. Nancy L. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mr. and Mrs. Neil D. Plouhar Mr. James Strickland Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Robinson Shaughnessy, Jr. Mrs. Florence A. Podeszwa Mr. and Mrs. Hubert M. Styles Mr. and Mrs. Chad Rochelle Mr. and Mrs. Arnold C. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ms. Jo Suggs Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sheldon Poindexter Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Summitt, II Rodebaugh Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter The Honorable and Mrs. Don Ms. Lois J. Rodenberger Mr. and Mrs. Rick Shepard Mrs. Judy A. Poulson Sundquist Mr. and Mrs. Roderick J. Roe Mr. Samuel L. Shewell and Ms. Dr. and Mrs. James B. Powell Mr. and Mrs. David C. Swann Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roeder Beverly Manbeck Ms. Emily F. Price Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Swann Mr. and Mrs. William E. Roehl, Dan and Mary Ann Shields Ms. Sharon Price Mr. Duane F. Swartzlander Jr. Mr. Ernest L. Shipe, Jr. Mrs. Claudette Pridemore Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Sweet Ms. Angela Rogers Mr. and Mrs. David E. Shuck Mr. Chuck Proctor Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Swift Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rose Mr. Duane Simmons Mr. James N. Proffitt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tafaro Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Simon Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ms. Charlotte Tallent Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Simonis Proffitt Mr. and Mrs. James C. Talley, Rothrock Mr. David L. Sims and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Pryor II Ms. Mary B. Rowe Rebecca D. Hedly Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Purifico Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Talley Mrs. Lolita Roy Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Rainey Capt. and Mrs. Lee A. Tarlton Mr. and Mrs. James R. Runkle Sinatro Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl Rainwater Mr. Jack C. Tarwater Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rushton Ms. Martha Sitgreaves 23 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Creekside Friends Mrs. Denise Vermeulen Mr. and Mrs. Locke W. Balsam Mountain Inn Mr. John P. Vestal and Mrs. Williams Bar Denim Blues (continued) Emily Robertson Vestal Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Barnes & Barnes Salon Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Doug Viereck Williams Barnes Insurance Agency, Inc. Mr. Frank C. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vitale Mr. and Mrs. William B. Barnes Vision, LLC Mr. Marshall R. Taylor Mrs. Betty C. Voorhis Williams, III Bearly Baskets Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Mr. and Mrs. Kent Willoughby Bennetts Barbeque Ms. Shannon Taylor Voorhis Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Wilson Bent Creek Golf Course Mayor and Mrs. Thomas W. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilson, Jr. Big Creek Expeditions, Inc. Taylor Wainner Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Blue Ridge Bake Shop Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Teague Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Wilson Blue Ridge Mountain Sports Mr. and Mrs. James A. Temple Walker Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Blue Smoke Coffee Roasting Mr. Bailey Terry, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James W. Wall Winchester Co. Mr. John Z. C. Thomas Mrs. Nancy Wallace Judge and Mrs. Dennis J. Bob’s Package Store Mrs. Vickie W. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Ken Walls Winner Bootleggers Homeade Wine Mr. and Mrs. Emmette G. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mr. and Mrs. Herman A. Witt Boyd Thomas Clothing Thompson, III Wansley Mrs. Ruth Wodock Buie Pottery Dr. and Mrs. W. Virgil Thrash Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ward Ms. Becky Wolf Cakes & Ale Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. Rudi Thun Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ward Mr. and Mrs. Bill Womac Campbell Tent & Party Rental Jim and Carol Tipps Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Ms. Alma Wong Carrabba’s Italian Grill Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Tipton Warlick Mr. Arthur Wood Chic Boutique Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tipton Ms. Shirley S. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Wood Chico’s Dr. Michael Toomey and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Watson Mr. John M. Wood Clarence Brown Theatre Lydia Birk Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wawrzyk Ms. Nancy R. Wood Classic Wineseller, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Topham Mr. and Mrs. Richard Way Ms. Windy Woodland Cliff Dwellers Gallery Mr. and Mrs. Bill Woodrick Country Tonite Theatre Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Woolf Covenant Health Mrs. Carol S. Wright Dancing Bear Lodge Dr. Anna M. Yoakum Davis Studio Mr. and Mrs. Preston York Dead End BBQ Ms. Diana Young Diana Warner Studio Mr. and Mrs. John M. Young Diverse Concepts, Inc Ms. Virginia E. Young Dixie Stampede, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Jim Zarchin Dollywood Company Ms. Laura L. Ziegler Ducal Order of the Cross of Mrs. Marcene S. Ziegler Burgundy, TN Chapter Mr. and Mrs. Pete Zurcher East Tennessee Guide Service Elle Boutique Photo by Sam Hobbs GIFTS-IN-KIND Five Oaks Tire Flip Fest Camp Friends of the Smokies thanks Fontana Village Resort the following individuals, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ms. Judy L. Wayman Food City businesses, and organizations Townson Mr. and Mrs. Julian T. Webb Food City #667 for their in-kind gifts in 2011- Mrs. Rose Ann Trantham Ms. Kate D. Welch Foothills Milling Company everything from food and Ms. Jennifer Travis Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welling Fountain City Art Center beverages for special events to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Trentham Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wells Four Seasons Cottage auction items to donations of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Tribe Mr. and Mrs. Morris Wells Fowler’s Framery services and equipment to help Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mr. and Mrs. Steve West Good Earth Pottery us keep our operating costs Trotman Mr. and Mrs. Alan White Great Smoky Mountains down. To all of our in-kind Mr. Richard Trotter Mr. and Mrs. Andy White Institute at Tremont donors, thank you for helping Mr. and Mrs. Tom Trotter, Sr. Ms. Margo White Grey Gables Bed and Breakfast us help the Smokies! Dr. and Mrs. Richard Truluck Mr. and Mrs. Mark White Inn Mr. and Mrs. James W. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Peter White Harper’s Bike Shop Mr. and Mrs. Gary V. Tustison Ms. Jillian Whitehouse Businesses & J. P. Coffin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Twilley Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Organizations Joseph A. Bank Mr. and Mrs. David Uhlman, Jr. Whitfield 3 MB Katie Benson Jewelry Mr. Mark E. Underwood Mr. and Mrs. James C. Whitley Accent On Home Knoxville News Sentinel Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mr. and Mrs. Don Whitted All Occasions Party Rentals Knoxville TaeKwonDo Underwood Ms. Jacqui Whittemore and Mr. Appliance Discount Center Academy Mr. and Mrs. Allen Vandergriff Andrew McDonald Arrowmont School of Arts & Kroger Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Vaughan Ms. Kathleen Willauer Crafts Lamar Companies Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Vaughan Ms. Debra Williams Art & Frame Outlet Laser Quest Mr. and Mrs. Denty P. Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Aubrey’s Restaurant Group Laurel Valley Resort Sr. Williams, Jr. B & T Distributing Little River Outfitters

24 With Gratitude • Our Donors

GIFTS-IN-KIND The Sevierville Golf Club The South’s Finest Chocolate Businesses & Factory Organizations (continued) The Swag Country Inn Little River Trading Company The Waynesville Inn, Golf Loralei’s on Main Resort and Spa Lost Sea The Wild Pineapple M. S. McClellan Three Rivers Rambler Magpies Cakes Townsend Artisan Gallery Massage Therapy Clinic Tractor Supply Monograms and Stitches Two Pines Pottery Mountain Laurel Chalets, Inc. Uncle Lem’s Mountain Mountain Mist Farms Outfitters Myers Plumbing University of Tennessee Photo by Missy Kane Nantahala Brewery Athletic Department National Fitness Center Village Fine Art Gallery Ms. Mary Houchins Mr. and Mrs. William B. NOC Gatlinburg W.B. Richardson Woodshop Ms. Cheryl D. Houston Stokely, III Ober Gatlinburg, Inc. Weiss Photography Inc Mr. and Mrs. James Huskey Mr. Patrick M. Taylor Ole Smoky Distillery Wolf Creek Wildlife Art Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Huskey Mrs. Barbara Tenney Parkside Grill Wren and Friends Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ms. Suzanna Terrill Parkside Realty Zippy’s Hutchins Ms. Joanna Tinker PDS Mr. and Mrs. John Iacovino Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Tino Pigeon River Pottery Individuals Mr. and Mrs. George D. Ivey Mr. John P. Vestal and Mrs. Prestige Cleaners Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Aalders Mrs. Mary K. Jenkins Emily Robertson Vestal R and R Fly Fishing Mr. Tommy Walker and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jenkins Chief Justice and Mrs. Gary R. Rarity Bay Cathy G. Ackermann Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Klassen Wade Reel Theatres Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Victor Agreda Ms. Peggy Lambert Ms. Wendy West Richards Design Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Larry Whiteley Richmont Inn Doug and Carole Allen Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Williams Rick Terry Jewelry Designs Ms. Ruth A. Barber and Mr. J. Mr. and Mrs. William A. May, Mrs. Sarah H. Williams Riverstone Resort and Spa K. Watson III Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Williams Rocky Top Tours Ms. Jan Barnes Mr. and Mrs. David Mayfield Mr. and Mrs. David R. Wilson Scripps Networks Mr. and Mrs. Walt Bearden Ms. Betty Melrose Ms. Eileen P. Wilson Seasons Ms. Sue Bell Mr. and Mrs. Bob Miller Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Sevier County Economic Mr. and Mrs. Allan Benton Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wolpert Development Council Mrs. Esther L. Blakely** Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Worsham Ski/Scuba Center Mr. and Mrs. James D. Blalock Ms. Marjorie Murphy Mr. Alex Wyss Smart Toys and Books Mr. Hugh Bowie Ms. Judith C. Myers-Johns Smith Family Theater Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Odom Smoky Mountain Gillies Tribute Gifts Mr. and Mrs. James H. Burbank Mr. James D. Ogle Flyfishing Friends of the Smokies Ms. Sylvia H. Caldwell Mr. Michael M. Oliver Smoky Mountain Living would like to thank all of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Casey Mr. and Mrs. John Parish Magazine the individuals, businesses, Mr. Charles Collum Mr. Hubert S. Pearson Smoky Mountain Outdoors foundations, and community Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cowles Mr. and Mrs. Bob E. Petrone Sole in the City partners that paid tribute to Mr. Broderick Crawford Mr. and Mrs. John Pirkle Spa Ninety-Seven Hundred the following people and places Dr. and Dr. Clay Crowder Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Pryse Steamer Trunk through their gifts to Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Bob Randle Stokely Hospitality Enterprises the Smokies in 2011: Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Daniel Mr. Billy Reynolds Tate’s Day Camp Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Ten Thousand Villages Mr. and Mrs. John Fleer Robertson In Honor Of… Tennessee RV Sales and Service Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Forrest Mr. Jim Sams Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Anen Tennessee Spine & Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Fulmer Ms. Marion Schlauch Mr. Gary Altman Performance Enhancement Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garvey Ms. RaRa Schlitt Baby Bird Center Ms. Judi Gaston Mr. Tom Sciple Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Beall, The Adorable Child Mr. Vernon Dale Gillespie Ms. Holly Scott Jr. The Chop House Mr. and Mrs. James E. Goddard Ms. Sandy Sgrillo Ms. Bettye Anne Bewley The Chop House Mr. and Mrs. Farrel Golden Mr. Ed Shields Mr. and Mrs. Joel Boggan The Garden Shop at Trillium Ms. Soo Cha Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shipe Ms. Ginger Bond Browning Cove Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Harding Mr. Brian Shults Ms. Carol Carter The Lily Pad Boutique Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hart Mr. Mike Shults Mr. and Mrs. Kent Cave The Lodge at Buckberry Creek Mr. and Mrs. James A. Haslam, Ms. Diana Simpson Mr. Michael Chapman The Maxwell House II Norma Skeen Mrs. Lee Congleton the Park Grill Steakhouse Mr. and Mrs. David H. Henry Ms. Susan Stanton Mr. Bradley Cowan and Ms. The Reserve Wine and Spirits Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hippensteal Mr. Ken O. Stillwell Kelly LaMott

25 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Tribute Gifts Mr. James D. “Jim” Ogle Mr. Bergon Brokaw Thelma McGhee Perrin Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. O’Hagan Mr. Gene Bruce Hancock In Honor Of… Mr. and Mrs. Douglas N. Peters Mr. Harold Bungard Ms. Lydia Hands (continued) Mr. and Mrs. Jake Philips Mr. Charles “Chili” Burnette Mr. Phillip Hanes Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Ms. Liz Picard Ms. Elsie Burrell Ms. Syble Rich Harcus Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Josh Preston Ms. Beth Butte Mrs. Jennifer Haub Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Dusty Regan Ms. Naomi Buttram Mr. J. Michael Haun Ms. Emily Darling Red Squirrel and Running Ms. June Byrd Ms. Cleo Hendley Ms. LeAnn Daugherty Gerbil Mr. Carlos Clinton Campbell, Mr. James E. Hess Mr. Kim Delozier Mrs. Emmalee Renfro Jr. Mrs. Shay Hines Ms. Holly Demuth Doug, Leslie and Jim Roberts Ms. Jenny Carleston Dr. Paul W. Hoffman Mr. Patrick Dudley and Mrs. Dr. Karen Roberts Mr. Tom Carrell Mr. Jack Holcomb Catherine Medd Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Mr. John Carson Mr. Jason Houck Ms. Melody Dunlop Robertson Mrs. Ruth A. Carter Dr. James C. Hung Mr. Hank Dye Mr. Andrew Rockefeller Mr. Rob Choquette Mr. A.J. Hutchins Mrs. Patricia Evans Mr. Ramsay Roth Ms. Paula Ciabay Mr. Lewis Hutchinson Dr. Louisa Evers Ms. Susan Sachs Ms. Katherine R. Clifton Mr. Joe S. Ingram Mr. and Mrs. Ross N. Faires Mr. Jay Setser Ms. Mary Jane Cobble Ms. Beverly Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Ted L. Flickinger Ms. Camille Smith Mr. Tom Colvard Dr. Lawrence R. Jackson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jules M. Fontenot Ms. Jane E. Staskus Mr. Harry Gene Conner Ali Jalaie Miss Hallie Hope Galyon Mr. Howard W. Stephan Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Cook Ms. Vicki M. Johnson Mr. Steve Grady Mr. Larry Z. Stoffle Mr. Carl Cormia Mr. Ken Jones The Grandchildren of Mr. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dr. Myron L. Coulter Mr. Randy Jones Michael G. Chambers (Stone, Stokely Mrs. Esta Underwood Cox Ms. Bonnetta J. McAtee Walker Roxy & Riley) Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Stowers Mr. Thomas Sevier Cox Julliard The Grandchildren of Tim and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Strasser Mrs. Ann Crawford Mr. Dearl Keener Sandra Carpenter Ms. Dorothy Sutton Mr. Tom Cronan Mr. Cecil L. Kelly, Jr. Mrs. Nancy Gray Mr. Frank A. Tucker, Jr. Elbert and Betty Crouse Mr. Herbert J. Kerr Great Smoky Mountains Dr. and Mrs. William Mr. Lawrence C. Crouse Mrs. LeRona Kocher National Park staff Vandergriff Mr. Fred W. Curtis Ms. Mary Katheryn Falls Mr. and Mrs. Barry Guryan Justice and Mrs. Gary R. Wade Professor Henry R. DeSelm Koffman Mrs. Brenda Hagedorn Mr. John Walker Mrs. Grace H. Downey “Bear” LaFollette Mr. L. Jeffrey Hagood Dr. Layne Wallace Mrs. Virginia Duckett Mr. Robert Laugherty Mr. James M. Hart Ms. Sarah Weeks Mr. David W. Duncan Mr. Frank Leatherwood Mr. and Mrs. James A. Haslam, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wilbanks Mr. Robert Dusseau Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsey II Mr. Mark K. Williams Mr. Dewey Easton Ms. Helen Logan Mr. Jack Holcomb Ms. Eileen P. Wilson Ms. Margaret Eavenson Ms. Maureen Long Mr. James “Pop” Hollandsworth Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Elk #21 of Cataloochee Valley Mr. and Mrs. Maier Reverend James L. Houff Woody Dr. Jim Emert Mary Mr. Matt Hoyle Ms. Jo Zarger Mr. Stanley G. Emert, Sr. Mr. William Silas Massengale Mrs. Donna Huffaker Harriet M. Estes Mr. William E. Matthews, III Mr. Will Johnson In Memory Of… Mrs. Ruby M. E. Fox Ms. Patsy Matthews Mrs. Betsy Jones Mr. Hardie W. Ammons Dr. Voit Gilmore Mr. John S. McCall Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ms. Mary Kay Jones Bailey Kristofer and Jennifer Green Ms. Marjorie McCarrell Lammons Mr. Christopher B. Barnes Mr. Thomas Baker Greene, Jr. Ms. Margaret Bailey McCurry Mr. John Lane Mr. Robert Beck Mrs. Juanita Flossie Grenham Ms. Francis Marie Miller Mr. Jackie Leach Mr. John P. Beers Ms. Lauren Guidry Ms. Mary Jo Miller Ms. Ann Lindsay Ms. Phyllis Bennett Genyth Hall Mr. Pat Miller Ms. Marty Marsh Mr. George Berrier Ms. Kathleen Hampton Ms. Irene Mize Mr. Michael Maslona Mr. John Finley Morris Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews Mr. Bob Mustoe and Mrs. Deener Matthews Mr. Bill Neal Ms. Pamela Matthews Mr. Lisle Newlon Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Mr. Gary D. Newman Maynard Mr. Tim J. Noble Dr. and Mrs. John Patrick Mrs. Lee Oberliesen McGregor Ms. Martha Christine Mr. and Mrs. William McLean Sparkman Oliphant Mr. Matt Miller Ms. Frances Olszewski Mrs. Ellen Mitchell Mr. Gudger Palmer Mrs. Susan Moore Col. John W. Patrick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Morgan Jamie O. Pendleton Mr. Tom Narak Mr. Ray L. Pierce Mr. John Needy Photo by Sam Hobbs Mr. Robert Presley

26 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Tribute Gifts Mr. Donald C. Rosing, Jr. Ms. Mary K. Street Mr. Rufus Eugene Walker Mr. Jim Sallee Mr. Randy Stubbs Mr. Stephen Wallace In Memory Of… Ms. Dottie Saulpaw Mrs. Judith Sumner Mr. Penn Warriner (continued) Ms. Wanda Sawyer Mr. L.B. Sutton, Jr. Dr. George T. Weaver Ms. Carmen Pridemore Ms. Ann Schlichting Mr. Phillip Swanson Mr. Jessie Wells Mr. John T. Rapien Ms. Hazel J. Smith Mr. Fred Sweeton Mr. Dennis S. Williams Ms. Martha O. Rawlings Ms. Jean M. Smith Ms. Mary L. Tarwater Mr. Michael Sibbald Mrs. Janice Greene Rice Mr. Ronald L. Snow Ms. Polly Tarwater Williamson Mr. Everett Richardson Mr. George Snowden Ms. Carolyn R. Templeton Frank and Edna Word Mr. Jack Richardson Garnett Andrews Spencer Mr. Kristopher Tripp Mr. Edward A. Wright Ms. Hilda Riggs Stormy Mr. Robert B. Underwood Ms. Gladys Wright Ms. Belva Romines Michael Stott Mrs. Rosemary Underwood Ms. Pamela H. Wright

Friends in Action • Our Volunteers

In 2011, 88 volunteers gave 3,634 hours of their time to help Friends of the Smokies. Whether they assist with office management, the annual telethon, or other special events, our volunteers make a tremendous contribution to both Friends of the Smokies and Great Smoky Mountains National Park every year. Using figures derived from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the non-profit group Independent Sector estimates the value of volunteer time in 2011 at $21.79 per hour. Using that figure, our volunteers contributed the equivalent of $79,185 to Friends of the Smokies last year. THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS! We couldn’t do it without you! The following individuals volunteered 8 hours or more with Friends of the Smokies in 2011: Marita Vornehm...... 668 Chuck Budnik...... 110.25 Lois Todd...... 28.5 Laura Soltis...... 14.5 Ellie Burbank...... 626.5 Doc Morrow...... 106.5 Nancy Anderson...... 27.5 Jay Aldrich...... 13 Eileen Wilson...... 248.5 Marlene Budnik...... 99.75 Bob Kurzynske...... 20 Sandra Aldrich...... 13 Dorothy Haislip...... 231 Patty Davis...... 81 Mary Kurzynske...... 20 Teresa Pennington...... 10 Deborah Orobello...... 201.5 Larry Stewart...... 78 Tom Garrett...... 18.5 Susan Rudniak...... 9.5 Esther Blakely...... 189.5 Ann Clayton...... 75 Pat Maier...... 18 Steve Whiddon...... 8.5 Libby Cunha...... 133.2 Shirley Ray...... 32.5 Carol Kashmer...... 16.5 Joan Boyle...... 8 Ray Sellers...... 132 Sara Bush...... 32.25 Anne Farkas...... 16 Susan Morrow...... 116 Linda Robinson...... 29.5 Bob Peebles...... 15

Special thanks to the volunteer teams from First Tennessee Bank and Home Federal Bank for once again giving their time to the Friends Across the Mountains Telethon!

27 Photos by Sam Hobbs Park Needs Fulfilled Park Needs Fulfilled

Resource Management and Science $385,068.94 Integrate research & resource education $44,690.15 Monitor air quality impacts on water quality $115,000.00 Prepare three Elkmont historic structures reports $59,579.94 Support bear management and hog reduction $31,499.63 Park-wide SCAs (Student Conservation Associates) for resource $66,948.00 management and resource/visitor protection Support the the Appalachian Bear Rescue $10,000.00 Suppress hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) infestation $50,004.38 Reduce backcountry bear problems with food storage cables/systems $4,000.00 Reduce Ginseng poaching through root marking techniques $3,346.84

Photo by Esther Blakely

Kathryn McNeil pictured here with Jim Hart and FOTS Emeritus Board Chair Justice Gary R. Wade. Photo by Jack Williams Photo by Sam Hobbs

Facility Management $342,870.57 Support operations at Appalachian Highlands Science Center $29,700.00 Cataloochee visitor amenities $16,300.00 Roaring Fork visitor amenities $16,300.00 Townsend Wye visitor amenities $2,914.30 Cades Cove fencing $36,804.08 Final phase of Trails Forever work at Forney Ridge $126,297.59 Student Conservation Association (SCA) trails rehab project- $25,000.00 Purchase 2nd Trails Forever equipment trailer $2,537.66 Furnish and equip Appalachian Clubhouse and Spence Cabin for day-use/ $16,446.74 rental Repair/replace windows in fifteen cabins at Elkmont $6,358.00 Rehab Laurel Gap Shelter $37,212.20 Manage public rental use programs at Appalachian Clubhouse and Spence $27,000.00 Cabin

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Resource Education $241,424.42 Support Parks As Classrooms in TN and NC $103,524.47 Complete final taxidermy mounts at Sugarlands $350.00 Expand educational outreach (Toyota Grant Funding) $101,950.30 Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program $ 11,199.65 Purchase Knob patio & porch reconstruction $24,400.00

Resource and Visitor Protection $57,026.40 Elk Bugle Corps $5,000.00 Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner Program $40,176.40 Volunteer Roadside Assistance Volunteers $7,350.00 Black Bear Hiking Patrol $4,500.00

The restoration of the interior and exterior of the Appalachian Clubhouse at Elkmont.

Photo by National Park Service

Other Park-directed Needs and Initiatives $113,846.74 Discover Life in America funds received and paid-out $5,570.00 Sponsor "Run for Clean Air" $500.00 Parks as Classrooms additional supplies and support, including SCAs $11,955.96 Wilma Maples Scholarship fund $3,000.00 Superintendent’s discretionary fund $3,674.57 Sponsor Tremont Gils-N-Science Camp $10,000.00 Tremont endowment support received and paid out $1,000.00 Cornerstone grant funds for Tremont $15,000.00 Tremont Homecoming ticket money received and paid out $500.00 Microscopes for Purchase Knob lab from Wachovia $1,049.65 Alcoa grant-funded development of Icelandic national park $9,020.76 Exhibits and signage at Oconaluftee Visitors Center $3,459.30 OVC grand opening celebration $1,615.66 Gary Wade Wildlife Fund $18,460.00 Sugarlands donor wall updates $3,440.00 National Trails Day event $3,093.00 Living Map activity funded by the Community Foundation of Western $1,243.09 North Carolina “Research Sustainable Management PAC- GSMNP” study by Virginia Tech $21,250.00 Additional V.I.P. support $14.75

29 Financial Statements

The amounts presented here are derived from audited financial statements of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park for years ending December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011. There are slight variances in the figures due to rounding. Copies of the complete audited financial statements of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park are available upon request.

Statement of Financial Position Year Ended December 31, 2011 December 31, 2010 Assets Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $8,736,465 $7,757,955 Prepaid Insurance -0- -0- Prepaid Expenses $29,636 $19,247 Pledges Receivable $54,583 $84,483 Accounts Receivable $170,207 $189,189 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS $8,990,891 $8,050,874 Long-term Pledges Receivable $71,875 $131,176 Equipment, net of accumulated depreciation $87,895 $877,550 Other Assets Beneficial interest in assets held by others $177,061 $180,855 Deposits $275 $275 TOTAL OTHER ASSETS $177,336 $181,130 TOTAL ASSETS $9,327,722 $9,240,730 Liabilities and Net Assets Current Liabilities Accounts Payable $31,836 $9,179 Deferred Revenue $158,413 $126,909 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES $189,799 $136,088 TOTAL LIABILITIES $189,799 $136,088 Net Assets Unrestricted $2,331,285 $2,869,114 Temporarily Restricted $2,705,812 $2,793,901 Permanently Restricted $4,100,826 $3,441,627 TOTAL NET ASSETS $9,137,923 $9,104,642 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND ASSETS $9,327,722 $9,240,730

Statement of Activities Year Ended December 31, 2011 December 31, 2010 Support and Revenues Contributions and Grants $1,524,691 $1,971,150 Less amounts designated by donors for other organizations ($22,070) ($11,705) Tennessee License Plate Revenues $405,810 $418,465 North Carolina License Plate Revenues $418,940 $364,660 Special Events $239,760 $238,332 In-kind Contributions $118,360 $146,318 Investment Income $107,497 $152,153 Other $791 $3,574 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT, REVENUE AND OTHER $2,787,779 $3,282,946 Expenses Program Services (Park projects & related support) $2,033,162 $781,066 Management and General $284,915 $275,448 Fundraising $436,361 $437,933 TOTAL EXPENSES $2,754,498 $1,494,448

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Photo by Missy Kane

Photo by Jack Williams

Photo by Sam Hobbs

Photo by Charles Maynard