Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Photos by Jack Williams

2009 Annual Report 75th Anniversary in Review Preserve. Protect. Provide. About This Publication

Our 2009 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! The images used throughout this publication are provided through the generosity, time, and talent of Jack Williams of Knoxville, Tennessee who is Friends of the Smokies’ Board Advisor. Jack donates countless hours every year to photographing Friends of the Smokies’ events. Jack’s efforts mean that we now have a photographic archive of Friends’ activities. The Board and staff of Friends of the Smokies are indebted to Jack Williams for thousands of snapshots throughout our seventeen-year history. Faces of Friends

Honorary Board Member Deener Matthews with Dolly Parton and Board Member Rev. Dan Matthews Board Chair Mark Williams Board Member Kay Clayton with Emeritus Chair with husband Jim Justice Gary R. Wade

Emeritus Director Natalie Haslam with Board Advisor Jack Williams and Emeritus Secretary John B. Waters, Jr. Emeritus Director Judy Morton Board Treasurer John Dickson with Board Member Vicky Fulmer with wife Joan 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.

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OFFICERS EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS Mark Williams ...... Chair Dr. Myron Coulter, Waynesville, NC Knoxville, TN Natalie Haslam, Knoxville, TN Stephen W. Woody ...... Vice Chair Mary Johnson, Shady Valley, TN Asheville, NC Kathryn McNeil, San Francisco, CA Linda Ogle ...... Secretary Judy Morton, Knoxville, TN Pigeon Forge, TN John B. Waters, Jr., Sevierville, TN John Dickson ...... Treasurer David White, Sevierville, TN Arden, NC Leon Jones, Wilma Dykeman Stokely, and Justice Gary R. Wade ...... Chair Emeritus Lindsay Young (deceased) Sevierville, TN BOARD MEMBERS Kay Clayton, Knoxville, TN Vicky Fulmer, Maryville, TN Bruce Hartmann, Knoxville, TN Luke Hyde, Bryson City, NC Dale Keasling, Knoxville, TN John Mason, Asheville, NC Dan Matthews, Waynesville, NC Jim Ogle, Sevierville, TN Hal Roberts, Waynesville, NC HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Sandy Beall, Maryville, TN Mimi Cecil, Asheville, NC Deener Matthews, Waynesville, NC Board Member Luke Hyde with President Jim Hart Jack Williams, Knoxville, TN and Chair Mark Williams 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 Office Director Sarah Weeks ...... Director of Development

Office Information

Tennessee/Main Office North Carolina Office Jim Hart, President Holly Demuth, North Carolina Office 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 2009, more than 4,600 individuals, corporations, and foundations representing 40 states and the District of Columbia made gifts to Friends of the Smokies, hailing from as far away as Alaska to as close as Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National 5.5. Ohio 99.. Park benefits from tremendous generosity! Indiana We’d love to count Friends of the Smokies in 10.10. VViirrginiaginia every state. If you know someone who loves the 8.8. KentuKentuckycky Park and lives in Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New 2.2. NorthNorth 1.1. TennesseeTennessee CCaarrolinaolina Hampshire, North or South Dakota, Rhode 77.. SSouthouth Island, Utah, or Vermont, please encourage CCaarrolinaolina 44.. them to become a Friend, or make a gift of GGeoeorgiargia membership to them for a special occasion! 66.. Alabama Top Ten States (# of donors)

1. Tennessee 6. Alabama 3.3. Flloorridaida 2. North Carolina 7. South Carolina 3. Florida 8. Kentucky 4. Georgia 9. Indiana 5. Ohio 10. Virginia

2009 Highlights

When planning activities began for the Park’s 75th anniversary celebration, Superintendent Dale Ditmanson could often be heard emphasizing that the celebration should create a lasting legacy. To that end, the Park’s 75th Anniversary Coordinator Ann Froschauer worked in congress with Friends of the Smokies, the Great Smoky Mountains Association, community leaders in Blount, Cocke, and Sevier counties in Tennessee and Haywood, Swain, and Graham counties in North Carolina, as well as with representatives of the Eastern Band of Cherokee to create a yearlong series of special events to highlight the Park’s 75 years of history and benefit these surrounding communities. The 75th anniversary celebration strengthened the ties between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the people living in its foothills. More than 250 community events throughout calendar year 2009 celebrated the theme of the 75th Anniversary which was as follows: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a gift of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Chief Michell Hicks (right), Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (center), and people—a sanctuary for renewal and discovery, a Superintendent Dale Ditmanson (left) (continued on page 5) 4 2009 Highlights (continued) place that celebrates the history and heritage of the mountains, and a place to enjoy the scenic splendor and the variety of life found here. Along with the community events, the Park hosted several once-in-a-lifetime celebrations: April 20: Governor’s Proclamation Ceremony at Clingman’s Dome — Several hundred citizens as well as local and state officials gathered atop Clingman’s Dome on an unusually sunny The crowd poses for a historic photo preceding and warm spring day, and were treated to a the proclamations. gourmet lunch courtesy of Friends of the Smokies. June 13-15: The 75th Anniversary Weekend June 13: From the very beginning conversations about the 75th anniversary celebration, folks kept suggesting that Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander play piano with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO) in Cades Cove as he did as Tennessee’s governor during the Park’s 50th anniversary celebration. The natural beauty of Cades Cove was Senator Alexander tickling the ivories in accentuated by the talented KSO Cades Cove musicians, and the public’s request to once again hear Senator Alexander play was granted. At the conclusion of his set the Senator was recognized by the Park as an Honorary Park Ranger for his staunch support of the protection of the Smokies. More than 7,000 people enjoyed the beautiful music Superintendent Ditmanson addresses the proclamation and weather that day. ceremony attendees June 14: Superintendent Dale Ditmanson and his staff opened their doors at Park Headquarters to showcase their daily management activities and highlight the historical importance of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers to the architecture and infrastructure of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In preparation for the event the Park’s Facility Management staff restored the building’s lobby, which had been retrofitted over the years into several offices, to its original appearance when it served as the Park Visitor Center from 1940 until 1960. The assembled crowd and the June 15: On the actual date of the musicians Park’s establishment, the Park and its partners symbolically broke ground for a new 7,000 square-foot, LEED- certified Oconaluftee Visitor Center The groundbreaking celebration included a showcase of Cherokee near the Park’s Cherokee, NC Indian Dances demonstrated by the entrance. The new building will “Warriors of Anikituhwa” (continued on page 6) 5 2009 Highlights (continued)

replace an 1,100 s/f CCC-built facility originally designed to be a Ranger Station and Magistrate Courtroom. The new Center will be built without any federal investment using $2.5 million provided by the Great Smoky Mountains Association to construct the building and $1/2 million from the Friends of the Smokies for 3,000 s/f of Cultural History exhibits, and interpretive and orientation media. In 2009, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation donated $30,000; the Cannon Foundation gave $10,000, and funding from Friends’ North Carolina license plate supporters as well as the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Community Foundation and the Swain County North Carolina Community Foundation contributed funds to help with the design and development of the exhibitry. Thanks to Bob Miller, Public Information Officer, for his “Inside NPS” write-up which aided in the recap of the Cherokee Elder Jerry Wolfe in-Park 75th Anniversary performed a blessing before the weekend events. breaking of the ground September 2: The Park’s Official 75th Anniversary Ambassador Ms. Dolly Parton stole everyone’s thunder during the official rededication ceremony at Newfound Gap. Dolly’s roots in the Smokies made her the ideal spokesperson for the celebration. Mists rose from the valleys as if cued on command and the hillsides resounded with the beauty of her clear, true Appalachian voice. Although the dais was filled with dignitaries and politicians including Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Senator Lamar Alexander, Con- gressman Heath Shuler, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, and Tennessee Superintendent Dale Ditmanson Governor Phil Bredesen, all eyes were on addresses the crowd Dolly!

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar with Dolly Parton

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Many generous sponsors stepped forward to support the 75th anniversary activities through Friends of the Smokies, and we thank them for helping to make the celebration a tremendous success! Between 2008 when sponsor recruitment started and the end of 2009, more than $250,000 in sponsorship money and in-kind advertising support was given by individuals, corporations, and foundations in honor of seventy-five years of beauty, biological diversity, history, and unparalleled enjoyment in the Smokies. Additionally, several major gifts were made in honor of the 75th Anniversary to support its signature fundraising initiative Trails Forever. 75th Anniversary Sponsors Clingman’s Dome Level Chimney Tops Level ($5,075) Old Mill Square ($50,075+) Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Pigeon Forge Department of Lyndhurst Foundation— Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Tourism $100,000 Danny & Liz King Pigeon Forge Primary School (for Trails Forever & Seasonal Knoxville Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Clayton Sharp Conservation Associates) (for Trails Forever) Geoff & Pat Wolpert Knoxville News Sentinel— Tanger Outlet Center at Five $68,995 Oaks Cades Cove Level ($750) (in-kind advertising support) (for Trails Forever) Apple Valley Comfort Inn Greg A. Vital Clarion Inn Willow River Rocky Top Level ($25,075+) (for Trails Forever) County Tonite Theatre pinpoint HD Media—$32,000 Greystone Lodge at the (in-kind advertising support) Cataloochee Valley Level Aquarium ($2,575) Mt. Cammerer Level ($10,075) Cataloochee Reunion Sugarlands Level ($275) AAA of East Tennessee Clayton Bank & Trust Art Market Gallery City of Gatlinburg Cliff Dwellers Gallery Blue Smoke Coffee Roasting City of Pigeon Forge (a portion to Trails Forever) Company City of Sevierville Covenant Health Burchfiel-Kile Enterprises Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Dr. Mary E. Dalton Byron & Paula Begley Jean Ogle/TAO Enterprises Carl Falk Dr. & Mrs. Sevier County, TN Hard Rock Café Gatlinburg Henry A. Callaway, Jr. Smoky Mountain Convention Home Federal Bank Mr. & Mrs. Sam H. Curtis & Visitors Bureau Mast General Store (for Trails Forever) State of North Carolina Bill May Studios (gift-in-kind) Graham County, NC Travel & Department of Commerce Teresa Pennington Tourism Authority Tennessee Department of Great Smoky Mountains Tourist Development Newfound Gap Level ($1,075) Heritage Center Mr. & Mrs. William Y. Carroll Haywood County, NC Tourism Mt. LeConte Level ($7,575 ) Cocke County Partnership Development Authority Jan Morton Pete & Cindi DeBusk Mr. & Mrs. Charles Maynard Judy Morton Mr. & Mrs. Dale Ditmanson Pinnacle Performance Partners Linda Ogle Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Ely Signmaster of Tennessee Robert A. Tino Gallery, Inc. Experience Your Smokies (gift-in-kind) Blount County Smoky Mountain Marketing Chuck Hendricks Group Knox County, TN Town of Bryson City

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In honor of the 75th Anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the creativity of renowned artists resulted in timeless works of art. Dolly Parton recorded a CD entitled Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke and all proceeds from its sale benefit Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Through the combination of CD sales, and a special V.I.P. premiere performance by Dolly Parton and the cast of the musical Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke in May 2009, more than $400,000 has been raised to help preserve and protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park and improve its trails. We thank the following businesses for displaying Sha-Kon-O-Hey! to sell to their customers and guests: BDS InfoFast Dorinda’s Gifts & Collectibles Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies Blue Ridge Books & News Food City Scenic Helicopter Tours Citizens National Bank Great Smoky Mountains SmartBank Clarion Inn Willow River Association Bookstores South’s Finest Chocolate Factory Dixie Stampede Greystone Lodge at the Aquarium The Swag Country Inn Dollywood Mountain National Bank Friends of the Smokies was honored by artists Teresa Pennington of Waynesville, NC and Robert A. Tino of Sevierville, TN who each created a special limited-edition print of Great Smoky Mountains National Park in honor of the 75th anniversary. Both artists directed a portion of the proceeds from the sales of these highly collectible works to Friends of the Smokies. Copies of “Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke”, “Finding the Way”, and Barbara Joines, Vice President & General “For the Permanent Enjoyment of the People” Manager of Dollywood: Friends’ President Jim Hart; Sherry Herschend and Jack Herschend are still available! of Herschend Family Entertainment

“Finding the Way” “For the Permanent Enjoyment of the People” by Robert A. Tino by Teresa Pennington

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In conjunction with the 75th anniversary planning process, the Park staff developed a media kit with information about the park and its partners (Friends of the Smokies and the Great Smoky Mountains Association.) Included here are some interesting and informative facts about the park we know and love.

What Makes Great Smoky Mountains National Park Unique?

idge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great RSmoky Mountains National Park, bisecting the park in an unbroken chain that rises more than 5,000 feet for over 36 miles. The largest federally protected upland reserve east of the Mississippi River, the park encompasses over 800 square miles in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Elevations in the park range from 875 to 6,643 feet. This range in altitude mimics the latitudinal changes experienced by driving north or south across the eastern United States, say from Georgia to Maine. Plants and animals common in the southern United States thrive in the lowlands of the Smokies while species common in the northern states find suitable habitat at the higher elevations.

The Smoky Mountains are among the oldest in the world, formed perhaps 200-300 million years ago. They are unique in their northeast to southwest orientation, which allowed species to migrate along their slopes during climatic changes such as the last ice age, 10,000 years ago. In fact, the gla- ciers of the last ice age affected the Smoky Mountains without invading them. During that time, glaciers scoured much of North America but did not quite reach as far south as the Smokies. These mountains became a refuge for many northern species that were pushed southward by the advancing ice then retreated upward as it withdrew. The Smokies have been relatively undisturbed by glaciers or ocean inundation for over a million years, giving species eons to diversify.

In the Smokies, the average annual rainfall varies from approximately 55 inches in the valleys to over 85 inches on some peaks—more than anywhere else in the country except the Pacific Northwest. During wet years, over eight feet of rain falls in the high country. The relative humidity in the park during the growing season is about twice that of the Rocky Mountain region. Almost 95 percent of the park is forested, and about 25 percent of that area is old- growth forest—one of the largest blocks of deciduous, temperate, old-growth forest remaining in North America.

All these conditions coming together—changes in altitude, moisture, temperature, and northeast-southwest orientation—create a range of ecosystems that support a tremendous diversity of life. This biologi- cal diversity is the hallmark of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. No other area of equal size in a temperate climate can match the park's amazing diversity of plants, animals, and invertebrates.

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Over 12,000 species have been documented in the park—from the big animals like bears, deer, and elk, down to microscopic organisms which are still being discovered. Scientists believe an addi- tional 90,000 species may live here.

z Some 100 species of native trees grow in the Smokies, more than in any other North American national park. z Over 1,500 additional flowering plant species have been identified in the park. z The park is the center of diversity for lungless salaman- ders. There are at least 30 differenct species of salaman- ders, giving the Smokies the distinction of having the most diverse population anywhere in the world. z The park is home to more than 200 species of birds, 66 types of mammals, 39 varieties of reptiles, and 43 species of amphibians. One of the last wild trout habitats in the eastern United States, the park protects 2,115 miles of streams in which Southern Appalachian brook trout and 50 other native fish species live. z Mollusks, millipedes, and mushrooms reach record diver- sity here. z Approximately 1,500 black bears live in the park. This equals a population density of approximately two bears per square mile.

Culturally, the mountains have had a long human history spanning over 9,000 years—from the prehistoric Paleo Indians to early European settlement in the 1800s. The park has an unequalled collection of historic structures, including large two-story dwellings, log buildings, churches, schoolhouses, barns and working grist mills—78 historic structures in all, along with preserved scenes and landscapes characteristic of settlers life in the Smokies. In addition, the park contains over 200 cemeteries, from large fenced areas with hundreds of graves in known marked cemeteries to more remote locations with just a handful of graves or even just one.

Recreationally, the park is a mecca for hikers, nature lovers, and sight-seers of all kinds. Hands-on exploration and recreational opportunities abound in the Smokies for visitors to discover the wonders of the mountains and to enjoy the scenic splendor. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the place of both activity and relaxation. Visitors can challenge themselves to a strenuous hike to the crest of a mountain or sit and enjoy a peaceful sunset over the mountains. Auto touring, bicy- cling, fishing, hiking, picnicking, horse riding, waterfalls, historic buildings, mountain streams, wildlife viewing, workshops and classes, family-friendly ranger-led programs and other education- al experiences await visitors.

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In 2009, the Park selected Christine Hoyer as its first-ever Backcountry Volunteer Coordinator. She was formerly a Trails Foreman in the park’s South District (North Carolina.) Christine is responsible for identifying the highest priority Trails Forever projects throughout the park and then tailoring the work to suit the skillset of a combination of paid workers and unpaid volunteers. Christine’s report on 2009 Trails Forever activities is included here for your enjoyment!

These Georgia Southern University students didn’t let a little rock get in the way of making the Forney Ridge Trail better for the thousands of hikers who traverse it each year

Before (left) & after (right) shots of rock work on the Forney Ridge Trail

Forney Ridge photos by Christine Hoyer

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Grea t Smoky Mountains Nation al Pa rk

Tr ail s Fo rev er 200 9 Seas on Report

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Trail s Fo reve r 2009 Seas on Repo rt

Program Overview

Trail s Forever is a partnership prog ram between Gr eat Smoky Mountains National Park and F ri ends of t he Smokies. Friend s of t he Smokies is t he beneficiary of a $2 mill ion chal lenge gr ant f rom t he Aslan F oun dation of Knoxv ille. The Aslan Founda tion is t he legacy of avid Smokies hi ker and f ound ing Friend s boa rd member Li ndsay Young. T ra ils F ore ver is a uni que oppor tuni ty f or anyone who lo ves t he Smokies t o c on trib ute t o its la sting pre ser vation.

The goal s of t he T rail s Fore ver pro gram were t o crea te a crew dedi cated t o t rail rehabili tation pr oje cts and in corpora te v olunteers in to t he pro cess, ser ving both t he publi c in terest and t he Par k. When t he chall enge gr ant is f ull y re ali zed t he re will be a dedicated T ra ils Fore ver T ra il Crew f unded by t he in tere st f rom the t arge t $4 mil lion in vestmen t.

The 2009 T rail s Fore ver Trail Crew f ocused on major t rail rehabili tation proje cts in clud ing bri dge and wall con stru ction , t rail relocation, and rehabili tation of severel y degraded t rail s egments. Thi s crew wor ked on t he hi ghe st pr iori ty pro jects in bo th T enne ss ee and North Caroli na. The volunteer componen t of Trail s F ore ver pro vided indi viduals with t he oppor tuni ty t o wor k al ong side pro fess ional t rail worker s t o make la sting and importan t impro vements t o t rail s t hroughou t t he Par k.

Since 1997, the Aslan Foundation has given generously to Friends of the Smokies to aid in the preservation and protection of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Aslan Foundation board and the Young family feel confident that because of his love for the Smokies and the people of East Tennessee, Lindsay Young would feel proud that he established the Trails Forever endowment for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Trail s Fo reve r 2009 Seas on Repo rt

Objectives

• Dedi cate a crew to trail rehabi litation proje cts and in corpora te volunteeri sm • Crea te a prog ram t hat bene fits t he pub lic as well as t he Park • Focus on t he in vol vement of You th and Conser vation progr ams • En courage Stewardship f or t he Par k t hough positive vol unteer exper ien ces

Success es

• Several important Trails Forever projects were completed throughout the Park • Amoun t of t rail rehabili tation completed illu stra tes t he po sitive impact of in corpora ting volun teer s on Tra il • The Trail s F orever web site – ww w.smokiest rail sfore ver .org – was created t o increase visibili ty and vol unteer re crui tment • 73% of T ra ils F ore ver volun teer hour s were You th – Studen t Conser vation Association Bravo Crew and three Al terna tive Spri ng Brea k Col lege Groups (UVA , NYU and GSU) • Repea t v olun teer s t hroughou t t he season indi cate po sitive vol unteer exper ien ce f or t he publi c • Crea tion of a Vo lun teer Manager position dedi cated t o t he Trail s Division to manage and grow t he Trail s Vol unteer Pr ogram t hr ough t he Park

Trail Work Completed

• 3,341 Volunteer Hours • Trail Rehabili tation on 10.5 miles of Tra il • Rehabi litated – 3.2 mil es of Tra il • Ramsey Cascades T rail & F orne y Ridge T rail • Rehabi litated – Section s of 7.3 mile s of Trail • Panther Creek Trail , Mir y Ridge Tra il, Mingus Creek Trail , Newton Bald T rail , Hemphill Bald, Twen tymile Cascade s Trail

Fo rney Ridg e Trail: Befor e and Aft er example of Tr ails For ev er Tr ail Rehabilitation

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15 2009 Highlights (continued) Parks as Classrooms

The largest education grant in Friends of the Smokies’ history was $1 million from Toyota to update and enhance existing Parks as Classrooms curriculum. A great synopsis of how that $1 million will make a difference is in this informational flyer developed by park staff.

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Improving Science Education in Great Smoky

Mountains National Park T Technology in the form of podcasts, earthcaching, and distance learning opportunities will be developed so that people can have self-directed opportunities to explore the park.

Three temporary employees with backgrounds in education and science have been hired to develop program enhancements. They will improve the park's ability to communicate about various resource issues while determining better ways to engage the public in new findings, new methodology, new technology, and new opportunities for citizen science and stewardship.

Goals of the Grant

z To advance the understanding and protection of the park's natural resources through education z To improve the park's educational programs and develop environmental Through a three-year grant from Toyota, the park will stewards developThrough science a three-year education grant opportunities from Toyota, that the parkvary willby age z To reconnect tens of thousands of visitors Tdevelop science education opportunities that vary by age each year to the natural world and their group and by intensity with a primary focus on grades parks group and by intensity with a primary focus on grades K-12. The grant will be used to build on existing strengths z To develop effective evaluation tools toK-12. emphasize The grant science will be education. used to build on existing strengths z To begin to spread these ideas and to emphasize science education. approaches to families, schools, and public lands throughout America Plans are to expand a comprehensive Parks as PlansClassrooms are to expandK-8 program a comprehensive that builds from Parks year as to Classroomsyear and culminates K-8 program in stewardship that builds service from year learning to yearopportunities. and culminates Programs in stewardship will be developed service atlearning the opportunities.high school level Programs and will will include be developed summer at the highinternships school andlevel specialized and will include programming summer to internshipsencourage careers and specialized in science. programming An extensive to encourageevaluation careershas been in developed science. An to extensive track program evaluationsuccess. All has programs been developed will be developed to track program so as to be success.sustainable. All programs will be developed so as to be sustainable. In addition to programs that are geared toward Instudents addition in educationalto programs settings, that are moregeared family- toward studentsfocused, teacher-focused,in educational settings, and adult-focused more family- focused,educational teacher-focused, programs will andbe developed. adult-focused 16 educational programs will be developed. 2009 Highlights (continued)

2008-2009 Toyota Grant Activities include:

Programs for Youth

F z Continuing the already popular Junior Ranger program with new offerings and celebrations of National Junior Ranger Day, reaching thousands of children z Expanding the popular K - 8th grade Parks as Classrooms program with revised cur- riculum serving 15,000 students annually z Developing new educational programs for the Twin Creeks Science and Education Center, with enhanced technology and interactive databases z Developing summer science camps for local students, including students from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians

Programs for Teens z Continuing summer high school internships and developing new school year opportunities z Completing a high school needs assessment to better target efforts for this age group Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Friends of the z Developing college programs Smokies sincerely thank Toyota for this generous grant that Programs for Teachers will support science education for many years to come. z Conducting multiple Teacher Workshops z Developing curriculum on the internet

This landmark gift of $1,000,000 and three Toyota Programs for General Park Visitors Prius vehicles will enhance educational programs z Developing an air quality exhibit to be and reach new audiences. In recognizing Toyota, the used in conjunction with a Toyota Prius to park also recognizes the various donors who have display sustainable solutions to pollution supported the educational programs for so many z Offering a new “Not-So-Junior Ranger” years including, Friends of Great Smoky Mountains, program aimed at ages 13-103 Great Smoky Mountains Association, Haiman z Developing a web-based resource man- Foundation, Cornerstone Foundation, Park Grill, agement newsletter that includes podcasts Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and Alcoa Foundation. z Developing citizen science events and These donors enabled the park to build its programs online science modules so that it could be recognized by such a generous grant from Toyota.

For additional information contact: Nancy Gray Public Affairs Great Smoky Mountains National Park 865-436-1208 [email protected]

17 2009 Highlights (continued) Fighting the Woolly Adelgid

Ongoing treatment efforts to mitigate the destruction of the non-native species hemlock woolly adelgid are proving effective at saving some of the park’s eastern hemlock trees. The park is currently actively treating 2,500 acres of hemlock- predominated land. Bob Miller, Management Assistant for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, provided the statistic below on the three methods of attack currently in use against the adelgids. Spraying: All 400 acres of the front country areas received an annual foliar application of insecticidal soap or oil. Systemic treatments: Of the over 132,000 trees systemically treated since the project started, over 18,000 of these were treated in fiscal year 2009. All of the trees in the front country campgrounds and heavily visited areas, if needed, were retreated with systemic insecticides. 2009 was a productive year because several years of drought had slowed the uptake of the systemic pesticides but left it in the soil. The The telltale sign that hemlock woolly adelgid is returning rains helped force the chemical into the foliage with present is the white cottony substance visible on positive results in most cases. A major question has been: the tree’s needles here “How often will trees need to be treated to protect them?” Sampling of the needle density has shown that effectiveness may vary from three years or less, to up to seven years. This sampling will guide the park in scheduling treatments to maximize staff and resources to the broadest possible advantage. Beginning in August 2009 the park used a new systemic treatment that has shown rapid results to control HWA on some of the largest old growth trees that are in poor condition. Beetle releases: Since 2002 the Park has released over 350,000 Sasajiscymnus tsugae (St) beetles as part of the overall control biological effort and over 2,800 Laricobius nigrinus (Ln) predator beetles and eggs. There were 56 releases of the St predatory beetle in 2009 totaling 56,669; 5 Ln releases totaling 1,134; and 1 Ss release totaling 55. Beetles were recovered in multiple Conservation Areas in 2009 from releases as far back as 2002. While beetles and other biological controls represent the best long-range hope for hemlock survival and recovery, the overall success is constantly monitored and evaluated. License Plates

The big story in this important category of revenue for Friends of the Smokies is the tremendous popularity of the redesigned North Carolina plate. As of March 2009, there were 16,861 Friends of the Smokies “bear” plates on the road, up 24% over March 2008. Throughout 2009, sales of the North Carolina plate rose steadily over the prior year. The Friends’ Tennessee plate continues to be a strong seller. We urge you to support Friends of the Smokies by purchasing our specialty plate if you live in North Carolina or Tennessee. One time each year, it’s one more way to help preserve and protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Total specialty license plate revenue for 2009 was almost $830,000. We appreciate each and every driver who chooses a Friends plate for their vehicle! 18 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Foundations Businesses Young, Williams, Kirk & Beaty Chevrolet $400,000+ Stone, PC Blue Ridge Osondu Books & $50,000+ YourSmokies.com Cafe Aslan Foundation Scripps Networks Bragg Farms The Chocolate Bear $100,000+ $500 to $999 $10,000 to $24,999 Bentley Systems, Inc. East Gate Plaza Lyndhurst Foundation ChoiceDATA Buckhorn Inn Gatlinburg Apparel & Jewelry Citizens National Bank Clarion Inn Willow River Market $25,000 to $50,000+ Five Oaks Development Group Cosby Real Estate, Inc. HG&A Associates, PC Alcoa Foundation Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Country Tonite Theatre Hidden Springs Resort Rentals Cornerstone Foundation of Home Federal Bank Dollywood Company Joe Metcalf Race Engines, Inc. Knoxville Knoxville News Sentinel Flat Creek Publishing Jonathan’s Cherokee Preservation Pilot Travel Centers Greystone, Inc. New Meridian Technologies, Foundation, Inc. Haywood Builders Supply Inc. Richard Haiman National Parks $5,000 to $9,999 Company Nick & Nate’s Pizzeria Inc. Foundation Inc. Alcoa, Inc.– Rigid Packaging Richardson Turner Novinger, Ball & Zivi, P.C. Scripps Howard Foundation Division Construction Company, Inc. Ripley’s Aquarium of the Ackermann Public Relations & Sevier County Utility District Smokies $10,000 to $24,999 Marketing Stokely Hospitality Enterprises Shafer Insurance Agency, Inc. The Cannon Foundation, Inc. Baker, Donelson, Bearman, The Swag Country Inn Stowers Machinery The Chrysalis Foundation Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Valley Forge Inn Corporation Clayton Family Foundation Ingles Markets, Inc. Stewart Builders, Inc. The Haslam 3 Foundation K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc./ $250 to $499 Switchback Trail Design Haslam Family Food City Appalachia Business Tennessee State Bank Foundation, Inc. Communications Corp. Treasures In Earthen Vessels Paddison Charitable $2,500 to $4,999 BB&T Verco Interiors Foundation Barnes Insurance Agency, Inc. BankEast Village Framer The William B. Stokely Jr. Cliff Dwellers Gallery C. J. Ogle Stone Co., Inc. VIN Wine Bar Foundation Mast General Store, Inc. Champion Credit Union WC & R Interests, LLC Hard Rock Cafe Davis Newman Payne Inc. $5,000 to $9,999 Kramer Rayson LLP HomeTrust Bank Matching Gift The Cobble Family Martin & Company Intentional Growth Center Companies Foundation, Inc. Phillips & Jordan Mitchell, Emert & Hill, P.C. Friends of the Smokies thanks SmartBank Mountain National Bank the following companies for $2,500 to $4,999 The Trust Company of Northwestern Mutual Financial providing matching gifts in Charis Foundation, Inc. Knoxville Network 2009. Matching gifts make Duke Energy Foundation Old Town Bank contributions go twice as far! John B. Young Charitable $1,000 to $2,499 Phil Lovelace & Associates Allstate Giving Campaign Trust #2 About You Salon & Day Spa Smoky Mountain Marketing Ameriprise Financial Lucille S. Thompson Family American Book Company, Inc. Group Bank of America Foundation BB&T Thompson Photo Bentley Systems Incorporated William E. & Audrine C. Barber McMurry Architects, The Track-Pigeon Forge LTD Boeing Honey Foundation, Inc. Inc. Citi Foundation Clayton Bank and Trust $100 to $249 Covidien $1,000 to $2,499 Ken Wilson Ford, Inc. Alcoa Tennessee Federal Credit Duke Energy Foundation Community Foundation of Knoxville Convention Center Union ExxonMobil Foundation Western North Carolina, Inc. Land-O-Lakes: White Wave Art Market Gallery GlaxoSmithKline Foundation National Park Foundation Foods The Artists’ House Gallery J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation Niswonger Foundation Mercy Health Partners The Wachovia Foundation Mountain Laurel Chalets, Inc. Wood Family Foundation Parkgrove, L.P. Comfort Inns - PF $500 to $999 Pigeon River Restaurant North Carolina Community Associates, L.L.C. Foundation Regions Bank Sam’s Club $100 to $499 Scripps Financial Service Astre Foundation Center Mills Family Foundation Sevier County Bank Mitchell and Dorothy Kostro Sevierville Tax Service Family Foundation Smoky Mountain Grocery SunTrust Banks, Inc. Trotter & Associates Architect Wilderness at the Smokies

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Matching Gift Foothill Striders Smoky Mountains Garden Club Ober Gatlinburg Companies (CONTINUED ) Friends of Jamie Woodson Tennessee Association of Family The Park Grill Knoxville Garden Club & Consumer Sciences Pigeon Forge Hotel and Knoxville News Sentinel Maryville College Walnut Free Will Baptist Lodging Association Oracle North Carolina State Employees’ Church (participating members) The Prudential Foundation Combined Campaign Westminster Presbyterian Ripley’s Gatlinburg Attractions Matching Gifts Program Pigeon Forge Primary School Church Sevierville Lodging Association Storz Endovision, Inc. Rotary Foundation (participating members) UnumProvident Corporation (Knoxville, TN) Partners in Tennessee Smokies Baseball Vulcan Materials Company Philanthropy Club The Wachovia Foundation $500 to $999 WellPoint Foundation Friends of the Smokies also Individuals Episcopal School of Knoxville thanks the following community Additional Partners Smoky Mountain Convention foundations, gift funds, and Every year, some of our & Visitors Bureau businesses for facilitating outstanding sources of support $50,000+ West Knoxville Rotary Club contributions through donor- come from donors whose names Great Smoky Mountains advised funds, gifts of stock, we may not know and whose Association $250 to $499 guest donation programs, and faces we may never see! The French Broad River Garden Club other charitable gifts in 2009. names and addresses of those $15,000+ Sevier County Bar Association Buckhorn Inn who purchase the Friends of the Little River Chapter Trout Smoky Mountains Hiking & Community Foundation of Smokies specialty license plates Unlimited #664 Adventure Group Greater Memphis in Tennessee and North Town of Waynesville Community Foundation of Carolina are kept confidential $10,000+ Western North Carolina, Inc. by the states. Folks who put AAA East Tennessee $100 to $249 Covenant Health their hard-earned dollars in our City of Gatlinburg Boy Scouts of America Troop East Tennessee Foundation donation boxes in places like City of Pigeon Forge #213 Foundation for the Carolinas Cades Cove and Deep Creek do City of Sevierville Parks & ChristyFest Interact for Change so anonymously. All of this Recreation Department Friends of the Smokies Club- Mast General Store support is greatly needed, and State of Florida Farragut High School Network for Good deeply appreciated. Tennessee Department of Happy Hikers O’Conner Senior REI Recreational Equipment, Tourist Development Center Inc. Mountaintop Friends Haywood County Hotel & SmartBank $400,000+ Motel Association $5,000 to $9,999 Winston-Salem Foundation Tennessee Specialty License Knox County Health Sevier County Government Plate Supporters Tennessee Valley Authority Department Membership Partners The Maryville Housing During 2009, the following Authority $1,000 to $4,999 businesses generously North Carolina State University Cocke County Partnership participated in our membership Libraries Covenant Health benefits program by extending discounts to members of Friends of the Smokies. Friends of the Smokies sincerely For an up-to-date listing of our thanks all of the Tennessee membership partners, please County Clerks and their visit our website at employees for their support! www.FriendsOfTheSmokies.org . Carolina Vacations $350,000+ Dollywood and Dollywood’s North Carolina Specialty Splash Country License Plate Supporters Eaglenest Entertainment Gatlinburg Lodging and Hospitality Association (participating members) Great Smoky Mountains Association Great Smoky Mountains Friends of the Smokies sincerely Railroad thanks all of the employees of The Happy Hiker the tag offices and the North Haywood County Hotel and Carolina Division of Motor Motel Association Vehicles for their support! (participating members) Knoxville Zoo $225,000+ Mast General Store Park Donation Box Museum of Appalachia Contributors

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Mountaintop Friends Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Enander Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lowe (CONTINUED ) Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ethier Mrs. Lydia S. Macauley Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Madsen $50,000+ Dr. and Mrs. Rob Page Everett, III Mr. and Mrs. George Marion Mrs. Wilma M. Maples Coach and Mrs. Bruce Pearl Mr. Andrew E. Farmer Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mason Mr. and Mrs. Blaine S. West Mr. and Mrs. Edward V. Mr. Clarence T. Fetters Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Pershing Assistant Superintendent Kevin Matthews $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Samples FitzGerald and Mrs. Cyn Mr. and Mrs. David Mayfield Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Anton Ms. J. Elaine Seat Slaughter Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mr. and Mrs. James D. Blalock Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Squires, Jr. Mr. Ted L. Flickinger and Mrs. McClamroch Mr. and Mrs. James L. Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Wright Tisdale, Jr. Julie Howard Mr. Richard S. McClelland Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Robin Turner Ms. Jean Frans Dr. and Mrs. Fred McLean Mr. and Mrs. James A. Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Valentine Commissioner and Mrs. Jim Ms. Kathryn K. McNeil Haslam, II Mr. John B. Waters, Jr. Fyke Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Melton Mr. and Mrs. Raja Jubran Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Gigliotti Mr. and Mrs. Ted Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Lawler $1,000 to $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. George R. Giles Ms. Jodi A. Miller Ms. Marian E. Oates Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Arnette Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Ms. Mary Lynn Mingledorff-Lee Mrs. Jean C. Ogle Dr. Ellis S. Bacon Gillespie Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moody Mrs. Linda N. Ogle Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Mr. Steve Grabenstein and Ms. Ms. Julie Anne Morton Mr. and Mrs. Bradford G. Ballard Sarah Oram Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Morton Stanback Dr. and Mrs. Michael Belmont Mr. Stephen Grady and Mrs. Dr. Elise M. Morvant Justice and Mrs. Gary R. Wade Mr. Chris Blanton Patricia Grady Mr. and Mrs. Conley H. Mr. and Mrs. William Waltman Ms. Diane Blount Ms. Clementine W. Gregory Murrell Mrs. Jeanna Bulman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Oakley $5,000 to $9,999 Ms. Sandra K. Burdick and Mr. Hartmann Ms. Nancy C. Oxford Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Tom Boyd Mrs. Lane Hays Mr. and Mrs. Michael Parker Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie H. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Hendricks Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Partridge Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Blalock Mr. Douglas R. Case Mr. and Mrs. David H. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Chris Patrick Mr. Randal D. Boyd Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson Ms. Angela M. Hoffman and Mr. William L. Pavao, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Tutt S. Bradford Chapman Dr. Seth M. McConchie Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Pearsall Mr. and Mrs. Bill L. Cobble Ms. Betty T. Childress Ms. Audrine Honey Mr. and Mrs. Randall R. Pope Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mr. James E. Hooper Mrs. Dinah Rainwater Dr. Mary E. Dalton and Dr. Choinski Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Johnson Ms. Shirley A. Ray David McGee Mr. Cleophas M. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Alan Jones Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Fulmer Mr. George G. Conner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Keasling Dr. Steve Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. James A. Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keener Ms. Sandy D. Richardson Haslam, III Crabtree Mr. Bryce W. Keyser Mr. and Mrs. Gene Scherrer Mr. Robert W. Hutson Mr. Kevin Crigger Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. King Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Schultz Mr. Julian G. Morton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Culpepper Mr. and Mrs. David Kleshinski Mr. and Mrs. George Shiner Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Phillips, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley N. Ms. Maribel W. Koella Mr. Teddy Smith Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Pryse Currey, Jr. Mr. Carl O. Koella, III Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Stanback Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Ray Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Daves Mr. and Mrs. Gene C. Koonce Mr. Craig O. Stine and Dr. Ms. Elizabeth W. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davis Mr. Franklyn Kraus Jeannette Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Williams Ms. Elizabeth Dodds Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Lawler Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Swaggerty Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Mr. and Mrs. Leon C. Downey Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lawrence Mr. Charles W. Swanson and Wolpert Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Dye Ms. Ann Lindsay Mrs. Pamela L. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Worsham Mr. and Mrs. Bobby H. Ely Mr. Scott Littlejohn Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Talbott Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Tino $2,500 to $4,999 Mrs. Shirley E. Tucker Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Askew Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tullock Ms. Myra Cloer Mr. Joseph E. Verran Mr. Herbert Coleman Mr. Greg A. Vital Mr. and Mrs. Autry O. DeBusk Mr. Aaron Wade Supt. and Mrs. Dale Ditmanson Mr. and Mrs. Lynn T. Webb Mrs. Virginia M. Dougherty Mrs. Deanne M. Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Falk Mr. David V. White Mrs. Patricia L. Fenn Mr. and Mrs. Keith Widmer Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Furrow Mrs. Ashley N. Wolford Mr. and Mrs. James Gass Ms. Carma Wooden Mayor and Mrs. William E. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Haslam Yarbrough Mr. and Mrs. F. Lambert Hooper, Jr.

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Cascade Friends Mr. and Mrs. E. Bruce Foster, Jr. Mr. Joe Ryall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Sarson Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen Bray $500 to $999 Freeman Ms. Relia M. Scheib Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Addicks Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gerding Ms. Brenda Sellers and Mr. Ed Breeding Doug and Carole Allen Mr. Billy L. Godsey, Jr. Young Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Brock, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Dr. and Mrs. Randal O. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shipp, Jr. Mr. Matthew Brooks and Ms. Anderson Graham, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Jennifer Moser Mr. Robert W. Baggett Mr. Stephen Grant Sinatro Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brosch Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Barnes Ms. June Hagman Dr. and Mrs. L. Gene Singleton Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brown Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bartell Mrs. R. B. Hailey Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Smith Mr. James F. Burns, II Rep. and Mrs. Robert P. Haire Ms. Jennie G. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. James M. Burrell Mr. Tom R. Harrington, III Mr. David Stubbs and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Mark Haub Terry Matre Mr. and Mrs. Jim Calkin Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Haythorn Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Swann Mr. Mark Camblin Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Henderson Judge and Mrs. D. Michael Ms. Patricia Campbell Mr. William T. Henry Swiney Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Capito Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Hoff Mr. and Mrs. W. Stewart Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Mrs. Norma K. Holmes Mr. Kevin D. Townsend Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Doug Huffaker Mr. and Mrs. Bob Trewhitt Ms. Judith M. Carson Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Huskey Mr. and Mrs. James W. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Steve Casey Mr. Luke D. Hyde and Ms. Ms. Jill Stevens and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Art Cathers Leila Tvedt Elizabeth Watts Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Dr. and Mrs. Chip Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Steve West Caughron Mr. Bill Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Marshall L. Ms. Lynn Chalache Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston Wilkins Mr. and Mrs. Tim Chandler Mr. Bill Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Mr. Michael T. Klimens Wilson Chandler, III Mr. and Mrs. Todd Lacy Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chesney Mr. Jeff Lee and Dr. Christy Lee Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Dewey L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. James London Mr. and Mrs. Woody Woodruff Ms. Zoe A. Clayton Ms. Sharon Lopez Mr. and Mrs. William Clowers Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beckwith Mr. and Mrs. Les Love Evergreen Friends Mr. William Colbertson Mr. and Mrs. Bill D. Beecher Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. $250 to $499 Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ms. Deborah J. Bennett and Ms. Madigan Collier, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Aalders Margaret Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Mathes Ms. Laurie Contois Mr. Edward S. Albers, Jr. Ms. Berta M. Bergia Mrs. Angie F. McCamy Mr. and Mrs. Frederic L. Mr. Bill Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Cotton Berrier Mr. Michael A. McCroskey Coover Mr. and Mrs. Virgil D. Allen Dr. and Mrs. Archer W. Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Dr. and Mrs. William M. Ms. Amanda L. Amon Bishop, Jr. McCullough, Jr. Cottrell Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Blakney Ms. Janet L. McKinley Dr. and Mrs. Myron L. Coulter, Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Blalock Mrs. Kathy B. McPhail Ed D Mrs. Wanda B. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Raymond K. Mr. Milton McNally and Ms. Ms. Jennifer L. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Jim Arwood Boardman Melinda Meador Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Creed Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ms. Catherine Branson Ms. Peggy Melville Ms. Ruthellen Crews Atchley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Britton Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Miller, Jr. Dr. E. Brown Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ayres Mr. Michael S. Brown and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Muszik Dr. Reid Crumpton Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Bailey Betty S. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Ogle Ms. Lois G. Cruze Ms. Carol L. Ball Dr. John M. Burkhart and Dr. Dr. and Mrs. G. S. Ollard Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dr. Jack M. Barlow and Ms. Laura B. Powers Rev. and Mrs. Jeff Ownby Cummings Diane Humphreys-Barlow Mr. Wayne Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parrott Mr. and Mrs. George A. Dailey Mr. Robert A. Barnes Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Ms. Susan Davis Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Barrett Callaway, Jr. Peebles, Jr. Mrs. Kathleen H. Davis Mr. and Mrs. James Bates Mr. William Cartwright Ms. Teresa Pennington Mr. Timothy E. Diamond Mr. Charles Manneschmidt and Mr. Harold Clabough Mr. and Mrs. John Petersen Mr. Odell G. Dillard Ms. Linda Billman Mr. and Mrs. Lanis L. Cope Mr. Carl A. Pierce and Dr. Mr. Robert A. Dowbiggin Mr. and Mrs. Laurence A. Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Margaret S. Pierce Mrs. Sandra D. Duck Bjorklund Crawford The Honorable Michael R. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Dula Michael and Mary Blake Dr. and Mrs. Javad Deganian Ragsdale Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Blanton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Dickson Ms. Kimberly Ray Dunning, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Blanton Mr. Joey Ducote and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Rimer Ms. Constance Durant Mr. and Mrs. Steve Boles Dr. Garnetta Morin-Ducote Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Roberts, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil G. Estill Ms. Sharon E. Boyce Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Egli Dr. Marilyn J. Rogers, M.D. Ms. Brandy Evans Mr. Joel P. Boylan and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ewers Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rothermel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Rowena R. Sim Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Farris Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Ruyl Ferriter

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Evergreen Friends Mr. and Mrs. Rufus B. King Dr. and Mrs. John R. Ray Dr. and Mrs. Richard Truluck (CONTINUED ) Mr. and Mrs. Mike J. Kinnane Mr. Larry A. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Mike Turley Mr. and Mrs. Bradley H. Kopf Mr. Louis Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Mark Tyson Mr. Steve Fillmore and Dr. Mr. Richard T. Kubota Ms. Brenda Roberts Ms. Jeannie Ullrich Janice Fillmore Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lash, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Gary L. Rolfe Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mrs. Judy Finley Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rose Underwood Mr. and Mrs. Todd Flanders Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Rose Mr. and Mrs. William M. Van Mr. Edward R. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. Layne Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Rosser Voorhis Ms. Margie Fox and Mr. Wayne Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ledyard Mr. John L. Schmid Mr. David C. Verble Fox Ms. Misti A. Lester Ms. Leida Schoggen Mrs. Christy Vicknair Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fox Ms. Annette H. Levin Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Schow, IV Mr. Kenneth R. Wade and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Galbraith Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lewis Ms. Virginia A. Schwamm Marion Paul Mr. Lee Galloway and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Bill H. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. John W. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Nancy Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Mr. and Mrs. Jason E. Seavy Wainner Ms. Ann Gapetz Livingston Mr. Larry J. Sell Mr. and Mrs. William W. Ms. Sandra E. Gates Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Lonon Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wassynger Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Geiger Mr. Donald K. Lorenzo Shepherd Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Gibson Ms. Chris Lotti Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shouse Watson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Gill Mr. and Mrs. Todd Loveday Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Mrs. Gertrude A. Webster Mr. and Mrs. Owen Glantz Mrs. Mary L. Maples Skinner, Sr. Ms. Sarah J. Weeks Mr. and Mrs. James E. Goddard Mr. and Mrs. John Marsh Mrs. Herbert H. Slatery, Jr. Mr. Michael L. Wetzel Dr. and Mrs. James T. Goodwin Ms. Holly Martinez Mr. and Mrs. James F. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Landon A. Wetzel Mr. Robert J. Goodwin John and Lillian Mashburn Mr. and Mrs. David F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie L. Mr. and Mrs. Allan S. Goss Mr. Brian Matthews Dr. Forrest Spencer Wheeler Mr. John Gossett Ms. Brenda Maupin Ms. Irma B. Sprinkle Mrs. Tonya Whitney Ms. Bernice Gray Mr. and Mrs. Joseph May Mr. and Mrs. Todd Stamper Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wilbanks Mr. Lance L. Green Mr. William B. May Mr. and Mrs. James J. Stanek Mrs. Dorothy J. Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Mr. Michael May Greengold Mr. and Mrs. Steven McBride Mr. Richard Grigonis Mrs. Aileen McCarter Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Mr. and Mrs. Mark McCown Groenke, Jr. Mrs. Barbara McKendry Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grover Mr. and Mrs. James McLean Ms. Martha T. Hall Ms. Kristina M. McLean Mr. and Mrs. Chris Halouma Dr. and Mrs. James R. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Merriman Hart, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mierke Dr. Nancy Headlee Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Mills Mrs. Stefanie S. Hess Mr. and Mrs. William J. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Holland Minteer Mrs. Nancy Holloway Mrs. Ellen Mitchell Dr. William S. Holmes Mrs. C. Marie Moberly Mrs. Mary Bond Holt and Mr. The Honorable and Mrs. Andrew D. Holt Richard Montgomery Ms. Cheryl D. Houston Mr. and Mrs. Pat W. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Dr. Rhea Morgan Howell Mr. John J. Newman Ms. Barbara H. Stoneburner Mr. Todd Witcher Mr. Jeremy S. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oblow Dr. William Sullivan and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hunter Senator and Mrs. J. D. Overbey Dr. Mary Kay Sullivan Woody Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Mr. Pete Owens The Honorable and Mrs. Don Mr. and Mrs. O.T. Wright Imbrey Mr. Brian D. Owle Sundquist Chief Ranger William J. Wright Mr. and Mrs. David P. Ivey Mr. Christopher Panneck Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Swann Mr. and Mrs. Keith Yahr Mr. George D. Ivey Mr. Jay Parmar Mr. Tony Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Bill Yett Mrs. Mary P. James Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Swift Dr. Anna M. Yoakum Mrs. Mary K. Jenkins Mrs. Patricia Postma Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Tate Mr. and Mrs. Preston York Mr. and Mrs. David M. Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Powell Mayor and Mrs. Thomas W. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Young Kaesemeyer Mr. James N. Proffitt, Jr. Taylor Mr. Steven P. Yurkovich Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Mr. Will J. Pugh Mr. John Z. C. Thomas Kastner, Jr. Mr. Tim Raines Ms. Lois R. Thomas Creekside Friends Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Kea, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ramger Ms. Carol Thompson $100 to $249 Mr. Kent Kilpatrick Ms. Stephanie J. Ramsey Dr. and Mrs. W. Virgil Thrash Mr. Harvey H. Abernathy Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kincaid Mr. and Mrs. John T. Rapien Mr. and Mrs. John D. Tickle Sr. Ms. Elizabeth M. Adamitis Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Kindred Mr. and Mrs. George B. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton L. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy G. Adams Ms. April King Rawls, Jr. Townsend

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Creekside Friends Mr. Michael W. Barton Mr. Donald G. Boles Mrs. Linda B. Buck (CONTINUED ) Mr. Dennis Barwick Mr. Darryl Bollinger Mr. and Mrs. Clay H. Mr. George Bass Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Borden Buckner, Jr. Mr. Don V. Adams Mr. H. D. Batson Mr. James Boren Ms. Mary Buckner Mr. Leroy Adams Mr. Phil Baxter Mr. and Mrs. James L. Boren, Jr. Ms. Barb Buckner Mr. Ben H. Adler Ms. Catherine S. Beals Mr. Kenneth R. Borisch Mr. John Bumbera Mrs. Carol J. Albertson Ms. Glenda Bean Mr. Wilson Bottorf Ms. Brenda S. Bunch Mr. and Mrs. Sam Albritton Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Beard Mr. and Mrs. David R. Dr. Allen Edwards and Mrs. Mrs. Joan G. Alday Ms. Marcella Beasley Bowers, Jr. Sue Bunney Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey D. Aldy, II Mr. and Mrs. Sam F. Beck Ms. Anna S. Bowling Ms. Josephine T. Burchfiel Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Ms. Margaret Becker Mr. Donald Box Ms. Elizabeth Burgy Alexander Ms. Harriet Beckner Honorable Bill Boyum Mrs. Carol H. Burkett Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Mr. James A. Beeson Judge and Mrs. C. H. Bozeman Dr. and Mrs. Norvel L. Burkett Alexander Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Beeson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bradford Mr. and Mrs. Vance Burkey Ms. Mary E. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Byron Begley Dr. David D. Bradley and Dr. Dr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Mrs. Jane Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Terry Bell Amy J. Dawson Burkhart Mr. Michael Allen Ms. Sandra E. Bell and Mr. Galen C. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Steve Burman Mr. Dwight G. Allen Ms. Sheila K. Littleton Dr. and Mrs. Terry Bragg Mr. and Mrs. Ben A. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Allen Mr. David Benchabbat Mr. Charles F. Brakebill Burnette, Jr. Mrs. Mildred Allman Mr. Larry R. Benfield Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Burwell Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Alspector Ms. Ruth E. Bennett Brandenburg Mr. and Mrs. Scott Busby Ms. Dorothy Alsup Ms. Joan S. Butefish Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Ammons Mr. Mark A. Butler Ms. Joyce Anderegg and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Butler Elaine M. Gasser Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Anderson Byerley Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Anderson Mr. Adam Byram Mr. George T. Anderson, Jr. Mrs. Linda Byrd Mr. and Mrs. Gary Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie E. Mr. and Mrs. Monty C. Cain, Jr. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mr. and Mrs. Jack Apgar Caldwell Ms. Charlotte Appleton Dr. Gene Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. James G. Calfee Ms. Phyllis M. Artabasy Mr. George B. Callaway, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Askov Dr. and Mrs. James M. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Callaway Atterson Mr. Charles W. Benson Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Marty Calloway Mr. and Mrs. James J. Autry Mr. Leo Benson, III Mr. Michael J. Braun Ms. Tammy Calvey Mr. Nawras Baban Ms. Katherine Benton Ms. Mary Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Greg Camilleri Ms. Charolette L. Backus Mr. and Mrs. Bernard E. Mr. Max E. Brewer Mr. Phillip Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bacon Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. William Brickeen Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Bacon Mr. Harry A. Berrier Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G. Campbell Mr. Steve Badinghaus Mr. and Mrs. John S. Berry Brinson, Jr. Mr. Worth E. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baggett, Sr. Mr. David Bickings Mr. Thomas Brooks Ms. Judy H. Campbell Mr. Joe G. Bagwell Mr. Steven C. Bieritz Mr. Greg Brookshire Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Campbell Col. and Mrs. Roy Bahr Mr. Lee Bilderback Mrs. Joan H. Brown Ms. Pam Cantrell Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bishop Mr. and Mrs. David A. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Cantrell Mr. and Mrs. Don Bailey Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bivens Mr. and Mrs. V. Earl Brown Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Caputa Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Baird Ms. Doris E. Blair Mr. Andrew Brown Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cardente Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Baird Mr. David Blakey Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown, Jr. Mayor and Mrs. Roy G. Mrs. Gwyn E. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Doug Blalock Mayor and Mrs. Gavin A. Cardwell Mrs. Lillian Baker Ms. Dianne Blane Brown Mr. Peter Carey Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bakley Mrs. Margaret Blankenship Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carleston Mr. Joseph Balderas Jr. Mr. Cameron Blevins Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Ms. Susan Carmichael Ms. Juanitta Baldwin Ms. Ann K. Blomquist Browning Mr. and Mrs. James F. Carmon Ms. Louise Bales Ms. Karen M. Blumenschein Mr. Tom S. Bruce, Jr. Ms. A. Noelle Carpenter Ms. Suzan K. Bales B. B. Boerner Mr. Brooks Bryan Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ball Mr. and Mrs. James S. Bogard Ms. Jo Bryan Carroll, Sr. Ms. Cathy Barber Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Bogle Ms. Topping A. Bryan Mr. G. Farrell Cartee Mr. James W. Barker Mr. Ted Bogue Mrs. Carline C. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. James Carter Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Barker Ms. Virginia Lee B. Turnwald Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mr. Jackson E. Cartwright Mr. Weaver C. Barksdale and Ms. Martha E. Boitos Buchanan, III Mr. Michael W. Catalano Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bartlett, III Mr. and Mrs. Don Bolen Mr. and Mrs. Bob Buchanan Ms. Gail Catalfo

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Creekside Friends Mr. Arnold Craig (CONTINUED ) Ms. Carrie B. Crain Mr. and Mrs. H. Denniston Ms. Betsy Cate Crews Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Cate Ms. and Mrs. Jay H. Crippen Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cathey Mrs. Henrietta M. Croker Mr. William Karl Caughman Ms. Sara Crowell Mr. George H. V. Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Phil R. Crye, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chambers Ms. Naomi H. Cunningham Jeff and Deb Chenault Mr. and Mrs. Cromer Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Bill Chereb Ms. Jere M. Dabbs Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Chitwood Mr. and Mrs. Brad Dalton Ms. Sherry F. Chobanian Mrs. Shannon L. Dalton Mr. and Mrs. Hans Christen Ms. Faye Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ms. Joyce Darby Christenberry Ms. Jean Dauernheim Mr. Wendell Christian Dr. Tommy Daugherty and Ms. Mr. Edward Christy Suzie Whisnant Dr. William H. Clampitt Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Davey Ms. Sally Clark Mr. Sidney Dyess Mr. Glenn A. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Dykes Mr. and Mrs. Ken Foreman Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Clark Mr. John R. Davies Mr. and Mrs. John M. Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Eaves Dr. Paul D. Forrest Ms. Jennifer M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. William R. Eberle Ms. Shannon J. Fortenberry Mr. Peter Clem Ms. Pauline Davis Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Ms. Nancy S. Egerton-Ross Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fortner Ms. Charlotte M. Davis Mrs. Julia E. Eidam Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Fotinos Clemmons Ms. Hattie C. Davis Ms. Layna Clester Ms. Karen P. Ellingson Ms. Lorraine R. Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dawson Mr. Loring Elliott and Ms. Mrs. Jo Ann Fowler Ms. Sally S. Cleveland Mr. Frank A. de Ganahl Ms. Beverly Cockrum Jackie Hartford Mr. Robert C. Fox Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mr. Bobby R. Ellis and Ms. Mr. Terry V. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Coggin De Lauder Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Coghlan Cathie Ingram Ms. Marilyn L. Frank Mr. Robert A. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Ely, Jr. Mr. Justin Frazier Mr. and Mrs. Ray Colclough Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Dean Mr. Christopher B. Collier Ms. Peter Enberg Ms. Karen E. Free Ms. Catherine DeBoer Mr. Frank Eovino Mr. Wayne H. Freeman Mr. Brent Collier Ms. Holly Demuth Mrs. Cindy J. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Dr. and Mrs. Steve Freeman Mr. Jason Denton Eskridge Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Collins Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Eustis Freeman Dicus Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Everbach Ms. Carolyn Freeman Collister Mr. David Dieter Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coltman Mr. Edward L. Evers Mrs. Wallace B. Frierson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dietz Ms. Ruth Z. Ewald Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Ms. Brenda Compton Mr. Don Dillinger Mrs. Sandra M. Comstock Mrs. Kristine M. Ewton Fritchman Mr. Joseph W. Dillon Mr. Andrew J. Ezell Mr. and Mrs. James D. Froyd Ms. Jacinda P. Cone Mr. David P. Dinwiddie Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Failing Ms. Melissa D. Frye Dr. J. Paul Dittmann Ms. Joan M. Falsone Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Congleton Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O. Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Conley Ms. Doreen Fannon Fuhrman Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dobson Mrs. Anne W. Farkas Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Fuller Mr. Lynn E. Cook Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy R. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Farrell Dr. Vicki Funk Dodson Mr. Delmo Faulkner Mr. Robert Gallagher Mrs. Joanna Cook Ms. Sarah Dodson Ms. Londa K. Cooke Ms. Lorimer Fauntleroy Mr. and Mrs. Mark Galloway Mr. and Mrs. George Dominick Mr. and Mrs. Rex Feichter Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Garrett Ms. M. Evelyn Cooke Dr. and Mrs. Donald K. Ms. Joyce Cooper Mrs. Mary Ann Fennell Ms. Ethel Garrett Dougall Mr. and Mrs. James C. Fields Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Garrett Ms. Susan Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Doughty Mr. and Mrs. James Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Peter Finch Mr. Sherman G. Garrett Mrs. Wanda G. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Finney Mr. and Mrs. Don Garrott Mr. and Mrs. Buz Copeland Ms. Linda Douvier Mr. and Mrs. Corky Corcoran Mrs. John A. First Ms. Daphney Gaw Ms. Deborah E. Dowling Ms. Susan Fisher Dr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Geagan Ms. Jane N. Corn Mr. and Mrs. James R. Down Mr. David M. Cosgrove Mr. and Mrs. Vance Fisher Ms. Anne George Ms. Diane H. Driskill Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Fisher Mrs. Catherine A. George Mr. William C. Covel Mr. Randall Duckett Dr. John D. Cowan and Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gerken Mr. and Mrs. David T. Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Ted Flickinger Dr. Glen Gettinger and Ms. Peggy P. Cowan Mrs. Ruth K. Durham Ms. Patricia A. Cowan Ms. Judith A. Flinn Cheryl Smith Mr. and Mrs. William Durling Ms. Patricia A. Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gibson David Cox Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Durst Mr. and Mrs. Charles Logan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Fluharty Dr. and Mrs. Carl Gibson Mrs. Ann Marie Dusseau Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flynn Mr. Carter Gibson Coykendall Ms. Ruth J. Dye Dr. and Mrs. Larry L. Craft Mr. Pete J. Folden Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Mr. and Mrs. Omer O. Dyer Ms. Suzanne Fontenot-Williams Gillenwater 25 With Gratitude • Our Donors

Creekside Friends Ms. Elaina Hampton Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hill Ms. Elizabeth Johns (CONTINUED ) Mr. and Mrs. Bill J. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hill Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Herb M. Handly Mr. and Mrs. David D. Hilton Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson Dr. and Mrs. David Gilliam Mr. James A. Hands, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hinson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James S. Dr. and Mrs. William P. Harbin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hirche Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Johnson Gilliland, Sr. Ms. Sharon Hardin Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hixson Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mr. James M. Gilmer, III Ms. Karen Harley Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Hobbs Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Glawe Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Harr Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hodge Ms. Judy Johnson Mr. Richard W. Glover Mr. Darrell Harris Ms. Patsy Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Mr. John A. Goebel Ms. Susan Harris Ms. Frances Hoffman Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Goins Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hart Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hogue Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Johnson Ms. Sheila Goodeve Ms. Anne Hart Mr. and Mrs. George A. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Johnson Mr. Thomas D. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hart Hohenstern Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Joe M. Haskins, M.D. Mr. Robert Holsaple Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson Mr. and Ms. Rick Gossett Mr. Michael W. Hastings Judge and Mrs. Richlyn D. Holt Mr. and Mrs. J. William Mr. and Mrs. Dwane Gragg Ms. Jeanette Hastmep Ms. Jean Holt Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hasty Mr. and Mrs. John Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Tony E. Johnson Grant Mr. and Ms. Paul N. Ms. Julia O. Hope Ms. Jane Johnston and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. William O. Graves Haubenreich, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hoppe, Jr. Diane Johnston Ms. Jeanne B. Gray Mr. and Mrs. William B. Haugh Ms. Suzie Horn Mr. Michael Jones Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Gray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Ms. Patricia C. Jones Mr. John D. Gray Mr. and Mrs. William B. Hostetler Mr. and Mrs. Elton R. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Wells Greeley Hawkins Ms. Carol M. Houck Mr. and Mrs. Keith Jones Mr. and Mrs. James F. Green Mr. Reid R. Hawley Mr. Benjamin C. Houck Mr. and Mrs. David T. Jones Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Greene, Jr. Mr. Eaddy W. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Lang Houston Mr. and Mrs. William K. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Kester H. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Head Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Howard Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jordan Greene, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Heald Mr. William R. Howell Mr. and Mrs. David Jordan Ms. Judy Greeson Ms. Jo Helm Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Jordan- Mr. Grayson S. Gregory Ms. Anna Helton Howitt Henley Mr. and Mrs. Woody Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Brian Henderson Mr. Billy J. Hoyle Mr. Joseph W. Alderman and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Griffin Mrs. Martha Henderson Mrs. Julia R. Huckaby Mrs. Rose A. Jurgonski Mr. John D. Griffiths and Ms. Ms. Audrey Henderson Dr. and Mrs. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Norman Donna Griffiths Ms. Kristen N. Hendon Huddleston Kallemeyn Mr. and Mrs. James Grimes Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Mr. and Mrs. Ira E. Hufford Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Kane Mr. Jason Groover Henebry Mr. Byron D. Hulgan Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kassem Mr. James Grossen Ms. Phyllis Henry Mr. and Mrs. Steiner M. Judge Howard R. Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. William D. Guinn Mr. Stanley Henry Humerick Mr. James L. Keeble Mr. Andrew J. Gunsallus Dr. and Mrs. James E. Henry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Keener, III Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Ms. Amy Huskins Mr. Robert F. Kemp Ms. Mary Ellen Haddox Hermann Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Mr. Thomas T. Hagans Ms. Carolyn W. Herndon Hutchins Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Darren Haiman Mr. and Mrs. Egbert M. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Kern Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hale Herring, III Hutchison Ms. Shirley Whitney Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Hall Dr. Hortense Hester Ms. Vera L. Hyman Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ketterman Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hall Ms. Susan Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Jere Ingram Mr. and Mrs. William D. Key Ms. Jane W. Hall Ms. Cheryl L. Hiers Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Ingram Mr. Douglas J. Kile Ms. Kathy A. Hamill Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Hill Mr. and Mrs. William S. Irby Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kimzey Mr. and Mrs. R. Glenn Dr. Arthur T. Hill, Jr. Mrs. Evelyn S. Irwin Mrs. Edith R. King Hammonds, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Homer L. Isbell Ms. Mary K. King Ms. Marsha Ivy Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. King Mrs. Dorcas L. Ivy Mr. and Mrs. John C. King Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Iwaoka Mr. and Mrs. David T. King Ms. Phyllis Jackson Mr. David W. Kinser Mr. David Jackson Ms. Elizabeth C. Kinyon Mrs. Fran Jacobs Mr. Doug Kirchhofer Mr. and Mrs. Hal Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kite Mr. and Mrs. Loren A. Jahn Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kittrell Ms. Fidelia V. Jahna Mrs. Gail M. Kitts Ms. Linda G. Jankowski Mr. Robert Kivett Mr. Howard B. Jarvis Ms. Patty Knight Dr. and Mrs. Craig Jarvis Mr. and Mrs. David C. Kocher Ms. Deborah O. Jenckes Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Koons Dr. Susan Jenkins Mr. William Kopinski Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jerger Mr. Jacob D. Kortz

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Creekside Friends Mr. and Mrs. Bob G. Maddin Mrs. Dorothy C. McElyea Ms. Brittany Mixon (CONTINUED ) Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Maddox Mrs. Elaine McGinn Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mondello Dr. Larry G. Maden Mr. Bruce McGovern Mr. and Mrs. Bill Montgomery Ms. Dianne L. Kosmala and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Magill Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Dianna Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Magill McGovern Moore, Jr. Mr. William L. Kovacich Mr. David P. Major, II Mr. and Mrs. Glen S. McGroom Ms. Stacy A. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kramer Mrs. Lisa Malone Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Ms. Ruth C. Moore Ms. Valera Krebs Mrs. Jerry C. Maney McInnis, Jr. Mr. John G. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mr. Dan R. Manis Mr. and Mrs. Paul McKee Mr. John M. Moore, Jr. Kreitlow Ms. Arline Mann Mr. Vernon D. McKinney Ms. Mary Louise Moore Ms. Kathleen S. Krenz Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Mann Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ms. Debbie Morehead Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Miss Margery A. Manville McKittrick Ms. Pat Morgan Kreszock Ms. Linda Manzi Mr. and Mrs. Max McLeod Ms. Reba Morgan Lt. Col. and Mrs. Thomas W. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Marcum Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Morris, Jr. Krise Ms. Pam Marioneaux Dr. and Mrs. Wesley E. McNeal Ms. Linda L. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. William T. Kroska Mr. Earl D. Marmie Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Ms. Eleanor M. Kutchoodon Ms. Rebecca Marsh McNiell, Jr. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ladd Mr. Joseph T. Martin Clara B. McNutt Mr. and Mrs. William Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Lail Ms. Kay Martin Ms. Jill Ann McNutt Ms. Dorothy Morse Mr. Neil W. Lam Mr. and Mrs. James E. Martin Ms. Edna Mae McNutt Ms. Cornelia and Alice Moscon Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lambert Ms. Alice L. Mosteller Mr. and Mrs. James T. Ms. Carolyn B. Mouch Lambiase Mrs. Jean H. Murdock Mrs. Gloria J. Lamont Mr. William W. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Lamp Mrs. Charlotte C. Musgraves Mr. and Mrs. Austin Lance Ms. Gail Myers Mr. Donald L. Landress Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Myrick Mrs. Susan Lanford Mr. Craig Naill Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Large Mr. Dana Naill Mr. Raymond Lashier Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Naill Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Ms. Sandy Neale Leatherwood Mr. and Mrs. Allen Neel Mrs. Sherri P. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Mr. Charles L. Lee Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Nesbitt Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mr. John Neth Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Miss Helen Levy Mr. John Martin Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. McNutt Newton Ms. Linda Lewanski Ms. Cynthia A. Mason Mr. James L. McQuade Ms. Kathy Niccum Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Beau Massey Mr. and Mrs. Greg M. Ms. Sylvia S. Nicks Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lillestolen Ms. Judy F. Massey McWhorter Ms. Nancy Noble Ms. Irene J. Lindsay Mr. Brian Matthews Mr. Larry Meachum Ms. Mary Anne Nordeen Ms. Nancy L. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Matthews Mrs. Jeanne Meador Mr. and Mrs. R, D. Norman Ms. Teresa B. Liner Mr. Edward B. Maupin, III Mr. Derrel E. Melton Ms. Martha L. Norton Dr. and Mrs. James D. Link Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Dr. Richard Melton Mr. Sam M. Nowell Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Linzey Mayhugh Ms. Barbara M. Melvin Dr. Rebecca Nunley Ms. Judy Lipscombe Mr. Kirby Maynard Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mercer Mr. T. Patrick O’Connor Mr. Ted R. Locke Rev. and Mrs. Charles Maynard Ms. Susan Merrell Mr. and Mrs. Bud C. Ogle Mr. and Mrs. William Long Mr. and Mrs. Roger N. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Messer Mr. and Mrs. David U. O’Kain Ms. Cora Long McBrayer Mr. Larry M. Metcalf Ms. Linda Oldham Ms. Marjorie C. Looney Mr. Hugh G. McCall, II Mr. and Mrs. Mark Milani Mr. Bruce H. Olson Ms. Carole Lopez Mr. and Mrs. Rick McCarroll Mr. and Mrs. Bob L. Miles Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Lord Mr. Jerry H. McCarter Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Miller Orander, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Kurt Lord Ms. Cindy McConkey Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Miller Ms. Kimberly Oswald Mr. Kris Los Mr. Dave McCown Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Mrs. Sandra L. Owens Mr. Mark W. Loudermilk Ms. Betty C. McCrary Miller Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Ownby Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Love Mr. and Mrs. Dean E. Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Miller Ms. Teresa Paar Ms. Barbara Loveday McCumber Mrs. Shirley B. Mills Mrs. Kathleen R. Pacetti Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Lowrie Dr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Ms. Sandra L. Millsaps Mr. and Mrs. William W. Page Mr. William A. Loy McDaniel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton J. Ms. Paula Painter Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Loy, III Mrs. Patricia J. McDonald Minchew Mr. and Mrs. Calvin M. Parham Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lubke Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parish Ms. Judy H. Luetkemeyer McDowell, Jr. Minnich Mr. Rick Park Mr. and Mrs. Hal C. Lyle Mr. Jerry O. McDuffie Mr. Danny Miracle Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Parker

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Creekside Friends Mrs. Barbara Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rose Mr. Rodrick H. Silvers (CONTINUED ) Mr. and Mrs. William A. Pryor Mr. Elmer L. Rosenbeck Mr. Duane Simmons Senator Joe Sam Queen and Dr. Ms. and Mr. Teresa Rosher Ms. Kristi F. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. John W. Parker Kate Queen Ms. and Mr. Teresa Rosher Mrs. Shirley A. Skelton Mr. Michael S. Parlier Mr. Charles Rabjohns Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Mrs. Margaret A. Sliger Mrs. Jo S. Parris Ms. Cheryl Rabuck Rothrock Ms. Carol Sloan Col. and Mrs. John W. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raddu Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Rothwell Mr. Daniel C. Smith Patrick, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rader Ms. Mary B. Rowe Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Smith Mrs. Marion Pavur Mr. and Mrs. George R. Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Rowell Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Smith Ms. Margaret A. Payne Ragsdale Ms. Shelia Rowland Mr. and Mrs. Ben B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pellegrini Ms. Adel C. Rainey Mrs. Lolita Roy Mr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Perdue, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Rainey Ms. Elizabeth Rucker Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Smith Mr. Kenneth D. Perry, II Dr. William Randle Ms. Michaelle Runken Mr. Sherwood Smith Mr. James A. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Perry G. Rawson Mr. and Mrs. James R. Runkle Mr. Tillroe Smith Mr. and Mrs. George Perry Ms. Virginia A. Reagan Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rushton Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Peters Dr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Redwine Ms. Margaret B. Rusterholz Sneed, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Scott Peters Mr. Byron Reed Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. William Sneed Mr. William Peters Mr. and Mrs. Jason Reed Ryburn Ms. Daisy M. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Larry Petty Mr. and Mrs. David B. Reeves Mr. Charles S. Sane Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Philippe Mr. Robert D. Reily Ms. Kathy Satterfield and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Soell Ms. Mary Beth Philips Ms. Laura J. Renfro Paul Satterfield Dr. and Mrs. Doug Sofer Mrs. Carol J. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Dave W. Reynolds Ms. Sarah R. Sax Mrs. Roger Soltis Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert D. Pickel Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rhodes Mr. George A. Sayne Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Mr. Dominik Piechocki Dr. Neil Rhodes and Dr. Becky Mrs. Debbie Scavelli Sommer Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Piercy Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Carroll J. Schell Ms. Lisa J. Sparkes Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rice Dr. George J. Schenk Ms. Betsy Spears Pilkington Mrs. Carol Schmid Ms. Elizabeth Spencer Mrs. Darlene F. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Mr. and Mrs. Al Schmutzer Spezia Mr. Bob Schneider Mr. Robert E. Spining Mr. and Mrs. Phil Schoggen Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mr. Chris Schultz Sprinkle Ms. Mindy Schultz-Fee Mr. and Mrs. Edward St. Clair Ms. Drusilla Scott Ms. Peggy St. Hilaire Mr. and Mrs. Terry Scroggs Mrs. F. W. Stallmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Seiler Mr. Everett Stamper Mr. Joseph A. Self Keith and Josie Stanga Mr. Wesley Self Mr. Mark Starnes Mr. and Mrs. David C. Sellers Dr. and Mrs. Christian Stauber Mr. and Mrs. Bobby N. Setzer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Steele Ms. Dorinda J. Sevarino Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Steger Dr. and Mrs. David G. Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steneck Ms. Hazel L. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Seyfried Mr. William B. Stephenson Ms. Anna R. Piper Mr. and Mrs. Bill Riddle Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Seymour Mr. and Mrs. John S. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pitney Ms. Eliza Riffe Mr. Bo Shafer Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. Steward Mr. and Mrs. William B. Pitts Mrs. Mary A. Rinearson Mr. William D. Sharp Ms. Dreama J. Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Pless, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ritchie Ms. Janette C. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stewart Mrs. Florence A. Podeszwa Mr. Keith Rivers Mrs. Kathleen V. Sheffer Mrs. Jane Stewart Dr. Donetta K. Poisson Mr. Gary Roach Mr. and Mrs. Marion Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. Rob Stivers Ms. Linda A. Ponce Ms. Tammy R. Roark Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Shelton Mr. and Mrs. William B. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Poore Dr. and Mrs. LeRoy Roberson Mr. and Mrs. Rick Shepard Stokely, III Ms. Patricia E. Pothier Mr. Leard Roberts Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Shepherd Ms. Dorothy Jean Storms Ms. Lorna M. Potter Dr. and Mrs. Jack T. Roberts, Jr. Mr. Harley F. Sheppard, Jr. Ms. Grace Stottlemyer Mrs. Judy A. Poulson Mr. William Robertson Mr. and Mrs. John Sheridan Mr. Jeffrey Stovall Ms. and Dr. Nancy J. Prater Mr. William Robichaux Dan and MaryAnn Shields Mr. Jim Strickland Mrs. Karen R. Prater Mr. Douglas O. Robinette Mr. Ernest L. Shipe, Jr. Mr. Dennis Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Bob G. Presley Mr. and Mrs. Will Robinson Mr. and Mrs. John Shipley Mr. Michael J. Stuckert, Sr. Ms. Peggy J. Prettyman Mr. Michael W. Robinson Mr. Gabriel Shirley Ms. Peggy Stuhlreyer Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Prevost Mr. and Mrs. Dan Robinson Ms. Ann Shook Mr. and Mrs. Hubert M. Styles Ms. Rosalie W. Prevost Mr. and Mrs. Barry L. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. David E. Shuck Mr. and Mrs. Doug Swaggerty Ms. Joyce Price Mr. Dale D. Robinson Miss Summer D. Shultz Mr. and Mrs. David C. Swann Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Price Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Rochelle Mr. and Mrs. James Q. Mr. and Mrs. Duane F. Ms. Susan E. Priddy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roeder Sidwell, Jr. Swartzlander Mr. and Mrs. William F. Proffitt Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rogers Ms. Susan Siemsen Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Sweet

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Creekside Friends Mrs. Candy Wansley (CONTINUED ) Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ward Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Greg Swersky Ms. Ann Ward Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Talley Ms. Lynne Warner Ms. Reba Tanner Mr. and Mrs. Larry Warren Capt. and Mrs. Lee A. Tarlton Ms. Kim Warrick Mr. Jack C. Tarwater Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Waters Ms. Lori D. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Richard Way Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Taylor Ms. Judy L. Wayman Mr. and Mrs. James A. Temple Dr. and Mrs. Taylor Weatherbee Ms. Nancy Terry Mr. and Mrs. Julian T. Webb Mr. Bailey Terry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Webb, Jr. Ms. Carlon S. Thomas Mr. Guy Weidner Mrs. Vickie W. Thomas Dr. and Mrs. James E. Mr. Noel Thomas Weilbaecher Mr. Donald Thompson Ms. Kate D. Welch Judge and Mrs. Dennis J. Allen’s Market & Grill Ms. Sunni Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welling Winner Allied Music Instructors Mr. and Mrs. Marvin R. Ms. Norma Wells Mr. David Wolf and Ms. Always in Bloom Thorpe, Jr. Ms. Sonja Wells Roseanne Wolf Amazing Aerial Photography Ms. Chasity Thrash Mr. Barry Wells Ms. Nancy R. Wood American Museum of Science Ms. Nancy Thurman Ms. Lisa Werner Ms. Elayne Wood and Energy Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tidwell Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. West Dr. and Mrs. John F. Woods Ann Art Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Tillman Mr. David C. West Ms. Robin Woodward Annie’s Porch Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tingle Mr. and Mrs. Burton West Mrs. Hazel Jean Woolard Apple Cake Tea Room Mrs. Jean N. Tippett Mrs. Polly S. Whaley Dr. Steven Worley Appliance Discount Center Jim and Carol Tipps Mr. and Mrs. Mark White Ms. Jenny M. Worrell Atrium Flowers Ms. Martha Tong Mr. and Mrs. Andy White Ms. Carol S. Wright B & T Distributing Mr. Michael Toomey and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. White Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wrinkle Balsam Mountain Preserve, LP Lydia Birk Mr. and Mrs. Peter White Ms. Jo T. Wykoff Barnes & Barnes Salon Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Torbett Ms. Melissa A. Whitfield Mrs. Amy J. Yancey Bayou Bay Seafood House Mrs. Rose Ann Trantham Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitfield Mr. Howard Yates Bearskin Lodge On the River Mr. William P. Treadaway Mr. and Mrs. Ansel F. Whittle Ms. Virginia E. Young Belleza Salon and Spa Dr. Jo A. Trentham Mr. William Widerner Mr. and Mrs. John M. Young Biltmore Estate Wine Company Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mrs. Martha B. Wight Mr. and Mrs. Chad Youngblood Bistro at the Bijou Trotman Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wilcox Ms. P. Claire Zahn The Blackberry Briar Mr. Richard Trotter Ms. Michelle Wilhelmi Mr. Tony Zallocco Bliss Home & Art Mr. Randall Trout Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilkerson Mr. Thomas J. Zawislak Blount Gastroenterology Mr. John S. Troutman Mrs. Illa Wilkerson Ms. Jessica Zelesky Assoc., PC Mrs. Mary Alice Tucker Mr. and Mrs. David Willard Mr. and Mrs. Norman Zelesky Blount Memorial Wellness Mr. and Mrs. Rick Tucker Mr. Kaurri C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. George N. Ziegler Center Mr. and Mrs. William Turner Mr. and Mrs. Bill G. Williams Mr. Erich Zimmerman Blue Owl Art and Pottery Mr. Jimmy Tutor Ms. Debra Williams Blue Ridge Osondu Books & Dr. Brenda S. Tweed Mr. and Mrs. William B. GIFTS-IN-KIND Cafe Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ullrich Williams, III Blue Smoke Coffee Roasting Co. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Friends of the Smokies thanks Bob’s Package Store Underwood Williams the following individuals, Bonefish Grill Ms. Deborah Van Duynhoven Mr. and Mrs. John W. businesses, and organizations Buckhorn Inn Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vandermeer Williams, Jr. for their in-kind gifts in 2009- Buddy’s BBQ Mr. and Mrs. Denty P. Mr. and Mrs. Locke W. Williams everything from food and Buie Pottery Vaughn, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George C. beverages for special events to Cabela’s Mrs. Georgiana Vines Williamson auction items to donations of Cades Cove Heritage Tours Mr. and Mrs. Bill Vinson Mr. Hiram W. Williamson services and equipment to help Campus Cargo Mrs. Betty C. Voorhis Mr. Solomon L. Willis us keep our operating costs Carrabba’s Italian Grill Mr. and Mrs. David H. Vowell Ms. Dorothy Willocks down. To all of our in-kind Cataloochee Ski Area Mr. and Mrs. David Waddilove Ms. Eileen P. Wilson donors, thank you for helping Ceviches on Main Mr. and Mrs. William Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilson, Jr. us help the Smokies! Cherokee Distributing Dr. David L. Wagner Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wilson Company Co. Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Walker Dr. and Mrs. N. R. Wilson, III Businesses & The Chop House Ms. Brenda Walker Rev. Elizabeth Wilson Organizations Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wallace Christmas Place, Inc. Mr. Wyley Wimpy 5 Rings Photo Mr. and Mrs. John O. Wallace Clarence Brown Theatre Mr. and Mrs. Turner A. Wingo AAA East Tennessee Mr. and Mrs. John O. Wallace Cliff Dwellers Gallery Mr. Carl Winkles About You Salon & Day Spa Mr. and Mrs. Vander R. Walley Cliffside Outfitters Mr. Joshua Winn All Sauced Up

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GIFTS-IN-KIND The Lodge at Buckberry Creek Tennessee Smokies Baseball, Inc. Individuals Lost Mill String Band Tennessee Valley Fair Businesses & Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Aalders Magpies Terri Waters Gallery Mr. Tommy Walker and Mrs. Organizations (continued) Mama’s Farmhouse Restaurant Thomas D. Mangelsen, Inc. Cathy G. Ackermann Collier Restaurant Group May Studios The Tool Shed Chuck W. Alexander Cornerstone Printing Memories Portraits Toyota Motor North America, Mr. Bill Alexander Country Tonite Theatre Menagerie Inc. Senator and Mrs. Lamar Dancing Bear Lodge Milestone Press Travel Host of Greater Alexander Deborah Cain Gallery Miss Lily’s Cafe, Florals & Gifts Knoxville Kevin Anderson Dermatology Associates of Mountain Laurel Chalets, Inc. Tricia Maggard Photography Dr. Ellis S. Bacon Knoxville, P.C. Mountain Visions Gallery Turner Sculpture Ms. Ruth A. Barber and Mr. J. Dick’s Sporting Goods Museum of Appalachia Twigs and Leaves K. Watson Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Music Outlet Twisted Scissors Salon Garry Barker Dollywood Company Nantahala Outdoor Center, Inc. University of Tennessee Mrs. Danielle Bernstein Dollywood Foundation Naples Italian Restaurant Athletic Department Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Dumplin Valley Bluegrass The Oak Haven Resort and Spa Vern Hippensteal Gallery Bielenberg Festival Ober Gatlinburg, Inc. W.B. Richardson Woodshop Mr. Dane Bradshaw Eagle Distributing Co. Inc. Of A Pressing Nature Wahoo Zipline Mr. and Mrs. James H. Burbank Earthstar Studios Outback Waynesville Recreation Center Teri Byrd Earthworks Environmental P & M Holdings, LLC WBIR - TV10 Mr. and Mrs. Marty Calloway Gallery P. F. Chang’s China Bistro Webster’s Deli Carolyn Campbell Fleming’s Pasquale’s Pizzeria Whaley Family Eye Care Connie Carlton Fleur de Glas PDS Whitestone Country Inn Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Foothills Milling Company PetSafe Village Pet Spa & Resort Whitewater Bluegrass Company Carroll, Sr. Fox Den Country Club Pigeon Forge Department of Wild Mountain Rose Bakery Mr. and Mrs. Steve Casey Friendswood Brooms Tourism The William B. Stokely Jr. Bob Colpetzer G. Webb Gallery pinpointHD Media Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jimbo Conner Glass Bazaar Pisgah Inn Wok Hay Sean and Kerri Considine Grace Cathey Sculpture Garden Puleo’s Grille Wonder Wrap David Crandall and Gallery Rafting in the Smokies WonderWorks Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Curtis Great Smoky Mountains Rarity Bay Ye Olde Steak House Mr. Charlie Daniel Association Razberries Your True Nature Karen Davis Great Smoky Mountains Richards Design Group Railroad Richmont Inn Green Mountain Coffee Ridge Runner Naturals Grey Gables Bed and Breakfast Ripley’s Aquarium of the Inn Smokies The Grove Park Inn Resort & River Stone Spa and Resort Spa Sarah Wells Rolland Pottery Haywood Arts Regional Theatre Savelli’s Haywood Regional Fitness Scenic Helicopter Tours Center Select Comfort Health First Sports Medicine & SETinGlass Fitness, Inc. Skin Wellness Center Initially Amy Fay Smith Family Theater IRONIC Smoky Mountain Amusements It’s By Nature LLC Jan Crawford Interiors Smoky Mountain Flyerworks Jarrett House Gift Shop Smoky Mountain Knife Works, The Jeweler’s Workbench Inc. Jewelry by Dave Neamand Smoky Mountain Outdoors Jim Gray Gallery Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers John Laughter Jewelry Supply, Inc. Jon D. Bowman Photography Snow Creek Pottery Joseph A. Bank Southern Highland Craft Guild Judy Dodd Catering Spa Ninety-Seven Hundred Knoxville Dermatology Stages West Group/Medi Spa Stellar Media Knoxville News Sentinel Stir Fry Cafe Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Stringtown Pottery Art Knoxville Zoological Gardens by Dave Huber Lakeside Tavern The Swag Country Inn Laurel Ridge Country Club T. Pennington Art Gallery Little River Outfitters Tea at the Gallery

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GIFTS-IN-KIND Mr. and Mrs. Robin Turner Mr. and Mrs. Sam Venable Individuals (continued) Mr. Park Vestal and Ms. Julie Dawson Mrs. Emily Robertson Vestal Mr. and Mrs. Todd Flanders Justice and Mrs. Gary R. Wade Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Fulmer Paul Watkins Mr. James M. Gentry Ms. Susan Watson Mr. and Mrs. James E. Goddard Ms. Sarah J. Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gray Mr. and Mrs. Mike White Mr. and Mrs. Todd R. Greene Ms. Eileen P. Wilson Mrs. R. B. Hailey Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey A. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hart Wolpert Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Bill Henry Woody Mr. and Mrs. J. Hensley Mr. Todd Holt Tribute Gifts Ms. Christina A. Honey DMD Mr. and Mrs. James Huskey Friends of the Smokies would Tom Harrington David Shiflett Mr. John R. Irwin like to thank all of the Haywood Harries George and Billie Sledge Mr. Ken Jenkins individuals, businesses, LaMott, Bradley & Sarah Donna Spicer Mrs. Mary K. Jenkins foundations, and community Harvey Bill and Kay Stokely Rheta Johnson partners that paid tribute to the Jim and Natalie Haslam Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Stowers Mr. and Mrs. Jay Johnstone following people through their Phyllis Henry Michael and Angeline Strasser Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Keasling gifts to Friends of the Smokies Matthew Holtzman Nancy and Dan Sutherland Mrs. Sherri P. Lee in 2009: Karilynn Horner Michael Toomey Mrs. Magdalene P. Liles Voni D’Angio Mr. Frank A. Tucker, Jr. Ms. Ann H. Linebaugh In Honor Of… Katie Jenkins Justice Gary R. Wade Ms. Teresa B. Liner Senator Lamar and Mrs. Honey Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lovell Jerrett Rob Wallace Mr. Kenneth Loy Alexander Vicki Johnson Jeff and Kristi Weaver Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Walter and Jane Anen Mr. and Mrs. Howard Donald K. Whirlow Matthews Sam and Mary Celeste Beall Lammons Kathy Wilbanks Mr. and Mrs. Joseph May Bearden High School Keith Langdon Jack E. Williams Mr. and Mrs. David Mayfield Lydia Birk Ann Lindsay Mark K. Williams Mr. Dwight McCarter Gracie Bishop Irene Lindsay Stephen and Mary Bruce Ms. Trish McGee Susan, Jim and Michael Boyer Toby Maggard Woody Mr. Don McGowan Harper and Lindsay Boyle Samuel Marra Earl and Margit Worsham Ms. Peggy Melville Jerry Britton Tom Marsh Christie Yantos Ms. Barbara Miller Caroline Buckner Marilee Maynor and Gaynor Elaine Miller Rebecca Buckner Collister Nancy Minturn Jim and Ellie Burbank In Memory Of… Mike Maslona Sue Mitchell The CCC Guys Janie P. Amis Dan and Deener Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sally Child Cy Anders Julie McHenry Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Congleton Pam Anderson Lonnie and Pat Milstead Ms. Linda Morrow Dr. Pat Cox and her Fern Team Genevieve Andrusyshen George Minnigh Mr. Henry Naff Mike and Mary Crawford Neen Arnold Susan Moore Mr. and Mrs. David Ogle Bethany, Caleb and Joshua Mary Geneva Arnold Susan and Will Morgan Mr. James D. Ogle Cumberland Mary Bowman Arnold Katharine Moseley Mr. Randall Ogle Sam and Jody Curtis Sherrie Lanier Bacon Cliff Nunley Mrs. Jean C. Ogle John and Mary Darling Art Baker Andrew Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Ryan O’Hagan Superintendent Dale Debbie Baker Trena Paulus Mr. Raymond L. Palmer Ditmanson Pete Baker Dr. Bradley L. Pearman Ms. Charlotte Parish Dr. and Mrs. Peter Emanuel Norman Ball Liz Picard Coach Bruce Pearl Patricia Evans Louise Shedd Barker Richard and Lisa Poore Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Reyes Dick and Marilee Ewers Steve Barron Max and Connie Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Roberts, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ross N. Faires Bernard Paul Barry Raymond and Bobbie Ray Ms. Sandy Sgrillo Malcolm and Margaret J. Fred Bauman Carrie L. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shipe Fontenot Judith C. Beirne Christa L. Reed Ms. Susan Stanton Thaddeus Fortenberry Mary Horger Bell and Thomas Baby Bird Richardson Mr. and Mrs. William B. Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Fraser Edward Bell Florence Clark Riffe Stokely, III Miss Hallie Hope Galyon Mr. Edger Benton, Jr. Leslie, Doug and Jim Roberts Ms. Carolyn Taylor David and Ella Gordon Christopher Bickman Dr. Joe and Mrs. Frances Mrs. Barbara Tenney Allan and Diane Goss James Merrill Bird Sechler Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Tino Winston Hardman Jim Brown Dixie Self Mr. and Mrs. Rick Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harkness Nancy Buechner Dean Shiflett

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Tribute Gifts Lloyd Ferrentino Robert M. and Irene Hunt Mary Jane Noland Douglas Fish Burlin and Ruth B. Johnson Patrick O’Doherty In Memory Of… Darrell Ford Mrs. Johnnie Johnston Dianna Ogle (continued) Bill Fremin Lori Jones Pat Ogle Charles Burchette Ronald French Randy Jones Wanda Ogle John Burnette Ruth Everett Galbraith Walter W. Kaesemeyer Sue Shelley Parton Frank Butte Virgil Garland Clyde and Lois Keeble Verna Price Betty Ann Campbell John Gault Joe Kennedy Lois L. Ragsdale Maddie Campen William David Gentry Herbert J. Kerr William Robert Ramsey Marie Bell Carrell and Earl Joe Geoghagan Carroll King Stuart Reagan Carrell Dr. Voit Gilmore Ethel P. Kintner James David Reed George Carver Dr. Abner Glover Sidney Frank Lanier John Reid Cataloochee Elk #21 Willard Lanier Goard Ruth Lawson Hugh Reilly Barbara Chenoweth Billie Fitzpatrick Goeller Charles Lee Juanita W. Riggle Dr. William Christofferson Kristofer and Jennifer Green Dr. Robert L. Lindsay Jerry Roberts Norma Gene Shaul Clark Lawrence Russell Gregory William B. Lindsay, Jr. Ruby Roberts Alice Cochran Jesse Griffin John and Reva Lindsey Kenneth Craig Robertson Donald M. Cochran W. David Grimwood Skip Linebaugh Thelma Rynes Emma Cofer Dr. Harry Hagquist Timothy C. Lovelace John David Sabathe Lucas Coggins James Hale Ernest Lowe Carson Ryan Sangrid Edith H. Conner Roger Hall Virginia Lee Arrowood Maden Bernard Schaefer Dr. Dennis Coughlin Linda Hammontree Jack Martin Frank Scheoski Tom Cronan Pete Hart Sam McCamy Robert Dale “Bob” Scott Fred W. Curtis Marjorie Helland Ethel Carver McFalls Charles F. Sexton. Jr. John A. Davis Jo Ann Burns Hendren Neil Wayne Melvin Billie Jean Shelton Wilma Davis Billie Henry Jack Mercer Richard Allen Sherwood Jeanne E. Denton Dave Henry Palden Mitchell (for hemlock Paul Skeenes Linda Dunford Heather Hewitt preservation) Sandra Slater Martha Eagleton Blaik Hickman Jerry W. Morgan Jack Smathers Reverend Cecil B. Egerton Lois Hilbert Albert D. Myers Roger Soltis Franz Karl Eipeldauer Ann Hill Susan Myers Garnett Andrews Spencer Harriet Maples Estes C.L. Hodge Ted Myers (for fisheries Dr. Frank Joseph Spangler Ryan Exline James “Bo” Holt scholarship fund) Michael A. Stroot Gloria Ogle Falk Reilly D. Horton Jeroldine Napier Randy Stubbs Ila Farmer Jason Houck William F. Neth Dr. Arthur Stupka (for the Roy E. “Toad” Farrar, Jr. Robert Alan Houser David C. Newberg Arthur & Margaret Stupka David Fenn Heather Lynn Howitt Evelyn Newell Scholarship Fund) Chief Ray Suggs L.B. Sutton, Jr. Virginia E. Tarpy Greg Thiel Dave Thweatt Mary Evelyn “Pat” Trotter Dwight Robert Wade, Sr. Kate Reagan Wade Donnie Walker Duward Ernest Walker Fenton Washburn Edward Ray Watson Frances H. Watson John M. West, Sr. James Robert Wester “Blue” White Eva “Polly” Wallace Robert Wilkinson Ben Williams Daniel Williams Gregson K. Williams Jack Daniel Williams Steve Wilson Jacob and Margaret Wolf J.R. and Ruth Woody Edward A. Wright

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In 2009, 88 volunteers gave 3,640 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 2009 at $20.85 per hour. Using that figure, our volunteers contributed the equivalent of $75,894 to Friends of the Smokies last year. THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS! We couldn’t do it without you! The following individuals volunteered 5 hours or more with Friends of the Smokies in 2009: Ellie Burbank ...... 658.5 Chuck Budnik ...... 83.5 Linda Robinson ...... 19 Leslie Reeves ...... 11.5 Marita Vornehm ...... 650.25 Nancy Anderson ...... 80 Linda Borland ...... 18 Joan Boyle ...... 8 Eileen Wilson ...... 328 Sara Bush ...... 73.95 Sam Eddy ...... 16 Emily Dameron ...... 8 Dorothy Haislip ...... 254 Susan Duncan ...... 67 Rachel Kuchar ...... 16 Tim Dameron ...... 8 Esther Blakely ...... 169.5 Bob Kurzynske ...... 36 Tom Garrett ...... 15.5 Mary Ann Charters ...... 7 Ray Sellers ...... 156.25 Mary Kurzynske ...... 36 Zilpha Black ...... 15 Lorimer Fauntleroy ...... 6.5 Libby Cunha ...... 111.5 Jim Burbank ...... 35 Gwen Boyles ...... 15 Lisa McMahan ...... 5.5 Doc Morrow ...... 102.75 Sherry Lutes ...... 31.75 Carlene Braswell ...... 14 Bo Prevost ...... 5 Susan Morrow ...... 102.75 Steve Lutes ...... 29.5 Patty Davis ...... 13.25 Bernadette Ray ...... 5 Marlene Budnik ...... 92.25 Deborah Orobello ...... 24.5 Lois Todd ...... 12.5 Larry Stewart ...... 86 Laura Soltis ...... 20 Michael Orobello ...... 12

Friends Across the Mountains Telethon Volunteers = 300 Hours! 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! We would also like to recognize the volunteer time given by members of the Farragut High School Friends of the Smokies Club ! Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs) In Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2,429 people volunteered 123,775 hours directly with the Park through the Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program in Federal Fiscal Year 2009 (October 2008 – September 2009). Their labor is equivalent to 56½ full-time staff positions, or $2,580,709. VIPs help monitor stream health, pick up litter, repair and improve trails, conduct living history demonstrations, provide information to visitors, and so much more. They include individuals, couples, families, Boy Scout troops, school groups, civic groups, and various other combinations. Friends of the Smokies thanks all the volunteers for their assistance in preserving and protecting the Smokies! The following individuals volunteered more than 100 hours through the VIP program in Federal Fiscal Year 2009: Smoky Mountain Kammerer, Larry ...... 1004 Evans, Al ...... 664 Ray, Samantha L...... 520 Hiking Club ...... 7126 Hadala, Paul ...... 996 Evans, Marilyn ...... 628 Braun, Mike ...... 513 ATC: Sweat Crew ...... 2760 Goddard, Robin ...... 938 Lafontaine, Eric ...... 625 Howell, III, Charles ...... 512 Post, Gini ...... 1886 Griffin, Millie ...... 904 Farmer, Bill ...... 624 Jenkins, Reba ...... 512 Post, Pete ...... 1886 Palmer, Raymond ...... 845 Bielenberg, Warren ...... 622 Hunter, Barbara ...... 500 Smoky Mtn Trail Riders Trout Unlimited ...... 837 Wardwell, Michael ...... 605 Hunter, Larry ...... 500 Haywood ...... 1632 Goddard, Jim ...... 825 Payne, Herb ...... 592 Underwood, Chris ...... 500 Harrington, Tom ...... 1479 Morris, Alex ...... 806 Templeton, Carolyn ...... 582 Degenhardt, Logan ...... 498 Lochbaum, Bob ...... 1363 Vance, Daniel J...... 760 Clifford, Carla (SCA) ...... 560 Sellers, Richard (Dick) ...... 497 SCA High School Crews ... 1344 Cades Cove Preservation Evans, Joe ...... 560 Lyell, Terry ...... 490 Wightman, Sarah ...... 1344 Association ...... 734 Russell, Brad ...... 560 Willis, Ben ...... 490 Pi Beta Phi Elementary ...... 1222 Griggs, Daniel ...... 720 Caldwell, Susie ...... 544 Wainner, Tom ...... 483 Reppert, Dave ...... 1041 Ross, Deana ...... 715 Higgins, David ...... 543 Burbank, Jim ...... 482 Fischer, Josh ...... 1040 Ross, Loren ...... 715 Hicks, Brenda ...... 540 Backus, Greg ...... 480 Griffin, Fred ...... 1037 Gindl, Carolyn ...... 700 Hicks, Frank ...... 540 Byrne, Phillip ...... 480 Back Country Horsemen Law, Roderick L...... 688 Goss, Allan ...... 522 Carrick, Christina ...... 480 of NC ...... 1034 Parks, Brian ...... 674 Kinton, Regina ...... 520 Coutts, Allison ...... 480 Kammerer, Carol ...... 1004 Caldwell, John ...... 672 Kittel, Elliott ...... 520 Ferris, Corey ...... 480

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Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs) continued Howell, Matthew ...... 480 Sturgeon, Mike ...... 386 Clagett, Ed ...... 252 Stinson, Anna ...... 184 Kinsella, Amy ...... 480 Parker, Jennifer ...... 384 Totten, Stan ...... 252 Ward, Bryan ...... 184 Kozmick, Christine ...... 480 Richardson, Jim ...... 384 Moon, Jan ...... 250 Young, B.A...... 184 Lyons, Nathan ...... 480 Riggs, Jim ...... 384 Moon, Jim ...... 250 Young, Linda ...... 184 Moeggenberg, Jordan M...... 480 Riggs, Joyce ...... 384 Jaskolka, Peggy ...... 250 Pitt, Mark ...... 183 Muhlhausen, James ...... 480 Willis, Andrew ...... 384 Briggs, Morgan ...... 248 McAdams, Nora ...... 175 Olejniczak, Suzanne ...... 480 Idom, Norma ...... 382 Sanders, Buddy ...... 246 Ramsey, Elaine S...... 175 Pendleton, Wesley ...... 480 Peychal, Yvonne ...... 377 McAdams, Dennis ...... 245 Ramsey, Michael W...... 175 Polk, Jonathan ...... 480 Johns, Judy ...... 363 Sarten, Candice ...... 245 Phillips, Gee ...... 174 Romero, Amanda ...... 480 Swain FFA ...... 348 Myers, Lynda Sue ...... 242 Hardy, Ken ...... 173 Taylor, Robert (Bob) ...... 480 Lambdin, Buck ...... 344 Myers, Richard ...... 242 Bitner, Jamie ...... 170 Taylor, Shirley ...... 480 Luketin, Lloyd ...... 338 Wilder, Charles ...... 240 ATC: Rocky Top Crew ...... 168 Anderson, Chuck ...... 479 Young, Mickey ...... 336 Seymour High School ...... 234 Evans, Sheila ...... 166 Hensley, Frances ...... 471 Martens, Phyllis ...... 332 Ross, Betty ...... 234 McBride, Carol ...... 163 Williamson, Alma S...... 468 Jarvis, Graham ...... 326 Ross, Carl ...... 234 Maple, William E...... 162 Clark, Colby ...... 466 Turner, Richard P...... 324 Jaskolka, Frank A...... 233 Beaver, Jared ...... 160 Hall, Emmett ...... 465 Brown, James E...... 320 BSA Troop 46 ...... 231 Bowman, Satin ...... 160 Reed, Jim ...... 463 Brown, Jim ...... 320 Reppert, Frances ...... 231 Burnette, Robby ...... 160 Reed, Marty ...... 463 Brown, Myra ...... 320 Charvat, Bonnie L...... 225 Morris, Joel ...... 160 Woodson Wilderness Krapfl, Kurt ...... 320 Davis, Lucy M...... 224 Palminsano, Sarah ...... 160 Challenge ...... 439 Rinehart, Gerald ...... 320 Schmidt, Lois ...... 223 Alexander, Jean ...... 158 Priest, Leon ...... 438 Rinehart, Mary ...... 320 Glass, Barbara ...... 219 Ray, Shirley Anne ...... 157 Phillips, Jim ...... 431 Wallace, Virginia ...... 320 Glass, Mike ...... 219 Kemp, Helen ...... 156 Corey, Wayne ...... 426 Clifford, Carla ...... 317 Jones, Cleston ...... 219 Reid, (Ernest) Vern ...... 155 Hynes, Lori ...... 416 Clifford, Mike ...... 317 Williams, David ...... 219 Clayton, (Zoe) Ann ...... 152 Kidwell, Harry H...... 416 Beal, Cindy ...... 313 Williams, Debbie ...... 219 Morales, Patrick ...... 152 Thompson, Gay ...... 414 Charvat, John M...... 308 Blakely, Esther ...... 217 Smith, Shirley ...... 152 Evans, Charles ...... 409 Anderson, Lori ...... 308 Smith, Edgar ...... 216 Smith, Robert ...... 151 Schmidt, John ...... 407 McBride, Jim ...... 307 Smith, Ray ...... 216 Cassidy, Sean ...... 150 Peychal, John ...... 404 Ritter, Eileen ...... 303 Reed, Ernest ...... 215 Johnson, Zachary ...... 150 Engle, Kelly ...... 400 Ritter, Gordon ...... 303 Reed, Sampson ...... 215 Kemp, Wayne E...... 150 Fishwick, Emily ...... 400 Cornelius, Jerry A...... 301 Evans, Mary ...... 210 Sanders, Donna W...... 149 Fox, Leigh Ann ...... 400 Cornelius, Pat ...... 301 Gayhart, Dave ...... 210 Cornelius, Jean B...... 148 Lawson, Dan ...... 400 Montgomery, Linda ...... 292 Fontenot, Frances W...... 207 Cornelius, Jerry S...... 148 Corey, Hilda ...... 398 Messer, Tommy ...... 288 Fontenot, Kenneth R...... 202 Wiberley, Al ...... 148 Shuler, Bobby Lee ...... 398 Harrison, Valerie ...... 285 Ardary, Zane ...... 200 Simmons, Sue ...... 147 Sells, Spencer (Tony) ...... 395 Allen, Brian ...... 280 French, John ...... 200 Davis. Sid ...... 146 Smith, Hillary ...... 394 BWXT Y-12 ...... 280 Saas, Richard T...... 199 Warpeha, Rita ...... 144 Hall, Wanda J...... 393 Segall, Zachary ...... 280 Bowie, Paula ...... 198 Holmes, Beverly ...... 143 Hill, Ann ...... 390 Kimbrel, Barbara ...... 272 Lane, Billy Z...... 196 Horton, Bill ...... 143 Turner, Gloria Jean ...... 390 Harmon, Jim ...... 255 Bryson, Arnold ...... 195 Erickson, Paul ...... 140 Mowbray, Jim ...... 386 Langston, Edward H...... 255 Tucker, Jan ...... 192 Tholkes, Ben ...... 139 Sturgeon, Deb ...... 386 Clagett, Lavedah ...... 254 Tucker, W.D...... 192 Ney, Lunda ...... 137 Our VIP Program continues to be the largest program in the Southeast Region. We have the fourth-largest VIP Program of all NPS units behind Golden Gate (405,236 hours), Delaware Water Gap (146,138 hours), and Yosemite (154,147 hours). We have many longtime volunteers sharing exceptional skills and talents across our Park and we continue to welcome new volunteers into the program. With the addition of our new Trails Volunteer Coordinator, Christine Hoyer, we anticipate that our backcountry volunteer opportunities will grow and we’ll be able to accomplish much-needed work projects. As the new Park-wide Volunteer Coordinator, I look forward to learning how I can best coordinate efforts throughout the Park and engage more people in stewardship efforts that result in meaningful work. We hope to improve communication by utilizing our Park website, streamlining our application process, and helping Rangers throughout the Park meet their project needs as we take care of this special place and best serve our visitors. Dana Soehn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Volunteer Coordinator ( [email protected] ) 34 Friends in Action • Our Volunteers

Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs) continued Ney, Melvin ...... 137 Hibbard, Chris ...... 121 Borders, Merwyn ...... 111 Bedford, Roby ...... 104 Polk, Valerie ...... 135 Campton, Teresa ...... 120 Thomas, Lois R...... 109 Norton, Frances M...... 103 Richardson, Pat ...... 134 Fedyski, Adam J...... 120 Old Harp Singers ...... 108 Hazel, Ashton S...... 102 Jennette, Daniel ...... 132 Greene, Pat ...... 120 Peebles, Bob ...... 108 Hazel, Robert P...... 102 Aldrich, Jay ...... 130 Holmes, Jory ...... 120 Fowler, Gary ...... 108 Horton, William R ...... 102 Aldrich, Sandra ...... 130 Weisman, Cypriana ...... 120 Fowler, Sue ...... 108 Houghton, Ann ...... 101 Christian, Gary ...... 128 Coker, Shelly ...... 120 Goss, (Phyllis) Diane ...... 108 Showalter, Tom ...... 101 Kirkland, Joseph ...... 128 Buley, Dawn Marie ...... 119 Norton, Fiona M...... 108 Shular, Tom ...... 101 Kirkland, Marsha ...... 128 Honiker, Jessica ...... 119 Briggs, Matthew M...... 107 Clanton, Rosa ...... 100 Slaughter, Cyn ...... 125 Block, David ...... 116 Gerhardt, Erik ...... 107 Garber, Sandra ...... 100 Haislip, Dorothy ...... 125 Lowry, Bill T...... 116 Wiggins, Ray ...... 107 Reid, Glenda C...... 100 Fitzgerald, Marian ...... 122 Maier, Patricia C...... 114 Bedford, Jane ...... 104 In The Words of Our Friends

Throughout the year, we receive wonderful letters and e-mails from our members and supporters explaining why they support Friends of the Smokies, or love the Park. In closing, we wanted to share some of those thoughts with you. Perhaps you feel the same way about being a Friend of the Smokies, or the time you’ve spent in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Though I can no longer hike, bike, camp, or It is such a great place to be with people you even get to some of the more scenic areas of the really love and care about. When you walk into Park, the beauty of the place remains in my the Park, it’s almost like therapy. I get out of the heart forever. I sincerely appreciate the efforts car and hit the trail and everything gets left at of all of those involved to preserve the beauty of the trailhead. The physical exercise is good, but the place, for the sole purpose of sharing it the emotional and spiritual cleansing is for real. always to others! I go there for a lot of reasons, but really just to enjoy life and celebrate it. Tom Anderson, Elizabethton, TN Tommy Vaughan, proprietor of Foothills Milling Company, Maryville, TN as quoted in Lance Coleman’s story for Blount Today Well, the Smokies are very dear to me. I've hiked all the trails, taken thousands of photographs of the Park, and continue to This is one of my important things in my life. consider it a most magical place. We travel quite a bit, and let me tell you there’s no place like this. When we come home I Bill Robertson, Greenville, SC wonder “Why on earth did we leave?” When my husband asks me what I want for Christmas, I tell him I just want to donate to the things that are important to me. I just wanted to send you folks a line to let you know how much my husband and I enjoy Martha Goins, Friendsville, TN driving the Cades Cove Loop. We live in Big Stone Gap, VA, and every time we go through My mother, who recently passed away, was we always donate at the last box at the end of an avid lover of the Smokies and she passed that the loop, and we have seen many, many cars go love on to me. We moved a lot when I was by these boxes and never stop. We think that younger and for me, the Smokies were my home the trip through the cove is priceless and every when I had no real hometown, as it was the one car should make a donation even if it’s just a place we were constantly in during my small one. The beauty is just breathtaking there, childhood and adolescence. The area really and I just cannot put into words the awe and means a lot to me. So the gift is in memory of wonder of it all. We were there earlier in May my mother. I want to be able to one day take this year and saw six bears. As I said before, it’s my children to the same place that was made just simply priceless. so special for me by my own mother. Gary & Paula Dalton Heather Beirne, Lexington, KY

35 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, 2009 and December 31, 2008. 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, 2009 December 31, 2008 Assets Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $6,890,790 $5,558,174 Prepaid Insurance -0- $5,017 Prepaid Expenses $10,709 $25,431 Pledges Receivable $120,000 $80,000 Accounts Receivable $181,029 $180,830 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS $7,202,528 $5,849,452 Long-term Pledges Receivable -0- -0- Equipment, net of accumulated depreciation $103,312 $113,267 Other Assets Beneficial interest in assets held by others $166,734 $140,596 Deposits $275 $275 TOTAL OTHER ASSETS $166,649 $140,871 TOTAL ASSETS $7,472,490 $6,103,590 Liabilities and Net Assets Current Liabilities Accounts Payable $33,796 $32,676 Deferred Revenue $122,551 $124,325 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES $156,346 $157,001 TOTAL LIABILITIES $156,346 $157,001 Net Assets Unrestricted $2,055,722 $1,726,097 Temporarily Restricted $3,018,435 $3,072,889 Permanently Restricted $2,241,986 $1,147,604 TOTAL NET ASSETS $7,316,144 $5,946,590 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND ASSETS $7,472,490 $6,103,590

Statement of Activities Year Ended December 31, 2009 December 31, 2008 Support and Revenues Contributions and Grants $2,079,648 $2,391,814 Less amounts designated by donors for other organizations ($180,100) ($87,637) Tennessee License Plate Revenues $441,422 $488,819 North Carolina License Plate Revenues $387,980 $348,740 Special Events $356,830 $266,176 In-kind Contributions $135,241 $80,015 Investment Income $193,442 $139,557 Other $12,042 $8,803 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT, REVENUE AND OTHER $3,426,506 $3,636,288 Expenses Program Services (Park projects & related support) $1,274,179 $1,358,968 Management and General $285,377 $367,980 Fundraising $497,396 $398,111 TOTAL EXPENSES $2,056,953 $2,125,059

36 Photos by Jack Williams