horticulture Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park 2012 AnnualReport

2009 ANNUAL REPORT Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Annual Report 2012 Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park promotes the enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of gardens, sculpture, the natural environment and the arts.

We strive to provide our guests with a “best in class” experience. We believe in Accessibility To accomplish this goal, we believe in these Guiding Principles: we strive to ensure that all visitors can access our facilities, grounds and programs. We believe in a “best in class” guest experience. We believe in Growth and Change We believe in Quality and Great Design and Aesthetics we embrace growth and change as intrinsic elements of we strive to uphold the highest standards of quality of our Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, which draws our facilities, operations, and reputation, as measured by customer guests to return, our members to renew, and all stakeholders satisfaction, our performance against industry standards, and our to recommend us to others. recognition among our peer institutions. We believe in Diversity, Dignity and Respect, We believe in Innovation and we Value Differences we challenge ourselves to discover new and creative ways to we provide an environment that fosters diversity and instills fulfill our mission. professional behavior among all employees, volunteers, board We believe in Leadership members, and committee members. we act as leaders within the cultural, art, and horticultural We believe in the Accumulation of Knowledge communities we serve. and with hard work and smart work we will further our mission.

We believe in Learning and Education We believe in Financial Stability and Sustainability we act with a commitment to promote learning through all we must be financially self-perpetuating to assure that the aspects of our visitors’ experience. Meijer Gardens can be enjoyed for all generations to come.

We believe in Enjoyment and Fun We believe in Stewardship we seek to provide an enjoyable experience for every visitor we are given many gifts and we must honor and respect our of every age and ability. donors and their wishes, as well as being fiscally responsible.

We believe in a Clean and Safe Environment. Summary We believe in Being Good Stewards of the Environment. We believe in Dignity and Respect – we provide an environment that fosters diversity and professional behavior among all employees, volunteers, board members and committee members.

Antony Gormley. One and Other, 2000. Photo by William J Hebert. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Annual Report 2012

Welcome

In Fiscal Year 2012 Meijer Gardens welcomed 596,892 guests Fred and Lena’s vision for Meijer Gardens included a Japanese to six exhibitions celebrating horticulture and sculpture, garden and late summer ushered in the very beginning of 34 concerts, numerous plant shows, countless educational construction on The Richard and Helen DeVos Japanese Garden programs, classes, camps and other events. Annual exhibitions at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. The project is like Butterflies Are Blooming, Chrysanthemums and More! ahead of schedule and after a successful fundraising and Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World, campaign, we will be able to move aggressively forward to drew popular appeal from all audiences. Temporary sculpture open the Japanese Garden in 2015. exhibitions such as Essence: The Horses of Deborah Fred Meijer’s passion for Meijer Gardens lives on, and is Butterfield, Beverly Pepper: Palingenesis 1962–2012 and shared by such a largenumber of people who give freely of Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture, offered their time to bring joy to guests through our horticulture and a wide survey of Modern and Contemporary Art from the early sculpture collections—another testament to Fred’s vision. 1960s to today. Meijer Gardens is fortunateto have loyal and dedicated Our permanent collection expanded when more than twenty volunteers. Over 800 volunteers gave more than 75,000 hours artists from the permanent collection and gallerists with in fiscal year 2012. As an institution, we benefit from their whom we have worked made significant contributions to the presence, talent and skills. More importantly, our guests Frederik G. H. Meijer Memorial Collection. Drawings, prints benefit so much from our remarkable volunteers. and sculpture have been generously donated by many who Fred and Lena Meijer have made Meijer Gardens possible for came to know Fred and Meijer Gardens. millions of guests to experience and enjoy. Though we miss Summer brought expansions to both popular concert series. Fred very much, we are committed to growing and maintaining The Outdoor Summer Concert Series, featuring nationally Meijer Gardens for generations to come. In all we do, we strive recognized musical acts, expanded to 25 concerts—the to preserve Fred’s vision and his legacy. mostwe’ve ever hosted. Familiar favorites like Lyle Lovett, k.d.lang and Bonnie Raitt along with Amphitheater new comers The Head and the Heart, Darius Rucker, Gavin DeGraw Gratefully, and Colbie Caillat and others drew record audiences to the 2012 Outdoor Summer Concert Series. Our popular Tuesday Evening Music Club featured local performers on nine Tuesdays in July and August. David S. Hooker President & Chief Executive Officer

Photo by William J. Hebert. Horticulture Annual Report 2012

Blossoming spring bulbs and trees along with Butterflies Are Blooming hinted at the horticultural beauty that would bloom all year long.

Butterflies Are Blooming we prominently featured those in our promotions, our educational Our most popular annual horticultural exhibition featured programming and the presentation of our displays. Some of the thousands of tropical butterflies in the Lena Meijer Tropical cultural traditions involving light that were on display were Conservatory and returning for a second year, a display of Hanukkah, the eight-day festival of lights; the Hindu celebration Monarch caterpillars. Native to Michigan, Monarch caterpillars of Diwali; the parols of the Phillipines; and of course, the traditional were on display in the Seasonal Display Greenhouse and feeding Christmas light displays.In addition, five new structures were added on milkweed plants. More than 169,400 guests visited during to the much-loved Railway Garden display including the Van Andel March and April, 2012, to enjoy Butterflies Are Blooming. Institute, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Maya Lin’s Ecliptic sculpture at Rosa Parks Chrysanthemums and More! Circle and Alexander Calder’s sculpture La Grande Vitesse complete Truly an autumn horticultural feast for the senses, Chrysanthemums with city and government buildings. More than 75,400 guests and More! featured mums throughout the gardens and grounds, delighted in the displays of Christmas and Holiday Traditions with a spectacular wall of mums display in the Seasonal Display Around the World. Greenhouse, which creatively incorporated not only mums, but green apples and plantings of cabbage, kale, millet and more! Other Highlights Back for a second year in 2012 was a special Mum Day in October Sydney Eddison, author and life-long gardener, gave the that offered members and guests horticulturedemonstrations, Secchia Garden Lecture entitled Change: The Passage of Time walking tours and interactions with our expert horticulturists. in the Garden. The Lena MeijerChildren’s Garden offered kid- More than 66,000 guests visited during Chrysanthemums and More! friendly plantings that were chosenfor their appeal to the senses. At the West Michigan Home & Garden Show, our expert Holiday Traditions horticulturists gave presentations for attendees. Plant Shows The Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World exhibition remained a popular destination for horticulture fansincluding in FY 2012 (calendar year 2011) highlighted celebrations of light the Orchid Show, the Michigan All-State Bonsai Show and from many different cultures across the globe. Many people use many more. light as a way to celebrate their holiday traditions and customs and

Photo by William J Hebert. Sculpture Annual Report 2012

The Sculpture program hosted a group show of figurative sculpture, equine works by Deborah Butterfield and a retrospective of Beverly Pepper’s career.

Deborah Butterfield ArtPrize/Body Double The winter sculpture exhibition, Essence: The Horses of Deborah Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture was Butterfield, featured works by one of the most respected and ArtPrize at MeijerGardens and served as the fall sculpture acclaimed artists of her generation whose works Cabin Creek exhibition. This exhibition was a survey of contemporary and Small, Dry Fork Horse, are among our permanent collection. sculpture around the subject of the human figure as both an Butterfield’s horses have been the focus of great interest as object and a metaphor. Considering a wide variety of formal much for their creative use of materials as for their craftsmanship. and conceptual approaches by artists from across the United The horse has been the singular focus of her prolific career since States and around the world, the exhibition illustrated the the mid 1970s—most frequently focusing on the mare instead of diversity and depth of the figure in Contemporary Art from more the stallions and warhorses most commonly encountered in the literal terms to those which are implied or symbolically stated. history of art. This exhibition featured the installation of both Building on the strength and variety of the figurative tradition large-scale and pedestal-size horses. of Meijer Garden’s acclaimed permanent collection, this exhibition explored a renewal of interest in the subject while Beverly Pepper surveying a broad spectrum of concepts, forms and materials. Beverly Pepper has been a major force across the international scene since she first captured widespread critical acclaim in the Permanent Collection Additions 1960s. This exhibition focused exclusively on her pioneering Acquisitions to the collection included gifts in honor of efforts in metal beginning with her debut at the famed Spoleto Fred Meijer, in the form of numerous prints and drawings exhibition in 1962 through major recent efforts. This was the from Magdalena Abakanowicz, Hanneke Beaumont, Dale first major presentation on Pepper in recent years and the first Chihuly, Josh Garber, Antony Gormley, Phillip Grausman, to explore the power and vision of her work in steel. From Sean Henry, Dietrich Klinge, Estate of Alexander Liberman, daring, welded steel of the early 1960s, to pristine geometric Dennis Lee Mitchell, David Nash, Michele Oka Doner, Arnaldo works of the late 1960s and 1970s, to the upright sentinels Pomodoro and the George Segal Foundation. A major George known in public and private collections around the world, the Segal sculpture, Girl Standing in Nature, from the George exhibition carried through to ascending monoliths of recent Segal Foundation was gifted as well, and can now be viewed years. This exhibition was accompanied by archival information in the Gallery section of the Sculpture Park. Marlborough and a fully illustrated catalogue. Gallery, Galerie Scheffel, Pace Gallery, Crosby Coughlin Fine Art, Zolla-Liberman Gallery also made donations to the collection. Dora Natella. Overseer, 2012. Photo courtesy of the artist. Education Annual Report 2012

Several new Education activities and programs were developed, encouraging guests to visit throughout the year.

Classes, Camps and Special Events show included ways to engage guests from discovery cart A wide array of classes for adults and children of all ages generated activities to voting for the best-scented rose to going on an orchid repeat participants. Animal Photography for Kids, Animated Clay “treasure hunt.” Local plant club members were always available Sculptures and Butterfly Biscuits were among successful new to answer questions. The Secchia Garden Lecturer was Sydney classes for kids, and Winter Photography Workshop, Growing Edison, who spoke on the passage of time in the garden and how Edible Mushrooms and “Square Foot” Gardening attracted new to garden wiser as you grow older. adult audiences. Similarly, a new approach to summer camps School Programs was piloted with Plant Pals: Grandma and Me, which was School tours and programs continued to attract an enormous school overwhelmingly popular. Other camp favorites included Photos audience, from preschool through high school. More than $135,000 A to Z, Silly Sculpture, Little Diggers and Outdoor Adventure. in revenue was brought in through these programs. Nativity tours Three new bus trips were presented: Tulip Time—A Dutch were expanded for the Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around Adventure, Explore the Ann Arbor Art Fair and A Trip to Traverse the World exhibition, and a rangoli “add on” classroom activity was City and Old Mission. added to help explain the Indian Diwali tradition. Curriculum-related Arts and Sculpture Programs programs continued to support State of Michigan benchmarks and Public programming for sculpture exhibitions encompassed a wide attract students in every grade. Favorites included Simple Machines, variety of presentations, including art history lectures, gallery Fitness Fun in the Sculpture Park, Then and Now: Life on the Farm, walks by experts, artists’ demonstrations and staff “perspective” and Writing on a Horse: Poetry and Deborah Butterfield discussions. For the Essence: The Horses of Deborah Butterfield Family Programs exhibition, highlights included a lecture on the horse theme in art Families had many options for interaction, education and fun. history and a presentation on therapeutic riding. For the Beverly Animal Adventures: Surviving in the Wild, a collaboration with Pepper exhibition, highlights included a demonstration on cut- John Ball Zoo, focused on four animals, with engaging activities ting and grinding steel and Sculpture Park walks on women in our for each one. Cozy Tales for Winter Days presented themed story- collection. The Art and Sculpture Lecture by Sean Henry, creator time presentations and related explorations and Trail Ride of Lying Man, drew attention to his realistic figurative style, while Adventure was a unique interactive performance developed to the Great Authors Lecturer, Ian Frazier, a well-known writer on complement the Deborah Butterfield exhibition. Activities at nature and human experience, related his observations and travel Michigan’s Farm Garden included weekly quilting, and family adventures with excerpts and humor. weekends based on baby goats, honeybees, a county fair and Garden and Plant Presentations heirloom tomatoes. In the Children’s Garden Fred and the Purple Plant shows were presented throughout the year, from the smaller Cow, an interactive play about Fred Meijer as a little boy, was Rose, Iris and Daylily Shows to the more all-encompassing Herb introduced. Let’s Move on the Kids’ Tram, a tour for families with and Gourd Fest, Orchid and All-State Bonsai Show. Every plant kids combined fitness activities with looking at sculpture.

Kirk Newman. Children of the World, 1969. 1995. Photo by David Lubbers Financial Annual Report 2012 horticulture Statement of Financial Position September 30, 2012

Assets 2012 Liabilities and Net Assets 2012 Current assets Current liabilities Cash 8,048,559 Accounts payable 2,266,588 Accounts receivable 62,652 Accrued payroll and withholding 695,801 Pledge receivable 556,499 Deferred revenue 1,275,507 Inventory 221,101 Total current liabilities 4,237,896 Prepaid expenses 93,080 Net assets Total current assets 8,981,891 Unrestricted 86,386,825 Replacement reserve 3,203,741 Temporarily restricted 17,482,589 Permanently restricted 90,865,392 Cash restricted for investment in property and equipment 4,758,736 Total net assets 194,734,806

Pledges receivable, restricted Total liabilities and net assets 198,972,702 for investment in property and equipment 12,914,228 Beneficial interest in net assets of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture A copy of the 2012 audited financial statements are available upon request Foundation (FMGSF) 86,915,065 Collections 36,702,488 Property and equipment, net 45,496,553

Total assets 198,972,702

West Michigan Horticultural Society, Inc d.b.a Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Photo by William J. Hebert. Financial Annual Report 2012 horticulture Statements of Activities September 30, 2012

Revenues and other support 2012 Expenses 2012

Contributions 23,913,612 Program services: Guest services 1,766,794 Guest services 3,120,631 Memberships 1,945,531 Memberships 371,740 Gift Shop 1,064,919 Gift Shop 859,992 Events 2,421,268 Education 901,586 Educational programs 113,736 Hospitality 2,781,845 Hospitality services 3,389,161 Collections and exhibitions 1,680,810 Change in beneficial Horticulture 2,933,680 interest of FMG&SF 14,026,254 Communications 1,267,570 Miscellaneous 163,205 Supporting services: Management and general 1,697,176 48,804,480 Fund development 600,407 16,215,437

Change in net assets 32,589,043 Net assets at beginning of year 162,145,763 Net assets at end of year 194,734,806

NumbersNumbers are are in in millions millions 50,000,000 3.03.0 50,000,000 NumbersNumbers are arein millions in millions

2.52.5 40,000,00040,000,000 Guest Services Guest Services Horticulture Horticulture Hospitality 2.02.0 Hospitality Management and General 30,000,00030,000,000 Management and General Contributions Contributions 1.51.5 Communications Communications 20,000,00020,000,000 Education 1.0 Education 1.0 Retail Retail Development Development 10,000,00010,000,000 Memberships Memberships Hospitality Services Hospitality Services 0.50.5 Change in beneficial Interest of FMG&SP Change in beneficial Interest of FMG&SP Events Events Memberships Memberships Collections & Exhibitions Collections & Exhibitions Guest Services Guest Services Retail Retail Miscellaneous Educational Programs Miscellaneous 0 0 Educational Programs 0.00.0 West Michigan Horticultural Society, Inc., d.b.a Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Laura Ford. Espaliered Girl, 2007. Photo by William J. Hebert. Recognition Annual Report 2012 Fred and Lena made a large gift more than 18 years ago to create this institution. In 18 years we have grown from a dream to an internationally recognized institution.

Board Members Luisa Schumacher Charles Ross Supporter $1,000 K.C. and Bridget Mitchell Bradley Thomas Chuck and Stella Royce Richard and Maureen Morrison During Fiscal Year 2012 Tom Aaberg, Jr. David Vanden Berg Margaret Saxton Mark and Elizabeth Murray Doreen Bolhuis and Melissa Meldrum-Aaberg Maryln Walton Hilary Snell L. Dale Atkinson Christine Nicholas John Bouwer Matt Wey Hilary and Kristi Snell Marsha Rappley Kenyatta Brame Ken Bandstra and Ken Terpstra Travis and Liza Snell Carl and Jan Baumgras Shirley Roskam Rich Brolick Founding Members: Rosalynn Stuart Sarah Schaff Keith Brophy Jennifer Bandenieks Don and Mary Apol Glenn Walters Hilary Snell Kim Bruyn Mark and Doreen Bolhuis Janet R. Bacon Mildred Wisniewski Bill and Mindy Wakefield Linda Chamberlain David Boyce James and Shirley Balk Ken and Patricia Wenger Brian Cloyd David Bradley and Nicole Frei James Balk Allan and Anita Zuidema Jeff Dean Kim Bruyn Martin and Melissa Balk Robert Zylstra and Gayla Jewell Scott DeVecht Jesse and Gia Budrick Steven and Tiffany Balk Botanic Society: Suzanne Eberle Scott and Kendra Carver Glen and Betsy Borre Rebecca Finneran Advocate $25,000 John Cavacece and Bonnie Taylor Lisa Borre Joy Fossel Richard and Helen DeVos Patrick Pullen and Linda Chamberlain Deborah Campbell Sculpture Society: Michael Gaudino Daniel and Pamella DeVos Michael and Linda Cole Edward and Carolyn Dee Kathleen Hajek Dick and Betsy DeVos Thomas and Bonnie Cypher Advocate $25,000 Kathleen Doering Earl Holton Douglas and Maria DeVos Eileen DeVries Lena Meijer Ralph Hauenstein David Hooker VanderWeide Family Frank and Betzie Duncan Earl and Donnalee Holton Cate Jansma Jim Dunlap Patron $10,000 Bob and Judy Hooker Bill Lawrence Guardian $2500 Doug Ellinger and Karyn Gell Mary Ann Keeler Robert and Mary Hydrick Ping Liang Richard and Sheri Brolick Albert and Eloise Engel Barbara Mayo-Johnson Candace Matthews Bill and Margie Darooge Frederick and Dorothy Fichter Principal $5,000 Walter and Pamela McVeigh Mary McLoughlin Greg and Kathy Forzley Mark and Cathy Bissell Mark and Mary Beth Meijer Walter McVeigh Ambassador $1,500 Philip and Elizabeth Gordon Harold and Phoebe Phelps Doug Meijer Doug Meijer Hildegard Adkins David and Leslie Hooker Marilyn Titche Hank and Liesel Meijer Liesel Meijer Justin and Kara Amash Scott and Pamela Jacobs Fred and Lena Meijer Tom Merchant Lester and Chloe Jones Katharine Kane Guardian $2,500 Deborah Meijer Mark Mossing John and Mary Schaff Mark and Dawn Kibben Starr Meijer Gregory and Rajene Betz Craig Mutch John and Judy Spoelhof Peter and Helga Kleinschmidt W. David and Diana Moore Mimi Cummings Bill Padnos George and Kerstin Trowbridge Donald Klopcic John and Gail Nowak Christine Faser Jim Preston Dorothy Williamson and Gwen Bolt Thomas and Sallie Lillie Jack and Margie Oosting Thomas and Mickie Fox Janet Ramsey Jon and Mary Ann March Joann Ott Dick and Sandy Hansen Marsha Rappley Henry and Connie Mast Dan and Eunice Pfeiffer Jim and Virginia Jurries John Schaff Barbara Mayo-Johnson Harvey Lemmen

Photo by William J. Hebert. Donors Annual Report 2012 Recognition John and Gail Nowak Daniel and Deborah Mankoff Ken and Patty Dykman Martin and Sue Allen Stan Cheff Shelley Padnos and Carol Sarosik Marlborough Gallery Laurence H. Feenstra Craig and Sally Anderson Robert Clay William Padnos Bruce and Candace Matthews Twink Frey Richard and Julia Andre Neal and Ladene Compton Judith McCabe Tim Fritz and Frances Chames Yaw and Agnes Appiagyei-Dankah Russ and Evelyn Cooper Ambassador $1,500 and Michael VanGenechten Tom and Marcia Haas John and Nicki Arendshorst Tom Cornell Joseph and Lisa Becherer Jack H. Miller Robert and Kaylyn Hamlin Donald and Ellen Arlinsky Michael and Mary Crawford Karl and Patti Betz David and Diana Morgenstern Rose A. Herrmann Don and Debbie Axce Ralph and Katherine Crew M. James and Sarah G. Gunberg Craig and Patti Mutch Theodore and Barbara Hohman David Baak and Betty Zylstra Russell Cross, Jr. and Sandra Cross Thomas Merchant and Glen Johnson Jim and Mary Nelson Steve and Mary Hollander John and Nancy Barrows Paul and Betty Cudworth Kate Pew Wolters Valerie Nelson J.C. Huizenga Anna Barth and Joseph Marfia Gary and Lin Culver Cameron R. O’Keefe Bryan and Donna Hull Becky Bartley and Jennifer Coe Eric and Jan Curtis Supporter $1,000 Martin and Enid Packard Norman Jabin and Judith Smith Bill and Ann Barton Kevin and Meg Cusack Barbara W. Amberg Doug and Nancy Padnos Phillip and Cherry Jacobus Rob and Shelly Batterbee Bill and Trish Cutler Lonson and Mary Barr Mitchell and Karen Padnos Jim and Nancy Kilbourne Julie Baumchen Ronald and Jessie Dalman Beverly Barrett Chris and Joan Panopoulos Frank Kwiatek and Karen Maczuga Robert and Jane Becker Chuck and Kay Danby Ronald Beatty Charles G. Schoenknecht Paul Lewis and Sarah Sparks Deborah Beckwith Roger and Jean Danielski and Ward A. Paul Kenneth and Judy Betz Mary Loupee Harvey and Lu Beltman Elizabeth Dapson Mark Peters Molly Bradshaw Dave and Beth Mahar Bruce and Suzeanne Benet Robert Davis Todd and Jan Polavin Rob and Gwen Brandt Julie Mansour and Dave Dryer Sandra Bennett and Renee Bennett Lee Deboer Jim and Marie Preston Peggy Bransdorfer Duncan and Vicki McMillan Michael and Sandra Berg Jon and Judy Kay DeJong John and Victoria Sheagren Anne H. Copps Steven and Chris Melnyk David and Mary Kay Berles Al and Vivian Dejonge Nelson Smith Bill and Marilyn Crawford Jamie Mills and James Nichols Kenneth and Laurel Beukelman Tom and Rosie Delor Jesse and Rebecca Stewart Catherine Creamer Jon and Carol Muth Flora Bishop Jolene Deluca Ruth Stuart R. Jeff and Jill Dean Brad and Leslie Nelson Tom and Gail Blackburn Daniel and Catherine Diedrich Linda Thompson John and Marilyn Drake Jacqueline Newhof and Tammy Newhof John and Helen Blythe A. Newton and Ann Dilley Shirley Vandenberg David Dvorak and Karol Peterson Tim and Karen O’Donovan George and Silbilla Boerigter David and Dolores Dobbie David and Ellen VandenBerg Gary and Suzanne Eberle Robert and Kathleen Othmer Dan and Katie Bolt Stephen and Jane Doezema J Michael Wilson Weldon Frankforter Roland and Jennifer Palmer Bruce and Bev Bonnell Monica Donnelly and Susan Vanderploeg Charles and Bette Fuller Robert and Carolyn Puite William Boorstein Don Drooger Randy and Linda VanEck Michael and Teresa Gaudino Owen Pyle Alyson Booth and Scott Booth Audrey Duncan Stover Lynn and John Vinkemulder Dan and Lou Ann Gaydou Scott and Kate Rasmussen Vern and Norma Boss and Herman Stover Mary Jean Waddell Larry and Suzy Gill Dale and Sheri Remmelts John and Marian Bouwer Thomas and Stacy Dunning Alice Wharton-Bickley Robert and Kathleen Hajek Richard and Kathy Russo James and Florence Bouwman James and Marla Dykstra Greg and Meg Willit Ralph Hauenstein David and Kathy Saylor Bob and Patty Boylen Ronald and Carole Dykstra Susan Wold David and Joyce Hecht Susan K. Schalon John and Janet Boyles Dennis Echelbarger Dan and Diane Hickey Patron $500 Margaret Sharp Karl and Darlene Braunschneider John Edlund Dirk and Victoria Hoffius Chad and Sheila Simons Paul and Jacquellyn Bremer John and Carol Edwards Kirk and Cathy Agerson David Hollman Scott and Jan Spoelhof Don and Grace Brenner Anita Eerdmans and Bill Eerdmans Mary Appelt John Hunting Larry and Jill Thum Kevin Briggs and Carol Karr Steve and Deb Eernisse Dale and Susan Brisboe Ray and Nancy James Kent and Judy Vana Jim and Donna Brooks Nancy Efting-Noel Joan Buchanan Michael and Susan Jandernoa Eric and Marie VanFleet Keith and Sheila Brophy Russell and Alice Ehlert David and Mary Margaret Cavera Sidney and Cate Jansma Lewis and Norma Vankuiken Paul and Mary Brower Ben and Susan Emdin Mike and Carol Chase Donald and Ann Avery Kelley Ronald and Ruth Waybrant Charlie and Diane Brown Larry and Nancy Erhardt Thomas and Carol Cook Peter and Susan Krupp John and Martha Wert Barb Brummel Douglas and Christine Evans Shay Costigan Scott and Linda LaFontsee David and Vicki Whalen Andrew and Micki Buist Richard and Linda Fairchild and Mary Keeler Costigan William and Karen Lawrence Jason and Angela Detter Chet and Joan Byerly Ed Farnham and David Durham Nancy Dailey Harold and Helen Leedy James and Maureen Cable John Finkhouse and John and Rene Darling Victoria Vogel-Finkhouse Tim and Ping Liang Sustainer $250 Jerry and Suzanne Callahan Alan and Michelle Davis Ralph and Maureen Fischer Mike and Kathy Lloyd Joseph and Judy Adamski Allan and Claudia Carlson Tom and Sue DenHerder Charles and Barbara Fisk Ray Loeschner Raphael and Rima Addiego Bob and Arlene Chatlosh

Photo by William J. Hebert. Donors/Gifts Annual Report 2012 Recognition David and Nancy Flower Walter and Sharon Jalowiecz David and Linda Male Bruce Quada and Pamela Wynn-Quada Robert and Molly Tholl Michele Foley Sidney Jansma III Richard and Liesl Maloney Leonard and Carol Radecki James and Lola Thompson Michael and Mary Jo Fountain Dave and Emily Jasperse Harry and Kathleen Margo Ruth Raiman David and Peggy Thompson Paul and Mary Frank Virgil Johanningsmeier Peter and Patricia Marks Jeff Avink and Janet Ramsey Jacob and Sara Tibbe Wanda L. Franklin Arthur and Patricia Johnson James and Anabel Mason Ron and Cathy Rapa Roger and Cat Timermanis Karilyn Frederick Thomas and Margy Jones Betsy Mathiesen Richard Rasmussen Brian Timmer and Colleen Markou Jeff and Diane French Jim Karrip and Alicia Loucks-Karrip and Michelle Mathiesen David and Karen Rasmussen Wayne and Diane Titche Charles and Betty Jean Fry James and Phyllis Karsina David May and Heather Mallory-May David and Kathleen Ray Kreigh and Monica Tomaszewski Raymond and Lillian Fuller Haig and Ann Kassouni Don and Carol Mayton David and Christine Reese Phil Tower Wayne and Margo Gagnon Thomas and Karen Kearns Michael and Jane McDaniels Katharin E. Richards Jim and Gen Tuinstra Wendy Gerber Marion Keller John and Kate McGarry Larry and Sally Robson Geron and Kimberly Turke David and Sandra Gibbs Matthew and Sabrina Kind David and Nancy Meeker Ron and Deb Roden Peter Turner Elizabeth Gillett John King and Janice McDonald Barbara Melgaard-Grissen Roland and Marjorie Roegge Jeremy and Melissa VandenBerg Bruce Gilmore and Alice Bridgman John and Rita Kirkwood and Dale Grissen Robert and Phyllis Rood Chris VandenBerg and Betsy Neubig Richard and Linda Glaser Daniel and Kimberly Klaver Curt Meyer and Andrea Byrne-Meyer David and Kara Rosen Gerard and Ruth VandenBosch Mark and Sherry Gotshall Keith and Kathy Klingenberg Bruce Mickelson, D.D.S. Larry and Mary Ellen Roslund Marion C. VanderVeen and Christine Mickelson Inta Grace Donald Klooster and James Klooster Alwyn and Christine Rougier-Chapman Peter and Laura VanHoesen Raymond and Dianne Miller Larry and Barb Grasman Don and Gerri Knottnerus Bill and Kathy Ryan Phillip and Jean VanHuffel Franklin and Nancy Moore Mitchell Grohowski Bob and Kathleen Koch Epifanio and Elizabeth Salomon Steve and Sharon VanLoon Louis and Nancy Moran Dore Gunn Donald and Debie Kolehouse Dennis and Sally Sanders Robert and Karen VanStright Henry and Mary Morley Richard and Carol Hackbarth Scott and Susan Kooistra Bill and Betty Sanderson A. Robert and Susan Vantuinen Jeff and Alice Morrill L. Irene Haizman John and Kathy Kools Jacquolyn Sawyer Rob and Carlene VanVoorhies Roger and MaryAnn Morris Don and Linda Hamilton Douglas C. Kramlich Robert and Rose Schenck David and Beverly Verdier John and Mary Morrison Rudolph and Erina Hanka Rex Krausbauer Ronald and Lisa Schlesinger James and Sharon Vonk Ronald and Sandra Mulder Randy Hansen William and Evelyn Kruse Tom and Beverly Schut Gordon and Shirley Vonk Peter and Susan Murray Robert and Hilda Harvey Stephen and Therese Labenz Judith Schwarzer Gary and Bobbie Vruggink Duane and Nancy Nagel Brian Haskin Gerald and Marjorie LaBreck James and Deb Sears John and Catherine Vydareny Joseph and June Nelson Dave and Kris Hassan Patrick and Gloria Lacy William and Mary Seeger William and Patricia Waanders Les and Barb Neuman Don and Ellen Hassberger Ronald and Nancy Laferriere George and Linda Sharpe Clare Wade and Tom Koetsier Thomas and Jill Newhouse Paul and Margaret Haviland Rebecca Lake and Adrienne Simmons Lee Ann Shedleski-Holmden James and Kathy Walsh John and Eileen Nordstrom Joe Hempstead Herb and Sharon Lantinga and David Holmden Doug and Maryln Walton Bryan and Megan O’Connell Douglas and Rosemary Hepfer Steven and Julie Lappenga Richard and Beverly Sheehan Mary Ann Wannamaker Kevin and Debbie OHalla John and Martha Hesse George Larimore Warren Shifferd, Jr. Gary and Carolyn Webster Nancy Olsen Virginia Hessler and Susan Julien Larimore Matthew and Margaret Simon Floyd and Clarice Westendorp Dave and Linda Oostindie Jeff and Mary Heth Daryl and Brian Larsen Carol Simpson Marcia Westrate Robert and Kathleen Othmer Jim and Martha Hilboldt Doris and Lars Larson Chris and Dee Slater Larry and Susan Whipple Robert and Barbara Overbeek Mark and Nancy Hildebrant Don and Shirley LaSage Gene Smary and Anne Varner Virginia E. Whitney Richard Parente Timothy and Charlene Hill Richard and Marilyn Leach Daryl and Ella Mae Smith Bruce and Diane Wickmann David and Olga Patrick Ronald and Heidi Hofman Barbara Lemmen Bill and Jane Smith Scott and Rebecca Wierda Marjorie Perry and Kristie Corcoran Theresa L. Hollowell David and Susan Lipner George and Joanie Snyder Nancy Willemstein Virgil and Louise Phelps Stephen and Susan Holmes Glenn and Renee Long Nancy Sonke Tom and Betty Williams Kenneth and Donna Pierce Gary and Nikki Hoort Kendal and Jane Lovell Linda Stafford Scott and Cindy Williamson Robert and Virginia Pierce Kathy Horton Paul and Elizabeth Luce George and Jean Stanley Dennis and Carolyn Winn Ayse Pinar Cemeroglu Bob and Barb Hubling Cheri Luchtefeld John and Mary Stepanovich Pamela Withrow Larry and Brenda Plank Doug and Vera Humphries Michael and Suzanne Lutz Carl Strodtman Gary and Gail Wohlscheid Bruce Poppen and Judy Fanjoy Michael and Barbara Hurst Jane Lynch James and Jennifer Symancyk Richard Wood and Daniel and Mary Postellon Richard and Susan Ilka Dennis and Virgina Lyons J. Lawrence and Judy Taunt Lisa Andersson-Zetye James and Janet Postma Win and Kyle Irwin Eugene and Jean Lyons Dan and Isabelle Terry Erica Yob David and Diane Potter Mark and Lauren Jacoby Don and L. June Mabie Andrew Terzes Robert Zaagman H. Edward and June Prein

Kiki Smith. Sleepwalker, 2002-2008. Photo by William J. Hebert. Gifts Annual Report 2012 Recognition Ronald and Kathryn Zagel The Louis and Helen Padnos B.P. and Marilyn Sherwood The Honorable and Mrs. Justin and Mimi Cummings Ellen Zahed Foundation Steelcase, Inc. Kara Amash Custom Printers Ronald and Lois Zartman Peter C. & Emajean Cook Foundation Gordon and Shirley Vonk Attallah and Marie Amash Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation Jim and Kim Zeitter Robert Pew II Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Richard and Ellen Anderson Dean Foods Company Teri Zinn Sebastian Foundation Greg and Meg Willit Tim Anderson Del Grosso Foods, Inc. Mike and Sasha Zolik The Jerry and Marcia Tubergen Susan Wold Apol’s Water Gardens DJ’s Landscape Management Foundation Association of Grand Rapids Dole Packaged Foods, LLC Gifts Received WGVU $5,000 - $9,999 Landscape Professionals John and Kathleen Doyle During Fiscal Year 2012 WOOD TV 8 Anonymous Carter and Mary Bacon Dr Pepper Snapple Group 10/01/2010 – 9/30/2012 American Greetings Janet R. Bacon Jim Dunlap $20,000 - $24,999 Bank of America Bakergroup Dykema Gifts $250+ Anonymous Bartlett Tree Expert Co. Charles Baldwin John and Sharon Dykhouse $75,000+ Arts Council of Grand Rapids BISSELL Inc. James and Shirley Balk Ellis Parking Company Ken Bandstra and Ken Terpstra The Honorable and Mrs. John Engler Anonymous Elizabeth Gillett Richard and Sheri Brolick Bank of America Foundation Ernst & Young Bill and Margie Darooge Hanna Meijer Joan Buchanan Carl and Jan Baumgras Everett’s Landscape Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation Roxy Paine Build, LLC Hanneke Beaumont Management, Inc. Frederik Meijer Gardens WYCE 88.1 David and Carol Burgess Excel Electric, Inc. & Sculpture Foundation Bill and Marilyn Crawford Kenneth and Judy Betz Executive Air Transport, Inc. H. Edward and June Prein $15,000 - $19,999 Daymon Worldwide Inc. Betz Industries Extreme Machinery, LLC Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation Magdalena Abakanowicz Flagstar Bank Charles and Patricia Bloom FASTSIGNS of Grand Rapids Eileen Shedleski Antony Gormley Studio Foremost Communications, LLC Mark and Doreen Bolhuis Fence Consultants of West Michigan The Meijer Foundation Eileen DeVries Four Star Sales LLC Borsheims Fine Jewelry & Gifts Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Wege Foundation Gilson Frank W. Kerr Company David C. Boyce Fillmore Equipment, Inc. VanderWeide Family Foundation James and Kathy Hackett General Mills Paul and Catherine Boyer Michigan Council for Arts and Sean Henry Brenner Oil Company Kaye and Nancy Fish $50,000 - $74,999 Cultural Affairs Henry Mast Greenhouses, Inc. Jim and Donna Brooks Founders Brewing Company Keith and Sheila Brophy Thomas and Mickie Fox Dick and Betsy DeVos Plastipak Packaging Inc. Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, Inc. Family Foundation Earl and Donnalee Holton Robert and Katherine Brower Sandee Fox M. James and Sarah G. Gunberg $10,000 - $14,999 Juhas & Sullivan Jewelers Katie Brown Jim and Priscilla Frakie Harvey Lexus John and Marion Bouwer Family Kellogg’s Kim Bruyn Charles and Bette Fuller John Kennedy III and Nancy Kennedy Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance Kidder Safari Company Ltd. Burnette Foods Inc. Gary Family Foundation MLIVE Media Group Patrick Pullen and Linda Chamberlain Elroy and Cheryl Kidle Donald and Fran Buske Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Shirley Roskam Country Inn & Suites Peter Meijer Nanette Byl and David Byl Mark and Barbara Gerson Delta Air Lines, Inc. Doug Meijer Robert Bytwerk and Jeanne Kim and Judy Gilpin $25,000 - $49,999 Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Miller Johnson VanderVeer Grand Hotel Marty and Sue Allen Foundation Morrison Family Foundation Mark and Martha Campbell Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters Amway Farmers Insurance Group William Padnos Cancer & Hematology Centers of West Michigan Grand Rapids Sister Cities ArtPrize Fifth Third Bank Reliable Energy, Inc. Cape Eleuthera Resort & Yacht Club Grand Valley State University Consumers Energy Foundation Grand Rapids Student Advancement Rordor Foundation George G. Carothers Dean and Annette Hage Corporate Sound Inc Foundation Roskam Baking Company Michael Casbolt and Haley Meijer Robert and Kathleen Hajek David & Carol VanAndel Foundation Ralph Hauenstein Schoonbeck Family Foundation Casbolt Haworth Inc DTE Energy Foundation Fred Keller Nancy and Robert Scott Cascade Engineering David M. & Joyce F. Hecht Foundation Frey Foundation Kikkoman Foods Foundation Inc. West Side Beer Distributing Certified Emergency Dan and Diane Hickey Lester and Chloe Jones Marsilje Foundation Medicine Specialists, P.C. Hilbrands Landscape Management, Inc. Dodie Kazanjian Hank and Liesel Meijer Christie’s Hines Corporation Herb and Sharon Lantinga Jim and Mary Nelson Brian Cloyd Dirk and Victoria Hoffius Harvey Lemmen Dan and Eunice Pfeiffer $1,000 - $4,999 and Agnes Kempker-Cloyd Joan Hoffman Meijer, Inc. Jim and Marie Preston Accenture Connan, Inc. Mark and Elizabeth Murray John and Mary Schaff Advanced Radiology Services, P.C. Curtis Cooke

Photo by William J. Hebert. Gifts Annual Report 2012 Recognition Robert Hooker, Jr. Dennis Lee Mitchell Sharon VanDellen Marty Carmichael Grand Action and Michelle Harmody W. David and Diana Moore Allen and Nancy VanderLaan John Frey Terry and Margie Griffith David and Leslie Hooker National Wine & Spirits Steve and Sharon VanLoon Chateau Chantal Gumina’s Flowers J.C. Huizenga Nestle USA Varnum Luke and Ellen Cherveny Michael and Patricia Haines John R. Hunting Joe and Stacie Niedzwiecki Walters Gardens Roger and Sheila Christensen Wes and Judith Harpold Marilyn Hunting Norris, Perne & French LLP Alice Wharton-Bickley Christian VerMeulen, D.D.S./ P.L.C. Paul and Lynn Hempe Huntington Bank Northwestern Mutual Melissa White Wendell and Helen Christoff Henry A. Fox Sales Company Bill and Bea Idema Steven Olson Dorothy Williamson and Gwen Bolt Steven Cline and Sandra Cottingham Larry and Lari Hines International Sculpture Center Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. Kate Pew Wolters Commerce Great Lakes Dorothy Tegner Hodgkins Sue Ann Jabin Seymour and Esther Padnos Dan Miller and Susan Wright-Miller Commission on Accreditation of Hopen LS Management, LLC Don Jandernoa Shelley Padnos and Carol Sarosik Zondervan Publishing House Ambulance Services Brian and Mary Horsford Michael and Susan Jandernoa Peter Randall Page Robert Zylstra and Gayla Jewell George and Margaret Cope IBM International Foundation Joseph and Elizabeth Junewick Julie Petrie Tripp and Kelli Corl Invisible Fence Jim and Virginia Jurries Plante & Moran, PLLC $250 - $999 Catherine Creamer Scott and Pamela Jacobs Katharine Kane Arnaldo Pomodoro Absopure Water Crescent Floral and Gifts Ole Jacobsen Katerberg VerHage, Inc. Stephen L. Potter Action Water Sports Thomas and Tracy Curran Jeffrey Richard Salon Katy Keck Procedo Events William and Gay Adams Nancy Dailey Virgil Johanningsmeier Mary Ann Keeler— Public Affairs Associates, Inc. Hildegard A. Adkins Randy Damstra and Julie Duisterhof Arthur and Patricia Johnson Keeler Foundation Rockford Construction Company Kirk and Cathy Agerson Davenport University Debbi Joyner Mark and Dawn Kibben Rosenzweig-Coopersmith Foundation Alpha Review Corporation Daniel and Pamella DeVos Michael and Sarah Julien Kimberly-Clark Chuck and Stella Royce Barbara W. Amberg Daniel and Catherine Diedrich Kalamazoo Specialty Plants LLC Dietrich Klinge S. Abraham & Sons, Inc. American Plastic Toys Inc Thomas and Debra Dilley James and Amy Keane Donald Klopcic Sarah Schaff Anonymous Anonymous Earthbound Farm Donald and Ann Avery Kelley Herbert and Glenna Knape James and Deb Sears Steve and Laura Ash Eastern Floral & Gift Shop Kennedy’s Flowers & Gifts Knapp Valley Landscape Design Serv-U-Success, Inc. Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers Gary and Suzanne Eberle Rick and Jennifer Keyes Peter and Susan Krupp Sherwood Family Foundation (AFPD) Eikenhout, Inc. Wallson and Rebecca Knack Lacks Enterprises Inc. Spectrum Health Ayco Charitable Foundation Steve Eriksson William Koehler and Maureen Landscape Design Services, Inc. Spring Meadow Nursery Inc. B&B Beer Distributing Co. Etherton Sales & Merchandising LLC Corpron-Vel Benjamin and Hilary Lane Jesse and Rebecca Stewart Ball Horticultural Company Evergreen Underground Thomas and Beth Koster Maryann Lane Charles and Janet Stoddard Lonson and Mary Barr Sprinkling Company Ed Kuehnle Legacy Trust Rosalynn Stuart James and Elizabeth Barton F.B. Purnell Sausage Company, Inc. Thomas Kurnat George and Stephanie Leonardos Sysco Food Services of Grand Rapids Harry Baxter Susan and Cliffton Ferguson Brad and Susan Laffrey Allen Levy Steele and Mary Taylor BDT Capital Partners Ralph and Maureen Fischer Madelaine Lane Tim and Ping Liang Technical Air Products Barbara Beineman Fitzgeralds Tracy and Karen Larsen Mike and Kathy Lloyd Technical Energy Solutions Inc Belden Dean and Jessica Flanagan Leigh’s of Western Michigan Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co. The Gardening Angel, Inc. Bengston Center for Aesthetics and Flowerland Paul Lewis and Sarah Sparks Ron Marsteiner The Homestead Plastic Surgery Founders Bank & Trust Jim and Barrie Loeks Henry and Connie Mast The Image Foundation John and Karen Bernard Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Marty and Lynette Lozon Masterpiece Flower Company, LLC The Korff Foundation Berry Family of Nurseries Weldon Frankforter Lee and Renee Lynam Bruce and Candace Matthews The Local Epicurean Tom Blandford Karilyn Frederick Thomas Manley Barbara Mayo-Johnson Linda Thompson Blue Water Technologies Freight Handlers, Inc. Lorraine McDonald McGahey Group, Inc. Robert and Iva Toll Vern and Norma Boss Tim Fritz and Frances Chames Walter and Pamela McVeigh Mark and Mary Beth Meijer Twin Lakes Nursery Inc. Boyne Josh Garber Meekhof Tire Sales & Service, Inc. Michael Casbolt Tylor Deveraux Interior Design, LLC Paul and Janice Braman Michael and Teresa Gaudino Meijer Credit Union and Haley Meijer Casbolt Universal Forest Products, Inc. Kenyatta and Tracey Brame Chuck Gebben and Sony Gebben Thomas Merchant and Glen Johnson Mercy Health US Golf Cars Rick and Peggy Breon Gerald R. Ford Council Merrill Lynch Mexican Food Specialties, Inc. Valentine’s Resort & Marina Kevin Briggs and Carol Karr Geoffrey and Susan Gillis Miedema Auctioneering Inc. The Honorable Wendell Miles Kent and Judy Vana Dale and Susan Brisboe Goldman Sachs & Co. Earl Miller Jack H. Miller Steve VanAndel Broadway Grand Rapids Inta Grace Patricia Mills Miller Coors Great Lakes Region

Marshall Fredericks. Leaping Gazelle Fountain (Detail), 1936 (cast 1995). Photo by William J. Hebert. Gifts Annual Report 2012

Recognition Thomas and Laura Moher SOS Office Supply Robert Molhoek Charlotte Southwick Mark and Carolyn Mossing Chuck and Nancy Southwick In Honor Of: Mike and Rachel Mraz Catherine Stirling Bob Friese Michael and Valerie Mullican Streamline Systems Dorothy C. Wilson Craig and Patti Mutch Jerry and Michelle Suter Vicki and Dirk Hoffius Shirley Myers Terra Trike Christa Van Epps Duane and Nancy Nagel The Sharpe Collection Richard and Donna Neureither Bradley and Elizabeth Thomas In Memory Of: Michele Oka Doner Thornapple River Nursery Inc Marjorie Beineman Jeff and Peg Padnos Sue Tiggleman Frieda Iva Carter-Root Pasta Per Trio, Inc. Topco Associates LLC Glea Frankforter Charles G. Schoenknecht Nancy Tweddale Johanna Anna Kezman Gilbert and Ward A. Paul UFCW 951 Paul Kranendonk Pepsi Beverages Company Unilever Helen V. Krzeminski Perfection Bakeries Vernon Vaandrager Carol Machiorlatti Richard and Nancy Peters George and Dorothy Vande Woude Fred Meijer Thomas and Anne Peterson David and Ellen VandenBerg Sue Molhoek Harold and Phoebe Phelps Gerard and Ruth VandenBosch Elsa Scheffler Jana Plaisier and Melanie Plaisier Wayne and Shelley VanderKolk Charlotte Southwick Todd and Jan Polavin Doris Vandermey Harold Taylor Porter Hills Foundation Mike and Donna Vanderploeg The Patin Sisters Keith and Mary Prins Nicole VanderWal andJason Souer Laura Vanderwall Progressive AE Kevin and Sarah VanderWoude Fran Willard Qdoba Mexican Grill Corina VanEpps Elinor Yahnke Quality Pool & Spa Lewis and Norma Vankuiken Leslie Quist Vanlaan Concrete Construction Inc. Elizabeth Qunell Cal and Pat Verduin Mike and Marilyn Racey Walt Disney World Jeff Avink and Janet Ramsey Doug and Maryln Walton RDV Corporation John and Maribeth Wardrop Remacon Compressors, Inc. Dan and Sharon Weih Peter and Patricia Renucci Matt and Jennifer Wey Robert L. and Laurie Wharton Judith S. Hooker Foundation Jim Williams Rockwell Automation Williams Kitchen & Bath Pete and Lara Roessler Wines for Humanity Root-Lowell Manufacturing Co. Trevor and Andrea Wolfe Jenny Rossi Steven and Rebecca Wuerthele Rug Doctor YMCA - David D. Hunting Ruth’s Chris Steak House Clasina Young Maria Rydstedt Debra Scheffler Schwab Charitable Fund SEE Eyewear Scott Seling Jim Seymour Steve Shafley Wade Slagh Daryl and Ella Mae Smith Smith Dairy Products Company Keith Haring. Julia, 1987. Photo by William J. Hebert. Volunteers Annual Report 2012

Volunteers Nancy LePage Barbara Beineman Judie Brown Doug Wertsch 500+ Hours Sandy Togtman Jesse Stewart Bob Blossfeld Diane Burica Pat Wertsch Charlene Travis of the Year Linda Bechaz Jeannette Weiland Coral Bouman Bill Bylsma Rick Westman Richard Travis Yatee Bhatnagar Becky and Jesse Stewart Marilyn Clark Carolyn Carey Jean Zamiara Karen VanKuiken Lorraine Boer 2500+ Hours Tom Dandridge Greg Carnevale Pat VanPortfleit Emeritus Status Meribeth Bolt Helen Blythe Bruce DeWindt Sarabeth Carr 750+ Hours Barbara Vos Kathy Bucknam Arnold Michels Mary DeBruine Sidney Dixcy Linda Chervenka Sharon Bajema Robert Weaver Gary Burke Ruth Postema Phyllis Evans Ken Dykman John Cleveland Kathi Barkan Susan White Kim Chiavaras Mary Yost Carl Ferguson Scott Fowler Norm Coffman Brett Barnhart Thora White Sue Conklin William Yost Mary Ferguson Sally Gould Diane Corell Sally Bode Judy Woods Tina Cronkhite Marion Friedrich Terrie Graeber Mary Crawford Dan Braun 7500+ Hours Lois DeLano Margie Gilles Kathleen Greiner David Czarnopys Phyllis Calkins Jean Denton Hildegard Adkins Lee Hicks Gail Haebich Ed Dee Mitzi Cohon 75,218 volunteer hours Nancy Duncan Bob Beuschel Bill Miller Marcia Hammontree Evelyn DeShane Bill Craig were contributed to Margaret Feutz Betty Lawther Arlene Obetts Maxine Harlan Jim Dodge Mary DeJonge Meijer Gardens in the Denise Fogler Dorothy Rahn Barb Raby Mitch Harris Linda Dodge Joan Demulling last fiscal year. Betsy Ford Chuck Rasmussen Patricia Helder Jean Eagleson Jeanne Early 5000+ Hours Gary Gidley Maria Rydstedt Joanne Henkel Roseann Frye James Fleser Linda Gidley Rita Champion Carol Savage Vern Herring Jack Gibson Esther Genter Kathleen Gregory Sue Coussens Becky Stewart Phyllis Hoffman Pat Glassford Pamela Goldberger Nancy Groenveld Don Kelley Patricia Johnson Michael Gorman Elizabeth Griffin Nancy Hamilton Lorraine McDonald 2000+ Hours Bill Kinsey David Gray Carol Hackbarth Nancy Haney Dorothy Williamson Lucia Krzywonos Lori Hankinson Christine Hess Susie Allen Ruth Hann Carolyn McCready Mike Hankinson Suzanne House 4500+ Hours Riley Barlow JoAnn Harris Mary Namey Sue Hieronymus Kay Jefchak Opal Batson Rosemary Hayes Phil Huizenga Mary Ohm Linda Keegstra Bernice Johnston Marilyn Battjes Lisa Hendricks David VandenBerg Alice Otter Joanne Keenan Chloe Jones Janet Cornell Christine Heyt Tom Roth Yolanda Kozak Margrit Kaufmann June Craft Joanne Hoekstra 4000+ Hours Jean Schmuker Maryann Lane Maria Kemp Fran Damskey Amber Hora Ann Cameron Nancy Scott Betsey Linscott Marilynn Lystad Betty Denmun Cathryn Keating Catherine Glennon Jeane Swart Marcia Lucas Walt McVeigh Mary Forslund Bonnie Kim Carol Krebel Jackie TenHoor Helen Moyle Terry Mercer Jim Henwood Richard Kingshott Al Langlois Gordon Vonk Nancy Mulvihill Jennifer Miller Gordon Griffin Bill Kudlack Ann Nugent Sue Ward Betty Neary Chris Muldoon Betty Kingston Joanne Kuhtz Valerie Peacock Robert Wilson Clarice Newhof Beth Parker M. Lynn Martin Judy Landman Barb VanEss Mel Northup Bonnie Jean Randall Ardath McCall Jan Luepnitz Fran Willard 1000+ Hours Betty Oldenburg Pat Reynolds Lexy McCulloch Martha MacCleery Robert Ayars Pat Reid John Riggle Frances Miller Barbara Marcus 3500+ Hours Jerilyn Bell Russ Reid Anne Rossi Dick Parente Lorraine Miles Marge LaBreck June Boerma Gloria Rich Brehm Rypstra Mary Lynne Peterson Cathy Nelson Melvina VanderLinde Joel Boland Clara Riebhoff Sally Schaafsma Liz Ripley Dennis O’Connell Phyllis Webb Clare Bolot Joyce Schouten Barbara Schambers Kathy Ritsema Doug Parker Judith Borck Diane Scott Barb Schmuggerow Marti Slocum Donna Post 3000+ Hours Sue Bouchard Arlon Slagh Lou VanderHave Howard Wirt David Reese Adela Beckman Keith Bovee Margo Spencer Marilyn VanderWeide Lynn Roberts Richard Geldhof 1500+ Hours Barb Braun Jerry Sytsma Deb Walsh Carolyn Schwinkendorf Dorcy Gourd Katie Brenneman Mary Thompson Jane Warriner Anita Avery Nel Shawver Paula Jacques Paul Brower Jan Treur Tom Warriner Larry Bashaw Bob Smith Barb Kepler Adrian Brown Robert VanBragt Rita Bashaw Ruth Smith

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