Dear Friends and Supporters,

As the new stewards of the EcoTarium, we are delighted to have come on board at a time when the museum is steaming ahead to become a community leader Todd Brodeur and Joe Cox and informal educational resource in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM). The year 2012 saw us moving forward in so many ways: Working as one of three sites on a cutting-edge National Science About the EcoTarium: A Few Fun Facts Foundation grant that adds Art to the STEM mix, exploring how to spark creativity in science education and develop an innovative 21st Century In 2012 the EcoTarium welcomed 140,582 guests, a 10% increase in visitation STEM workforce – a role that resulted in the EcoTarium receiving the since 2011, and a thrilling 25% increase since 2005 Cultural Council’s 2013 Commonwealth Award for Art / Science Collaboration. As one of Central Massachusetts’ leading informal educational resources, the EcoTarium welcomed 24,398 people visiting as part of an educational group Designing new exhibits and programs with assistance from some of our region’s most exciting and inventive companies, researchers, and experts 2012 saw memberships to the EcoTarium increase for the 12th year in a row that will help our museum guests understand and interact with today’s fast-moving world Kudos: 2012 saw the EcoTarium once again named the “Best Place to Take Kids” in Worcester Living Magazine! Teaming up with Hanover Insurance Group Foundation to present The Hanover Matching Gift Program that will help us complete Phase One of our Third Century capital campaign

Partnering with our community to increase accessibility to the museum, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to experience the EcoTarium as A Conductor Extraordinaire part of our Special Community Outreach Programs of the EcoTarium (SCOPE) Eight years after joining the EcoTarium as Interim President, Stephen Pitcher stepped down as President in September 2012. Under his leadership, the The museum is moving ahead, and we are thrilled to be stoking the engines EcoTarium enjoyed fiscal stability, growth in visitation, and strengthened that power it forward! partnerships with schools, community groups, and our neighbors. His achievements include upgrading the Alden Planetarium to digital technology None of this would be possible without our community of friends and (the first in Massachusetts), adding programs and exhibits, rebranding the supporters. As we meet and reach out to the organizations and individuals that museum, launching the Third Century Campaign, and completing the new Arctic continue to invest in this historic museum’s future, as we listen to the stories Next Door exhibit. We are profoundly grateful for Steve’s passionate dedication, of the families and educational groups that visit with us – often the latest in which made it possible for the EcoTarium to push full steam ahead today. generations of families who have made happy childhood memories within our gates – and as we talk and advocate with political and cultural leaders in the Stephen Pitcher state and beyond, we cannot help but realize we have inherited the stewardship of a much-loved treasure that is an integral part of New England’s burgeoning future. Thank you - and all aboard for a great journey! Membership News The EcoTarium is now a reciprocating Member of the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM). EcoTarium members at the $150 Contributor level and above receive half price admission for up to six people at over 100 ACM Reciprocal Network children’s museums around the country. Joe Cox, President Todd Brodeur, Chair, Board of Trustees For more information about our membership levels visit ecotarium.org 1 2 The Third Century Plan: Phase One - Next Stop: Success! Thank You to Our Third Century Plan: Phase One Donors! The year 2012 saw the EcoTarium The success of our Third Century Plan is completely reliant on the support, input, enthusiasm, and energy of steaming ahead with our Third Century our donors. They help us clarify our vision, inspire our imagination, and broaden our impact. Without their Plan: Phase One capital campaign. investment, the fundraising – and the projects, programs, and upgrades to the museum that it supports – would not be possible. Thank you to the many individuals, foundations, corporations, and government Thanks to our many supporters, in entities that have made this possible. As of the end of April 2013, we have together raised $7.8 million toward the fall we unveiled the beautiful new the $8.2 million goal of Phase One. pathway to our main entrance. Iconic New England stonewalls, native plants, $1,000,000 and above Martha and Arthur Pappas, M.D. Heritage Preservation The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Gayle M. Holland and a gentle waterfall now frame the The Stoddard Charitable Trust Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher* Dr. Jean King habitats of our beloved bald eagles and Bob and Debbie Macomber barred owls. $500,000 - $999,999 $10,000 - $24,999 Carol and John E. Mannila George I. Alden Trust Whitney Beals and Pamela Esty Robert and Penny McLaren The George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation George F. Booth, II Gail Morgan and Bernie Lempicki We were thrilled on November 14 when Mr. Fred Eppinger, President and Commerce Bank and Trust Jane and David McManus CEO of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., announced The Hanover Matching $100,000 - $499,999 Fallon Community Health Plan and The Nava-Whitehead Family Gift Program on behalf of the Hanover Group Foundation. Challenging the The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation, Inc. EcoMedia, CBS Inc. Jane B. Morgan and Raymond L. Quinlan The Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation Allen W. Fletcher Diane H. Robbins community to match a $500,000 gift to the museum in support of The Third The Eppinger Family* Richard and Joan Freedman Tina and William C. Sullivan, Jr. Century Plan: Phase One, it urged our region’s corporate and foundation The Fletcher Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fuller* Maureen and James Umphrey leaders to support the EcoTarium as a cultural resource for all. Janet K. and Gordon B. Lankton James M. Hunt Mark and Karyn Wagner Stephen and Valerie Loring Ted and Linda Robbins* The C. Jean and Myles McDonough Martha S. and Sumner B. Tilton, Jr. Up to $2,499 With the end of Phase One rapidly approaching, here’s a sneak peak behind Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Tosi Mr. and Mrs. Leonard T. Anctil the scenes at one of our many Third Century projects currently underway: Mark and Barb Wetzel John and Terri Bennett $25,000 -$99,999 Donald F. Berth City Science: An Exhibition in the Making Centene Charitable Foundation $2,500 - $9,999 Patricia Crawford and Gerald Quam Mary H. Coolidge Angela and Dexter Bailey Tracy and Jeff Dill* Do you know how trees affect temperature – or your air conditioning bill? Or Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund of Greater Kay and John Bassett Louise M. Kalil how buildings and bridges keep standing? Or what a heat island is? If the Worcester Community Foundation Rosamond L. Bennett Jennifer L. Kent answer is no, you will be excited to learn that we are currently prototyping Michael T. Gorman and Rebecca E. Wetzel Mr. and Mrs. Todd E. Brodeur Patricia Lotuff Sarah and Richard Hardy Bill and Teri Cavanagh Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lynch, III a new exhibition that explores urban science and nature in Worcester and Hermann Foundation, Inc. Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation Dr. Ogretta V. McNeil our environs. What is truly exciting about City Science (working name), is Institute of Museum and Library Services Environmental Grant Making Fund of Greater Dr. Phyllis Pollack and Dr. W. Peter Metz* that we are collaborating with some of our region’s pioneering corporations Massachusetts Cultural Council Worcester Community Foundation Lester and Joan Sadowsky and universities to develop it. Central Massachusetts is already the home of The Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation Greater Worcester Community Foundation Drs. Patricia and Greenfield Sluder Morgan Worcester, Inc. Jim Harrington and Mary DiBara Rebecca and Nicholas Smith many great inventors and innovators, and is likely to be the home of many more to come. For information on how your company can participate in the * In honor of Steve Pitcher’s dedicated service as EcoTarium President from 2005 to 2012, we established the development of this exhibition, please contact Alice Promisel at 508.929.2736 Stephen M. Pitcher Educational Endowment Fund in support of EcoTarium educational programs, exhibits, or [email protected]. and professional development. Donors to this fund help us reach our Third Century Plan endowment goals. 3 4 Thank You! SCOPE EcoTarium Volunteers – We Couldn’t Do It Without Them! A Word About SCOPE: Special Community Outreach Projects

While the EcoTarium is a favorite destination for so many, to our volunteers it is a calling, a passion, even a The EcoTarium measures everything we do by our mission – to inspire a passion for science and nature vocation. Their enthusiasm is priceless. From helping plot a spaceship’s flight to Mars to providing directions through discovery. Our mission doesn’t define our audience, because we believe the EcoTarium should be a to the fox habitat, they can turn a great visit to the museum into a fantastic one! For every staff member at the resource for everyone. SCOPE is how we make that dream of accessibility for all come true. museum, there are six volunteers who freely give their time, energy, and expertise. Here are some of the things we achieved through SCOPE in 2012:

In 2012 there were 134 active individual volunteers, who provided us with a total of 14,229 hours of work. A total of 13,186 guests benefited fromreduced or free admission when they attended Earth Day We are grateful for this tremendous gift that benefits not only the EcoTarium, but the whole community! (April 20) or Free Fun Friday (August 31), visited during half-price September, or used our half-price group rate for schools during January or February.

Corporate and Organizational Volunteers – Giving Back With Heart! Through our Complimentary Pass Program, we provided $30,672 in admission passes to help schools and non-profits raise money for charitable purposes. Big projects require big hearts to complete! That’s one reason our Corporate and Organizational Volunteers make the difference at the EcoTarium. When we need help parking thousands of cars at Great Pumpkin Fest, With the support from our community, we provided 16 two-week scholarships for underserved children strong backs to clear out winter scrub from our nature trails, or lots of extra hands to help with lots of extra through our Summer Discovery Camp Scholarship Program. guests – our friends in the community get right on board. We provided 1,446 admission free event admission passes to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts as thanks for In 2012 we received 1,447 hours of volunteer assistance from the following corporations and organizations: carving the 1,500 pumpkins featured in our Great Pumpkin Fest. Alternatives Unlimited, Inc.; Senior Cooperative; Center of Hope Foundation; Hanover As a result of our endowed scholarship programs, we provided 842 students and their teachers or Insurance Group; Mercy Centre; North High School; Retired Senior Volunteer Program; United Parcel Service; chaperones with field trips to the EcoTarium. Worcester Technical High School; Worcester Youth Center; Wachusett Regional High School; YouthBuild USA. Through our Education Accessibility Fund and the generous gift of a dedicated supporter, we helped For information on EcoTarium Volunteer and Corporate and Organizational Volunteer opportunities, please the Summer Scholars Program – a non-profit summer camp for disadvantaged visit our website: ecotarium.org middle schoolers – provide 30 kids and their chaperones with a special day at the EcoTarium.

What About Those Frogs? Did you ever wonder why our volunteers wear frog pins? They are hard-earned badges of achievement! A frog is awarded for every 51 hours of work donated a year; gold frogs for more 200 hours of donated work. In 2012 we awarded 24 gold frogs! Congratulations to you all! 5 6 2012: All Aboard for a Year of Fun!

May 12th: June 6: January 14: The debut of A Night at May 26th: (NEW!) WooPhoria July 1st: (NEW!) Playing the Museum brought the Grossology: the (Impolite) held at the EcoTarium, Together: Games (NEW!) Tree Climbing EcoTarium to life at night Science of the Human Body presented with Worcester exhibition opened Expeditions launched for grownups exhibition opened Cultural Coalition

April 20: May 26th: June 26th – August 28th: Over 1,900 people May 19th: July 2nd – August 10th: (NEW!) Visitors learned attended our 23rd Annual Our popular outdoor Tree Canopy Six weeks of EcoTarium more gross body facts at Earth Day Festival with exhibit, Bubbles, opened Walkway opened Summer Discovery Too Gross Tuesdays half price admission for the season Camp fun

Officers of the Howard G. Freeman Jeffrey L. Donaldson, Esq. Beth O’Brien The names listed on the following pages recognize those who, through their generous and thoughtful gifts, have Board of Trustees Mark W. Fuller Timothy J. Downs Joseph O’Brien strengthened the EcoTarium in 2012. To each of them, the museum extends its most sincere appreciation. Todd E. Brodeur, Esq. James H. Harrington James S. Dymek Andrew B. O’Donnell Chair Dr. Mark Hirsh David B. Everitt Chris Palatucci EXPLORERS Carleen and John O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Buckingham, III Dr. Wayne B. and Laura Glazier Janet S. Jones Heather Feland Sherri Greene Pitcher The EcoTarium’s Explorers are Dr. Arthur M. and Martha R. Pappas Henry Ciborowski Michael T. Gorman and Paul S. Kennedy Dr. Leslie Fish Edward Plotkin individuals whose total lifetime Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher Mr. and Mrs. Melvin S. Cutler Rebecca E. Wetzel Raymond L. Quinlan giving to the museum totals more Richard and Ann Prouty Allen W. Fletcher Drs. Ivan and Noreen Green Senior Vice Chair William C. Kunkler Warner S. Fletcher, Esq. Roger Plourde, Jr. than $50,000. They are honored for Albert W. and Mary G. Rice* Mr. and Mrs. Warner S. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. David R. Grenon Janet K. Lankton Norman Garceau Dr. Phyllis Pollack their support in the museum’s Ted and Linda Robbins Susan and Jay Foley Dr. Jerry Gurwitz and Dr. Leslie Fish Dr. Susan Nava-Whitehead Stephen B. Loring Bruce Gaultney Seth Popinchalk Lower Courtyard. Edith Rockwell* Richard and Joan Freedman Joy and Ralph Hall Vice Chair C. Jean McDonough Janine Hughes Goldberg Sheela Pradhan Lester and Joan Sadowsky Joyce I. Fuller Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Halpin Anonymous Robert M. and Shirley S. Siff Mark and Jan Fuller Christina and Sturtevant* Hobbs Dr. Ogretta V. McNeil Timothy E. Gray Jean Publicover George I. Alden* Harry G. and Janett W. Stoddard* Dr. Abraham and Linda Haddad Gayle Holland David P. McManus Mary H. Melville David R. Grenon Hilda Ramirez Dr. Robert E. and Rosamond R. Bennett* Robert W. and Helen E. Stoddard* Jim Harrington and Mary DiBara Dick and Ella Houlihan Treasurer Erwin H. Miller, Esq. Dennis L. Guberski William W. Rawstron Donald F. Berth Tony and Martha Tilton Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hunt Frances and Howard Jacobson Dr. Arthur M. Pappas Dr. Abraham W. Haddad Joan Sadowsky Howard M. and Barbara A. Booth* Mark and Barb Wetzel Maureen and Bill Kelleher Jennifer L. Kent William C. Cavanagh Robert M. Siff Thomas F. Halpin III Mitchell Sanders Robert W. Booth* Alice M. Wright* Deborah Kochevar, Ph.D. Janice and Robert Kervick Mary M. Coes* Robert and Patricia Laut Jean King, Ph.D. Dr. Shirley S. Siff Richard B. Hardy Nicholas Smith Clerk / Secretary Mary H. Coolidge and Family MEMBERS OF THE 1825 SOCIETY Gail M. Morgan and Bernard Lempicki Robert and Annette Loring Sumner B. Tilton, Jr., Esq. Dean J. Hickey Polly A. Tatum Catherine Colinvaux and February 2013 Marlene and David Persky Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lotuff Trustees Dr. James M. Hunt Dr. Florina Tseng Phillip Zamore The 1825 Society is the EcoTarium’s Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Plourde Bob and Debbie Macomber Whitney Beals Corporators Frances F. Jacobson Michael P. Tsotsis Jeanne Y. Curtis* leadership level giving society William and Diane H. Robbins Michael Madulka Jo-Ann Alessandrini Michelle Jones-Johnson Maureen Umphrey Melvin S. Cutler composed of people with a passion for Lester and Joan Sadowsky Carol and John E. Mannila John D. Bennett DONORS ECOTARIUM F. Harold and Eleanor G. Daniels* science and nature education whose Robert M. and Shirley S. Siff Joseph and Linda McGowan Leonard T. Anctil Dr. Kevin R. Kearney Madeline Vargas Rosamond L. Bennett Fred H. and Sarah L. Daniels* annual support to the museum totals Martha A. and Sumner B. Tilton, Jr. Robert and Penny McLaren George F. Booth II Frances E. Arena Alison C. Kenary Carmen D. Vazquez Rosemary Davis* $750 or above Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Tosi Mr. and Mrs. David P. McManus Patty Eppinger Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Janice H. Kervick Charles S. “Chick” Weiss, Ph.D. Warren A. and Ruth H. Ellsworth* Maureen and James Umphrey Dr. Ogretta V. McNeil Allen W. Fletcher Dexter A. Bailey, Jr. Lisa Kirby Gibbs Meridith D. Wesby The Eppinger Family President’s Circle Sue and David Woodbury John and Diane Mirick $5,000 and above Michael T. Gorman Thomas J. Bartholomew Dr. Deborah Kochevar Mark R. Wetzel Allen W. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan Paris and Marion S. Fletcher* Anonymous Sponsor $750 - $999 Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Nelson Gayle Holland Kay E. Bassett Robert LaChance Todd H. Wetzel Warner S. and Mary F. Fletcher Mary H. Coolidge JoAnn and Bernardino Alessandrini Wendy and Dennis O’Leary Dr. Jean King John Bassick Cheryl Lapriore Susan B. Woodbury Joan and Richard “Rif” Freedman Frederick and Patty Eppinger Mr. and Mrs. Leonard T. Anctil Robert and Cindy Panaro Tia Lotuff Carolyn E. Berglund Robert J. Laut Phillip D. Zamore Howard G. and Esther Freeman Richard and Sarah Hardy Angela and Dexter Bailey Raymond L. Quinlan and Robert C. Macomber Christienne Bik Thuha Le Kelsa Zereski George F. and Sybil H. Fuller* Judy and Tony King Kay and John Bassett Jane B. Morgan Richard and Sarah Hardy Stephen and Valerie S. Loring Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bennett William and Ann Rawstron John E. Mannila Michael Bollus Christine Levenson Raymond P. Harold* Jean and Myles* McDonough Rosamond L. Bennett Reid and Sue Roberts Robert H. McLaren Dr. Ramon Borges-Mendez Michael J. Lochhead Management ? Francis A. Harrington, Jr. Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher Janet Marie Bessette Patrick and Bonnie Scanlon Diane H. Robbins James R. Buonomo Robert S. Loring Stephen M. Pitcher Francis A. & Jacquelyn H. Harrington* Norman Bitsoli Ashley and Tony Shirley Edward J. Robbins Carolyn E. Carpenter, CPA Dr. Thomas J. Lynch III President James H. Harrington Benefactor $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Todd E. Brodeur Drs. Patricia and Greenfield Sluder Bonnie Scanlon Deborah Cary Michael T. Madulka Phyllis Harrington George F. Booth, II Mr. and Mrs. John H. Budd Rebecca and Nicholas Smith Bradley C. Higgins* Catherine Colinvaux and James and Paula Buonomo Peter and Katy Sullivan Dr. Greenfield Sluder Dr. Matilde Castiel Heather Maykel Patricia Crawford Harriet P. Hight* Phillip Zamore Carolyn and Jon Carpenter Tina and William C. Sullivan, Jr. William C. Sullivan, Jr. Ronald H. Chand Mary-Louise Martinez Deputy Director Dr. Mark and Jane C. Hirsh Howard and Esther Freeman William R. Carrick Herb and Jean Varnum Dr. Stephen E. Tosi Catherine M. Colinvaux Lisa McDonough Frances and Howard Jacobson Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs Theodore D. Carty, Jr. Mark and Karyn Wagner James G. Umphrey J. Christopher Collins Andy McGadney Alexander Goldowsky Raymond* and Louise Kalil Janet and Gordon Lankton Bill and Teri Cavanagh Meridith D. Wesby Mark W. Wagner David Connell Joseph J. McGowan, Jr. Director of Exhibits B. Anthony and Judith S. King Martha and Arthur Pappas, M.D. Al Cotton Mark and Barb Wetzel Al Cotton Gail Morgan and Education Kenneth H. Knight* Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Robbins Joseph P. Cox Todd and Courtney* Wetzel Janet K. and Gordon B. Lankton Patricia Crawford and Gerald Quam Dr. Susan M. Nava-Whitehead Honorary Trustees Mark Crandall Erin Motameni Stephen B. and Valerie S. Loring Patron $1,000 - $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. David F. Dalton and Richard G. Whitehead ECOTARIUM GOVERNING BODY 2012 – 2013 ECOTARIUM Donald F. Berth Frederick G. Crocker, Jr. Christine Murray Jennifer Kent Rachel L. Lowe* Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Mary C. DeFeudis Paul E. Cohan David F. Dalton Donald F. Nelson Director of Marketing C. Jean and Myles* McDonough Lene A. Jensen Mr. Andrew Freedman and If your name appears incorrectly, Mary H. Coolidge Kirk Davis Randi S. Nichols and Development George A. and Mildred H. McEvoy* Thomas J. and Lynora S. Bartholomew Dr. Paula Bellin please accept our apologies and Mary DeFeudis David Nicholson Mary and Don Melville Jack and Susan Bassick Myrna Garber call 508.929.2715 or email Joan L. Freedman Linda and John Nelson Whitney Beals and Pamela Esty Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gaultney [email protected] 7 * Deceased 8 2012: All Aboard for a Year of Fun!

July 17 & August 21: August 31: December 18th: (NEW!) Meet the December 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th: Nearly 3,200 people visited DinoTracks exhibit opened, Beekeeper programs Our 3rd Annual A Christmas for free on Free Fun Friday and we welcomed two new gave kids a hands on Journey sold out on all four days dinosaurs to the museum look at beekeeping

November 14th: October 20: July 22 & August 5: October 1: Hanover $500,000 Nearly 5,000 adults and children Visitors got up close to raptors in Joe Cox welcomed as Matching Gift Program enjoyed our 9th Annual our Birds of Prey program new EcoTarium President for the Third Century Great Pumpkin Fest Campaign announced

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Carol and Jim Donnelly Harootunian Hirsh Family Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 Joseph Persky Foundation Cutler Associates The Eppinger Family to the Annual Fund Fred and Patty Eppinger Rockwell Roofing Hyde/Dexter-Russell Mary M. Coes Charitable Trust The Plourde Family Charitable Trust Fletcher Tilton PC Erb Photography Restricted gifts to the Annual Fund Ms. Barbara E. Fargo Charitable Foundation Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Siff Charitable Foundation FP International Erica Fairbanks appear under Designated Support Mr. and Mrs. George E. Gerrior Honor and Memorial Gifts Ms. Christine L’Bassi United Bank Myrna Garber Fletcher Tilton PC Richard J. and Joyce Godfrey for Care of Wildlife Massachusetts 21st Century $10,000 - $49,999 Unum GMS Automotive, Inc. Frank P. Fechner, MD continued Over $25,000 Mr. Joel P. Greene and To honor Stephanie Dejesus- Community Learning Arnold Worldwide LLC Wyman-Gordon Foundation Halloween Costume World Julieane & Douglas Frost Anonymous Ms. Ann T. Lisi McNeill for Foxes Centers Program Massachusetts 21st Century The Hanover Insurance Group Barbara Guertin Mr. and Mrs. John Guertin James and Ann Boucher Massachusetts Environthon Community Learning Up to $1,000 Mercier Electric Company, Inc. Tom & Kate Halpin $10,000 - $25,000 Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hann Marvin and Marie Guiles Massachusetts Cultural Council Centers Program Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co., P.C. Karen Palmer Hanover Theatre for the Anonymous John and Lea Hench Jeffrey and Stephanie Muller The Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund Elkanah B. Atkinson Community and Polar Beverages Performing Arts Mr. Arthur K. Holmes Jay and Melissa Solomon PNC Foundation The Ruth H. & Warren A. Education Fund of Greater Worcester Providence and Worcester Richard & Sarah Hardy $1,000 - $9,999 Mr. Dwight Howe Steve and Cindy Pitcher Ellsworth Foundation Community Foundation Railroad Company Herbert Berg Florist Jeremiah Bianculli Janet S. Jones In memory of Tom Bosakowski Lester and Joan Greater Worcester Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Sposato, Jr. Gayle Holland H. Joseph Knight Memorial Fund Mr. William A. Kadish and for wildlife Sadowsky Scholarship Community Foundation David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund Mike Standing Kurt Hultgren, College of the Cindy and Steve Pitcher Mrs. Marie H. Hobart Amy Greene EcoTarium Endowment Fund The Hanover Insurance Group of Greater Worcester Community Brian J. Sullivan Holy Cross Mrs. James B. Kenary, III Mark and Barbara Wetzel Hermann Foundation, Inc. Foundation United Parcel Service Jennifer Kent $500 - $999 The Lastella Living Trust U/A Kenda Memorial Fund Scholarship EcoTarium Highland Street Foundation First Parish Church Unitarian Waters Farm Preservation, Inc. Janice Kervick Anonymous Allen and Barbara Levesque In memory of Kenda for enrichment Endowment Fund Hyde/Dexter-Russell Charitable Frankenstein Recycling Worcester Technical High School Robert & Patricia Laut Kristen Albright Mrs. Meredith MacNeill and activities for her animal friends at Women’s Initiative of the United Foundation Harleysville Worcester Insurance Co. Worcester Telegram & Gazette Christine Levenson Carolyn and Jon Carpenter Ms. Deborah Dionne the EcoTarium Way of Central Massachusetts Massachusetts Cultural Council International Ceramic Engineering Elizabeth Loring Mary DeFeudis Ken McQuillan and Katie Reitz Anonymous, dedicated to Worcester Educational Morgan Worcester, Inc. The Living Earth/Evo A Night at the Museum Tia & Joe Lotuff Kara Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Merken Beatrice Potter Auger Development Foundation, Inc. Yawkey Foundation Magical Designs May 12, 2012 was the debut of A Doug & Laura Marcotte Brian Primeau and Brenda J. Roder Sylvia and Andrew Messier Susanne Choate Wyman-Gordon Foundation Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Night at the Museum fundraising Massachusetts Audubon – Broad Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Q. Meystre Yawkey Foundation (???) 5,000 - $9,999 Next Step Living event at the EcoTarium. Proceeds Meadow Brook $250 - $499 David and Susan Nicholson Educational Programs and Analog Devices Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, LLC from the evening were used to Samantha McDonald Glenn C. DeMallie and Jill and Joe Papandrea Field Trip Scholarships Summer Discover Commerce Bank and Trust Power Home Remodeling Group, Inc. support educational programs at the Palatucci Executive Search, LLC Andrew Arduini Jill and Anthony Pellegrini Educational programs and Camp Scholarships Deluxe Corporation Foundation Reliant Medical Group EcoTarium. We extend a heartfelt David and Sherri Pitcher Kevin and Carlotta Dixon Todd and Shelley Rodman professional development at the The George F. & Sybil H. J. Irving England and Jane L. England Remax Vision, LLC thank you to everyone who sponsored, Steve and Cindy Pitcher Mr. and Mrs. William C. Kunkler Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rubin EcoTarium are organized through Fuller Foundation Charitable Trust Rescom Exteriors, Inc. donated, bid and volunteered many Mr. Roger Plourde, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Popinchalk John and Susan Ruthroff the Arthur M. Pappas Center for Dr. Jerry Gurwitz and Dr. Leslie Fish Unibank Rockwell Roofing hours to make it a success. Jane Morgan and Raymond Quinlan ECOTARIUM DONORS ECOTARIUM Alexea and Eric Portner Dina and Corey Saltin School Programs and the C. Jean Harriet P. Hight Camp Scholarship United Way of Central Massachusetts Shaw’s Supermarket Reliant Medical Group Ms. Heather Robinson and Ms. Helen Shore McDonough Center for School EcoTarium Endowment Fund Worcester Educational Development Webster Five Cents Savings Bank Jo-Ann & Bernie Alessandrini REMAX Vision, LLC Dr. Ron Adler Joyce Southworth Partnerships. Scholarships for Hoche-Scofield Foundation Foundation, Inc. Westboro Toyota Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co., P.C. Linda and Ted Robbins Emily V. Wade Herb and Jean Varnum field trips are a component of Dr. Phyllis Pollack and Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP Anonymous Brenda and Michael Shore Janet M. Warnham the EcoTarium’s outreach and Dr. Peter Metz $2,500 - $4,999 Jeffrey Arnett Jane and Troy Siebels Up to $250 Hillary and Eric White accessibility program SCOPE United Bank Fletcher Tilton PC Corporate Members Frances Arena Tina and Bill Sullivan Mr. Daniel H. Abraham William and Sally Williams (Special Community Events and The Kirby Foundation of Greater Abbott Laboratories Whitney Beals and Pamela Esty Betsy Swaim Marie and Mike Angelini Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Wilson Outreach Program). Honor and Memorial Gifts Worcester Community Foundation The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Rosamond L. Bennett Tower Hill Botanic Garden Anonymous for Camp Scholarships Paine Charitable Trust U/A Mercier Electric Company, Inc. John & Terri Bennett Unum Jack and Susan Bassick Unrestricted Honor Gifts Analog Devices, Inc. In memory of Bea and Sam Halper Jeanne Remillard Curtis Fund of Nypro, Inc. Margareta Berg Marcia Waldman Mr. Marvin Baum In honor of Ian Taylor Elkanah B. Atkinson Community to send a camper to Summer Greater Worcester Struck Catering David & Carolyn Berglund Meridith D. Wesby Mrs. Elaine Beals Christine and David Taylor and Education Fund of Greater Discovery Camp Community Foundation Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jen Besse Sue and David Woodbury Mr. Edward W. Bettke and Ms. Worcester Community Foundation Ms. Donna Halper and Hester N. Wetherell Trust Margaret Boatwright-McEvoy Worcester Technical High School Debra Buxton DESIGNATED SUPPORT Booth Family Educational Mr. Jon Jacobik Matching Gift Companies George F. Booth II Worcester Telegram & Gazette Marietta and Dave Boon Care of the Wildlife EcoTarium Endowment Fund $1,000 - $2,499 IBM Corporation Jeff Burk Mr. Jeff Burk and Mr. Dale Lepage (including owls and foxes) Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund GIFTS FROM CORPORATIONS, George I. Alden Trust Morgan Worcester, Inc. C.C. Lowell If your name has been inadvertently Ms. Elizabeth R. Callahan Rosamond R. Bennett Fox Annual of Greater Worcester FOUNDATIONS AND AGENCIES Bicycle Alley Pfizer Foundation Joe & Candace Casey omitted or incorrect, please call Mr. Ralph G. Carlson Physical Endowment Fund Community Foundation Bollus Lynch LLP Unum Clear Outdoor Channel Linda McGowan, Director of Dayna Casey Honorary Owl Guardian EcoTarium Deluxe Corporation Foundation $100,000 and above The Boston Foundation Catherine Colinvaux and Development at 508.929.2718 or Leonard and Juliann Ciuffredo Endowment Fund in Memory of The Ruth H. and Warren A. The Fletcher Foundation Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC IN-KIND DONATIONS Phillip Zamore email [email protected]. Ms. Sandra Congdon Florence B. Sternfeld Ellsworth Foundation The George F. & Sybil H. William F. Lynch Co., Inc. Big Y Supermarkets Compass Partners Please accept our apologies. Joseph P. Cox Sophie Belanger Esther and Howard Freeman Fuller Foundation The MathWorks, Inc. Bollus Lynch LLP Creative Images by Debbie Mr. Frederick Crocker, Jr. & Magical Designs Greater Worcester Institute of Museum and Library Mercier Electric Company, Inc. Breezy Gardens Mary DeFeudis Ms. Catherine Hodgson Myrna Garber Community Foundation Services/IMLS Ruth and Peter Metz Daniel Burbank Jeff & Tracy Dill Laurie and Phil Davis Pamela Osborn and Harry Der Highland Street Foundation The Stoddard Charitable Trust 9 Family Foundation Gib Chase Richard & Deborah Emmon 10 Steaming Ahead! The EcoTarium at the Forefront of the A Year of Fun with STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math Educational Curve STEM-tastic Birthday Bashes! – in February Learning is serious business, with important benefits for our community – It’s Electric! – we announced three new Guests got to spark up particularly when students, families, and organizations excel in those STEM Birthday Party Packages their February vacation subjects that support today’s burgeoning high-tech, bio-medical, and environmentally-conscious industries. that would make any child’s week by exploring special day STEM-tastic! But inspiring people to develop a lifelong passion for science and nature requires adding fun to the mix. electricity in technology Blast Off!, Glow-in-the-Dark and biology. In support of our mission, the EcoTarium has been doing just that for the last 188 years! Explorations; and Wildlife Detectives to the Rescue! Here are a few of the ways we STEAMed ahead in 2012.

Women in Science and Men in STEM – Worcester Public School’s In partnership with the Science Fair – On March 8, University of Massachusetts the EcoTarium was thrilled Medical School, we hosted to host over 100 young our 17th annual Women in scientists for the third year Science conference and the in a row. 4th annual Men in STEM conference.

Summer Discovery Camp – Children ages On the Move – April The Art of Science Learning 5-14 were challenged vacation week explored In September 2012, the EcoTarium was announced as a host-site in a ground-breaking National Science to learn new skills and the mechanics of how expand their knowledge Foundation (NSF). One of only three national sites – alongside Balboa Park Cultural Partnership in San Diego, things move across air, of science and nature land and water. and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago – the EcoTarium will serve as an “arts incubator,” helping during one or two-week community members apply creative learning practices to a real-world problem facing Worcester. The project camp sessions. aims to strengthen creativity and innovation while engaging the public in STEM, with long term goals of inspiring a STEM-ready workforce that is truly pioneering and original, as well as skilled in science and math.

Exhibit-Lab: Developing Exhibits that Foster Learning Astronaut Landing – Too Gross Tuesdays – If you’re a mid-sized science and children’s museum, how do you develop an exhibit that’s innovative, really Free Fun Friday was These weekly interactive a blast when NASA programs explored the cool, and encourages people to learn without the resources of the big museums? You join together with astronaut Captain icky things in life as other similar sized museums, of course. That’s just what the EcoTarium has been doing since 2004 as the Dan Burbank dropped part of our Grossology by with stories of his exhibition. lead organization in the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC). Exhibit-Lab, the latest venture of the EEC Space Shuttle missions. partners and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), helps museum professionals understand how museum guests learn, and how to develop exhibits that meet their learning needs. EEC helps us make STEM learning fun! It’s the End of the World Wildlife CSI: The Case of (or is it?) – Our special live the Smuggler’s Desk – planetarium show, featured Real Math Real Science December vacation week in the Alden Digital The EcoTarium has a long history of creatively combining math, science and environmental learning. Since brought out the science Planetarium in November sleuth in everyone, as we 2006, long before “STEM” became the buzz-word for excellence in education, the EcoTarium partnered with and December, revealed the asked visitors to search for mathematical truth behind Massachusetts Audubon’s Broad Meadow Brook and to teach students how to clues in a desk filled with the Mayan calendar and the mysterious wildlife artifacts. measure water flow in streams and calculate the volume of trees. predicted apocalypse. Developed through support from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, and most recently by Deluxe Corporation Foundation, and the George I. Alden Trust through the Worcester Educational Development Foundation 11 12 EcoTeasers: Here’s What’s Coming Up in 2013!

Jump down the rabbit hole to Alice’s Enjoy science under the sun through October 6 with Wonderland, our latest educational exhibit, Play on the Plaza, featuring our popular Bubbles exhibit, showing now through September 8 Tube-A-Phone musical sculpture, and new Koala Maze

Don your own mad hat and join Alice and the Let your creativity go wild with our new Imagination HIGHLIGHTS Mad Hatter for A Mad Hatter Party on July 13 Playground, coming June 22 2012Naturally Fun! Satisfy your curiosity on Curiouser and Visit the EcoTarium for free on Free Fun Friday, Wildlife and More at the EcoTarium Curiouser Thursdays, exploring the odd science August 30, supported by the Highland Street Foundation The EcoTarium’s beautiful 55 acre campus and living collection of wildlife are two of the many reasons our behind Alice’s Wonderland, June 27 through guests come back time after time. Here’s a few of 2012’s exciting flora and fauna happenings: August 29 Put on your lab coat and be an experimental scientist solving today’s health problems when the Science + You With the assistance of the New England Beekeepers Association, we added a beehive to the Middle Party like it’s the Jurassic on June 23 with a exhibit arrives on September 16 Level of the museum – watch the bees as they leave the hive through a tube to the outdoors to Birthday Party for Siegfried, Worcester’s

collect their pollen! favorite stegosaurus Get your chills and thrills at Great Pumpkin Fest on October 19, Central Massachusetts’ most spook-tacular, With support from Worcester’s Regional Environmental Council and neighboring Spositos’ garden Ever climbed a tree? No experience is necessary family-friendly event center, we worked with North High School to establish a Community Garden on EcoTarium property. as you and your friends don helmets and harnesses and reach new heights during our Everyone’s favorite holiday celebration, A Christmas Check out the mastodon teeth now on display as part of our The Arctic Next Door: Mount Tree Climbing Expeditions, now through October 13 Journey, rolls up to the EcoTarium’s railway station on Washington exhibition on the Upper Level of the museum December 7, 8, and 14

Meet Odin and Oliver – our two new opossum. Welcome to the EcoTarium!

One of our Wildlife Department staff attended Otter Keeper Workshop, hosted by the Dallas Zoo OPERATING SUPPORT & REVENUE (000’s) EXPENSES (000’s) *, ** and the Dallas World Aquarium, where leading otter experts provided advanced training on the care and husbandry of river otters like our own adorable Slydel and Ariel.

We introduced Tree Climbing Expeditions to our outdoor adventure repertoire – a private two-hour Education venture into the treetops. No experience necessary! (Programs, Exhibits, Contributions, Gifts & Grants** Events & Services) $1,129.3 / 30.5% $1,460.5 / 43.1%

Thanks to Jess Beckstrom, a wildlife volunteer and student at Wheaton College, some of our Endowment Support favorite feathered friends are now more social than they used to be. She helped our barn owls feel $925.0 / 25.0% Maintenance more comfortable with staff entering their habitat; taught Stan the turkey vulture to pick out objects

.1 / 0.9% $582.4 / 17.2% est & Other embership $31 of varying colors, shapes, and textures; and Archie, our red-shouldered hawk, to fly to a gloved Inter M hop $152.6 / 4.1% m S hand, step on a scale, and go into a travel box. Training our animals helps them get the care they p useu % ho M / 3.1 m S 03.5 t seu .7% $1 en % need to stay healthy. Plus it turns out that Stan is brilliant! Mu / 4 m % .5 4.5 lop .4 4 17 Educational ve / 3 / $ ip e .2 sh % D .8 2 r .6 Programs & Events 14 5 Administration e 5 $1 1 b / $594.3 / 16.1% $ $487.0 / 14.4% m .4 s e 5 ie M 0 Admissions lit 2 ti $ $517.7 / 14.03% U Marketing $257.8 /

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Total $3,698.8 Total $3,390.0

* Excludes Depreciation ** Includes Donated Goods & Services valued at $129.8 2012 FINANCIAL RESULTS

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