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The Reading Public Museum, a dynamic center of lifelong learning, is grateful to the generous donors whose support makes programming and exhibits possible. Listed below are our 2014 Leadership Members and Business Supporters. da Vinci Society Ms. Wendie Waschitsch and Mr. Jim Homan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Moll Giant Food Stores Reading Eagle Company Mr. and Mrs. John Rothenberger Anonymous Mrs. Jeannine P. Wilfert Mr. and Ms. Zachary Morey Mr. Charles F. Harenza, Esq. Sotheby’s Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Trexler, III Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Boscov Mrs. Elizabeth C. Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Moyer Haverford Trust Company Stear Clear Pennsylvania Trudy’s Garden Fund of the Mrs. Shirley K. Boscov Mr. and Mrs. Gust Zogas Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nieves J. C. Ehrlich Company, Inc. Sweet Street Desserts, Inc. Berks County Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carlino Mr. and Mrs. John K. Palmer MBR Construction Wolf Run Landscapes Waste Management Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Cohen Artist’s Studio Mrs. Mary V. Pendleton Merrill Lynch The Wyomissing Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Combs, III Mr. Thomas W. Andrews Ms. Patricia Perfect Mogel Speidel Bobb & Kershner Grants Mr. and Mrs. James M. Connors Mr. Perry C. Andrews, III Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Power Olsen Design Group Architects Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Unrestricted Gifts Dr. Jerome and Rhoda E. Dersh Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Auman Mrs. Virginia Reese ParenteBeard, LLC Berks County Community Foundation Mr. Frederick Becker Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Fleck Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Rhoads Penske Truck Leasing Company Berkshire Charitable Foundation Berks Fire Water Restoration, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Hammel Dr. and Mrs. P Kurt Bamberger Dr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Rowan Pook & Pook Inc. Boyertown Area Charitable Program of Dr. Luther W. Brady Mr. Charles F. Harenza, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Banta Mr. James M. Savage and Dr. and Mrs. Seth E. Rosenzweig Berks County Community Foundation Breidegam Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Hartman Mrs. Harriet M. Baskin Ms. Holly L. Springer Sands & Company Real Estate Community General Hospital Ms. Genevieve A. Dunkle Mr. and Mrs. T. Jerome Holleran Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Baumbach Mr. John V. Schaetzle Mr. and Mrs. John Graydon Smith Healthcare Fund of Berks County Estate of Sharlene M. Yost Mr. and Mrs. Trygve M. Kleppinger Mr. and Mrs. G. Thompson Bell, III Mrs. Margaret K. Schumo Stevens & Lee Community Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Lenfest Mr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Bengtson Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Scott Tompkins Insurance Henry Janssen Foundation Mrs. Beulah B. Fehr Dr. Jerome Marcus Mr. John Bieber and Mrs. Priscilla Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Shaffer VCA Detwiler Animal Hospital Metropolitan Edison Company Ms. Elizabeth W. Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Miller Dr. and Mrs. Donald T. Burns Mr. Marc Sigal VIST Financial Sustainable Energy Fund of The Heider Fund of the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neag Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Butera Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Singer Weidenhammer Systems Corp. Berks County Community Foundation Berks County Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Pohl Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Chaney Ms. Katurah H. Sotzin Wells Fargo Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Henry Janssen Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roedel Mr. and Mrs. Brian Clements Ms. Barbara Spangenberg Windgate Charitable Foundation Pennsylvania Historical and Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Herbein Dr. and Mrs. Seth E. Rosenzweig Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Close Drs. John and Sara-Ann Steber Museum Commission Highmark Mr. and Mrs. Rolf D. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. John T. Connelly Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sutton Night at the Museum Russell L. Hiller Charitable Trust Fund Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Hoyer Dr. and Mrs. Thomas B. 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Flynn Clarmont Wealth Strategies Dave Zerbe Studio of Photography Dr. Jessica Young and Mr. Geoffrey Young Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Masano Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Weik Mr. and Mrs. David L. George First Priority Bank An Event to Remember Photo Booth Co. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Zintak, III Mrs. Margaret I. McCloskey Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Wolfe Ms. Hazel Geracimos Fulton Bank - Great Valley Division Hair On The Avenue The Meinig Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zuidema Dr. Michael Bohrn and Haverford Trust Company Knight’s Rental Business Members Mr. and Mrs. Leon Miller Dr. Jaylaine Ghoubrial Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Lusch Nick Talarico, The People’s DJ Automotive Service, Inc. Morgan Stanley Mengel Society Mr. and Mrs. Craig D. Hafer National Penn Bank Peacock Design & Paperie, LLC Brentwood Industries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neag Mrs. Carolyn C. Auman Dr. and Mrs. Terry Hand National Penn Investors Trust Company Petals on Penn Chroma Acrylics Dr. and Mrs. Joseph N. 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Quarter Note Systems Ms. Marilyn Wademan and Dr. and Mrs. Michael Perilstein Dr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Hiehle, M.D. Savor Street Foods Berks County Community Foundation Reading Fightin Phils Mr. Edwin H. Kershner Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Phelps Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hill Security First, Inc. Mr. Brian J. Bubnis Reading Health System Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. David F. Rick Ms. Judith Kraines and Dr. Neil Hoffman Security Guards, Inc. Capital Advantage Insurance Company Sweet Street Desserts, Inc. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Wolfe Mrs. Elizabeth B. Rothermel Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Hofmann Susquehanna Bank E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Wolf Run Landscapes Ms. Marilyn Wademan and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Hoyer Tompkins VIST Bank Foundation Mr. Edwin H. Kershner Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Jemison Visions Federal Credit Union Colonial Oaks Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Work Drs. Daniel and Eve Kimball Exhibit and Wolf Run Landscapes Mrs. Karen Crocona Mrs. Francine F. 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