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Our Mission: To preserve the natural beauty and wildness of the Wissahickon and stimulate public interest therein.

ALLENS LN. Officers Robert T. Vance, Jr. President John Rollins Vice-President, Planning William Whetzel Vice-President, Development Eugene Caffrey Treasurer Ari Pontz Assistant Treasurer Richard Berman Secretary

Past Presidents Cynthia H. Affleck Charles D. Dilks Robert A. Lukens David P. Pope Edward C. Stainton

Board Members Cynthia H. Affleck Christopher Bentley Richard Berman Mary-Helen Boothby Richard P. Brown, Jr. Eugene Caffrey Stephanie Craighead David Dannenberg Daphne Fifield Heidi Grunwald Jeffrey T. Harbison Robert Harries Cynthia Heckscher David Hilton Bettina Hoerlin Louise Johnston Courtney Kapp Charles Lee, Jr. John Meigs Elizabeth Pearson Claudia Goetz Phillips Ari Pontz John Rollins Lucia Stainton St. George Richard F. Smith, Jr. Robert T. Vance, Jr. Elizabeth Werthan William Whetzel Susan P. Wilmerding

Staff Maura McCarthy Executive Director Ruffian Tittmann Development Director Audrey Simpson Business Manager Denise Larrabee Editor and Publicist Heather Davis-Jones Development Associate Staff photo by C. Nancy Evans Kevin Groves Volunteer Coordinator Zane Magnuson Development Assistant

DEAR FRIENDS or 86 years, the Friends of the Wissahickon's core programming has focused on invasive F plant control, maintenance of historic park structures, natural trail maintenance and repair, and wildlife management.

While we work diligently in the pursuit of healthy wildlife habitat, clean water, and sustainable trails, people and their fundamental connection to nature are at the core of our mission.

FOW’s commitment to conservation in the Wissahickon is driven by our dedication to the people who use the park and the wider community that relies on the drinking water provided by the . The members of FOW understand that the preservation of the Wissahickon Valley is essential to the health and well-being of the community that surrounds it.

Wissahickon Valley Park is experiencing the biggest period of reinvestment in the park since the 1930s. Currently, several organizations are funding projects in totaling $10,661,560, with an additional $20.2 million from PennDOT for work on the I-76 Ramp Removal adjacent to park land. FOW alone is investing $780,000 with our Wissahickon Stormwater Mitigation and Sediment Reduction Project, which will reduce sediment and improve water quality, protect drinking water sources, and enhance the Wissahickon Watershed habitat. By the time we conclude the Sustainable Trails Initiative, FOW will have invested another $10 million in total.

This is park stewardship on a grand scale, and underscores the importance of Wissahickon Valley Park to the community. The organizations funding projects in the Wissahickon today, such as the Water Department and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, believe as we do that the Wissahickon is not important simply because it is a beautiful place to connect with the natural world, although it is that too. It meets a fundamental human need: clean drinking water. Indeed, that was the reason it was incorporated into over 100 years ago.

FOW’s work in 2010 has improved the habitat in the Wissahickon, reduced stormwater runoff into the creek, and restored trails for park users, all in service to the surrounding community and much of the work performed by members of the community. FOW vol- unteers worked 8,007 hours in 2010, labor that is valued at $166,946. But our focus on environmental sterwardship is driven by the belief that the work itself, not just the results of our labor, is valuable. Volunteer work reinforces our individual connections to each other and strengthens our community as a whole.

Robert T. Vance, Jr. Maura McCarthy President Executive Director

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More Park Users Carry Out What They Carry In

Trash 1.2 2006 442 2007 349 2008 310 2009 250 2010 200 1.0 Recyclables 2006 147 2007 191 2 2008 260 2009 150 HABITAT2010 100 0.8

Keeping Devil’s

12 Pool Clean 500 Recyclables Throughout the summer, the Friends 442 Trash worked with the community to keep Devil’s 400 Pool and the area surrounding it clean, 349 including posting stewardship signage in 310 English and Spanish. As a result, there are 300 250 improvements. FOW’s Trail Ambassadors visited Devil’s Pool during their patrols of 200 260 the park and attempted to educate Devil’s 200 Pool users about good stewardship and 191 proper trash disposal. A high-school volun- 147 150 teer crew from the Student Conservation 100 Association (SCA) also removed graffiti and 100 litter and educated Devil’s Pool visitors on 0 park stewardship. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Numbers in blue circles correspond with the map on page 12. More Park Users Carry Out What They Carry In

Below: FOW Audubon Advisor Toni Ann Flanigan explains the benefits of growing native mosses to Mt. Airy homeowner Kasia Janick. Opposite page, above: the high-school volunteer crew from the Student Conservation Association. Below: Students from Episcopal Academy participated in FOW’s Plant-a-thon in the fall along the STI Stage 2 Trail.

37 Audubon Advisors Protect the Wissahickon Watershed In 2010, six volunteers completed the nec- essary course work to become Audubon Advisors. There are now 37 Advisors who work in teams and conduct site visits to help homeowners plan for a more sustainable landscape that protects the watershed and is attractive to birds. These volunteers completed 29 backyard audits this year. For this program, FOW is partnering with Pennypack Greenway Partnership, Audubon , and the Morris Arboretum. Plugging Away on the Orange Trail Thanks to the help of volunteers, FOW broke records in the number of trees and shrubs planted in the Wissahickon, primarily along the STI Stage 2 Trail 2 . Tree and shrub planting, primarily in the form of herbaceous plugs, is an important step for habitat restoration in impacted areas, and 17 species were planted, such as river birch, swamp white oak, silky dogwood, and steeplebush.

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Invasive Weed Removal Shows Signs of Success 3000 Since the STI Stage 1 Trail 1 project was completed in fall 2008, FOW volunteers have performed immeasurable work to 2000 foster native plant growth and reduce invasive plants in the area. This work continued into 2010 with a focus on the hedge privet that was encroaching on 1000 native vegetation. Led by SCA summer interns Sarah Marley and Jennifer Madden 650 with the help of the SCA summer high 365 school crew and area volunteers, the 0 project is showing signs of success. Vol- unteers also removed invasive plants on 2007 2008 2009 2010 the STI Stage 2 Trail 2 , the Saul High School Gully Restoration/Trail Re-route 4 , and the Bluebell Meadow Pavilion Gully 3 Restoration/Trail Re-route 7 . 4 FOW Advances Land Protection Ordinance FOW’s Advocacy Committee focused con- siderable effort on the advancement of a Land Protection Ordinance that for the first time proposes guidelines and stan- dards to protect park land. The Ordinance, developed by the newly formed Commission Partners in Habitat on Parks and Recreation, marks the first Preservation major initiative of the Commission which Audubon Pennsylvania passed it unanimously on January 19, 2011. Courtesy Stable Introduced initially in September 2010, the Ordinance underwent many revisions after Fairmount Park District 3 several public meetings and ongoing Friends of Carpenter’s feedback from interested parties. FOW’s Woods Advocacy Committee reviewed and com- Historic RittenhouseTown mented on multiple revisions and made several recommendations including the Monastery Stables insertion of specific language regarding Morris Arboretum environmental impact assessments, Northwestern Stables namely that these include the impact on stormwater management, natural habitat, Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti canopy preservation and noise, light, and Network water pollution. Subsequently, City Council Philadelphia Parks unanimously passed the legislation. On and Recreation April 15, Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter signed the bill into law at a special Philadelphia Sanitation ceremony held at Belmont Plateau in front Department of several park enthusiasts, including FOW’s Philadelphia Water Executive Director Maura McCarthy and Department Bettina Hoerlin, Chair of FOW’s Advocacy REI—Conshohocken Committee. It was indeed an occasion to celebrate this landmark legislation. Roots to Re-entry Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education Student Conservation Association Valley Green Canoe Club Valley Green Inn Wissahickon Environmental Action Network Wissahickon Environmental Center Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Conservation Committee The Conservation Committee reviews FOW’s projects and researches environmental issues in depth in order to help the Friends determine the course of future conservation work. In 2010, these volunteers focused on two projects currently underway in the park: the expansion of Cathedral Meadow by Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and the Wissahickon Stormwater Mitigation and Sediment Reduction Project by FOW (see p.7). From Landscape Architect Carol Franklin, they learned more about Wissahickon soil and the lack of forest regeneration due to non-native earth- worms. In addition, they began investigating FOW Teams Up with Roots to Re-entry the use of goats in invasive plant control. Graduates from Roots to Re-entry, a green jobs program for former prison inmates, planted 3,400 herbaceous plugs along the STI Stage 2 Trail 2 . Roots to Re-entry is a partnership of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), the Scattergood Foundation, the Philadelphia Prison System, Bartram’s Garden, and KJK Associates. The program trains ex-offenders in horticulture and landscaping, including lessons on equipment use and maintenance, plant identification and function, and maintenance of vegetation used to mitigate stormwater runoff.

Opposite page: Volunteers from Anthropologie removed invasive plants at Historic RittenhouseTown. Above: Darrell Drayton and Bobby Calwise from Roots to Re-entry plant herbaceous plugs along the trail to Devil’s Pool.

Deer Management Program FOW’s Structures Crew Improved the Wissahickon Habitat with FOW’s deer management program miti- gates the devastating impact of deer overpopulation on native plants and trees in Fairmount Park and reduces the 7 Owl/Kestrel boxes number of deer-vehicle collisions on Philadelphia roadways. The program, 8 Wood Duck boxes which provides venison to local food banks, is conducted with safety as a 25 Blue bird boxes paramount concern, as well as efficiency and minimal inconvenience to the public. Countless Trail maintenance jobs FOW also supports the ongoing vegetation monitoring program initiated in 2002 and 0102030 conducted under the direction of the Morris Arboretum. Vegetation monitoring helps assess the effectiveness of the deer management program by correlating the resurgence of native plant species with deer management activities. 5 6 FOW Installs Second WATER Compost Toilet 11 The Friends, in partnership with Philadel- phia Parks and Recreation (PPR), installed a totally self-sustaining compost toilet located near the Rex Avenue Bridge that generates no wastewater. This is the second compost toilet in Wissahickon Valley Park (the first was installed by FOW in 2008) and the first compost toilet in Fairmount Park powered entirely by alternative energy sources; electrical power is supplied by solar panels. The toilets are environmen- tally safe, odorless, and require no water or chemicals and very little maintenance. FOW’s Structures Crew worked with Fairmont Park District 3 staff (part of PPR) and the Student Conservation Association to restore the WPA structure and install the composting toilet. In the spring of 2011, PPR will install a water turbine in Wissa- hickon Creek to generate more power.

Above: FOW’s new compost toilet near the Rex Avenue Bridge. Right: Andrea Sunderland of Ambler pulling a large piece of plywood out of the Wissahickon Creek at the Creek Clean Up in April.

Partners in Teaming Up with WVWA Watershed Protection FOW and the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Audubon Pennsylvania Association are working together to monitor Chestnut Hill Historical Society water quantity and quality in Wissahickon Fairmount Park District 3 Creek and educate area residents on these and other pertinent issues throughout the Philadelphia Parks Wissahickon Watershed. The two organiza- and Recreation tions joined volunteer forces in 2010 to clean Philadelphia Sanitation the Wissahickon Creek from top to bottom. Department Armed with bags, over 300 volunteers were assigned to sections of the creek, where Philadelphia Water Department they found many unusual items, such as a Student Conservation wheelchair, an old television set, and the Association roof of a dog house. Valley Green Inn Wissahickon Environmental Center Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Reducing Stormwater Runoff in the Wissahickon Every year, severe thunderstorms ravage the Wissahickon Watershed causing stormwater runoff that damages Wissahickon Valley Park and threatens the water quality of Wissahickon Creek and the integrity of the wildlife habitat. In 2008, FOW and the Natural Resources staff of Fairmount Park identified stormwater intrusion sites that are adding to the sedimentation load of the Wissahickon Creek and devel- oped the Wissahickon Stormwater Mitigation and Sediment Reduction Project. In 2009, Merck & Co., Inc., awarded FOW $780,656 for four of these project sites, which will be undertaken in connection with the settlement of an enforcement action, United States & PADEP v. Merck & Co., Inc. PPR received funding to repair an additional four sites; together, these eight project sites constitute the stormwater gully repair project, a partnership between FOW and PPR.

In 2010, construction on three project sites began as part of this effort: Walnut Lane Golf Course Gully Restoration 3 ; Saul High School Gully Restoration 4 ; and District 3 HQ Gully Restoration 5 . All three sites included stormwater gullies and degraded trail corridors, and the projects involved eliminating gullies caused by stormwater runoff through trail closures and re-routes. These gully closures are considered part of FOW’s Sustainable Trails Initiative because they often intersect with the trail system. (For more on trail re-routes at gully restoration sites, see p. 11.) Planning and permitting for the Mt. Airy Avenue Gully Restoration 6 , Historic RittenhouseTown Gully Restoration 8 , and two gully restoration sites at Kitchen’s Lane 9 10 also occurred in 2010.

The Wissahickon Stormwater Mitigation and Sediment Reduction Project will reclaim the loss of 15,508 cubic yards of soil—enough to fill 775 large dump trucks.

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Goals and Objectives The goals of the Wissahickon Stormwater Mitigation and Sediment Reduction Project are to improve the water quality of Wissahickon Creek and restore the damaged forest slopes. Specific objectives are:

divert and infiltrate as much storm flow as possible repair and stabilize the targeted gullies create a stable flow path for all future stormwater discharges stop the loss of irreplaceable forest soils reduce sedimentation in Wissahickon Creek by eliminating sedimentation from the gullies reduce turbidity in Wissahickon Creek plant and seed restored gully sites with Philadelphia-native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants improve conditions for park trail users (hikers, bikers, equestrians) where gullies flow on or across a trail

7 8 Watershed Education Wissahickon Watershed by the Numbers As part of FOW’s Protect Our Watershed series, The Wissahickon Environmental Center (WEC) staff offers free presentations 75.5 acres held in Conservation Easements about watershed issues along with their environmental programs on such topics as 300 volunteers cleaned the Wissahickon Creek in 2010 native wildlife and forest ecology. This year, they organized a day of Family Fishing and 15,508 cubic yards of soil will be reclaimed through a Family Creek Exploration. Structures Crew gully restoration members Rich Berman, Dave Kaiser, and Mike Frumer worked alongside Steve O’Kula An estimated 150,000 households receive drinking of Fairmount Park District 3 to complete a water from the Queen Lane intake wide range of projects at WEC this year, including: stormwater retention controls at A $780,656 grant from Merck & Co., Inc., will reduce soil the upper parking lot; a stormwater display; $ erosion in the Wissahickon trout stocking; and trail maintenance. 15

Below: Cresheim Creek, a tributary of the Wissahickon Creek and the focus of the Wissahickon East Project. Opposite page, above: an easement property in Mt. Airy. Below: The rain garden at Valley Green, dedicated to Koey and Anne Rivinus in 2007, helps reduce stormwater runoff.

Creating New Parkland at Wissahickon East In 2010, the Wissahickon East Project (WEP) secured the commitment of Mike DiBerardinis, Commissioner of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR), and Mark Focht, Executive Director of Fairmount Park, to accept six acres of Cresheim Creek land into Fairmount Park. In 2006, the Friends of the Wissahickon played an instrumental role in the preservation of this land by assisting WEP and local developers DeSouza Brown, Inc., in obtaining a conservation easement with the Chestnut Hill Historical Society. The six acres lie along Cresheim Creek, a major tributary of the Wissahickon. Pre- serving this parcel is a significant benefit to the health of the Wissahickon Watershed and the water supply of Philadelphia. FOW/CHHS Joint Easement Program The joint easement program of FOW and the Chestnut Hill Historical Society (CHHS) is a powerful expression of the partnership between the two organizations. As of December 31, 2010, the FOW/CHHS Joint Easement Program holds 28 land conserva- tion easements, protecting more than 70 acres. These conservation easements protect the Wissahickon Watershed by preserving open space to reduce stormwater runoff and protect trees and wildlife habitat.

The Friends have a co-chair and six members who serve on the Chestnut Hill Historical Society’s Easement Committee. Although CHHS has the legal and financial responsibility for easements and easement monitoring, the two organizations function jointly. While the mission of CHHS is in historic preservation and hence was initially interested in acquiring façade easements, the inclusion of FOW in the Easement Committee has widened the focus to also include and actively solicit land conservation easements. FOW’s main concern is the protection of the Wissahickon Watershed.

This year, FOW and CHHS intensively pursued the goal of acquiring accreditation by the Land Trust Alliance and successfully submitted an application to the Land Trust Accreditation Commission in November. A new plaque program was initiated, in which owners of eased properties can receive a beautiful, solid bronze plaque to distinguish these protected properties. Roll-out of this program will take place during 2011–12, based on funding provided by the PA Land Trust Association to CHHS.

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Sustainable Trails Initiative The Sustainable Trails Initiative (STI) is a multi-year project to make the 50 miles of National Recreation Trails in Wissahickon Valley Park a physically and socially sustainable system that works for all park users. This project is being executed in partnership with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR). In 2010, the Friends received a $10,000 grant from PECO Green Region Program, in partnership with the Natural Lands Trust, to improve wayfinding. FOW also achieved a second $50,000 Challenge Trail Restoration Partners Grant, raising a total of $100,000 for STI.

Both STI Demo 1 13 and STI Demo 2 Trails 14 required routine maintenance, but the Demo 2 Trail proved to be truly sustainable in 2010. The trail remained in excellent condition throughout the year, despite heavy precipitation, fallen trees, and scattered branches.

Courtesy Stable The Friends closed an illegal trail behind Pachella Field 18 in Roxborough, in addition Fairmount Park District 3 to performing routine trail maintenance on trails near Jannette Street 19 , Hartwell Lane 20, and Mount Airy Avenue 21 . Friends of Carpenters’ Woods High Point Café Work at the end of the STI Stage 1 Trail 1 continued through the winter. Students International Mountain from the Crefeld School, who work in the Wissahickon once a week, built a “fantasy Bicycling Association fence” to encourage hikers to use the steps at the end of the trail near the Covered Bridge instead of trampling on small plants. It will last about four to five years and REI—Conshohocken then rot away. By then, shrubs and other plants will have taken hold. RittenhouseTown 2 T&F Farmers’ Pride Market Restoration of the section of STI Stage 2 Trail from Valley Green Road to Devil’s Pool was completed by workers from Paul Steinbeiser Landscape Construction, Valley Green Inn managed by Trail Specialist Dan Hudson from the International Mountain Biking Wissahickon Environmental Action Association. A short video documenting this project was created by Jason Fifield Network of Slife Productions and can be viewed on FOW’s website. Wissahickon Environmental Center Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers MajorMajor Tr ailTrail Restoration Restoration Projects Projects TrailTrail Hours Hours

20072007 YearYear MilesMiles of of Tr ailTrail 2,0962,096 20072007 0.70.7 20082008 2,5072,507 20082008 1.751.75 20092009 1,2831,283 20092009 3 3 2012010 0 1,8921,892 2012010 0 4 4 *These*These totals totals do do not not include include maintenancemaintenance of of existing existing STI STI trail trail lengths.lengths.

Structures Crew Saves Major Trail Restoration Projects PPR $2,125 MilesMiles of of Tr Trailail TrTrailail Hours Hours The Structures Crew saved PPR $2,125 by providing the lumber needed for the repairs 0.70.7 2,0962,096 2007 2007 to fences along Forbidden Drive. FOW hired 2007 2007 a band saw mill this fall to cut 1" x 5 1/2" 1.751.75 2,5072,507 2008 2008 boards from dead trees that Fairmount Park 2008 2008 staff has removed from the Wissahickon 3 3 1,2831,283 2009 2009 and along the streets. Using these boards 2009 2009 0 0 is cheaper and environmentally sound: 0 0 4 4 1,8921,892 201 201 purchasing round rails destroys more trees 201 201 and uses energy to transport them here. 0.00.00.50.51.01.0 1.51.5 2.02.02.52.53.03.03.53.54.04.0 0 0 500500 1000100015001500200020002500250030003000

Opposite page: Anna Shipp, FOW Board Member David Dannenberg, and Ken Remdeko work on the Historic RittenhouseTown Gully Restoration/Trail Re-route. Below right: Shenara Musthaq and Leah Salama from the Environmental Action Club at Germantown Friends School working on the Saul High School Gully Restoration/ Trail Re-route. Below left: Chuck Uniatowski operates the Ditch Witch SK500 on the Walnut Lane Golf Course Gully Restoration/Trail Re-route.

First Volunteer Machine Operator’s Training Rich Berman, Dave Dannenberg, Chuck Uniatowski, Dmitri Zorine, and Dan Mercer completed FOW’s first Volunteer Machine Operator’s Training in September and were the collective winners of FOW’s Volunteers of the Year Award. The training involved skills and best-practices in using FOW’s four machines: Ditch Witch SK500; Canycom S25A; Canycom BFP02; and Gator 6X4. This project was made possible by a grant from the William Penn Foundation (see p. 17).

Three Trail Re-Routes Completed Three Trail Re-Routes at Gully Restoration sites, all part of the Wissahickon Stormwater Mitigation and Sediment Reduction Project (see p. 7), were completed in 2010 at: Walnut Lane Golf Course Gully Restoration 3 ; Saul High School Gully Restoration 4 ; and Historic RittenhouseTown Gully Restoration 8 . Trail Re-routes are part of Stage 3 of STI, and take into consideration local habitat, stormwater management, sustainability, and the needs of park users on multi-use trails.

Largest Volunteer-Built STI Project Although FOW still works with trail designers to select proper machinery and trail- building techniques, and Fairmount Park approves all work, the ingenuity of the daily work on the Stage 3 Trail re-route at the Walnut Lane Golf Course Gully Restoration 3 came exclusively from FOW volunteer trail experts, led by Dan Mercer, Chuck Uniatowski, and Dmitri Zorine. FOW volunteers from the community, which includes hikers, equestrians, mountain bikers, and other park users, built the trail with the Friends’ resources, while Fairmount Park is undertaking the environmental restoration.

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Environmental Center AVE. STENTON 12 FOW Projects The Cedars House SPRING LA. CHESTNUT 2010 BELLS MILL ROAD MANATAWNA AVE. HILL 1 STI Stage 1 Trail—invasive plant removal and trail maintenance 1 2 STI Stage 2 Trail—removal of invasives,

trail maintenance, & planting of native GERMANTOWN AVE. tress and shrubs 3 Walnut Lane Golf Course Gully Restoration/Trail Re-route (STI Stage 3)

OLD LINE RD. RIDGE AVE. 4 Saul High School Gully Restoration/ 14 Trail Re-route (STI Stage 3) 5 REX AVE. District 3 HQ Gully Restoration/ 11 Trail Re-route 6 Mt. Airy Ave. Gully Restoration/  ST. MARTINS LA. Trail Re-route (jointly funded w/PPR) 20 7 WISE’S MILL RD. Bluebell Meadow Pavilion Gully Restoration/Trail Re-route

8 Historic RittenhouseTown Gully Valley Green Inn Restoration/Trail Re-route WILLOW GROVE AVE. 16 (STI Stage 3) VALLE 5 Y G SPRINGFIELD AVE. R E 13 E 9 Kitchen’s Lane White Trail N  2 R Gully Restoration 4 D

23 . HENRY AVE. HENRY 10 Kitchen’s Lane Gully Restoration/ Trail Re-route (STI Stage 3) 12 11 Rex Avenue Compost Toilet 18  22 Installation (p. 6) 12 Devil’s Pool—litter removal and safety outreach (p. 2) LIVEZEY LA. MC CALLUM ST. ALLENS LA. 13 STI Demo 1 Trail—trail maintenance FORBIDDEN DR. 14 STI Demo 2 Trail—trail maintenance 21 15 Wissahickon Environmental Center— MONASTERY  6 restoration projects (p.8) 16 Valley Green Inn—restoration MT. AIRY projects (p. 14) KITCHEN’S LA. LINCOLN DR.

17 Northwestern Stables— AVE. WISSAHICKON  19 10 restoration projects 9 18 Pachella Field— closure of illegal trail 19 Jannette Street Trail—trail maintenance 20 Hartwell Lane Trail—trail maintenance LOCATIONS ON MAP ARE APPROXIMATE 21 Mount Airy Avenue Trail— trail maintenance 3 22 Emlen Street—gate repair 7 23 WALNUT LANE Saul High School—building wash stations with students Historic 8 Rittenhouse GERMANTOWN Town

SCHOOL HOUSE LN. Value of an FOW Volunteer . . . Priceless! CHESTNUT HILL VOLUNTEER HOURS

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In Memory of Anne Hutchins Rivinus (1916–2010) Anne and Francis Markoe (Koey) Rivinus (1915–2006) moved from Ambler to their new Value of an FOW Volunteer . . . Priceless!home on Rex Avenue in 1950 with the first four of their seven children. Just after settling down in Chestnut Hill, Anne was encouraged by Mrs. Marion Rivinus, Koey’s aunt and Volunteer Hours one 2007 of the original members2008 of FOW, to2009 participate in planting2010 rhododendrons and mountain laurel along the slopes stretching down to the Wissahickon Creek. Bring- Trail Ambassadors ing herN/A children to help,554 Anne began her lifelong1509 involvement 1626 in the park. She soon TrailKoey Maintenance and Anne Rivinus became2096 a member of FOW2507 and then a board1283 member. Her husband,1982 Koey, joined the crossingHabitat Wissahickon Restoration Creek in 1944 organization447 shortly after.1388 Anne remained 1069a member of FOW all 734 her life. She served as Student Conservation Assoc. treasurerN/A and supported N/A Koey, FOW’s president1400 for 22 years,2020 until 1982. In 2004, she Structures Crew and Koey2561 were awarded1877 the Wissahickon 1740 Achievement Award1469 for 50 years of service Misc. Volunteer Work in the228 Wissahickon Valley456 and a rain garden439 was dedicated 17to6 them in front of Valley Total Green5332 in 2007 (see p. 9 6782for a photo and visit7440 http://fow.org/documents/ 8007 wisstab12_10. $ Value* $ pdf 104,027for the full obituary$137,336 by her daughters, $155,124 Sarah Carlson $166,946 and Susanna Ribault.) 10000

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Valley Green Inn Improvements at Valley Green The Friends have been the guardian of Valley Green since 1934 and hold by Structures Crew 16 a lease for the Inn. Under the auspices of the Fairmount Park Historic Trust, FOW is responsible for overseeing the physical condition of the Inn’s structure and its immediate surroundings. Three new benches around the trees alongside the Inn FOW completed the extension and expansion of a Belgian Block patio in the front of the Inn and began providing landscaping Storage room for restaurant tables services in the areas not currently cared for by the restaurant owner or Fairmount Park. Drainage swale behind the Inn

In 2010, the Friends began consideration of a plan to enhance the New sign in front of the Inn patio and negotiation of an extension of the long-term lease of the Inn with the Fairmount Park Historic Trust. New take-out window sign and window sill

 When the warming shed at Valley Green was destroyed by fire in Three planters made from recycled October of this year, the Structures Crew vowed immediately to ceramic pipes rebuild by the end of 2011, under the leadership of Mike Souders and Buzz Wemple. The Pennsylvania Equine Council and members Screen fence around trash container of Monastery, Northwestern, and Courtesy Stables organized the “Ride to Rebuild,” that raised over $8,000.

Below: Trail Ambassadors Kevin Calzia and Chris Beetham head out on patrol along Forbidden Drive.

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FOW’s Advocacy Committee pursued more effective enforcement strategies to miti- gate unsafe, inappropriate, and destructive activities in the Devil’s Pool area, including meetings with Police District #14 and City Council members.

 With the help of Trail Ambassadors and the Student Conservation Association, the Friends posted signage and educated park users about water quality issues and the dangers of diving into the pool.

The Friends continued their work with local police districts to increase police presence and response in the Valley Green Inn/Devil’s Pool areas during the summer months. FOW Online Page # of visits Aruba Sri Lanka [Three possibilities in this section. We can Map 16,067 Biking 8,937 run all three or just one or two.] Barbados Hike 8,531 Taiwan 1) [Line Graph] Upcoming 8,254 Calendar 6,524 Canada Turks and Caicos Islands Chile 2009 United Arab Emirates 2010 3) Where in the World are FOW’s Facebook Italy My Space Friends 772 740 Fans? [World Map] United Kingdom Restoration Partners in the Wissahickon Valley Facebook Fans 200 740 Israel FOW’s Structures Crew is dedicated to the idea of cooperation and support among United States Venezuela non-profits and has a history of collaborating with other organizations in the France 2) Wissahickon Valley. In 2010, they volunteered their services to: the Manayunk Canal, What pages are FOW’s 305,537 website Morris Arboretum, W.B. Saul High School 23 , Wissahickon Environmental Center 15 Argentina visitors viewing? (see p. 8), and Northwestern Stables 17 , where they built a trash enclosure and drilled Mexico holes for additional exercise rings.

Morris Arboretum At the Morris Arboretum, Rich Berman, Mike Souders, Bill Thompson, and Buzz Wemple provided endless hours of unpaid labor for the Morris Arboretum. They replaced the roofs on the Arboretum’s log cabin and the old blacksmith shop on Bloomfield Farm in addition to their work restoring the Springfield Mill, where they rebuilt the turbine superstructure and sluice gate with rot resistant black locust lumber from fallen Wissahickon Valley Park trees. Each piece of timber is prepared to specifications on a portable sawmill at the Fairmount Park District 3 workshop.

Above: Bill Thompson, Mike Souders, and Buzz Wemple of FOW’s Structures Crew working at the Springfield Mill at the Morris Arboretum.

Keeping Devil’s Pool Safe FOW Online

800 740 700 772 600 500 400 300 My Space Friends 200 200 Facebook Fans 100 Valley Green Bank Sponsors Photo Contest 2009 2010 The winning photographs from FOW’s Photo Contest sponsored by Valley Green Bank were exhibited at The Cedars House and Valley Green Bank during the winter months. Judged by author/photographer Nick Kelsh, the Grand Prize went to John Swarts of Scranton for “Light Under Bridge” (above).

15 16 Outreach and Education Environmental Education

Trail Ambassadors led 25 hikes on such topics as geology, horses, and Wis- sahickon history. Over 200 people attended free public lectures at Valley Green Inn and Cathedral Village on trees of the Wissahickon forest, stewardship challenges, water quality, and birds of the Wissahickon. FOW’s Wildlife Committee led three Spring Bird walks for 50 bird lovers who were thrilled to spot over 70 different species, including red-headed woodpeckers, red-breasted nuthatches, and Eastern phoebes. The Friends joined with Chestnut Hill College and the Morris Arboretum to celebrate the publication of Metropolitan Paradise: The Struggle for Nature in the City. Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley, 1620-2020 (St. Joseph’s University Press) written by David Contosta and Carol Franklin. This remarkable book contributes to the widespread effort to restore Wissahickon Valley Park and secure its future.

Above: Debbie Carr, Director of Environmental Education for Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, leads a bird walk in the Wissahickon. Below: Local residents attended public meetings in 2010 and had the opportunity to review maps and ask questions.

Public Meetings In January, FOW supported a public meeting hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and the Philadelphia Water Department to discuss the Wis- sahickon Creek feasibility study being cost-shared by the two agencies. Fifty people attended. The study examines and considers potential solutions to problems in Wissahickon Creek and its floodplain within Philadelphia.

FOW Executive Director Maura McCarthy gave an overview of work completed in Wissahickon Valley Park in 2010 and pre- sented upcoming environmental restoration projects in the park for 2011 at a public meeting in November. Twenty-seven people attended the meeting, which included a recap of trail work and planting completed on trails leading to Devil’s Pool as part of the SustainableTrails Initiative (STI), as well Outreach Partners as a discussion of the core principles of STI and several aspects of the program, Cathedral Village Student Conservation including: trail rebuilding, closure, and Courtesy Stable Association restoration; stormwater runoff mitigation; Monastery Stables Valley Green Inn and volunteer recruitment and training. New Covenant Campus William Penn Foundation Northwestern Stables Wissahickon Environmental Center Friend Raisers Trail Ambassadors FOW members enjoyed Winter in the Wis- The Friends launched the Trail Ambassador sahickon, a holiday celebration at Valley program in conjunction with Fairmount Green Inn where families and friends, old Park in 2008. Trail Ambassadors patrol and new, created their own wreaths, drank Wissahickon Valley Park in pairs—on foot, hot cider, and took a winter hike in the woods. bike, or horse—providing information to This event is in its second year and is sure to park users and reporting any problems become an annual tradition, like the popular they see to Fairmount Park Rangers. They Ice Cream Social every summer and Whispers also lead hikes in the Wissahickon, write Along the Wissahickon in the fall. For many articles for FOW’s newsletter, and staff families, Whispers Along the Wissahickon is information tables at Valley Green, FOW the best way to welcome the fall season. It volunteer days, and events. offers simple pleasures and activities every- one can enjoy along with the company of neighbors and friends who appreciate the chance to enjoy the woods at night. (For a Trail Ambassador Hours list of sponsors, see p. 21.) Triple in Just Two Years

Ambassadors Hours 2000 1626 1,509 1500

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Above: Evan Griffith from Wyndmoor at Whispers Along the Wissahickon. Below: The Schwingel-Sauer family of Mt. Airy (Emma, Zoe, Rick, and Laura) at Winter in the Wissahickon.

Board of Directors FOW Awarded $440,000 FOW’s Directors provide leadership for the organization and are responsible for by William Penn Foundation ensuring that the Board remains dynamic and effective. In 2010, they began the In 2010, the Friends of the Wissahickon process of assessing the effectiveness and performance of all Board members, were awarded a grant of $440,000 from identifying the requirements of a good Board member, and developing a system the William Penn Foundation to support the through which Board members could meet these requirements. A more meaningful operations and programming of STI (see and accurate self-evaluation of each member’s contribution and involvement in p. 10). This grant will largely fund FOW’s FOW projects and mission was then created. efforts to improve community engagement, outreach and resources in connection with Board leaders also worked directly with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and City STI, and making all STI work in the park Council on key issues of development within the park. (see p. 4) FOW Directors were possible. As part of this grant, the Friends invited to comment on proposals for bicycle rentals on parkland city-wide and the will install wayfinding, develop standards Executive Committee worked with the Fairmount Park Historic Trust and owners of for volunteer training and natural surface The Cedars House to make certain that this newly restored structure has minimal trail building, and implement a variety impact on the environment. The Cedars House is a new café at the intersection of of other programming that will enhance Forbidden Drive and Northwestern Avenue. The Friends support this new endeavor community involvement in the stewardship to bring people together in the Park. of the Wissahickon.

17 Treasurer’s Report 18 While 2010 was aREVE goodNU yearEE for the Friends, it does suffer XPENSES a bit2,000,000 in comparison to 2009, when a surprise $780,656 grant from 1,000,000 Merck & Co., Inc., brought FOW’s revenues to an unprecedented level ($1.6 million). Nevertheless, the organization raised a

total of $934,067 in 2010, an amount which would have been 800,000 $960,441 unthinkable1,500,000 just a few short years ago. $877,762 6

Further, even before counting the $166,946 worth of volunteer $1,623,446 600,000 $752,349

time organized by the FOW staff for stewardship projects in the $728,541 1 Park,1,000,000 FOW was able to direct $519,909 into park$1,458,71 projects during $646,980

the year. While this represents a lower than normal percentage $618,030 400,000 of revenue being directed to programs, it is still a significant $519,909 sum and represents the funding$1,094,93 of early stages of several major $934,067 $931,498 projects. Also, the organization’s Board and management was 500,000 $409,934 $816,548 $783,364 7 8 0 0 1 cautious in its program spending7 this year, in part because delays 200,000 $636,997 $101,311 $106,785 $107,321 $107,132 $115,032 in funding of certain grants weakened our cash position early $123,461 $124,768 $117,408 $52,12 $95,60 $77,84 $39,67 $96,426 $67,00 $94,24 in the year. Cash reserves did not rebuild until the latter$107,321 part of the year and,0 consequently, 2011 promises to be a big year for 0 program expenditures.2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 Grants & Contributions Other Revenue Programs Development As usual, we ended the year with no debt or payables Membership Total Revenue Management and significant cash in the bank ($719,622) of which the Total Expenses majority ($573,513) is unrestricted. The financial position of the organization is strong.

REVENUEEXPENSES 2,000,000 1,000,000 Eugene Caffrey, Treasurer

800,000 $960,441 1,500,000 $877,762 6

$1,623,446 600,000 $752,349

Statement of Assets, Liabilities, & Fund Balances $728,541 1 1,000,000 $1,458,71 ASSETS $646,980 $618,030 Cash $719,622 400,000 $519,909 $1,094,93

Contributions and grants receivable, net 1,225,121 $934,067 $931,498

500,000 $409,934 $816,548

Other assets 21,480 $783,364 7 8 7 0 0 1 200,000 $636,997 $101,311 $106,785 $107,321 $107,132 $115,032 Total assets $1,966,223 $123,461 $124,768 $117,408 $52,12 $95,60 $96,426 $67,00 $77,84 $39,67 $94,24 $107,321

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 0 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 Liabilities Grants & Contributions Other Revenue Programs Development Valley Green Inn reserve $25,000 Membership Total Revenue Management Total Expenses Net Assets Unrestricted 594,993 Temporarily restricted 1,346,230 Total net assets 1,941,223 Total liabilities and net assets $1,966,223 DONORS The Friends of the Wissahickon wishes to extend thanks to all those who supported our work during 2010. Many individuals, foundations and corporations gave generously to help fund FOW’s programs and operations. We are grateful for every gift we receive and are pleased to list the following contributors whose cumulative gifts were above $250.

In May of 2007 FOW began raising funds for Phase III of the Sustainable Trails Initiative. Phase III will cost $10,000,000 in implementation and ongoing stewardship funds. As of December 2010 FOW has commitments of over $ 2,600,000 and would like to recognize the following individuals and organizations for their support:

Cindy* and John Affleck Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Dilks Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lukens Dr. Claudia G. Phillips* Ms. Sara Allen Doran Family Foundation Phyllis Magaziner Ari* and Corey Pontz Anonymous1 Fairmount Park Conservancy The McLean Contributionship Mr. Jim Querry Anonymous2 Ms. Shirley Gracie* Carolyn Adams and John Meigs* Ann and Frank Reed Anonymous3 Ms. Heidi Grunwald* Mr. and Mrs. David Montgomery Mr.* and Mrs. John Rollins Beatrice Fox Auerbach Fund Dan and Sarah Gordon Mr.* and Mrs. Larry Moy Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Sher of the Hartford Mr. Chris Hall and Ms. Mary Ann PECO Energy Company Mr. Richard F. Smith Jr.* Foundation for Public Giving Boyer Pennsylvania Department Ed and Christine Stainton Chris Bentley* and Wendy Mr. Jeffrey T. Harbison* and of Conservation and The 25th Century Foundation Wurtzburger-Bentley Dr. Valerie Arkoosh Natural Resources Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallis Mr.* and Mrs. Richard Berman Penny Harris Pennsylvania Department of Mr.* and Mrs. William Whetzel Mr.* and Mrs. Eugene Caffrey Mr. and Mrs. James Hill Community and Economic Mr. and Mrs.* Peter Wilmerding Claneil Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McB. Johnston Development William Penn Foundation Carla and Jack Cook Cynthia and Martin Heckscher Pennsylvania Department of Ms. Ann Csink and Mr. John Linck Mr. Kenneth Kopple Environmental Protection Susan and David* Dannenberg The Forrest & Frances Lattner Ms. Nancy Petersmeyer Foundation

Donors of $10,000 and more Donors of $1,000 to $2,499 Marc and Laura McKenna Mr. Edward McCann Jr. PECO Energy Company Bowman Properties, Ltd. Mr. John Meigs, Esq. and Ms. Madeline Miller and Albert J. Lofgren and Antoinette GlaxoSmithKline Corporation Ms. Carolyn Adams Mr. Gordon Leggett Farrar Seymour Fund at the Comcast Corporation Ms. Laura Melly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Morris Philadelphia Foundation Valley Green Bank Mr. Shaun O’Malley and Mr. Arthur E. Newbold IV The 25th Century Foundation Philadelphia Mountain Biker Ms. Lyn Buchheit Dr. and Mrs.* Philip Pearson William Penn Foundation Association Mr. David Orthwein Mr. Peter J. Regna Cindy* and John Affleck Bluestone Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peck Ms. Emily Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Murray Blackman The Albert Trust Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smilow Mr. Dale Schilling Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Dilks Mondrian Investment Ms. Catherine Sulimay and Mr. Donald W. Smith Cindy* and Martin Heckscher Partners Inc. Mr. Dan Gewecke Mrs. Maysie Starr Mr.* and Mrs. David Hilton The Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Mrs. P. Ruth Van Sciver Peckmann Mr. Perry Lerner and Mr. and Mrs. David Pope Roswell Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Patsy Walsh Ms. Lenore Steiner Mr.* and Mrs. John Rollins The Nararo Foundation Liz Werthen* and Bob Brand Mr. Edward Stemmler Mr. and Mrs.* Peter Wilmerding Ms. Carol Baker and Mr. Mark E. Mr. Samuel C. Vrooman Stein Donors of $500 to $999 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wagner Donors of $5,000 to $9,999 Chris Bentley* and Wendy The E. Newbold & Margaret Mr. Michael Weinstein Schwab Charitable Fund Wurtzburger-Bentley duPont Smith Foundation Mrs. Sarah West Mr. Richard P. Brown Jr.* Mr.* and Mrs. Richard Berman Jay Gress, Inc. Mr. J. Casselli Melen* and Dick Boothby Mrs. Jane Barton Donors of $250 to $499 The Estate of Ruth L. Hardin Susan and David* Dannenberg Mrs. Philip A. Bregy United Way of Chester County Mr.* and Mrs. Robert Harries Mr. and Mrs. Edward Driscoll Ms. Barbara Cavanaugh Doran Family Foundation Cindy* and Martin Heckscher Mr. and Mrs. Walter Foulke Mr. and Mrs. Putnam Coes Aetna Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kapp Mr. Robert Gaffney Mr. and Mrs. Harold Commons The Michael and Patricia Scully Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy Jennifer and Larry Garfield Mr. Walt Crimm and Ms. Deenah Foundation Ann and Frank Reed Mr. and Mrs. David L. Glickstein Loeb Commodity Foil & Paper, Inc. Drs. Maryalice Cheney and Mr. Gregory E. Dean and Philadelphia Trail Club Donors of $2,500 to $4,999 Scott Goldman Ms. Maria C. Gonzales Michael and Sally Bailin Chestnut Hill Community Heidi Grunwald* Mr. Andre Dhondt Charitable Fund Association Valerie A. Arkoosh and Mr. L. Stuart Ditzen and Cake The Hovey Foundation Jeffrey T. Harbison* Ms. Denise Cowie Urban Athlete LLC Whole Foods Market David Haas and Lise Yasui Mr. Greg J. Driscoll Ms. Sara Allen Carla and Jack Cook Bettina Hoerlin* and Gino Segre Mr. and Mrs. Graham Finney Mr. and Ms. John Baladante Ms. Lisa Gemmill Mr. and Mrs.* Hugh McB. Mr. and Mrs. W. Roderick Gagne Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bamberger Mr. and Mrs. John C. Haas Johnston Ms. Elizabeth Haimes Mr. Richard Berk and Ms. Susan Penny Harris Mr. Kenneth Kopple Ms. Sheryl Hess Sorenson Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lee Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Korman Mr. and Mrs. James Hill Mr. William Bernstein Mr. Henry McNeil Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kurtz Mr. Stefan Keller Mr. James A. Black Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Montgomery Sarah and Ted Lodge Ann and Jack Kelly Mr. and Mrs. John Bonder Carol Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Jerome F. Lombard Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alec Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Brad Bono Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lukens Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kriger Mr. Marc Bransky Mr. and Mrs. John D. Maine Jr.  Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Maguire Ms. Ann Breen 19 20 Mr. Harry Cerino and Gifts in Memory and Honor Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Kenna Ms. Maga Perla Ms. Jan Albaum Kathleen Muller and Sue Houck Ms. Kathleen Peters Mr. George W. Cooper In Honor of Cindy Affleck Clayton, Bob and Wesley Legg & Ms. Linda Pfeifer Ms. Beverly Coulson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Foulke Harriet Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. James Rantanen Ms. Sue Davis Mr. Peter J. Regna Mr. Glenn Fala In Memory of Ralph Allen In Memory of Joseph Levitt Ms. S. M. Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Christian Gagliardi Sara Allen Dr. Samuel Levitt Remington & Vernick Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ginty Engineers Inc. Ms. Shirley Gracie In Honor of Neil Beresin In Honor of Lucine and Richard Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Schenkel Ms. Sallyanne Harper Ms. Beryl Goldman Ms. Kate Shapero Mr. and Mrs. Gary Schenkel Mr. and Mrs.W. Henry Harrison Annette, Walt Schenkel and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hayne In Honor of Joy Bergey In Memory of Bethann McLaughlin Family Mr. Stephen Heimann and Springfield Township EAC Cindy and John Affleck Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Schlesinger Ms. Monika Hemmers Dr. and Mrs. Michael Attanasio Sharon and William Schwarze Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Herman In Memory of Stevens Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barrist Mr. and Mrs. John Shea Ms. Anne S. Hochberg Barbara Claxton Anne and Dick Boenning Mr. David N. Singer Ms. Barbara Hoekje and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Commons Mr. and Mrs. John Bonder Ms. Ellen Sisle Mr. Terry List Claire and Warren Huff Mr. and Mrs. Brad Bono Mr. and Mrs. James Snodgrass Mr. Paul Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Lance Laver Mrs. Susan Boody-Hess Hilary and Gerald Stahlecker Mr. and Mrs. William Learnard Helen and Massie Pacchione Borough of Tavistock Mary Ann and Robert Stapleton Mr. Bruce Leauby Debra Pease Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tanfield Mr. and Mrs. Greg Mandel Bowditch Pam and Michael Thistle Dr. Gordon C. Manin, MD and In Honor of Nick Bucci Bowman & Company LLP Mr. William Thompson Ms. Margot Waitz Matt Moxey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jill and Joe Valecce Ms. Stacey Merkin and Calter-McGonagle Mr. and Mrs. Chad Van Diver Mr. Richard Eden In Memory of Mike V. Dawes Mr. David K. Cerilli Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vanett Mr. Norman H. Morrison Beck Wentz Mr. and Mrs. Putnam Coes Mr. and Mrs. Larry Waetzman Mr. Jim Morrison Commodity Foil & Paper, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whitcraft Ms. Elise W. Murray In Memory of Helen F. Delafield Mr. and Mrs. J. William Cornell Mr. Coke Williams Ms. Anne O’Donnell Mrs. Philip A. Bregy Ms. Jane Darrow Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams Mr. Peter C. Page Mrs. Annette Congdon Mr. Walter Deane Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson Mr. Joseph C. Paulits Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Connor Ms. Elizabeth Ann Fish Ms. Laura L. Peck Ms. Phoebe Davis Fort Washington Day Camp In Memory of Benjamin Needle Dr. Claudia G. Phillips* Traudi, Tyler and Sheldon Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Ms. Stefanie Arck Ms. Susanna Ribault Gertstenfeld Fournaris Mr. Jon A. Rossman Ms. Linette Good Ms. Deanna Frost In Honor of Emilie Nichols Ms. Harriet Rubenstein Mr. Charles Mather III Wendy and Bill Gaunt Ms. Erika Wallace Ms. M. Teresa Sarmina Mr. and Mrs. Victor C. Mather, 2nd Ms. Susan Ann Gillies Mr. and Mrs. Alex Seldin Mrs. Gainor I. Miller Goldman, Sachs & Co. In Memory of Simone Paige Antoinette Farrar Seymour Mrs. Stephen Pearson Matching Gift Program Mr. Gregory Alexander Mr. and Mrs. John Shea Ms. Anna Coxe Toogood Mr. and Mrs. George Gowen Mr. Bob Shore Ms. Phyllis Williams Daryle and Jim Hanlon In Memory of Anne Rivinus Mr. Noah Shusterman The Heinsdorf Family Cindy and John Affleck Ms. Catherine Simile In Honor of James A. Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoe Ms. Mary L. Barlow Mr. Joel Slackman Ms. Sally Dwyer-McNulty Ms. Carmen Houston Mr. Perry Benson Ms. Susan Smith Mr. Samuel P. Howe III and Mr. James A. Black Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Stevens In Memory of Rick Fine Ms. Dodi Fordham Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. Mr. Edward W. Tawyea Mr. Gregory Alexander Cristina Hug Bowditch Ms. Sandra Wadsworth G. Bomearo Carr Mr. Paul Jacobs Ms. Priscilla Bradshaw Ms. Anastasia Mary Walsh Mrs. Karen Chang Mr. and Mrs. Craig Johnson Mrs. Philip A. Bregy Ms. Marilyn Watkins Ms. Martha Farah Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McB. Johnston George Washington Carver Ms. Wendy Willard Gross McCleaf Gallery Lori Kaso High School of Engineering Mr. Joseph Wilson Mr. Paul Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Kilfeather and Science Mr. and Ms. Tom Witt Dr. Douglass Massey Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lappe Ms. Ellen Contrevo Mr. Wolfgang Moehler Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lawrence Ms. Gwen T. Dawson Linda and Dennis Mullen Elaine, John and Bill Levins Mr. and Mrs. Roger Devries Vesta and John Phiel Mr. Thomas Lewis Ms. Joanne Dhody Al and Peggy Richardson Locust Capital Management LLC. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Dilks Ms. Emily Richardson Mary, Michael and Zheu Mabry Ms. Suzanne Dure Ann and Andy Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacMahon Mr. and Mrs. Robert John Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. May Ms. Shirley Gracie In Honor of Brianna Gasper Mrs. Angela McDonough Mr. Nathanael B. Groton, Jr. Ms. Megan Patterson Mr. and Mrs. George McNelis Ms. Paulette D. Henry Mr. Rohit Mehrotra Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McB. Johnston In Honor of Megan and Mr. John Meigs, Esq. and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kellogg Andrew Glendinning Ms. Carolyn Adams Mr. and Mrs. Alec Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Schwartz Mr. John Michels Christine Kindler Mr. Michael Miller Peshe and Peter Kuriloff In Memory of Melissa Goodman’s Ms. Eileen M. Newcomb Ms. Kim Leach dog, Buzz Mr. and Mrs. Dave O’Brien Ms. Eva-Maria Lombard Ms. Heidi Shusterman Mr. and Mrs. Richard O’Brien Ms. Bernadette Manning Ms. Susan Marie Otto Mr. and Mrs. Victor C. Mather, 2nd In Memory of Charlotte Haslam Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peck Mr. John Meigs, Esq. and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brauning Mr. and Mrs. Haven Pell Ms. Carolyn Adams Whispers Along the Wissahickon Mr. Peter C. Page Mr. Larry Goldfarb and Sponsored by With additional support by Ms. Gerda Paumgarten Bredenbeck’s Bakery and Ms. Sheila Purcell Ice Cream Parlor The Radbills Brewer’s Outlet Ratke Miller Hagner & Company Bryn Mawr Running Co. Ms. Joyce Rettew Christine and Michael Bamberger Ms. Susanna Ribault And Chestnut Hill Sports Mr. Willis Rivinus Erdenheim Bicycle Center Mrs. Anna Roberts Louise and Hugh McB. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Sheppard Cindy Heckscher Mrs. Ella Torrey Liz and Philip Pearson Kathleen and Frank Torrisi Giuseppe’s Pizza Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wagner Ian Campbell Photography Mr. and Ms. Arthur Weekes Lemons and Limes Ms. Barbara A. Whitaker Morris Arboretum Palladio Custom Frames In Memory of F. M. Rivinus Quelque Chose Mr. Peter C. Page REI The Torrisi Family Carol Tyler In Memory of Stanley Sapon Wine Thief Nina Gordon and Lou Walinsky

In Honor of Lenore Steiner Mr. Andy Steiner

In Memory of Robert Taglialatela Ms. May Duszak USS Le Jeune Veterans Association Ms. Rosemary Heston Ms. Barbara McBride Mr. Jimmie Lou Ranson

In Memory of Those Whose Spirit Walks This Place Mr. Mike Cliggett

In Honor of Alice Reich Spingarn Patrice, Dorothy and Ben Spingarn

In Memory of Marilyn Vencius Ms. Kathleen Bachus Ms. Beatrice Blasdel Denise and Phil Chapline Ms. Robbie Eisenman Mr. and Mrs. Bob Elfant Ms. Patricia Feuerstein Karen and Richard Latuchie Daniel Rouse and Carol Sudtelgte Todd Sagin and Wendy Blutstein Mr. John A. Vencius

In Honor of Sigrid W. Weltge Photo Contest Gifts In-Kind Mr. and Mrs. Richard Berman Sponsors High Point Café In Honor of Katherine Wilde T&F Farmers’ Pride Market Mr. Paul M. Schmidt XL Insurance REI Conshohocken In Honor of Carolyn Wright Caleb Shapiro of Mt. Airy Ms. Sharon Wright at FOW’s Ice Cream Social

* Current members of the Board of Directors ♦Current members of the Society of Generous Friends. The Society of Generous Friends are contributors of single gifts of $1,000 or more. These major gifts are unrestricted and support the mission of the Friends of the Wissahickon.

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