Gratitude
Dear Friends,
Tomorrow the Montana Nonprofit Association will celebrate Philanthropy Day by honoring outstanding organizations and individuals. Today and ever after, I am honoring the people listed here. In August I sent out a special appeal for donations to help us weather the storm of Covid-19. You folks listed here (as well as a couple who wanted to remain anonymous) stepped up to say "yes"! And because of all of you, we raised over $20,000 from that letter! Each week as the checks kept coming, I was awed by your generosity. And all the notes you wrote touched my heart. My thanks to each of you and all of you for your part in making sure a Missoula icon of peace remains strong into the future.
This coming Sunday we will close our very first online auction and again an amazing group of folks stepped up to donate meals, desserts, quilts, classes and so much more. Special thanks to the Good Food Store and First Security Bank for leading the way. And a growing list of participants is bidding away on items getting us about halfway to our goal. It’s fun to watch! But it is even more heartwarming to feel the support from our community. You all make me so proud to be a part of this organization and to be about the work of peace! Quoting William Shakespeare, “I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks”…Betsy
Doug Anderson and Mary Miester
Susan and John Anderson
Linda and Genevieve Andrus
Dennis Bangs
Bittinger Family
Bodenhamer Family
Claudia S Brown
Kim Brown and Jon Meredith
Karen and Rich Buley
Leslie Burgess and Serena Early
Bob Campbell
Walter Carollo
Flo Chessin
Nancy and Todd Cochran
Nancy Cooper and David Chrismon
Mary Ellen Cote
Theresa and Randy Cox
Pat and Tyler Cross
Beatrice Crystal
Steve Dagger
Philip Dague
Rusty Dague and Betsy Mulligan-Dague
KD Dickinson and Beth Youngblood
Gary Delp and Rebecca Douglas
Nora and William Drew
K. Jane Duncan
Liz Dye Family
Ken and Terry Egan
Julia Ellison
Thomi Ellsworth
Nancy and Ron Erickson
Suzie and Mark Estep
Sue Falsey and Brad Leonard
Catherine and Chris Filardi
Janet Finn
Genevieve and James Fix
Kate and Dick Fizell
Fox Halverson Family
Jill Zignego and John Gardner
John Garrity and Jean Thorstenson
Carmela and Richard Guza
Diane Haddon and Fred Allendorf
Suzanne and Hamp Hampton
Sandra Hanson-Koness and Michael Koness
Hardy Family
Susan Hay Patrick
Patrick Weasel Head
Nancy Heil and Martha Buser
Mary Lou Hermes
Dave and Patricia Herries
Barbara Hollenbaugh
Walter Honan
Imagine Nation Brewery
Ink Realty
Jana and Ron Jackson
Mike and Jo Jakupcak
Kay Marie Johnson
Anne R. Johnston
Carroll Jones
Christine E Jorgensen
Kate Kahan and Jennifer Kern
Connie Keogh
King Family
Gerhard and Gayle Knudsen
Thea Koehler
Ruth Koger
LaPorte Rial Family
Linda Lee and William Tanke
Sherry Lee
Nancy Leifer and Roger Strobel
Ole and Rusti Leivestad
Peter Lesica
Cynthia Mathews
Kim Maynard
Steve and Jan McArthur
Lorrie and Jim McKinny
Shirley McLaughlin
Sally and Scott McNall
Meng Dentistry
Barb Merrifield
Peggy and Paul Miller
Moffatt Family
Moody Family
Jane Morell-Hart and John Hart
Michelle and Satori Mori
Laura Morris
Ken and Sherry Morrison
Mount Club Reserve
Sarah Mulligan Family
Neff Family
Martha Newell and Mike Kadas
Erin Nuzzo
Ann Oberg
O'Brien Family
Mike Bennett and Evy O'Leary-Bennett
Julie Osborn and Scott Pankratz
Michael Painter
Jean and Eric Pfeiffer
Jeannette Williams and Walter Redfield
Kitte Robins
Heddi and Mike Sanders
Carol and Sue Schwartz
Semmelroth Family
Don and Marguerite Shattuck
Christine Sheff
Snetsniger Siegel Family
Z'eva Singer
Skousen Sherpa Family
Stan Skousen
Smith Family
John and Carolyn Snively
Daniel Spencer and Patrick Burke
Janice Springer
Janice Springer
Scott and Janet Sproull
Jana J. Staton and Roger Shuy
Sara Alice Steubs
Mary Svien
Thelen Family
Ginny Therriault
Unity of Missoula
Darrel and Elizabeth VanKoten
Kathy Vaughan and Alison Cobb
George Waring
Western Montana Returned Peace Corp Volunteers
Erin White
Kathi and Woody Wood
Wood Argo Family
Bev Young and Tom Javins
Jenny Zaso and William Hitchcock
