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March 20, 2024
Thank you 2023 Donors!

We cannot do this without you.

 

A huge thank you to all of our donors!

 

Leadership

$40,000 and up

 

City of Virginia Beach

Andrew and Barbara Fine

Bob and Janice Wells

 


Legacy

$20,000 – $39,999

 

State of North Carolina, Dept of Env Quality to Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuarine Program

Ann Farley

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 Norfolk Southern

 Virginia Outdoors Fund, CRTF

 


Sustaining

$10,000 – $19,999

 

David and Valerie Arias

Dennis and Elaine Deans

 First Landing Financial

John and Katherine Wynne

 


Supporting

$4,000 – $9,999

 

Mary Reid Barrow

Bay Island Yacht Club Fund at HRCF

Beck Roofing Corporation

Bowerbird Energy

Broad Bay Island Garden Club

Carrie S. Camp Foundation

                                                                                 Campbell Johnson & Earl Management Group

Cherrystone Aqua-Farms

Dominion Energy

David French

Global Giving

Steve and Sally Herbert

Brent and Chris James

Barbara Kocak

Ruth Martin

Cathy Maston

Runnymede Corporation

Chris Schellhammer

Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

Caroline Willcox

 


Pearl

$2,000 – $3,999

 

Beach Bully

Joan Brock

Cavalier Garden Club

Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club

CG2 Fund of the HRCF

Hap Chalmers

Charlotte Caplan and Michael Brubaker of the HRCF

Chesapeake Bay Distillery

Civic League of Pembroke Meadows and Shores

Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalists

Keith and Kim Curtis

Doc Taylor’s Restaurant

Jack Drescher

Jan Dillard and Cynthia Earhart

Johnny and Janet Ellis

Fathom Coffee

First Landing Seafood

Joanna Fowler

Barry and Patti Frankenfield

Lillie and Joe Gilbert

Great Outdoor Provision Co.

Dave Jester

Ingolf and Anne Kiland

James and Susan Lang

Harry and Dee Lester

McLeskey and Associates

MEB, Inc.

Michael Minter

Peyton and Leslie Neatrour

Sandra Nozzarella

Pender and Coward PC

Joe and Suzanne Prueher

Jim and Karen Sparks

The Meridian Group

Robert Waddell

Merry and Tom Watts

Richard and Barbara Wilson

 


Reef

$1,000 – $1,999

 

Dan Beck

Kitty Bosher

Bruce and Lilly Bradley

Alexander and Ellie Campbell

Craig and Gail Cope

Elizabethtown College Chaplain’s Office

Emerald Forest, Inc

Floyd E. Kellam Jr. Family Fund of the HRCF

Karen Forget

Steve Frazier

Bill Gambrell

GFWC Woman’s Club of Tidewater

Rakhee Goel

Regina Guazzo

Buzzy and Jo Ann Hofheimer

Anne Jett

George Kotarides

Marina Liacouras

Julie Liebler

John and Patricia Litz

 

Bill Wells and Susan Lyon

Tim and Renee McCarthy

James and Siobhan Miller

Alexandra Oglesby

John and Julia Parker

Susan Pender

Virginia Cochran and Hugh D. Ruesegger

Linda Runyon

Kay Shiflett

Jim and Joan Spore

Mike Steelman

David Stockwell

The Breeden Company

TowneBank

John and Nancy Watters

Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay

Audrey Williamson

Karen and Dave Worrall

WPL

John “Dubby” and Susan Wynne

 


Oyster

$500 – $999

 

Billy and Molly Almond

Barbara and Tom Briggum

Clay Camp

Chesapeake Bay Distillery

Mark and Ginny Costenbader

Timothy and Karen Crowley

James and Ellen Deppe

Doc Taylor’s Restaurant

Dough Boys Pizza

Juanita Felton

Mike and Blair Fine

Forrest Gallery

Friends of Anne Ferrell Tata

Cindy and Chris Gooch

Great Neck Meadows Garden Club

Frank and Gloria Gurdziel

Harvey Lindsay Real Estate

Larry Hester

Zeb and Beth Holt

Junior Virginia Beach Garden Club

Anne Kellam

Robert and Margaret Lloyd

Nancy Lowe

LouEllen McCarthy

Colin, Patt, and Oriana McKinnon

Donna Mildrew

Vincent and Patricia Olivieri

Robin Ray

Paul Schellhammer

Lynn and Peter Schultz

Smartmouth Brewing

Dixie Sommers

Tautog’s

Mike and Mary Taylor

John Waller

 


Terrapin

$200 – $499

 

James and Elizabeth Allen

Chris and Deborah Anuswith

Sara Atherholt

Keith Bangel

Tim and Paige Barrow

Laura Bayer

Chris and Terri Beale

David and Helen Bernd

Vince and Pamela Bowhers

Robert Bowman

Camm Boyd

Rich and Cindy Boylan

Three Brewing Company

Jill Broome

Ty and Penny Brown

Gale and Mike Bryant

Daniel and Ginny Burke

Mark and Gwen Bushnell

Cynthia and Dave Chapman

Robin Chapman

Becky Conner

Rebecca Connor

Cara Cotter

Lori Dabul

Sperry and Betsy Davis

Chantal Dejou

Barry Dorsk

Ron and Jan Eaton

Donna Edmondson

Lawrence and Charlotte Field

Mary Finlon

Joe Flanagan

Bill and Teri Fleming

Bill Ford

Chris Ford

Nick Ford

Catherine Fowler

Kelli Fox

Dudley and Connie Fulton

Doug and Patti Gilbert

Emily Jean Gilbert

Rosalind Gillett

Martha Glasser

Charlotte Graham-Clark

John and Gayle Greene

Mike Hall

Hal and Elizabeth Hamberg

Buck and Deb Henry

Patrick Herman

Susan and Rod Hersberger

Patricia Hoke

Betty Howes

Charlie and Ann Hurd

J and A Racing

Jay Stotlar

James Jeffrey

Gayle Johnson

Wendy Johnson

Calvin Jones

Maury and Rick Joy

Julia M. Runyan Foundation

Huib and Ankie Keizer

Tom Kennedy

Kroger

Raymond Kuhel

Helen Kuhns

Carol and Robert Laibstain

Gary and Patricia Leffke

Legends of the Fly Virginia Beach, INC.

Edward and Ruth Legum Family Fund of the HRCF

Dorothy Lester

Louis and Pru Ryan of the HRCF

Sylvia Luck

Reese Lukei

Lush Cosmetics

Lynnhaven Heritage Garden Club

Lynnhaven Parish Chapter NSDAR

Lynnhaven River Garden Club

Christopher Malgee

May Farm Garden Club of Kingston

Eve McGrory

Beth McOsker

Foundry Methodist

Lin and LouAnne Metzger

Walida Miller

Daryl Mitchell

Michael Moore

Erik and Stacey Moore

Denise and John Moorefield

John Neal

Gayle Nichols

Kathleen O’Connor

Renee Olander

Orvis

Deborah Otis

Constance Owen

Janet and Michael Pawlukiewicz

Whit Peace

Rebecca Purcell

Brian Quann

Matt Redford

Florence Reese

Brian Riley

Elizabeth and John Robinson

David Rudiger

Brian Sagedy

Bill and Linda Schafer

John and Ann Schmidt

Kurt and Deborah Schroeder

Susan and Neil Sipe

Peggy Skinner

Lawrence Steingold

Mary Jo O’Connor and Robert Steinhilber

Brooks and Darcel Stephan

Mark and Lucy Swingle

Jeffrey and Paulina Thompson

Ray and Marye Thompson

James R. Early and J. Garland Tillery

Townsend Family Foundation

Mark Valentine

William and Neola Waller

Jeffrey Waller

George Walsh

William and Sandra Warden

Charles Weigand

Allen and Susan Wilson

Klee Wilson

John and Mary Wolfe

Karen Wolff

Kimberlie Young

Dave and Joanne Young


Heron

$1 – $199

Ruth “Ann” Abrams-Hammett

Ann Ackiss

Ann Rawls Adams

David Albis

Leslie Allman

Elizabeth and Frederick Anderson

Nancy Andrews

Nick Anoia

Elaina Anthony

Gay Aridas

Greg Arnold

Theresa Augustin

Scott and Gaynelle Ayers

Lance Bailey

Elizabeth Balcar

Lee Bandy

Lizzie Bankowski

Barbara LaBelle Giving Fund

Michele Barnes

Barbara Barrow

Dawn Bass

Dawn Beale

Shari Beasley

Denise Becker

Holly Bennett

Jack Bryan and Betty Waring

Korolon Biggs

Maridy Birkhead

Rebecca Blauser

Emma Boston

Sue Bowser

David Campbell and Julia Bragdon

Don Bray

Elizabeth (Betsy) Brichter

Gail Bridges

Molly Brown

Nancy Brown

Dana Bryant

Rebecca and Clay Bryant

Susan and Ernest Buchanan

Don and Celia Calderon

Cathy Callahan

Patrick and Phyllis Callahan

Mike Callan

John Campbell

Amy Campbell

Carola Carlisle

John Carlock

Marianne Caro

Father Rene Castillo

Peggy Caverly

Carolyn Caywood

Carol Chewning

Kathy Christman

Karen Cifranick

Jo Ann Clarkson

Pat Coderre

Tim Cole

Jim Lowe and Susan Compton-Lowe

Carol Conaway

Christian and Jennifer Cool

Pete and Ann Costenbader

Nancy Craft

Ruth and Richard Crome

Theresa Crowder

Gael Daugherty

Robin Davis

Anna Davis

Ann Deel

Philip DelSignore

Dave and Betty Demko

John and Paula Demosthenes

Mary and Pod Denny

Dominique Denson

Ann DeTorres

Tim and Sharon Devlin

Joe Digeronimo

Carol Dobbins

Gio and Chrys Donatelli

Emily Dorrance

Charles Douglas, Jr

Elizabeth and Donald Downs

Bruce Doyle

Lisa Doyle

Marsha Dubbe

Doralece Dullaghan

James and Margueritte Durand

Gillian Durham

Annemarie Durkin

Paula Echols

Farrell Edwards

Kathy Edwards

Lynne Eklund

Sheila Eldridge

Dina EL-Kadi

Phyllis Elms

Ellen Endicott

Lester Fabiszewski

Robyn and Barry Farnsworth

Lauren Fendall

Rebecca Fenska

Ginger and Jim Ferris

Liz Figari

Patty Finein

Mark Fink

Helen Firetti

Matthew Firkus

Joanne Fish

Rosemary Flamman

Nancy Ford

Gina Foresta

Chris Forget

Thomas and Bev Fortenberry

Rita Frank

Steven and Nancy Freeman

Fred Freeman

Bee Friedlander

William and Crystal Fuller

Susan Gabrielson

Bruce and Ellen Gallup

Michelle Garcia

Michael and Michelle Gauthier

Phil Georgoulias

Patrick Gerbis

Deborah Gibbs

Terri Gorman

Nancy Gorry

Jean Hearst and Dan Graf

Ellen Graham

Scott Graham

Rachel Greenberg

Maria Gustafson

Michael Haag

Cathy Hall

Cara Hall

Pamela Hamacher

Rex and Lisa Hamaker

Karen Hamilton

Rosemary B Harker

Laine Harrington

Carol Hooker

Eric Hosek

Tom and Patricia Hostutler

Kathryn Hourigan

Laura Houston

Becky Hubiak

Bill and Claudia Hudgens

Shereen Hughes

Lawrence Hultgren

Julie Hurst

Jerry and Barb Imrich

Calvin Jackson

Edward Jacobs

James and Martha Jacobs

Laura Jacobson

Danetta Jankosky

Tim and Louise Jeffries

Ken and Doris Jobe

Jennifer Johnson

Bill and Susan Johnston

Jim and Anne Kane

Nicole Karlins

Kal and Joni Kassir

George and Elizabeth Keen

Mary Kelly

Joan Kennedy

Bernadette Kenney

Jan and Rex Kibler

Tim and Sara Kidd

Patricia Kimball

Kathy King

Eric and Kerry Kisa

Stacey Klemenc

Carol Korn-Smith

Jacob Krawitz

Jennifer Krup and Ralph Wallace

Kathrine Kuipers

Dorothy Landreth

Mary Lane

Karen and John Lasley

Dottie Laverdiere

Leslie Lawton

Alice Leggett

Tommy Leggett

Shannon and Ronnie Leonard

John LePine

Elizabeth Lett

Kate Lewis

Linda Lexier

 

Mary Lindstedt

Jesse Lipson

George Londeree

Ken and Jane Long

Harold Long

Mark and Roxanne Lottinville

Rick Lutz

Molly Mabe

William Mager

Ellis and Marti Malabad

May Mansbach

Denise Maples

Sandy Martin

Vince and Suzanne Mastracco

David and Anne May

Alfred McCall

Lisa McCullough

Kathryn McDonough

Bill and Beth McGloon

Mary McMurry

Tom and Lee McMurry

Susan McRee

Mel Melsheimer

Keith Menzer

Margaret and Kevin Merritt

Melodie and Tom Middlebrooks

David and Beth Miller

Merle Mills

Christene Mitchell

Helen and Earl Morris

Empsy Munden

Charles Neihart

Eileen Neill

Holly Nguyen

Michael and Diann Nickelsburg

Sharon and Ron Nieto

Lynnhaven NOW

Pedro and Deborah Nunez

William and Sharon Nusbaum

Bill Oberndorfer

Ocean Horizon Properties, LC

Carol Ormond

Anne Overman

Kathryn Peterson Lambert

Cheryl Petticrew

William and Aileen Petty

Pleasure House Oysters

Pledgeling Foundation

Isabel Pollard

Juan and Pamela Ponce

Richard Poole

Deborah and Brian Poole

Elizabeth Portner

Tom and Karen Prochilo

Patricia Quintin

Dave Rager

Davis and Elizabeth Reed

Edward Refearn

Margaret Reinhardt

Rebecca Reznak

Tom Rich

Jim and Linda Richards

Jakki and Jimmie Rightmeyer

Natasha and Zach Roberts

Susan Williams and Ronald Roe

Rod Rogge

Nancy Ronald

Gene and Sharon Ross

Sue and Bryceleigh Royster

Joel Rubin

Jean Ruffin

Charlie Russ

Debra Rutherford

Warren and Karen Sachs

Laura Salant

Thom and Pat Sare

Aida Schimmel

Allison Schoultz

Ann Schwarz-Miller

Lon Scofield

Carolyn and Bill Scullion

Laura Seawell

Mary Senn

Martha Shore

Signmasters

Cate Silberberg

Elaine Simpson

Jennifer Singer

Lawrence Smith

Zander Smith

David Smith

Sarah Snarr

Pixie Soliloquy

Southern Branch Nursery

Lauren Sparks

Jill Speasmaker

Nancy and Bob Speisser

John Spillane

Josie Sprague

James Spruance

St. Aiden’s Episcopal Church

St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church

St. Gregory the Great School

Steve and Kathleen Stasulis

Eric Steentofte

Wendi Steinberg

Steinhilber’s Restaurant

Mary Stephens

Michael and Dee Sterling

Ludwig and Ruth Sternlicht

Mitchell and Sarah Storar

Stephen and Lynda Strickler

Shelly Strout

Lily Sutch

Larry and Carolyn Sutton

Janis Sweeney

Kristen Swingle

Gary and Cheryl Swingle

Carol Sykes

Frankie and Billy Sykes

Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern and Levy, P.C.

Target c/o Simple Generosity

Jack and Linda Taylor

Thai Arroy

The Atlantic on Pacific

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

The Meridian Group

The Vandeventer Foundation

Bob and Pam Thornton

Thoroughgood Garden Club

Katherine Thrall

Three Notch’d

Doug Throp

Hugh Tierney

Phyllis Tilley

Stacia Tipton

Toni Tompkins

Christina Trapani

Fielding Tyler

Elizabeth Tyler

Bill and Jody Ullmann

Ronald Underwood

Jim and Mahala Vail

Gillian Valentine

Esther Vaughan

Sid and Wendy Vaughn

Stephanie Vay

Elizabeth Via

Betty and Jim Villers

Virginia Beach Friends Meeting

Virginia Beach Garden Club

Virginia Beach Genealogical Society

Virginia Beach Senior Resource Center

Virginia Conservation Network

Virginia Native Plant Society – SHR Chapter

Virginia Stage

Virginia Yacht Club

Richard Vizzier

Bill and Patty VonOhlen

Karen Waller

Catherine Walsh

David Warstler

John Wass

Peggy Watkins

Henry and Eleanor Watts

Chuck and Carol Weaver

Katie Webb

Vivian Webb

Mike and Martha Weirich

Barbara Weise

Terry Weller

Adele Whittaker

Richard and Helen Whittemore

Elizabeth Williams

Leroy and Cathy Williamson

Robert and Carol Wilson

Jessica Winters

Tanya Wisoker

Joan Wood

Wayne and Rita Woolwine

Christine Work

Thurman Worthington

Lisa Wrenn

Chas Wright

Hope Wright

Daniel and Suzi Wyckoff

Robert and Christina Wyman

Connie Zuidema

 


In Honor of

 

A.V. Kreger

All who work for a better world

Andrew Fine

Andrew Walter Benedict

Andy James

Ann VanDeventer

Anne Dolores Mallow

Arnold McKinnon

Barbara Galonsky

Barry and Nancy Clark

Bob and Janice Wells

Bob Atherholt

Charles (Chuck) Abbott

Chesopeian Colony Garden Club

Clay Harris

Daisy Miller DeCoudres

David and Harine Harris

Deborah Ford

Don Lowther

Don Runyon

Doris Grave, Groveland Farm

Elisabeth Lawton

Fielding Tyler

George Flamman

Georget C. Lyon

GFWC Woman’s Club of Tidewater

Grif McRee

Hap and Becky Chalmers

James Dobbins

Jane Brown

Jeanne Carlock

Jerry Kain

Joe and Lillie Gilbert

Joseph Rager

Joy Lyon

Karen Forget

Kingston Elementary Students

Layla and Parker Johnson

Leif and Logan Renwick

Lillie and Joe Gilbert

Lillie Gilbert

LRNow

Lynnhaven Colony Congregational Church

M. Thorton, III

Margaret and Douglas McLaughlin

Mary Reid Barrow

Mary Worthington

Molly Riley

Nancy Ford

NSDAR Lynnhaven Parish Chapter

Paul Doyle

Pete Costenbader

Pete Tempest

Rebecca K. Chalmers

Rick Kuhns

Robert and Richard Harris and Jackie Weiss

Rod Rogge

Russell E. Brubaker

Ryan M. Drescher

Shirley Slaughter

Stacey and Pete Salant

Suzanne O’Donnell

Tina Minter

Warner and Semmes Chapman

Wendy Bransom

William C. Newton (Bill)

William Earl Strole

 

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