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Your name will be recognized in a list of donors. At the end of every month, your name will be placed in the club that recognizes your gift. The club list will be accumulative. That means if you give consistently, either monthly or annually, your name will be moved up to the next level of donor club. We will continue recognizing donors till we reach our milestone $1,000,000 endowment goal. This gives us the opportunity to acknowledge every donation that you make throughout the years.

Club descriptions:

H.E.R.O. Club

Initially called Hatrak Survival Program (HSP); later changed to Hatrak Experimental and Self-Reliance Outdoor program

Names of campers’ cabins: Share-Honesty-Attitude-Respect-Example

Swan Lake Lodge Club

Beloved property owned by co-founders Turk & Padden and operated as the YLC from 1970 to 1989 in Pengilly, Minnesota

Pine Lake Lodge Club

The site of the first Youth Leadership Camp in 1969, located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Leadership & Discovery Club

Morning and afternoon programs promoting leadership, solidarity, and alliance among deaf people

Candlelight Club

One of the highlights of the entire YLC program after banquet and before departing

Daily Drum Club

YLC’s daily newsletter

Fireside Club

YLC’s evening program where guest speakers come to speak before campers

Camp Bowl Club

One of the fun competitive activities

Club descriptions:

HERO Club

Initially called Hatrak Survival Program (HSP); later changed to Hatrak Experimental and Self-Reliance Outdoor program

Names of campers’ cabins: Share-Honesty-Attitude-Respect-Example

Swan Lake Lodge Club

Beloved property owned by co-founders Turk & Padden and operated as the YLC from 1970 to 1989 in Pengilly, Minnesota

Pine Lake Lodge Club

The site of the first Youth Leadership Camp in 1969, located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Leadership & Discovery Club

Morning and afternoon programs promoting leadership, solidarity, and alliance among deaf people

Candlelight Club

One of the highlights of the entire YLC program after banquet and before departing

Daily Drum Club

YLC’s daily newsletter

Fireside Club

YLC’s evening program where guest speakers come to speak before camper

Camp Bowl Club

One of the fun competitive activities

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Donors By Year

Leadership & Discovery Club ($1,000 to $2,499)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Padden, Carol and her family	$2,259	$2,000					$259
Hocker, Paul and Susan	$2,015	$50	$300	$300	$300	$300	$250	$515
Flannery, Ann	$2,000							$2,000
Moore, Matthew S.	$2,000	$1,000	$1,000
Harbison, Kathryn and Tom	$1,915	$90	$50	$775	$500	$500
Mowl, Mary Arrington and Harold	$1,907	$500	$258	$308	$25	$558	$259
Pohl-Markowitz, Therese and Markowitz, Dave	$1,895	$50	$50	$725	$375	$400	$95	$200
Benedict, Holly	$1,641				$1,211		$187	$244
Schmitt, Helena	$1,405	$100	$1,030	$100	$100		$25	$50
Caddy, Alex	$1,385	$25	$145	$315	$290	$390	$140	$80
Wood, Sylvia J.	$1,262	$180	$103	$310		$203	$104	$362
Coryell, Judith	$1,259	$1,000						$259
Craft, Daphne	$1,234	$600	$103	$104			$104	$324
Mather, Susan	$1,145	$1,000						$145
Derosier, Shirley	$1,100	$1,000			$100
Derosier, Walter	$1,100	$1,000			$100
Montiz, Jay	$1,100	$1,100
Corson, Dr. Harvey & Mary Ann	$1,000	$1,000
Norman, Jane (deceased)	$1,000	$1,000

Candlelight Club ($500 to $999)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Reynolds, Alyce Slater	$893	$120	$125	$125	$125	$125	$272
Baer, Michael "Mike"	$876	$50		$251	$300	$275
Bravin, Jeffrey S	$851	$100	$125	$150	$175	$125	$104	$73
Ewan, Darlene	$847						$104	$744
Bowman, Billy	$792			$125		$150	$259	$259
Scott, Dennise	$791			$203	$100		$104	$384
Jacobs, Lisa	$756	$25	$125		$175		$259	$173
Hostetler, Scott	$750						$750
Sutcliffe, Glen	$741							$741
Rydstrom, Rebecca	$703					$175	$264	$265
Bienvenu, MJ	$681	$100			$97	$72		$411
Sonnenstrahl, Sam and Marjorie	$678	$500		$26	$100		$52
Olsen, Elissa (deceased)	$605	$90	$515
Searls, Susan C.	$600	$250				$100		$250
Duhon, Sherry	$547			$103	$52	$50	$98	$244
Farquhar, Hugh	$525	$125	$125	$25	$175	$75
Summers, Stephanie and Mark	$522		$193				$155	$174
Hartman, Tammy	$520			$20	$500
Mayberry, Rachel	$517							$517
Warshaw, Farley	$502			$75	$50	$100		$277
Kessler, Barry	$500	$500

Daily Drum Club ($250 to $499)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Voreck, Denny	$495							$495
Armato, Thomas and Dianne	$484	$180		$200			$104
Ewan, Bonita	$460	$50	$75	$78		$50	$104	$104
Peacock, Leonard J.	$450	$100		$225		$50	$50	$25
Sheehey, Brian	$450			$50	$50	$350
Braun, Peggy L.	$445	$25	$25	$125	$75	$75		$120
Russell, Karen Brickett	$440	$400						$40
Cundy, Linda	$428		$358					$70
Graham, Michelle	$424	$250						$174
Wehr, Ryan	$414						$414
Johnson, Rae	$411		$103	$52		$100	$156
Gannon, Jack (deceased) and Roslyn	$400	$150	$50	$75	$100	$25
Pedersen, Jim	$400	$75	$75	$75	$50	$125
Smith, Stan	$400			$50	$225	$125
Slappey, Polly	$391			$130	$208	$52
Baker, Roxanne	$383							$383
Jacobs, Richard	$366	$88	$177	$50			$52
Ammons, Donalda	$362			$103	$52		$104	$104
Leighton, Jr., Edwin S.	$357						$104	$254
Breindel, Tina	$350			$350
Stoltz, Linda	$348	$145	$50	$101				$52
Golightly, Jane B.	$347							$347
Averett, Karen Sheffer	$343		$203					$140
Baldridge, Kitty	$329							$329
Johnson, Daryl	$325				$125	$200
Willams, Joanne	$325	$300	$25
Santini, Joseph	$311							$311
Desrosier, Tom	$300	$100	$100	$75		$25
Turk, Jr., Frank	$300	$300
McMahon, June	$280	$125		$52	$51		$52
Kuglistch, Patty	$277		$75	$50			$100	$52
Ammons, Paula Jean	$275	$250		$25
Costello, Patrick	$275	$100	$100	$50		$25
Reifel, Ann	$270	$100						$170
Cassin, Barbara	$258			$258
Sampson, Matthew	$257		$65	$52				$140
Binning, David	$255			$102	$153
Wright, Leonard	$254	$50						$204
Carter, Jr., S. Melvin	$250							$250
Clanton, Dee	$250			$150	$75	$25
Shook, Nancy	$250	$250

Fireside Club ($100 to $249)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Gunn, Karla and Klan, Matthew	$248		$75	$75			$98
Reis, Buffy and Julie	$225					$225
Stone, Jill	$207		$155				$53
Sattergren, Suzanne	$206			$206
Blicharz, Paul M	$204			$100				104
Kuschmider, Arlene	$204	$100						104
Seiler, Pete	$204	$100					$104
McNally, Lawson	202						98	104
Lewis, Robert	$202			$103			$98
Cassell, Jack	$200	$50				$150
Copeland, David (deceased) and Karen	$200	$150		$25		$25
Corbett, MaryAnn	$200		$75	$25	$100
Lee, Joy Ann and Milton	$200			$175		$25
Reekers, David	$200		$200
Sampson, Jean	$200				$200
Corderoy du Tiers, Fanny Yeh	$190	$190
Yeh, Mary	$190	$90				$100
Miranda, John	$187		$31	$52			$104
Cordano, Roberta	$180	$180
Duve, Gene	$180		$180
Cox, Daphne E	$176							$176
DeVito, Jr., Rocco	$175		$100		$30
Weiner, Fred	$175					$175
Grossinger, Malcolm	$173	$100						$73
Ilkbasaran, Deniz	$173	$100						$73
Feldman, Shane	$170							$170
Ammons, Sandra	$169		$75			$26	$21	$47
Claussen, Maryrose	$150	$150
Gough, Judy & Lentz, Ella	$150					$150
Pochop, Susan	$150	$150
Waala, Todd	$150	$75	$75
Pipalia, Kavita	$145							$145
Solomon, Caroline	$145							$145
Bowman, Patricia D	$140							$140
Elliott, Deborah	$140							$140
Maxwell, Janet	$140							$140
Naumann, Jill	$140							$140
Utley, Pearlene	$140							$140
Willicheva, Sorley	$140							$140
Sarnouski, Darlene	$130			$26			$26	$78
Brown, Bernie	$125	$25		$25	$25	$50
Dramin, Marion	$125			$125
Johnston, Paul	$125	$100	$25
Mankowski, Joel	$125			$125
Mears, Ronald	$125	$25		$100
Meotti, Ron	$125			$100	$25
Obermiller, Joe	$125	$125
Padden, Don (deceased)	$125	$125
Paul, Bob	$125	$75				$50
Singleton, Julian and Bernice	$115	$90	$25
Amann, Nancy Hlibok	$110	$50				$60
Breiter, Jane	$104							$104
Pelletier, Richard	$104							$104
Spiecker, Barbara	$104							$104
Laine, Heather	$104						$104
Maucere, Lauren and John	$104						$104
Miranda, John	$104						$104
Willigan, Barbara	$104						$104
Tress, Brenda L.	$103				$103
Wilson, Patti	$103				$103
Anderson, Denise M.	$103					$103
Anderson, Mike	$101				$100	$1
Busenbark, Jackson	$100	$100
Claussen, Leo	$100				$50	$50
Davila, Robert R.	$100	$100
Ellis, Claire and Robert	$100					$100
Epps, Ernie	$100	$100
Furesth, Matt	$100	$100
Hallada, Carol and Vaughn	$100			$100
Hayes, Anna	$100		$100
Hebert, Joanna	$100	$100
Heidemeyer, Daniel	$100	$100
Hernandez, Maria (YLC '87)	$100		$100
Hlibok, Albert J. and Peggy	$100							$100
Hoy, Robert	$100	$100
Josselyn, Joseph	$100						$100
Maucere, Paul	$100	$75	$25
Morton, Diane	$100		$100
Olsen, Gary W.	$100	$100
Peters, Bruce	$100	$25	$25		$25	$25
Petersen, Lawrence L.	$100				$100
Sampson, Deborah	$100							$100
Thibodeaux, Letha	$100	$100
Whittle, Jr., Sam D.	$100						$100
Zmijewski, Glenda	$100						$100

Camp Bowl Club (Up to $99)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Bloch, Nancy	$99						$99
Frishberg, Nancy	$98						$98
Scoggins, Bobbie	$98						$98
Scribner-Mnich, Martha	$97	$45					$52
Padden, Bobby and Melinda	$95						$95
Puthoff, Larry	$95						$95
Beckman, Joshua	$90	$90
Bonheyo, Chanel	$90	$90
Doremus, Marianna T.	$90	$90
Dunn, Lindsay	$90	$90
Gormley, Joan (deceased)	$90	$90
Holmes, Tanya	$90	$90
Skjeveland, Deb	$90	$90
Skjeveland, James	$90	$90
Ambrose, Rene	$80			$30		$50
Sawyee, Ronco	$80							$80
Hlibok, Gregory	$78							$78
Angoorani, Kaveh	$75		$75
Baldwin, Celia May	$75				$75
Bronk, Alisha	$75		$50			$25
DeVito, Ricco	$75			$50		$25
Emmons, Eric	$75		$25	$50
Hurlbut, Chip	$75		$75
Hynes, Jim (deceased)	$75	$25		$50
Kaleta, John	$75	$25	$50
Kendziorski, Scott	$75		$50	$25
Moers, Rex	$75					$75
Monila, Lissette	$75		$50	$25
Carter, Samuel M.	$74							$74
Lewis, Jeffrey	$73							$73
Bourne-Firl, Bridgetta	$73							$73
Holte, Diane	$73							$73
Hanyzewski, Carla	$73							$73
Hlibok, Tawny	$73							$73
Thomas, Jennifer L	$73							$73
Youens-Un, Sheri	$73							$73
Coppola, Marie	$70							$70
Farnady, Lucinda and Mike	$70							$70
Giordano, Claudia	$70							$70
Roth, Ellen	$70							$70
Singleton, Suzy Rosen	$70							$70
Visscher, Stephanie	$70							$70
Farney, Lucinda	$65				$25		$40
Morford-Shalin, Marcy Jo	$60			$10		$50
Brual, Hector (deceased)	$54			$52	$2
Bailes, Cynthia Neese	$53							$53
Walla, Albert A	$53							$53
Trusock, Lucy	$52							$52
Ballinger, Lloyd	$52						$52
Bienvenu, Juliette	$52							$52
LaBruno, Kayla	$52						$52
Aron, Brenda	$52						$52
Decker, Leslie	$52						$52
Doane, Keith	$52						$52
Gonzales, Lisa	$52						$52
Hayes, Sharon	$52						$52
Johnston, Edna	$52						$52
Nichols, Jerome W.	$52						$52
Sonnenstrahl, Ethan	$52						$52
Petrie, Terrance	$52					$52
Behm, Jeanne	$52			$52
Pryntz, Diana	$52			$52
Bloom, Henry	$50					$50
Burchartdt, Lisa Perry	$50					$50
DeLong, Sandy	$50	$50
Herberger, George	$50	$50
Herbold, Ron	$50	$50
Hodge-Wilson, Joan	$50		$50
Hurwitz, Alan	$50		$50
Kessler, Katharine	$50	$50
Lepic, Ryan	$50	$50
Martin, Charles	$50					$50
Maynard, Therese	$50					$50
Miller, Margery	$50		$50
Moers, Betty Lou	$50		$50
Moore, Arthur	$50	$50
Reinwand, Martha Maurine	$50							$50
Reis, Julie	$50					$50
Rollett, Billy	$50				$25	$25
Schooley, Trina	$50	$50
Siudzinski, Joe	$50					$50
Sonnenstrahl, Al	$50			$25		$25
Strom, Ann Marie	$50			$50
Tucker, James	$50				$50
Verhoef, Tessa	$50	$50
Long, David D.	$45	$45
Hirsch, Carol	$44							$44
Karpas, Donna	$40			$40
Kober, Thomas and Lori	$40						$40
Meehan, Bob	$30		$30
Reise, Ann	$30			$30
Arellano, Leticia	$26							$26
Champagne, Angeline	$26						$26
Shannon, Angela	$26						$26
Thorn, Charley	$26						$26
Sands, Laura	$26			$26
Tarantino, Tom	$26				$26
Anderson, Charlene	$25			$25
Buchanan, Bev	$25	$25
Burns, Justen	$25	$25
Casner, Denise (Soales)	$25	$25
Cucinotta, Jeff	$25				$25
Dapp, Tim	$25			$25
Demmon, Lisa	$25	$25
Ellis, Gayle and Douglas	$25			$25
Francini, Ray	$25					$25
Gentner, Kathleen & Quigley, Jacinda	$25					$25
Gerlis, Ira	$25					$25
Green, Len and Janice	$25	$25
Heller, Gregory	$25	$25
Hower, Lori	$25					$25
Kantor, Adrian	$25						$25
Koterwski, Mark and Angela	$25						$25
Massey, Michele	$25	$25
Miller, Marvin	$25					$25
Molina, Lissette	$25				$25
Perez, Letty & Nichols, Carrie	$25					$25
Riege, Walter	$25					$25
Soboleski, Richard	$25		$25
Soupuk, Ben	$25					$25
Staehle, Dave	$25					$25
Stelmach, Stacia	$25	$25
Taylor, Lori and John	$25					$25
Vieira, Joseph	$25		$25
Wernsing, Paul	$25	$25
Wilson, Sharon D.	$25		$25
Lee, Cathy	$21							$21
Becker, Amela	$21		$21
Gleicher, Nicole	$20	$20
Mitchell, Wendell and Janice	$20						$20
Scaletta, Suzi	$20			$20
Darnall, Jr., Linsay	$13	$13
Rowley, Amy	$13	$13
Ortega, Jennifer	$11						$11
Santos, Lydia	$11			$11
Macias, Felix	$10	$10
Grindrod, Amy	$5	$5

H.E.R.O. Club ($10,000 or more)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Claussen, Roger and Jude	$20,688	$2,925	$3,525	$4,172	$4,203	$5,104	$759	$600
Katz-Hernandez families	$15,190	$10,000						$5,140
Hatrak, Marla	$10,863	$1,140	$1,203	$1,491	$3,563	$1,781	$1,472	$213
Turk, Dr. Frank R. and Marlene	$10,525	$2,000	$1,425	$1,400	$3,375	$1,325	$1,000
Rarus, Timothy	$10,409	$1,490	$1,205	$1,130	$1,355	$2,025	$1,137	$2,066

S.H.A.R.E. Club ($7,500 or $9,999)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Conrad, Ray	$8,866	$1,230	$1,321	$1,314	$1,237	$1,132	$1,136	$1,496
Weiner, Stephen	$8,201	$1,250	$1,061	$1,114	$1,175	$1,075	$1,011	$1,514
Vincent, S. Kay	$8,191	$1,090	$1,044	$1,178	$1,096	$1,077	$1,101	$1,606

Swan Lake Lodge Club ($5,000 to $7,499)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Ryan, Kevin	$6,585		$207	$1,240	$1,415	$1,341	$1,243	$1,140
Catt, Yvonne Olsen	$6,532	$250	$515	$1,000	$1,258	$1,029	$1,127	$1,353
McMillan, Wilton	$6,160	$90	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$1,070
Finneran, Michael	$6,017	$1,000	$1,050	$68	$1,411	$1,008	$1,062	$418
Hlibok, Stephen	$5,963	$1,025	$1,030	$1,000	$1,150	$1,050		$707
Lytle, Linda	$5,000						$2,000	$3,000

Pine Lake Club ($2,500 or $4,999)	Cumulative Total	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Bravin, Philip and Judith	$4,998	$1,000	$25	$103	$1,500	$1,000	$500	$870
Sampson, Tory	$4,454		$773	$341	$1,407	$330	$310	$1,292
Sutcliffe, Ronald and Agnes	$4,290	$115	$25	$50	$25	$75	$4,000
Anonymous Donor	$4,060	$2,000	$2,060
Benedict, A. Dwight and Beth	$3,700	$1,090	$300	$1,000	$1,030			$280
Rosen, Roz and Herb	$3,609		100			$259	$750	$2,500
Binning, Gary	$2,575				$2,575
Daniels, Robert Dupree	$2,623			$2,500				$73

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$10,000 or more

$7,500 to $9,999

$5,000 to $7,499

$2,500 to $4,999

$1,000 to $2,499

$500 to $999

$250 to $499

$100 to $249

Up to $99

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