Season Sponsors, Literary Circle, Patrons & Donors
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Thank you to our 31st Season Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
The Slutzker Family Foundation
Elite Sponsor
Michael & Jacki Goldberg
Legend Sponsors
Advance Media New York
Allyn Family Foundation
Bottar Law, PLLC
Constance Bull
Cumulus Media
McDonald Foundation
National Grid
Upstate Medical University
Classics Sponsors
Cygnus Management Foundation, Inc.
Marriott Syracuse Downtown
Stickley, Audi & Co.
Visual Technologies
Wegmans
Novella Sponsors
Edward & Angela Bernat
Carrie Berse
Media Sponsors
Cumulus Radio Station Group, a Division of Cumulus Media
WAER 88.3
WRVO Public Media
31st Season Literary Circle Subscribers
Angela Bernat
Nancy Caple
Beth Drew
Edward & Lena Kochian
Roxanne & Richard Kopecky
Steve Kulick
Donna Mahar PhD
Ellen Runge
Margaret Van Patten
31st Season Patron Subscribers
As of Aug. 25, 2025
Ivette Cruz Barso
Ann Marie Bergold Janine Bernard Virginia Biesiada Nancy Bottar
Mary Beth & Jeff Bronk Jessica Cohen
Barb Connor & Doug Wood
Robin Curtis
Marlene Denney
Virginia Denny
William & Judith Dowling Betsy Elkins
Maximilian Eyle
Peggy Fabic
Anne B. Fairbanks
Janet Fine
Juliet & Keith Giglio
Jacki Goldberg
Baird & Sarah Hansen
Ruth Hart
Marcia Hayden-Horan & Philip Horan
Brian Hoke
Sarah Holbrook
Barbara Karas
Tammy Kiesa
George Kilpatrick
Cynthia Kirby
Nicole Kolinski
Jennifer Lamphere
Renée Levy
James MacKillop
Dawn Marmor
Joseph Marusa
Heather Mautz
Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe
Christine Measell
Suzette Meléndez
Jennifer & Todd Milligan
Deborah Moore
Terry Morris
Martha Mulroy
Patricia Numann
Cynthia O’Connor
Eileen Ponto
Ann Rothschild
Erica Rube
Peter Sarver
Anita Schmidt-Kyanka
Tom Schwarz
Lisa Sellin
Nicole Shue
Steven Sisskind
Heather Smith
Anne Spitzer
Jill & Ron Stratton
Sharon Sullivan
Karen Uplinger
Chris Van Patten
Elana Van Patten
Kathy Van Patten
William Van Patten
Laurie Walker
Elaine Walter
Jennifer Weekes-Osada
Lucia Whisenand
Linda Zimmerman
Monthly Donors
Janet Chemotti
Rebecca Greenblatt
Susan Hansen
Corliss Kaiser
Anna O’Neil
Megan Russo
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2024-2025 DONORS
In addition to FOCL’s sponsors, advertisers, and subscribers, we thank these thoughtful donors for gifts received July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
$20,000
Anonymous
$10,000-$15,000
Howard & Grayce Bendixen Memorial Trust
$2,500 – $5,000
Anonymous
Natalie Kirchner
Richard Mather Fund
J.M. McDonald Foundation
$1,000 – $2,499
Nancy Bottar
Marlene Denney
Marcia Hayden-Horan
Suzanne McAullife
Martha Mulroy
Cynthia O’Connor
$500 – $999
Dewittshire Book Club
Beth Drew
Sam and Erika Edelstein
Brian Hoke
Renée Levy
Paul Miller
Karen Uplinger
$100 – $499
Carol Biesemeyer
Ginny Biesiada
Nicki Bisson
Marilyn Bittner
Bernie and Ona Cohn Bregman
Joan Brooks
Barbara Byron
Nancy Caple
Donna Coloton
Elizabeth CowanRaj, Maura, Fiona, and Iain Dosanjh — in honor of
Kiren Zucker
Dave and Gwen Eichorn — in memory of Robert C. Knox
Mark Feldman and Chris Riley
John Friedman
Robert Gilka
Ellen Golden
Vicki and Roger Greenberg
Bonnie and Gary Grossman
C. Beth Hansen
Ruth Hart
Wanda Irish
$100 – $499 continued
George Kilpatrick
Andrea J. Kimball
Steve Kulick
Janet Mallan
Linda Mulvey
Jane Ondich
Lleni Pach
Amanda Perrine
Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan
Peter Sarver
Mary Seifritz
Elizabeth Shanley
Sharon Sullivan
Kristin Swift
Caitlin Toomey
Elana Van Patten
Robert Wagner
Elaine Walter
Jennifer Weekes-Osada
Barbara Weller
Yeager- McLean Fund
Linda Zimmerman
Up to $99
James Aiello
Mary Roberts Bailey
Judy Benedict
Debra Buchan
Deborah Carey
Kevin Crowston
Danielle Cummings
Susan Currie — in honor of
Ed Kochian
Bertram Devorsetz — in
memory of Charlotte
Devorsetz
Andrew Eastham
Rona Edlund
John Forrester — in honor of
Mark and Sue Forrester
Jill and Lenny Fromer — in
honor of Ginny Biesiada O’Neill
Andrea Fusco
Up to $99
Juliet Giglio
Kim Gilberti
Sam Gruber
Patricia Haggerty
Baird Hansen
Katherine Haswell
Michela Hugo
Clea Hupp
Robin Justian
Edward and Lena Kochian
Lauren Kochian
Nicole Kolinski
Susan Kowalski
April and Gary Lazarus Jennifer Litwak — in honor of
Ruth E. Harrold
Angana Mahapatra
Noreen Mallabar
David Manfredi
Nancy Manti
Cheryl Maxian
Christine Measell
Jackie and Peter Michel
Maureen Miller
Jane Mistur
Eileen Nealon
Mary Panek
Marian Phin
Marilyn Pinsky
Maria Randazzo
Nancy Rein
Louise Schaefer
Sharon Sherman
Heather Smith
Susan Stukus
Sarah Thacker — in honor of Kate Haswell
Mary Lou Thomasmeyer
Kathy Van Patten
Laurie Walker
Diane Webb
Ginny and Bob Welcher
Susan Wright