Season Sponsors, Literary Circle, Patrons & Donors
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Thank you to our 30th Season Sponsors
Anniversary Sponsors
Michael & Jacki Goldberg
Slutzker Family Foundation
Legend Sponsors
Advance Media New York
Bottar Law, PLLC
Upstate Medical University
Wegmans
Classics Sponsors
Community Foundation of CNY
Cygnus Management Foundation, Inc.
Marriott Syracuse Downtown
Stickley, Audi & Co.
Visual Technologies
Novella Sponsors
Edward & Angela Bernat
Connie Bull
Carrie Berse
Key Bank
LeMoyne College
Pastabilities
The Seneca Group at UBS Financial Services
Media Sponsors
Cumulus Radio Station Group, a Division of Cumulus Media
WAER 88.3
WRVO Public Media
30th Season Literary Circle Subscribers
Angela Bernat
Constance Bull
Nancy Caple
Peggy Fabic
Edward & Lena Kochian
Steve Kulick
Ellen Runge
Meg Van Patten
30th Season Patron Subscribers
Mary Ann & Gary Allen
Ann Marie Bergold
Janine Bernard
Carolyn Bernstein
Robin Browning Bolewski
Nancy Bottar
Bernie & Ona Cohn Bregman
Mary Beth & Jeff Bronk
Jessica Cohen
Elise Cominsky
Barb Connor & Doug Wood
Robin Curtis
Marlene Denney
William and Judith Dowling
Beth Drew
Haley Dubnoff
Betsy Elkins
Janet Fine
Juliet & Keith Giglio
Jacki Goldberg
Baird & Muffy Hansen
Ruth Hart
Marcia Hayden-Horan & Philip Horan
Katy Hedges
Brian Hoke
Sarah Holbrook
Tammy Kiesa
Andrea Kimball
George Kilpatrick
Cynthia Kirby
Anita Schmidt-Kyanka
Renee Levy
James MacKillop
Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe
Christine Measell
Suzette Melendez
Jennifer & Todd Milligan
Deborah Moore
Terry Morris
Martha Mulroy
Patricia Numann
Cynthia O’Connor
Anna O’Neil
Virginia Biesiada O’Neill
Jennifer Weekes-Osada
Eileen Ponto
Lauren Rosenstein
Peter Sarver
Kim Schellinger
Desiree Schepp
Tom Schwarz
Lisa Sellin
Steven Sisskind
Heather Smith
Anne Spitzer
Jill & Ron Stratton
Sarah Steinmann
Laurie Walker
Elaine Walter
Hansen Wegener
Lucia Whisenand
Elin Wiklund
Linda Zimmerman
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2024-2025 DONORS
In addition to FOCL’s sponsors, advertisers, and subscribers, we thank these thoughtful donors for gifts received August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024
$15,000
Anonymous
$5,000
Howard & Grayce Bendixen Trust
$1,000 – $2,500
Anonymous
Nancy Bottar
Angela Bernat
Marlene Denney
Jacki & Michael Goldberg
Baird & Muffy Hansen
Jonas/Epsilanty Fund
Richard Mather Fund
$500 – $999
Beth Drew
Renee Levy
Terry Morris
Cynthia O’Connor
Virginia Biesiada O’Neill
Gracia Sears
John & Catherine Shamlian
$100 – $499
Anonymous
Marina Artuso
Anne Bazydlo
Ann Marie Bergold
Carrie Berse- in honor of Angela Bernat and Connie Bull
Nancy Bottar- in honor of Angela Bernat
Joan & Paul Brooks
Donna Coloton
Elizabeth Cowan
Dane Dell
Rajit Dosanjh- in honor of Kiren Zucker-Happy Birthday
Peggy Fabic
Marion & Michael Fish
Christine Riley & Mark Feldman
Kim M. Gilberti
Robert Gilka
$100 – $499 (continued)
Vicki Greenberg- in memory of Roger Greenberg
Gary & Bonnie Grossman
C. Beth Hanson
Katherine Hedges
Brian Hoke
Leora Hoshall
Wanda Irish
George Kilpatrick Jr.
Andrea Kimball
Edward & Lena Kochian
Kara Krueger
Jennifer Litwick- in loving memory of Edward Harrold
Angana Mahapatra
Mr. & Mrs. McLean
Jane Ondich
Anna O’Neil
Lleni Pach
Eileen Ponto- in memory of Emily Ponto
Daniel & Kathryn Rabuzzi
Peter Sarver
Jon Selzer and Thelma Trotty-Selzer
Dr. Paul Phillips & Ms. Sharon Sullivan
Kristin Swift
Amy Thorna
Caitlin Toomey
Karen Uplinger
Robert Wagner
Elaine Walter
Lucia B. Whisenand
Renee Wiles
Linda Zimmerman
Up to $99
Mary Roberts Bailey
Barbara Carter
Janet Chemotti
Elizabeth Costello
Anne Crane
Claire Duffy
Andrew Eastham
Jill & Lenny Fromer- in honor of Ginny Biesiada O’Neill
Lee Gechas
Rebecca Greenblatt
Corliss Kaiser
Gwen Kay
Tammy Kiesa
Steven Kulick
Janice & David Liddell
Cheryl Maxian
Pete & Jackie Michel
Pam Monaco-in memory of Dorothy & Marshall Reisman
Nancy Monti
Priscilla Mulhern
Marilyn Pinsky
Karen Schroeder
Sharon Sherman
Heather Smith
Robert Synakowski
Diane Webb
Ashley Zullo- in honor of Kate Haswell-Happy Birthday