“I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.”
–William Shakespeare

DONORS & FUNDERS
(December 2010 – July 2011)
The programs and services of Writers & Books would not be possible without the generosity of our donors, members and institutional funders. We are extremely grateful for your tremendous support.

INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS:
Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
Bergmann Associates
The Bonadio Group
Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP
Canandaigua National Bank
Carpe Datum
Century Pittsford Wines
City Blue Imaging
Cognitive Marketing
Constellation Brands, Inc.
ESL Federal Credit Union
Federated Clover Investment Advisors
Flower City Printing
The Fred & Floy Willmott Foundation
Gallina Development Corporation
The Gell Fund of the Rochester Area Community
Foundation
The Gleason Family Foundation
Harris Beach
Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Foundation
The Mary Mulligan Charitable Trust
Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc.
MCC
Monroe County
MVP
National Endowment for the Arts
Nazareth College
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Senator Joseph E. Robach, Jr.
Nixon Peabody LLC
Nocon & Associates
No Monkey, LLC
The Guido & Ellen Palma Foundation
Paychex
R.I.T.
Rivers Run
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Sage Rutty & Company, Inc.
Schoen Place Auto
Spark74
St. John Fisher College
Thomas Huber at UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Tolsdorf Oil Lube Express
John F. Wegman Fund
Wegmans

AMPERSAND GIVING CIRCLE

GODSEND
$25,000 & UP
Anonymous

MUSE
$1,000-24,999
Janet Buchanan Smith
  In honor of Jarold Ramsey
Mark & Kathy Cleary
Jan & Jim Gleason
James Long “Kip” Hale
Ronald S. Kareken
  In honor of Lynne Marcus Kareken
Katherine B. McCurdy
Ken McCurdy
Anonymous
Jean Ryon
Linda Rice & George Scharr
Joel & Friederike Seligman
The Westport Fund
Mary & Stan Widger
  In memory of Helen M. Banks
Henry W. Williams, Jr.

PUBLISHER
$500-999
Dawn K. Good Elk & Reuben Auspitz
Charles & Barbara Cote
  In honor of Charlie Cote
Dixon Schwabl
Joanna Gardner
Dr. William Grande
Will Irwin
Bruce & Celeste Kier
Stuart & Illa Loeb
Melissa McGrain
Roger & Kimberly Palma
Constance Potter
Brad Van Auken
Craig Zicari & Anne Coon

NOVELIST
$250-499
Nelson Adrian Blish
Harold & Joan Feinbloom
Beverly Gold & Bruce Horowitz
In honor of Talia Rae Horowitz
Suzanne Gouvernet
Edward P. Hourihan, Jr. & Bridget T. Dee
Language Intelligence
Anonymous
Mimi Levitt
Jenny Lloyd
Dr. Barbara & John Lovenheim
Naples Rotary Club
Katharine S. Parsons
City Councilwoman Elaine Spaull
Ralph & Pamela Uttaro

ESSAYIST
$100-249
Maureen T. Alston
Lori Anschuetz & Celia Easton
Anonymous
Holly & Tyler Burrell
Paloma A. Capanna
CCCER Inc.
Anonymous
Jean Close
Chuck & Nancy Cline
Sarah Collins
John Costello & Lissa Light
Mark Cuddy & Christina Selian
Mary Dambly & Allen Krisiloff
Norman & Jung Davis
  In honor of Paul Humphrey & Paul Dixon
Pat & Jim DeCaro
Joanne Felzer and Clare Dygert
  In memory of Sheridan L. Wilson
Durwood Management
Rich & Robin Flaherty
Joan Flaherty
Bob & Meila Ford
William & Caren Hall
Bob & Marianne Hesselberth
Martha Heyneman
Peter & Lynda Hotra
  In honor of Ken McCurdy
Jon Itkin & Alexa Scott-Flaherty
Susan & Howard Itkin
Dick & Marcia Kaplan
Fred & Rose Klipstein
Deb Koen
John & Nancy Laurence
Chris and Dia Lawrence
  In memory of Shreela Ray
Teresa Levy
Peter Lovenheim
Howard & Lynn Low
Richard Margolis
Bruce & Eleanor McClear
Richard W. McGrath
Dan Meyers
Iris & Luther Miller
Anonymous
Miriam Grace Monfredo
Betsy Naumburg & Carl Hoffman
Chip & Joyce Nimick
Elizabeth A. Osta
  In honor of Fin Drury’s Writing Your Life Class
Alice Robin Pulver
Maddy Segal & Abby Reichlin
Tom & Betty Richards
Nancy Robinson
Pamela Rosen
Bob Shea & Kate Weisskopf
  In honor of Gail Hosking
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Schnittman
Vicki & Richard Schwartz
Bernard Shore
Mr. & Mrs. John Thoman
David C. Tingling
William J. & Mary Anna Towler
Kim Hunt-Uzelac & Adam Uzelac
Mari Wells

POET
$1-99
Domenico Alampi & Michele Liguori-Alampi
John & Kathleen Albertini
Carolyn Anderson
Betsy & Gerald Archibald
Richard C. Bird
William H. Barker
Joy Bennett & Richard G. Mackson
Donnette Boucher
Mary Lynn Broe
  In memory of Dr. Albert J. Montesi
Vicki & Roger Brown
Anonymous
Zena Collier
Ned & Linda Corman
Robert & Janice Daitz
Ann Dwyer
Anonymous
Samuel Dixon
  In memory of Paul C. Dixon
Rachel & Bill Edwards
G. W. Ehresman
Berdjouhi Esmerian
Julian M Fitch
Sandra L. Frankel
Ronny & Alan Frishman
Paula Futrell
Amanda Garris
Betsy Gilbert
Rose Gold
Dane & Judy Gordon
Robert Gross
Dean Harper
Peg Hemingway
Goldee Hecht-Meyer & Bill Barton
Stephen & Mary Heveron-Smith
Joan & Joe Hendrick
Christopher & Joanna Hodgman
Gail Hosking
Joeann Humbert
Ernest & Roberta Ierardi
Carolyn Kourofsky
Archie & Patty Kutz
Adam Leszyk
Danielle M. Lutomski
Sally N. McGucken
Carol Menchal
Mary Miskell & Terry Clar
Gary A. Mitchell
Sandra Mitzner, M.D.
Anonymous
Shirley & Jim Moore
  In honor of James M. Moore
Matthew J. O’Brien
Jann Packard
Jason Park & Kim Mura
Dolores Parlato
David & Marjorie Perlman
Loretta Petralis & Bead Landsman
Edward& Diane Premo
Anonymous
Herb Rees
Don & Linda Reinfeld
David & Leah Ruekberg
Martin Scott & Sandra Swanson
Wanda & Bill Schubmehl
Joanna Scott & James Longenbach
Denise Slaughter
Marcia & Gary Stern
Clifford W. Smith & Bernie Todd Smith
Michael Smith
Mary Jo & Dick Ten Eyck
  In honor of Linda Allardt and Almeta Whitis
James R. and Sharon O. Van Meenen
Elizabeth Webb
Elissa & Chris Werner
  In honor of Margie Berliant
Sally & Jamie Whitbeck
in memory of Alfred Scheible
Cathy Westerfield
  In honor of Ken McCurdy
Wayne Wllis & Susan Medoff
Sergeant & Kitty Wise
Linda & Frank Wood
BJ Yudelson
Marianne Zeitlin

SUMMERWRITE YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND

1 Child for 1 Full Day Class for 1 Week ($220 and above)
William Grande
Elizabeth Gillmeister
Mimi Levitt
Stuart & Illa Loeb
Elaine Miller & Pamela Pepper
Anonymous
Elizabeth A. Schenk
Chris & Maia Tolsdorf

1 Child for 1 Half-Day Class for 1 Week ($110 and above)
Jacques Delettrez
Joanne Felzer
Beverly Gold & Bruce Horowitz
in honor of Talia Rae Horowitz
Goldman Family
Bob & Marianne Hesselberth
Language Intelligence
Jenny Lloyd
Susan Medoff & Wayne Willis
Ken McCurdy
Peggy Rosenthal
Caedra Scott-Flaherty & William Begeny
Stephen Webb

$10 - $100
Ronny & Alan Frishman Joy Bennett
Gail Hosking Mary & Stan Widger
Jenny & Glenn Kellogg
Celeste & Bruce Kier
Dan Meyers
Sandra Mitzner
Jim Moore
Loretta Petralis
Pamela Rosen
Inara Scott
Denise Slaughter
Eli & Mildred Sokol
Mary Jo & Dick Ten Eyck
Mary & Sten Widger

WRITERS & BOOKS MEMBERS

CHAMPION
Ronald Kareken
Read D. McNamara
Mary & Stan Widger

BENEFACTOR
Anne Konar
Melissa Head
Nancy Robinson
Linda Rice & George Scharr
Patricia Pauly & Robert Tyler
Kate Weisskopf & Bob Shea
Craig Zicari & Anne Coon
Kathy & Mark Cleary
Everett Hunt
Annette Gaul
Lissa Light & John Costello
Sharon Stiller & Nelson Blish

PATRON
Celia Easton & Lori Anschuetz
Molly Bach
Sandra Bosworth
Paloma Capanna
Chuck & Nancy Cline
Mary Daniel & Robert Cooper
Sara Gale & Katherine DaCosta
Norm & Jung Davis
Rodine Dobeck
Elizabeth Doyne
Robert & Miela Ford
Bruce Horowitz & Beverly Gold
Suzanne Gouvernet
Robert Gross
William & Caroline Hall
Christopher & Joanna Hodgman
Gail Hosking
Kinections
Teresa Levy
Jenny Lloyd
Joanna Scott & Jim Longenbach
Katherine B. McCurdy
Ken McCurdy
Hinda & Michael Miller
Michael Morris
Chip and Joyce Nimick
Peter & Linda Obourn
Joseph and Maryann Platania
Nina Plotze
Julia & Karl Postler
Marguerite & Jim Quinn
John Roche
June Rogoff
Elizabeth Schenk
Suzanne & Michael Schnittman
Jane Schuster
Thomas G. Smith
John Sullivan
Ralph & Pamela Uttaro
Carolyn Wendell
Sally and Jamie Whitbeck

SUPPORTING
Ellen Nakhnikian

HOUSEHOLD
Sam & Barbara Abrams
Don & Denise Bartalo
Donnette & Jon Paul Boucher
Gay Byron
Diana, James, Amelia Brian & Peter Carter
Rev. John & Jean Cedarleaf
Jacques & Monique Delettrez
Chris and Kurt Devlin
Alicia Dewispelaere
Eric and Amanda DiLella
Susan Dodge-Peters Daiss
Barbara Dooley
Dr. Sibert and Ruthe Douglas
Sue, Neal, Sarah, and Hannah Eckhaus
Donna Eggleston
Joel Rosen & Lara Evans
Joshua, Nicholas & Chloe Weiner and Rosanne Fabi
Melissa Weiner & William, David Fitzpatrick
James Fleming
Michael & Alexander Christie, Lisabeth & Marguerite Frarey
Kathy Gallant
Jack and Bonnie Garner
Kim, Tom & Murie Gillett
Kathleen Moynihan Greer
Edward & Terry Grissing
Chris & Helen Haller
Sharon, Mark, Chloe,Sophie & Annelise Hamer
Dean & Jeane Harper
Mary & Stephen Heveron-Smith
Jennifer, Robert, Ian & Cordelia Hutter
Mary & Earl Ingersoll
Susan & Howard Itkin
Tom & Kathy Johncox
Jannine Johnson
Karen Jones
Celeste & Bruce Kier
Germaine & Tom Knapp
Scott, Julie, Cassidy, Tori, Dakota Kogler
Eric & Cheryl Lapinski, Grace, Lucy Neuman- Lapinski
Maria Lauriello-Klein
Chris & Dia Lawrence
Kenny & Miriam Lerner
Adam & Jackie Leszyk
Robert and Patricia Levine
Stephen Lewandowski
Stephen, Laura, Eric, Alec Linder
Daniel Kummeron,Adrian, Alexandra & Lisa Lipani
Rick Louallen
David & Shirley Malone
Phyllis Mangefrida
Henry & Annabelle Martin
Cindy, Steve, & Jessa Matteson
Deborah McLean
Carmel Merrill
Pamela Pepper & Elaine Miller
Joann & David Minor
Marianne, Larry, & Teresa Naylor
Lucienne Nicholson
Lowdes Pena and Karl Obine
Jim Ziobro and Dolores Pasto-Ziobro
Pat Plumb & Cassidy Pearsall
Maria Porretta
Mary Poupart
Helen & Saul Presberg
Susan Price
William & Pamela Pruitt
Robin & Donald Pulver
Erica, Andrew, Alena, Anthony Ragan
Nancy & Anna Raynor
Herb Rees
Don & Linda Reinfeld
Sherry, Rod, & Kit Rhodes
Gerry, Susan, Daniel Rooney
Wanda & Bill Schubmehl
Vicki & Richard Schwartz
Rima Segal
Leslie Simon
Grace, Zosan, Victoria & Taylor Soong
Sally Wood-Winslow & Roy Sowers
Alec & Mindy Sutherland
Richard & Mary Jo TenEyck
George & Melinda Tennant
Phyllis Mangefrida & Norman Tibbils
Betsy Traub
Bridget Watts
Linda & David, Sarah, Joshua, Jaramiah White
Beth Ferrari & Karl, Alice, Liam, Clare Wiberg
Sergeant & Catharine Wise
Paul Meyer, Heidi & Olivia Zimmer-Meyer

INDIVIDUAL

Dr William & Mrs Florence Africano
Sheila Albers
Andy Aligne
Linda Allardt
Nina Alvarez
Deborah Anderson
Meghan Andrews
Marie Arcuri
Sarita Arden
Tricia Asklar
June Avignone
Joan Baier
Steven Barley
Liz Bell
Anne Bennett
Joy Bennett
Louise Bennett
Susan Bielat
Susan Murphy & Ralph Black
Cynthia Louise Blair
Alan Bock
Henry Boessl
Kathy Bonnez
David Bowman
Judith Boyd
Betty Brayer
Linda Bretz
Vicki Brown
Laura Brumbaugh
Rae Burchfiel
Marge Burgio
Bill Capossere
Barbara Carder
June Castellano
Nancy Chalker-Tennant
Penny Cherney
Stephen Chopan
Claudia Ciresi
James & Wendy Clark
Wendy Clark
Sharon Humbert Clark
Edward Cloos
Zena Collier
James Conlin
Duane Cook
Roger Corea
Nella Corryn
Daniel Cottone
Michael Coyle
Allison Crane
Lisa Cuff
Douglas Curry
Carol D'Agostino
Carolyn Dancy
JoAnn Davis
Sally DeConinck
Craig Delancey
David Delaney
Melissa deSa
Christine Diamond-Hallam
Gennaro DiSano
Maryellen Donohoe
Bonnie Dorscheo
Mrs. Leaf E. Drake
Gregg Hartvigsen & Meredith Drake
Finvola Drury
Debra DuBiel
W Raymond Duncan
Philip Ebersole
George Ehresman
Christine and Jim Eichelberger
Janet Ekis
Marcia Elwitt
Berdjouhi Esmerian
Keighley Page Farrell
Deborah Fbelluci
Cathy Feinen
Andrea Feldman
David Fetzer
Julian M Fitch
Barbara Flynn
Tracy Fontaine-Matteson
Lynda Foti
Neil Frankel
Deb Gabriel
Pauline Gajewski
Joanna Gardner
Jay Giess
Peggy Gilfus
Gerald Goldstein
Nancy Gombert
Dr. William and Patricia Grande
Bonnie Graves
Norman Greiner
Roslyn Griesbach
Mary Hale
Ingrid Hall
Judy Hall
Paula Hansen
Mary Harris
James Harte
Nedra Harvey
Stephanie Haynes
Steve Healey
David Henehan
Kyvaughn Henry
H. Robert & Joyce Herman
Arlene Herrington
Bob Herzog
Bob & Marianne Hesselberth
Martha Heyneman
Brad Hindson
Dee & Bill Hogan
Julie Horton
Wayne D. & Sally Howard
Martha Howden
Richard Howland
William Hubbell
Garrett Hughes
Joeann Humbert
Rosemary & George Irwin
Will Irwin
Mark Jabaut
Jana Jackle
Amy E. Boyle Johnston
David (member) & Marie Jolkovski
Nora Jones
Barbara Jones
Nicholas & Kathryn Jospe
James Judkins
Loretta Kalamaroff
John and Sharon Karl
Ruth Kessler
Joy Kinz
Amanda Kish
Deb Koen
Carolyn Kourofsky
Celeste Kovachi
Paula LaManna
Joan Collins Lambert
Susan Lautenslager
Joyce Lehmann
Allene Lind
Patricia Lindley
Janet Sunkin and Salvatore Liotta
Steve Lloyd
Stuart & Illa Loeb
J. Newcomb Losh
Judith Love
Peter Lovenheim
Garry Loysen
Danielle Massare Lutomski
Joyce Lyke
Tim Madigan
Elizabeth Maginnis
Ken Maher
Ravi Mangla
Donna M. Marbach
Robert Marcuson
Francine Martella
Art Maurer
Terryn Maybeck
Mike and Ann McCarthy
George Campbell McDade
Robert E. McGrath
Lawrence Merrill
Tonia Meyer
Michael Miller
Ellen Monagan
Miriam Monfredo
Karen Morris
Susan Moyer
Theo Munson
Barb Murphy
Christine Murphy
Sheila Muscato
Sarah Nettleton
David Michael Nixon
Fran Norman
Dave Northrup
Robin Nowell
Matthew O'Brien
Nancy O'Neill
Martha Osowski
Elizabeth Osta
Terra Osterling
Dorothy Paige
Dolores Parlato
Ralph Perri
Sue Perry
Brad Landoman & Loretta Petralis
Robert Pettengill
Angela Phillips
George Pointon
Aaron Perlstein Prince
Nick Pudetti
Ann Putnam
Caroline Rafferty
Maria Randazzo
Lawrence Reister
Patricia Riger-Romano
Alketa Rodoni
Vicie Rolling
Nancy Rosenberg
Kathleen Ross
John Roth
Janet Rothbeind
Eric Rounds
Ben & Leora Rozin
Lisa Rubiner
Barbara Ruffino
Kathy Russell
David Ryder
Enid Ryen
David Ryon
Janet Santos
Kim Schmidt
Hema-D Schnaufer
Randy Schum
Ed Scutt
Patricia Seka
Friederike & Joel Seligman
K.M. Shoemaker
Maxine Simon
Suzanne Slack
Denise Thompson Slaughter
Karen Sorce
Kathie A. Spanganberg
Terrelle Spiva
Claudia Stanek
Susan Stark
Nancy Preston Stark
Sally Steinmiller
G.V. Stelzenmuller
Keith Stott
Irene Stumberger
Lois B. Taubman
Hope Tenney
Steve Tills
Thomas Timmel
Susan Tingey
David Tinling
Juanita Tischendorf
Julie Todoro
Judith Trabert
Rebecca Traub
David Trout
Sharon Turner
Walter Uhrman
Kathy Van Schaick
Stacy Miller & Brad VanAuken
Donald Voorhies
Anne Wagener
Scott Wagner
Carrie A. Waldarek
Pamela J. Walpole
Katie & William Watson
Elizabeth Webb
Kathryn Whitbeck
Barbara Whitman
Heather Williams
Patricia Willis
Jeanne Wiltse
Leonore Wiltse
Linda and Frank Wood
Ruth Wright
BJ & Julian Yudelson
Bruce Zaretsky
Leah Zazulyer

STUDENT
Miyeon Oh, Erin, Erica, Lizzy, Egan Allen
Gina Ange
Monica Beck
Marie Bell
Esther Betancourt
Kahdeisha Bliss
Alex and Don Blum
Jenna Bower
Michelle Brown
Lydia Carli
Willa Carroll
Jan Wenk Cedras
Cathleen and Glenn Cerosaletti
Linda and Rob, Tim Chamberlin
Jason Choi
Samuel Cohen
Paige Colley
Jessica Cutcliffe
Jessica Cutclisse
Rachel, Sue, John Czap
Antoni Ooto and Judy DeCroce
Megan Donoghue
Adam Donovan
Raymond Feng
Noah Franz
Marjorie Frazier
Jewell Freeman
Toni and Jim, Jenna Gagnier
Maria Garcia, Emanuel Garcia-Myers
Alexis Gardner
Carina Giannini
Caitlin Glastonbury
Karen and Michael Graham
Mary Khazak Grant
Kathleen C. Holcombe
Jeff Levinson and Wendy Howitt
Cheryl, Tim, Mackenzie Hungerford
Lily Iserson
Joanna Jin
Tara Kelley
David Kim
Jin-Ah Kim
Matthew, Zelma Kostyshak
Alysse Kulikowski
Firous Lakehal-Ayat
Diana and Joe Latorre
Nancy and Michelle Leadley
Amy, Chris and Katelyn Lewis
Kim and Michael, Rachel Lonobile
Laura Mancuso
Emily McArdle
Sharon McNamee
Vanessa, Elisa, Glenn Miller
Briar-Rose Murphy
Jacquelyn Nicolay
Shaquille Payne
Airiel Pearlman
Alex Porell
Stephanie Poulos
Christine Pschierer
Amanda Rodriguez
Sandra Roeder
Leana Roelle
Leah Rusin
Madison Russell
Eric and Galina, Dmitriy Shapiro
Helen Shin
Michael Smith
Justis Stephens
Olivia Summerville-Farrar
Margaret Sweger
Shiyun Tang
Chrissy Teague
Leslie, Mark Toker
Madison, Hope Kantor Van-Edwards
Clayton Walker
Lynne Wallace-Lee
Xiaojuan Xia, Hannah Wang
Isabella Watts
Cathleen Wells
John Wikiera
Miaya Fountain Williams
Gabriella Wu
Lihong Li and Chie Xu
David Stern and Mariana Zanandrea
Victor ZaRate

 

 

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