About Us
The North Shore Health Care foundations mission is to benefit health care for those who live, work and visit in Cook County.
History
The North Shore Health Care Foundation originated in 1993 with a board of six volunteers. The Foundation is a private, independent not-for-profit organization and is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. It was established solely to benefit health care in Cook County.
Today a seventeen member volunteer board of directors operates the Foundation. There are standing committees as well as other volunteers who support the work of the Foundation.
The North Shore Health Care Foundation’s Endowment Fund is managed by the Minnesota Community Foundation.. We continue to build the Endowment Fund and welcome all kinds of gifts to enrich it.
Our first Golf Tournament was in 1996 and it became an annual event. The funds raised are used to make quarterly grants to qualified health care providers. The Foundation initiated a newsletter in 1997 and a membership drive as well. In 1998 the first Health Conference was held and the first fundraising Barbecue was held at the Gunflint Lodge. Each of these events have become annual events
Directors Notes September 2012
The new pattern of operation for NSHCF means that we are involved in a wide variety of activities with partners too numerous to mention. Just to hit highlights of the last four months, the May 5th conference, Navigating Choices as We Age, was well received (see details in the Care Partners News, p.2). Also noted on that page is the Care Partners strategic planning process that involved a series of daylong meetings facilitated by professional planners and included staff and board members.
The Gunflint Lodge BBQ on June 24th was attended by 62 of our friends and raised $2300 for the endowment fund.
The senior housing group has continued to meet and is currently focused on getting a better directory of services available in Cook County published in paper form and on the web.
The elder monitoring system has struggled to find a good name – no one wants to be monitored, so it is now the Peace of Mind program, with equipment and web services from Grand Care, represented locally by Boreal Access. There is a formal eight party agreement and HIPPA policy and amazingly the first test system is in place and working! As broadband becomes available, more and more families will be able to use this concept to let people age in place – everyone’s first choice – longer and more safely.
North Shore Dragon Boat Festival IX – 2012 – actually made money this year! Final figures aren’t in yet, but NSHCF, North House and WTIP will each get a check. A good time was had by all, especially the emergency response team who got to rescue a happily baptized boatload of Episcopalians.
The Oral Health Task force welcomed Georgene Daubanton a new staff
member in June, and as you can read in these pages, that program is moving right along.
Our annual audit and tax return preparation is not the most exciting part of the program, but it takes a lot of staff time, and highlights the fact that this is a very active, growing and successful organization. We are not required to have an audit done, but have always done it to provide peace of mind to everyone involved.
Looking ahead to the immediate future…our 17th annual Golf Tournament on Sunday October 7th is another effort by a very large number of people. See the list of sponsors and players in the pages of ‘donors other than members’, and remember that many others donate time or gifts or good wishes and it is impossible to acknowledge everyone properly.
All of this in addition to our traditional grantmaking and membership helps make health care in Cook County a little bit better each day.
Karl Hansen
Executive Director
Directors Notes April 2012
Since our last newsletter in September the foundation has been a very busy place. Our new mode of collaboration and initiative means lots of people involved, lots of meetings and lots of paperwork. You will get a taste of all of this by reading these pages, but we cannot possibly print the huge volume of detail that comes along when you try to do good work. The newest and most dramatic example of this is the Oral Health project, but even giving grants has become more complicated than it once was. The new leadership of our board is working hard to update our policies and procedures to keep up with the times.
There is a lot of interest on the board around the issue of elder care. Many of us have parents or personal concern with the issue of how to stay in their own homes as long as possible. Plan to attend our May 5 conference – “Navigating Choices As We Age” presented by Care Partners. Sue Futterer convened an ad hoc group of Cook County leaders to look at housing issues for seniors, and we have been very much involved. One of the most difficult parts of that is finding the right terms to talk about it. There has been a lot of discussion of assisted living without much understanding of what type of facility and program that actually entails. Defining the future role of the foundation in all of this is one of our goals for 2012.
One of the grants awarded at our March meeting was to the Cook County Broadband Commission for an elder monitoring pilot program. Our small grant was used to leverage a 20 fold project with many partners including the Lloyd K Johnson Foundation. There is a whole new industry that has sprung up in recent years that applies the electronic and communication revolution to the challenge of elder care. As the county gets wired for broadband internet connection, it will become possible to set up a home or apartment with a system that allows caregivers and loved ones in ways that were completely unimaginable just a few years ago.
Thank you again to all our supporters, whether you sent a small memorial or left a significant bequest, it all means that Health Care in Cook County has a special advocate in place that will support and nudge and co-ordinate and lead the way to a better future for all of us.
Karl Hansen
Executive Director
DIRECTORS NOTES April 2011
It has been a long seven months since our last newsletter. We are sending them less frequently to conserve resources, so there is a lot of ground to cover in this issue.
A small number of you are reading this issue on line for the first time – if you have a paper copy and you would prefer electronic, go to www.northshorehealthcare foundation.org then click on News and then enter your email. The “Donate Now” buttons on the web site make it easy to send money to any or all of our projects.
The common theme that I see running through all of our activities right now is collaboration. Our small local foundation is multiplying the positive effect it has in the community by working with many other groups, and acting as a catalyst to promote cooperation. The Care Partners program is now a model of this idea that the dental health initiative is following. The Dragon Boat Festival would not be happening if we were not in partnership with North House and WTIP. We could not have a golf tournament without our partners at Superior National at Lutsen and the volunteers, golfers and sponsors.
The exciting new partner for us this year is the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services matching grant contract that has allowed the Care Partners concept to take flight. We would never have been in a position to apply for that program without support from the Lloyd K Johnson Foundation, the Scott Hawkins Fund at the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, the Peter and Carol Harris Family Funds and many others over the last few years.
Our grants to local groups enable them to do more than they could do on their own. Most important, the Collaboration between you and the North Shore Health Care Foundation makes all the work possible.
Thank you for your support,
Karl Hansen
The North Shore Health Care foundations mission is to benefit health care for those who live, work and visit in Cook County.
History
The North Shore Health Care Foundation originated in 1993 with a board of six volunteers. The Foundation is a private, independent not-for-profit organization and is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. It was established solely to benefit health care in Cook County.
Today a seventeen member volunteer board of directors operates the Foundation. There are standing committees as well as other volunteers who support the work of the Foundation.
The North Shore Health Care Foundation’s Endowment Fund is managed by the Minnesota Community Foundation.. We continue to build the Endowment Fund and welcome all kinds of gifts to enrich it.
Our first Golf Tournament was in 1996 and it became an annual event. The funds raised are used to make quarterly grants to qualified health care providers. The Foundation initiated a newsletter in 1997 and a membership drive as well. In 1998 the first Health Conference was held and the first fundraising Barbecue was held at the Gunflint Lodge. Each of these events have become annual events
Directors Notes September 2012
The new pattern of operation for NSHCF means that we are involved in a wide variety of activities with partners too numerous to mention. Just to hit highlights of the last four months, the May 5th conference, Navigating Choices as We Age, was well received (see details in the Care Partners News, p.2). Also noted on that page is the Care Partners strategic planning process that involved a series of daylong meetings facilitated by professional planners and included staff and board members.
The Gunflint Lodge BBQ on June 24th was attended by 62 of our friends and raised $2300 for the endowment fund.
The senior housing group has continued to meet and is currently focused on getting a better directory of services available in Cook County published in paper form and on the web.
The elder monitoring system has struggled to find a good name – no one wants to be monitored, so it is now the Peace of Mind program, with equipment and web services from Grand Care, represented locally by Boreal Access. There is a formal eight party agreement and HIPPA policy and amazingly the first test system is in place and working! As broadband becomes available, more and more families will be able to use this concept to let people age in place – everyone’s first choice – longer and more safely.
North Shore Dragon Boat Festival IX – 2012 – actually made money this year! Final figures aren’t in yet, but NSHCF, North House and WTIP will each get a check. A good time was had by all, especially the emergency response team who got to rescue a happily baptized boatload of Episcopalians.
The Oral Health Task force welcomed Georgene Daubanton a new staff
member in June, and as you can read in these pages, that program is moving right along.
Our annual audit and tax return preparation is not the most exciting part of the program, but it takes a lot of staff time, and highlights the fact that this is a very active, growing and successful organization. We are not required to have an audit done, but have always done it to provide peace of mind to everyone involved.
Looking ahead to the immediate future…our 17th annual Golf Tournament on Sunday October 7th is another effort by a very large number of people. See the list of sponsors and players in the pages of ‘donors other than members’, and remember that many others donate time or gifts or good wishes and it is impossible to acknowledge everyone properly.
All of this in addition to our traditional grantmaking and membership helps make health care in Cook County a little bit better each day.
Karl Hansen
Executive Director
Directors Notes April 2012
Since our last newsletter in September the foundation has been a very busy place. Our new mode of collaboration and initiative means lots of people involved, lots of meetings and lots of paperwork. You will get a taste of all of this by reading these pages, but we cannot possibly print the huge volume of detail that comes along when you try to do good work. The newest and most dramatic example of this is the Oral Health project, but even giving grants has become more complicated than it once was. The new leadership of our board is working hard to update our policies and procedures to keep up with the times.
There is a lot of interest on the board around the issue of elder care. Many of us have parents or personal concern with the issue of how to stay in their own homes as long as possible. Plan to attend our May 5 conference – “Navigating Choices As We Age” presented by Care Partners. Sue Futterer convened an ad hoc group of Cook County leaders to look at housing issues for seniors, and we have been very much involved. One of the most difficult parts of that is finding the right terms to talk about it. There has been a lot of discussion of assisted living without much understanding of what type of facility and program that actually entails. Defining the future role of the foundation in all of this is one of our goals for 2012.
One of the grants awarded at our March meeting was to the Cook County Broadband Commission for an elder monitoring pilot program. Our small grant was used to leverage a 20 fold project with many partners including the Lloyd K Johnson Foundation. There is a whole new industry that has sprung up in recent years that applies the electronic and communication revolution to the challenge of elder care. As the county gets wired for broadband internet connection, it will become possible to set up a home or apartment with a system that allows caregivers and loved ones in ways that were completely unimaginable just a few years ago.
Thank you again to all our supporters, whether you sent a small memorial or left a significant bequest, it all means that Health Care in Cook County has a special advocate in place that will support and nudge and co-ordinate and lead the way to a better future for all of us.
Karl Hansen
Executive Director
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTES September 2011
Suellen and I met with Jean Ljungkull this week to honor her retirement from the board after 18 years (see article on p. ) Looking back over her years of work inspired me. It can get a little crazy around here in the summer, and it is good to step back and remember what has been accomplished. By working cooperatively and consistently through the years we have made life better for everyone in Cook County. Most of the people who benefit directly do not know that the foundation had any role in providing the respirator in the ambulance or the bike helmet for the child or the training for the nurse or the program that got the support for Grandma. Raising money and building an endowment have made it possible to support many health care providers in an amazing variety of efforts.
We also say good bye to Michael Cowles who has served many years on our board and provided valuable legal insights.
We welcome new board members Bob Fenwick and Seamus Walsh and look forward to their new energy and experience.
Dragon Boat 2011 is behind us, just in time to start gearing up for the golf tournament on Sunday October 2. Thanks to Sherri Moe for her boundless energy in directing both of these events.
If you have not looked at northshorehealthcarefoundation.org lately, click on over and you will be pleasantly surprised. Kathy Hellner and Sandy Schutte’s new venture, Boreal Sites, has made a lot of improvements to the appearance and the functionality of the site.
Care Partners has become an established part of the community of providers, and Kay and Jeanette are working every day to educate the public about palliative care.
It is a personal thrill for me to see so many people accomplishing so many things under the umbrella of this foundation.
As Paula Sundet Wolf of Cook County Higher Education so graciously posted on our new Facebook page: What a great organization for a small community with a big heart. Thank you for all the work you do behind the scenes to build and support our health care needs.
DIRECTORS NOTES April 2011
It has been a long seven months since our last newsletter. We are sending them less frequently to conserve resources, so there is a lot of ground to cover in this issue.
A small number of you are reading this issue on line for the first time – if you have a paper copy and you would prefer electronic, go to www.northshorehealthcare foundation.org then click on News and then enter your email. The “Donate Now” buttons on the web site make it easy to send money to any or all of our projects.
The common theme that I see running through all of our activities right now is collaboration. Our small local foundation is multiplying the positive effect it has in the community by working with many other groups, and acting as a catalyst to promote cooperation. The Care Partners program is now a model of this idea that the dental health initiative is following. The Dragon Boat Festival would not be happening if we were not in partnership with North House and WTIP. We could not have a golf tournament without our partners at Superior National at Lutsen and the volunteers, golfers and sponsors.
The exciting new partner for us this year is the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services matching grant contract that has allowed the Care Partners concept to take flight. We would never have been in a position to apply for that program without support from the Lloyd K Johnson Foundation, the Scott Hawkins Fund at the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, the Peter and Carol Harris Family Funds and many others over the last few years.
Our grants to local groups enable them to do more than they could do on their own. Most important, the Collaboration between you and the North Shore Health Care Foundation makes all the work possible.
Thank you for your support,
Karl Hansen
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
John Bottger President
Retired corporate vice president. Active in community activities - Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department Pension Board, Cook County Firewise Committee, Cook County Biomass Committee, Gunflint Trail Association Winter Track Festival chair, Cook County Election Judge, and several church committees. Graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology with a BSME.
61 Bunn Trail Grand Marais, MN 55604 388-0868 612-709-7595 (cell)
jbbottger@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2012
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Judy Meath Vice president
Retired Vice President, Physician Services, HealthPartners Medical Group and Clinics, Bloomington, MN. Former Vice President, Organizational Development for Children’s Home Society & Family Services, St. Paul, MN. R.N., St. Catherine’s College Program; Volunteer Mentor, Sawtooth Elementary, Grand Marais, MN.
PO Box 418 Grand Marais, MN 55604 651-485-8250 (cell)
jmeath@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2010
Paul Nelson Treasurer
Retired owner of major U.S. transportation corporation; former Lutsen Town Supervisor; Chair, Lutsen Planning Committee; Citizen representative to Cook County Wildfire Protection Planning Committee; Citizen representative to Cook County Firewise Committee, Chair of two Firewise subcommittees.
PO Box 264 Lutsen, MN 55612 218-370-0656
hollylake@hughes.net
Term: 2008-2010
Jayne Johnson Secretary
Ph.D. Candidate, Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota; former IT analyst and project manager in financial services industry; Hospice Program Development Committee member and Friends of Hospice volunteer; B.A. Economics and Political Science, University of Minnesota; M.S. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota.
52 Black Spruce Trail Grand Marais, MN 55604 388-0186
fing0006@umn.edu
Term: 2007-2012
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Suellen Kruse Past President
1998-2003 and 2007-2009. Former manager in Trust Operations at U.S. Bank, Minneapolis. Owner of Kah-Nee-Tah Gallery and Cottages in Lutsen for 20 years. Director at the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery for 8 years. Board member of the Grand Marais Art Colony and the First Congregational United Church of Christ. Primary fund raiser for Harbor Park in Grand Marais
PO Box 474 Grand Marais, MN 55604 387-2585 (W) 387-1268 (H) Fax: 387-9036
suellen@kahneetah.com
Term: 2008-2010
BOARD MEMBERS___________________________________________
Joan Abrahamson
Retired, 37 years as hospital worker -technician, medical technologist, director.
Resident of Cook County 17 years. Health Related Boards North Shore Hospital and Care Center, Director, Chairperson Representative from Hospital to Clinic Board (meetings) to present B.A. biology University of Minnesota B.S. horticulture University of Minnesota.
3054 County Road 7 Grand Marais, MN 55604 387-2326
goodharbor@boreal.org
Term: 2007-2012
Jean Christie
Retired social service agency executive, board member since 1998.
4730 Park Commons Dr Apt 525 St. Louis Park MN 55416
952-920-9501 (H) 370-0310 (cell) DarbyODoul@aol.com
Term: 2007- 2012
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Bob Fenwick
After graduating from Anoka attended the University of Minnesota. Following college signed as a professional baseball player and succeeded by playing in the major leagues with Houston and St Louis. Post those fun times worked in various sales management positions, with the most time spent in medical sales of CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine. In 1993 Jennifer and I moved permanently to Cook County where I’ve held retail sales management positions. The most satisfying time of my life was serving the citizens of Cook County as a commissioner for twelve years,and while in that position had the good fortune of serving as the president of the Association of Minnesota Counties. Presently I have accepted the challenge of being the General Manager of the Superior National Golf Course. Looking forward to helping the health care foundation and have a special interest in seeing assisted living come to Cook Countybfenwick@boreal.org
218-387-9105 218-370-0791
bfenwick@boreal.org
Term: 2011-2014
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Sue Hansen
Founding Board member since 1993.
Held office of Vice President, currently chair of the Charitable Funds Distribution Committee. Founder, 1996,
past Co-Chair and current committee member of the Annual Health Care Golf Tournament, the fund raiser for Grants.
306 Caribou Trail Lutsen, MN 55612 370-1063 (cell) 663-7443 (H) Fax: 663-7083
suehansen@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2010
Alyssa Hedstrom, DDS
Alyssa received her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 2004. After graduating she moved home with her husband where she joined her father, Dr. Rolf, practicing dentistry. She took over the practice in May of 2008. Alyssa has two daughters and loves working and living in Cook County.
PO Box 1418 387-1987 (H) 370-9756 (cell) Grand Marais, MN 55604
ajhedstrom@boreal.org
Term: 2010-2013
Kathy Hellner
Graphics, illustrator and web designer, past board member and president of the Grand Marais Art Colony, owner of Looner Graphics and
the 1910 Rock Shop.
2942 W. Hwy 61 Grand Marais, MN 55604 387-1632 (H) 387-9291 (W)
looner@boreal.org
Term: 2009-2012
Roxy Sherer
Mental Health Worker, Grand Portage Human Services, Grand Portage school administrator 1996-2006, Boston University MS in Adult Psychiatric Nursing, 30 years nursing experience, faculty member at nursing schools including University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Corpus Christie State University, the College of St. Scholastica, and Chippewa Valley Technical College. Board member, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Cook County Historical Society and North House Folk School.
P. O. Box 45 Grand Portage, MN 55605 475-2171 (W)
roxysherer@grandportage.com
Term: 2009-2012
Fran Smith
Retired, former teacher, BA --University of Northern Iowa, Active in Gunflint Lake Homeowners Assoc.---Pres.--V.Pres. and currently Sec/Treas. Member and volunteer for Gunflint Trail Historical Society.
325 Mile O’ Pine Grand Marais, MN 55604 388-0613
wildersmith1@northlc.com
Term: 2007-2012
Cindy Tiffany
PO Box 1465 Grand Marais, MN 55604 370-1000 (cell) 387-1182
at@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2012
Seamus Walsh
St. John's Church
PO box 549, Grand Marais, MN 55604 387-1409
swalsh@boreal.org
Term: 2011-2013
Jodi Yuhasey
Director, Violence Prevention Center, twenty-five years working in crime victim services, prevention education, peace and justice programs as a staff person or volunteer.
PO Box 912 Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604 387-1967
(H) 370-0370 (cell) 387-1262
(W) hope4u@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2010
ADVISORS
Rita Plourde
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic
513 W. 5th Ave. GM, MN 55604 387-2330
rita@sawtoothmountainclinic.org
Kimber Wraalstad
Cook County North Shore Hospital Director
515 W. 5th Ave. Grand Marais, MN 55604 387-3040
Kay Grindland
Care Partners Director
387-2147
carepartners@boreal.org
Georgene Daubanton
Oral Health Task Force
Director
218-387-2334 oralhealth@boreal.org
Dori Betts
Health Care Foundation Golf Tournament Director
218-387-1417 dori.betts@yahoo.com
Membership 2012 Thank you so much!
To these people who have supported the work of the foundation by becoming members between 4-1-2011 and 3-20-2012 at any level. We have many wonderful friends who are not listed as members. We will acknowledge all the other kinds of gifts they have given in a future newsletter: special gifts, bequests, memorials, honoraria, golf tournament sponsors, golfers, donor advised fund grants, foundation grants, barbeque and brunch tickets, payroll check-offs, 1st and 2nd Thrift Store work. Please let us know if we have made errors in the membership list.
Phyllis Abrahamsen
Howard and Joan Abrahamson
Kathryn Adams
Donald and Virginia Alexander
James Alt
Richard Starr and Joanne Alt
Chel Anderson
Robert and Diane Anderson
Wayne and Philis Anderson
Westen and Carol Anderson
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative
Fred and Joyce Austin
Treg and Denise Axtell
Betty Backlund
Robert and Shari Baker
Benjamin and Mary Jane Barnard
John and Jonalie Barton
Berit H. Batdorf
John and Irene Baumann
Roger and Mary Bebie
H.T. and Kay Becken
James and Gerette Belland
Nancy Benson
Henry and Anne Bent
David Berg
Larry and Linda Berger
Patricia and William Bernhjelm
Best Western Superior Inn
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Women
Peter and Margaret Birse
Bill and Beth Blank
Edward and Kathryn Bolstad
Roland and Shirley Bosch
John and Barb Bottger
Byron and Emma Bradley
Delores Brain
Richard and Mary Brainerd
Robert D. Brazell
Ruth and Bob Bringer
William and Janet Brumbaugh
Roland and Kathleen Brummer
Elizabeth Brunsvold
Marilyn Bryant
Nedetta Buchheit
Catherine and Denis Burand
G. William and Joan Burkhardt
Jane Burley
Timothy and Kathryn Burns
Myron Bursheim
Arden and Carol Byers
Paul Berry and Kathleen Calabria
Elaine Canton
Joy Carlson
Mike and Nancy Carlson
Cathedral of the Pines
Lawrence Caven
Richard Champ
Jean and Larry Christie
Richard and Joan Crosby
Nancy Daley
Dorothy Dalquist
Jeff Kern and Jenny Delfs
Jeff and Shari Denniston
Steven and Alicia Deschene
John and Suzanne Dixon
Doug and Sharon Donovan
Lawrence Downing
dsgw Architects
Frank and Barb Dvorak
Barbara and Richard Eckel
Vern and Phyllis Eklund
Don and Ruth Ann Emery
David Tyacke and Cheryl L. Erickson
Polly Erickson
William J. Erickson
Renee and David Ethier
Matthew and Maribeth Farley
Charles and Helen Faust
Eleanor Finn
Charles and Loretta Flickinger
Suzanne Flotten
Jane Flueckiger
J. Leonard and Dorothy Frame
Donald Frantz
Richard Frye
Gail Fuad
Marna Fullerton
Chuck and Susan Futterer
Gregory Gailen
Doug Galligher
Dr. William and Katherine Gamble
Gregory and Lori Gastecki
Lyle Gerard
Bernard and Mildred Gestel
Richard and Nancy Gongoll
Christopher and Bobbie Gostout
Great Gifts
Joseph and Marjorie Grinnell
Wayne and Diane Guntzel
Sue and Peter Gustafson
Louise M. Hancock
Sue Hansen
Lee Stewart and Karl Hansen
Franklin M. Hartzell
Arthur and Marion Hedstrom
Herb Hedstrom
Jack and Gail Hedstrom
Peter and Anne Heegaard
Barbara Heideman
Kathy Hellner
John and Julie Henricksson
Mary Kay and David Herr
Wendell and Linda Herron
Robert and Theresa Hoffman
Reed and Barbara Holaday
Dwight and Carol Holcombe
Joan and Charles Holmes
Jan and Kathy Horak
William E. and Mary Lou Huron
Maland and JoEllen Hurr
Gail and George Huschle
Roger Opp and Pat Hvidston
Tom Christiansen and Marcia Hyatt
Robert M. Ilg
Frances Jarchow
Geraldine Jensen
Dale and Janice Johnson
David and Jo Ann Johnson
Jayne Fingerman and Rick Johnson
Patricia G. Johnson
Robert P. Johnson
James and Dolly Kawczynski
A. William Kelley
Nancy and Clarence Kemp
Beth Kennedy
Jack Kerber
Virginia Killmer
James C. King
Kathy Kippley
Joe and Heather Kirkeby
Richard and Karen Knutson
Jerry Kohl
David and Sally Kohlstedt
Greg Koschinska
Larry and Joann Krause
Suellen Kruse
Harry and Rosemary Lamson
Elizabeth M. Lange
Mary and Wesley John Laseski
Ethel Leng
Tom and Diane Lentz
Giles and Joann Lenzmeier
Richard and Ann Leppert
Nan P. Lightner
Kenneth and Beverly Lind
John and Jeanne Lindell
Douglas and Cheryl Linder
Anne and Greg Lindgren
Shirley Lindgren
Gordon and B. Joyce Lindquist
Janet Lindquist
Rolf and Layne Lindquist
Jean Ljungkull
H. William Lurton
Richard and Jean Lynch
Roger MacDonald
George and Florence Marks
Robert Marovelli
Sewell and Donna Mathre
William McCarthy
Edward and Sue McConville
Bette McDonnell
Heather McPherson
Judy Meath
Earlene Meier
Bill Meller
Roger and Muriel Michaelson
Russell and Janice Michaletz
Robert Minish
Scott and Stacy Mitchell
Harvey Morck
Jack and Barb Morris
Letitia Morris
Susan Morrison
John and Jacqueline Mortensen
Joe and Yvonne Mullen
Gwen Salisbury and Mason Myers
Ronald and Marlene Nauman
Peter and Cecile Neihart
Patti and George Nelson
Paul and Judy Nelson
David and Mary Nickel
Chris and Lilean Nicolaison
Maryanne and Daniel Norton
Courtney and Jean Nystuen
Betty O’Brien Judith M. Olson
Ruth Olson
Robert and Barbara Omoth
George Oullis
Steve and Bev Palmquist
Richard and Phyllis Parker
Charles Brian and Lydia Pearson
Floyd and Diane Pearson
Eldon and Elaine Person
Dwight and Marjorie Peterson
Irene A. Peterson
Mark and Mary Peterson
Lucille Pettijohn
Shelby Ann and Robert Pickett
Louis and Inger Pignolet
Joseph and Kristen Plank
Marcy Podas
George Pokorny
Milton and Alice Powell
Braidy Powers
Jean Powers
Donna Preus
Ralph and Jeannette Pugh
Helen Muth and David Quick
Kurt and Ann Redborg
Bev and Bob Reid
Jeffery G. Reihle
Jon and Ann Reissner
Sandra Sue Riley
Curtis L. Roy
Larry Ryden
Jon Sanger
Thomas Schank
Larry and Susan Schei
Dr. Milan and Rev. Carolyn Schmidt
Marjorie Schmidt
Norman and Pamela Schroeder
Patricia Schroeder
Susan Gardner and Philip Scott
Tom and Margaret Sears
Maria A. Sheehan
Glen and Judith Siegle
Brian and Chris Silence
Elizabeth Singer
Donald P. Sivertson
Evelyn Sjoberg
Kenneth and Janice Skold
Brett and Kathy Smith
Fred and Fran Smith
Nona Smith
Anthony Smyth
Patrick Smyth
Bea Sorenson
Thomas and Dorothy Spence
Carol and Bernard Spencer
Lyle and Laurie Spry
Calvin Stevens
Ralph Larsen and Sandy Stover
Greg and Jan Strathy
Stubbe and Associates, Inc.
Sally and Stanley Suck
Paul Sundin
Bill and Helen Swanson
Dick and Sheila Swanson
Donald and Wilde Swanson
Linda Swanson
Robert Swanson
Rita LaDoux and Paul Swedenborg
Merle Sykora
Marc and Kaye Tavernier
Ann and Kevin Treacy
Reta Trumbauer
Samuel and Connie Tuthill
Barb and Dave Tuttle
Kenneth and Kathryn Valentas
Linda Vanden Brook
Kent Jones and Nick Vavrichek
Philip and Carol Westbrook
White Pine North
Jan and Paul Wicklund
Ken and Donna Wielinski
Lowell and Kathleen Williams
David and Sandra Wirt
Ron and Linda Wizykoski
Paula Sundet Wolf
Kimber Wraalstad
Patricia Zankman
Michael and Sheralyn Zlonis
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June 2008 - January 2011
1010 Interiors, Phyllis Abrahamsen, Howard or Joan Abrahamson, Kathy Adams, Russ & Connie Almquist, James Alt, Richard Starr & Joanne Alt, Howard & Camilla Alton, Chel Anderson, Jerry & Tisha Anderson, Joellen Ouradnik & Stuart Anderson, Katy & Doug Anderson, Mark & Donna Anderson, Phyllis Anderson, Robert and Diane Anderson, Westen & Carol Anderson, Angry Trout Cafe, Paulette Anholm, Anonymous, Alan L.Apler, Arrowhead Electric Cooperative, Inc., Arrowhead Pharmacy, Mary Ellen Ashcroft and Suzanne Sherman , Fred and Joyce Austin, Treg & Denise Axtell, Jeff and Christie Baham, Patty and John Bailey, Russell Baker, Benjamin and Mary Jane Barnard, Margaret Barnard, Judi Barsness, John or Jonalie Barton, John and Irene Bauman, Roger & Mary Bebie, H.T. and Kay Becken, James & Gerette Belland, Leatrice and Tom Benson, Nancy Benson, Tracy Benson and Pete Kavanaugh, Yvonne & Steve Benson, Orion Lowell Benson, Robert & Mary Alice Bent, Patricia and William Bernhjelm, Max & Sharon Bichel, Bill Jacobs, Peter and Margaret Birse, Bill and Beth Blank, David J. Blomberg MD., Barry & Roberta Bonoff, Nikki Boostrom, Martin & Teresa Borak, Roland and Shirley Bosch, John or Barb Bottger, Byron & Emma Bradley, Delores Brain, Robert Brazell, Dan Bredemus, Carol Breitling, Colleen Brennan, Brian Johnson, Ruth and Bob Bringer, John & Judith Brisky, Al and Dorothy Brodie, William and Janet Brumbaugh, Elizabeth Brunsvold, Marilyn Bryant, Nedetta Buchheit, Catherine and Denis Burand, G. William or Joan Burkhardt, Myron Bursheim, Arden and Carol Byers, Kathleen and Paul Berry, ElaineCanton Calabria, Caribou Design, Mike and Nancy Carlson, Robert or Jeanette Carlson, Catherine Gill, Catholic Community Foundation, Cavallin Funeral Home Inc., Lawrence Caven, John Ceryes, Greg & Lynne Chalmers, James and Phyllis Childs, Beryl Bissell & William Christ, Jean and Larry Christie, Duane & Nancy Cihlar, City of Grand Marais, Jean and Tim Cochrane, Coldwell Banker Realty, Van and Millicent Coleman, Cook County ATV Club, Cook County Council on Aging, Cook County Insurance, Cook County News Herald, Robert & Diane B.Cotterman, Marjorie R or Richard M Dahlager, Nancy Daley, Edith Darley, Jenny Delfs and Jeff Kern, Terrence Demos, Beverley Denyes, Fred and Heather Derewenko, Mary Deschampe, Steven & Alicia Deschene, Devil Track Resort Co. Inc., Diane Stahnke, Don and Sue Dittus, Thomas & Sandra Dolen, Don and Joyce Elvestrom, Doug and Sharon Donovan, John and Chris Dover , Kristi K Downing, Lawrence Downing, Drury Lane Books, dsgw Architects, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, Robert and Bette Dunn, Dwight Holcombe and Carol Eckel, David Eckel, Edwin E Thoreson, John M.Eibert, Irene Eilbert, Robert and Cornelia Einsweiler, Vern and Phyllis Eklund, John or Virginia Erickson, Polly Erickson, William J Erickson, Renee and David Ethier, Lois Eyinck and Betty Murray, Dr. P.Felling, Bob Fenwick, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Judith and Richard Fields, First and Second Thrift Store, Darrel & Orlene Fisher, Dennis Fitzpatrick and Maryl Skinner, Michael Flolid and Mary Flynn, J. Leonard & Dorothy Frame, James or Jody Fredeen, Thomas & Jean Fredeen, Carl and Carol Fritsch, Buchanan, Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith and Fredrick, PA, Richard Frye, Marna Fullerton, Chuck & Susan Futterer, Barbara and Bill Gabler, Doug Galligher, Dr. William and Katherine Gamble, Richard Gilbertson, Gary & Marilyn Gilmore, Richard & Nancy Gongoll, Grand Marais Garden Club, Grand Marais Golf 'N Stuff, Grand Marais Lioness Club, Grand Marais Veterinary Clinic, Grand Portage Casino, Grand Portage Elderly Advisory Committee, Donald and Germaine Grant, Great Gifts and Northwoods Sewn Goods, Peter & Judith Gregg, Kay Grindland, Joseph and Marjorie Grinnell, Wayne and Diane Guntzel, Sue and Peter Gustafson, William and Mary Lou Haas, Carol Hackett, David and Virginia Hahn, Sue Hakes, Betty Hamilton, Louise M.Hancock, Frank and Mary Alice Hansen, Lee Stewart & Karl Hansen, Marland Hansen, Ruth Hansen, Susan Hansen, Wendy & Mark Hansen, Harbor Inn, Harris Family Fund, Carol or Peter Harris, Joanne Hart, Catherine Hartnett and John Monto, Warren Hartquist, Franklin M Hasegawa, Duane K Hartzell, William & Mary Hatfield, Eleanor or Bob Hattery, Ed & Kristine Hedstrom, Herb Hedstrom, Howard & Bonnie Gay Hedstrom, Kris Hedstrom, Peter & Anne Heegaard, Glenn & Kathy Hellner, Ron and Betty Hemstad, Kenneth Hendrickson, John and Julie Henricksson, Gerilynn Heston, Robert and Theresa Hoffman, Joan & Charles Holmes, Taud Hoopingarner, George & Cheryl Humphrey, Ruth Humphrey, William E. & Mary Lou Huron, Maland & JoEllen Hurr, Gail & George Huschle, Robert Hyatt, Tom Christiansen & Marcia Hyatt, Cindy Imsdahl-Tiffany, Don Ingram, James Jamieson, Gordon and Frances Jarchow, Geraldine Jensen, Robert Jensen, Mike or Sharon Jerabek, Gerald & Janet Johansen, John McClure Insurance, Johnson's Foods, Brian & Janice Johnson, Dale & Janice Johnson, Jayne Fingerman and Rick Johnson, Patricia G. Johnson, Robert P.Johnson, Joyce C Riggle, Joynes Ben Franklin, Juanita Anderson, Thomas and Mary Kelly, Nancy and Clarence Kemp, Beth Kennedy, Arthur & Beth Kidd, Virginia Killmer, Walter and Janean Kimball, Kathy Kippley, Joe or Heather Kirkeby, Richard and Karen Knutson, Jerry Kohl, David and Sally Kohlstedt, Greg Koschinska, Larry or Joann Krause, Burt and Doris Kreitlow, Nathan & Joni Kristenson, Steve & Joyce Krueger, Phil and Pat Kruse, Suellen Kruse, Theodore & Alice Kubista, Donald & Carla La Pointe, Lake Superior Trading Post, Lakewalk Surgery Center, Lamb's Resort, Harry & Rosemary Lamson, Debi LaMusga, Mike and Kathy Lande, Mary Laseski and Wesley John, Last Chance Gallery, Ralph Latham, John & Joan LaVine, Leigh Mathison, Ethel Leng, Tom & Diane Lentz, Richard & Ann Leppert, Nan P.Lightner, Jerry and Joan Lilja, John Lindell, Shirley Lindgren, Reid and Anne Lindquist, Virgil and Nancy Lindquist, Roger & Maxine Linehan, Lisa Malecha, Jean Ljungkull, Lockport, Inc., Harriet Lockrem, Lorraine Anderson Memorial Fund, Rev. Nathan Lundgren, Donna or Orvis Lunke, H. William Lurton, Lutsen Mountain Corp., John & Gayle Lyght, Roger MacDonald, Mildred Mainella, Robert Marovelli, Patricia Martin, George F. Maruska, Walt McCarthy, Robert & Hazel McClanahan, Jennifer E.McCoy, Anne McKinsey, Judy Meath, Earlene Meier, Sally and John Mellang, Bill Meller, Robert Merz, Betty Mesedahl, Roger and Muriel Michaelson, Mike's Holiday, Mike LaVigne, Mike Turner, Robert Minish, Minnesota Power Foundation, Roseanne M Monten, Letitia Morris, John & Jacqueline Mortensen, Pearl & Ham Muus, Naniboujou Lodge, Ronald and Marlene Nauman, Peter and Sandra Nekola, David & Mary Jane Nelson, Marge Nelson, Patti Nelson, Paul and Judy Nelson, Willard Nelson, David and Mary Nickel, Sue C. Nordman, Norshor Insurance, North Shore Dragon Boat Festival, North Shore Federal Credit Union, North Shore Oil and Propane, Richrd or Selene Novak, Bryan Nystrom, Courtney and Jean Nystuen, Judith M.Olson, Michael A. Olson and Helen Boddy, Myrtle Olson, Robert and Barbara Omoth, George and Nancy Oullis, Steve and Bev Palmquist, Richard and Phyllis Parker, Irene Patch, Floyd and Diane Pearson, Walter and Anne Penny, Joyce & Charles Petek, Dwight and Marjorie Peterson, Ken and Debbie Peterson, Lucille Pettijohn, Amber Pfeil and Karl Koster, Shelby Ann and Robert Pickett, Louis & Inger Pignolet, Rita Plourde, Marcy Podas, Braidy Powers, Helen Muth & David Quick, Elaine M Rabold, Kurt and Ann Redborg, John and Elizabeth Reichert, Bev and Bob Reid, Eric & Virginia Reiner, Jon & Ann Reissner, Sandra Sue Riley, Ron Theisen, Curtis L Roy, Clay Rumph, Ryden's Border Store, Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, Larry and Susan Schei, Dr. Milan & Rev., Carolyn Schmidt, Marjorie Schmidt, Patricia Schroeder, Tom and Margaret Sears, Carolyn Seaton, David and Nancy Seaton, Mike and Janice Shardlow, Maria A Sheehan, Roxy Sherer, Sherrie and Chester Lindskog, Glen & Judith Siegle, Brian & Chris Silence, Nina Simonowicz, SISU Employees, Sivertson Gallery, Donald Sivertson, Jerry & Kathleen Sivets, Ray and Eleanor Sjoberg, Donald and Alice Sjoding, Charles Skinner, Kenneth and Janice Skold, Fred and Fran Smith, Nona Smith, Richard and Dorothy Smith, Robert Smith, Scott Smith, Anthony Smyth, Fritz Sobanja, Marilyn F. Soderberg, Bea Sorenson, Thomas & Dorothy Spence, Carol & Bernard Spencer, Lyle and Laurie Spry, James or Ruby Starr, Dr. John Stearley, Roy and Judy Steinbrecher, Calvin Stevens, Dr.Franklin or Sharon Stickel, Jennifer Stoltz and Courtney Johnson, Bob and Dode Stoskopf, Ralph Larsen & Sandy Stover, Greg and Jan Strathy, Studio 61 Hair Design, Sally or Stanley Suck, Sue Hansen, Paul Sundin, Wade and Mary Lauren Sundin, Superior Print, Sven & Ole's, Swanson Law, Bill and Helen Swanson, Dick and Sheila Swanson, Donald and Wilde Swanson, Linda Swanson, Robert Swanson, Sykora Merle, Patricia Thompson, Mildred Thoreson, Tofte Charters, Karen Torp, Lucinda Trieschmann, Reta Trumbauer, Jo Tupper, Samuel and Connie Tuthill, Barb & Dave Tuttle, Emily W.Ulhorn, Eugene Utecht, Kenneth and Kathryn Valentas, Priscilla van Horne, Linda Vandenbrook, Ward and Edith Vanderbeck, Kent Jones and Nick Vavrichek, Victoria's Bakehouse & Deli, Eleanor Waha, Walker Giroux & Hahne, Ltd., John and Linda Walker, Tom and Dawn Wanous, Jay and Ella Warmington, Watersedge Trading Co, Veronica Weadock and Bob Pranis, Myra Weiger, Tom Wentworth, Wayne and Pam Wesala, West End Garden Club, Mary G West, Philip & Carol Westbrook, Theresa Byrne Westine, White Pine North, Jan and Paul Wicklund, Ken and Donna Wielinski, Betty Wieman-Hoffman, Patricia Winchell-Dahl, Ron and Linda Wizykoski, John and Debbie Woerheide, Ralph and Gretka Wolfe, Tom & Jodi Yuhasey, Patricia Zankman, Gary E.Zinter, Michael and Sheralyn Zlonis, Leann Zunker.
