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United Through Reading is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, public benefit organization supported by gifts and grants mainly from corporations, foundations and individuals.  Over 80% of each donation is directly applied to program expenses.

Thank you to all of our contributors for helping us reach thousands of children, youth and families through the magical experience of reading together.

LIFETIME GIVING—DONOR CIRCLES
Donors who have given $25,000 or more in their lifetimes are listed in Donor Circles cumulative giving categories with cumulative giving through Dec 31, 2007.

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($500,000 AND ABOVE)
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Mohlenbrock
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PATRON’S CIRCLE ($100,000-$499,999)
Ms. Christa Burke-Dittmer
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Colwell, Jr.
Donald C. and Elizabeth Dickinson Foundation
Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund at The California Community Foundation
Girard Foundation
Helmstetter Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander G. Kelley
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Reuben H. Fleet Fund at The San Diego Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Rory Sabbatini
Dr. Seuss Fund at The San Diego Foundation
The USAA Foundation
TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Wells Fargo Foundation

TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE ($50,000-$99,999)
Boys and Girls Foundation
Downing Family Foundation
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Employees’ Charity Organization of Northrop Grumman
The Hamilton-White Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Herrington
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kelley
Kellogg Company
Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
The Legler Benbough Foundation
Navy Federal Credit Union
The Parker Foundation

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous at The San Diego Foundation
Callaway Golf Company Foundation
Century Club of San Diego
City of San Diego
CW Cares for Kids Fund
The Daily Transcript
Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hunter
The J.M. Long Foundation
Maurice J. Masserini Charitable Trust and The French Fund
May and Stanley Smith Trust
Meristem Studios
The Meyer Charitable Foundation
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Northrop Grumman Foundation
Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
Rice Family Foundation
Samuel H. French, III and Katherine Weaver French Fund
San Diego Gas and Electric
Sempra Energy Utilities
Union Bank of California
The Viterbi Family Fund of The Jewish Community Foundation
Weingart Foundation

ANNUAL GIVING 2007 (1/1/07 TO 12/31/07)
Calendar year 2007 giving only, donors who have contributed $25,000 or more in their lifetimes are listed separately in Donor Circles.

PLATINUM READERS ($10,000-$24,999)
Anschutz Film Group, LLC
Fairpay Solutions, Inc.
Mr. James Patterson
Weingart-Price Fund at The San Diego Foundation

GOLD READERS ($5000-$9999)
Administaff, Inc.
Analex Corporation
Anonymous Fund at The San Diego Foundation
Century Club of San Diego
Collins Development Company
Donald H. Wilson, Jr. Family Foundation
The Paula B. and Oliver W. Jones Family Foundation
Mission Federal Credit Union Community Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation
Ms. Dianne Ratzel
Robert and Lillian Howard Endowment Fund at The Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Staples Foundation for Learning
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Tribolet

SILVER READERS ($1000-$4999)
A-1 Liquidators, Inc
Ms. Gladys Bernabei
Dr. and Mrs. James P. Blasingame
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Camp Pendleton Officers’ Wives Club
Mr. Reo Carr
Ms. Linda L. Christen
Costello Family Foundation, Inc.
Cush Family Foundation
The De Falco Family Foundation
Del Mar-Solana Beach Sunrise Rotary
Dr. Charles C. and Sue K. Edwards Foundation
Ms. Kelly D. Errico
First Baptist Church of Covington, Inc.
Ms. Joan R. Fisher
Friends of Children United Society
The Gold Diggers
Harold R. and Winifred R. Swanton Foundation
RADM and Mrs. Fran Holian
Junior League of San Diego, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Knowles
Lawyers Club of San Diego Fund for Justice at The San Diego Foundation
CAPT and Mrs. Terry Magee
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald K. Mohlenbrok
Naval Officers’ Spouses’ Club of Washington DC
The Pratt Memorial Fund at Union Bank of California
The R.C. Baker Foundation
Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Foundation
Robert and Bettye Johnson Fund of The Jewish Community Foundation
Samuel I. and John Henry Fox Foundation at Union Bank of California
San Diego City Schools Community Service Association  
San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Club
Mr. Robert A. Schroeder
SCI Real Estate Investments, LLC
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy - East
Soroptimist International of Coronado
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Swinton
WD-40 Company
The Sheryl and Harvey White Foundation
Governor and Mrs. Pete Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zatkin

BRONZE READERS $500-999
Adobe Systems, Inc.
AllianceBernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Ardilla
Mr. Shawn Baker
Dr. Lynnette Beall
Dr. McPherson S. Beall and Ms. Jennifer J. Heldmann
Ms. Catherine Butler, MFT
COL Joe C. Butler, USA (Ret.)
Coastal Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. C. William Dealy
Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Footer
Mr. and Mrs. K. Michael Garrett
Global Impact, Inc.
Mr. Thomas J. Hobbs
RADM and Mrs. Steve Loeffler
Dr. Paul J. Marsh, D.C., QME
Mr. and Mrs. Keith McKenzie
Naval Air Station North Island, Religious Ministries Department
Naval Officers’ Spouses’ Club of San Diego
The New York Community Trust
Mr. Mike Orlando
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Orlikoff
Dr. and Mrs. Roger Rowe
RADM and Mrs. John Ruehlin
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schnitzer
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Sylvester
Mr. and Mrs. Signe R. Twardowski
USA Federal Credit Union
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wurtzel
Drs. James G. and Sally Ann Zoll

READERS $100-$499
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ablitt
Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Aden
Albertsons
Ms. Gabriele Amtmann
Mr. Mark Bailey
Ms. Ida A. Barba
Drs. Josh Bardin and Carol Cheney
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Beall
CDR and Mrs. H. J. Bedinger
Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Belden
Ms. Eviana Bell
Ms. Joan Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. William Biderman
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Boster
Ms. Karen Boudreau
Ms. Pamela Y. Boynton
Mr. Howard Brown
Ms. Lauren Byrd
Scotty and Kathy Cameron Fund of the National Christian Foundation
COL and Mrs. Thomas A. Caughlan
Mr. Vincent R. Ciruzzi
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Clotfelter
Ms. Joyce K. Constantine
Mr. John M. Dadian
Ms. Geraldine Davis
David and Robin Ditzler
Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. Doren
Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Dougherty
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Doughty
Mr. Dave Downey and Ms. Jane Hays
ADM and Mrs. Leon A. Edney
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ehmann
Dr. and Mrs. William N. Elam
Elliot and Rhoda Lavinsky Fund of the Federation Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania
Mr. David P. Ferguson
Ms. Judith A. Feutz
Ms. Sandra Friend
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Gilby
Mr. Pierre Gillette
Ms. Zena Grant
Mr. David R. Guebert, PE
Dr. and Mrs. William P. Haney
Ms. Jill Hardman
Ms. Mishe C. Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Heid
Ms. Joan B. Henning
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Herron
Hewlett Packard Company
Hobson Inventory Services
RADM and Mrs. William J. Holland
Dr. and Mrs. E. Woodrow Hunt
Information Processing, Inc.
Iota Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa
Ms. Blair Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Joss, Jr.
Drs. Toshiaki and Yuko Kawakami
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kerns
Mr. Andrew J. Kessler
Ms. Virginia F. Kingston
Mr. and Mrs. Jody N. Krimstock
Mr. and Mrs. Don Kriz
Mr. and Mrs. Takeshi Kurita
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Lancaster
Ms. Susan Lauer
Ms. Susan K. Laurel
Ms. Elva V. Lee
CDR and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Macris
Dr. and Mrs. Lamar Majure
RADM and Mrs. Larry R. Marsh
Mr. and Mrs. Scott McClendon
Ms. Gayle Gillies Mize
Mr. David W. Nauen
Ms. Tammi Naumann
Newport Officer Spouse Club
Nierman Foundation
The Oakleaf Club NMCSD
Officer Students’ Spouses’ Club, Naval Postgraduate School
Parnassus Investments
Mr. and Ms. John F. Piacenza
CAPT Thomas C. Pinard, USN (Ret.)
Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Platt
Point Loma Rotary Club
Mr. Eric E. Porter
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Pund, Jr.
Ms. Jane H. Rader
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Raiter
Ralph Stone & Associates Landscape Architects
Mr. David M. Rodi
Rotary Club of Del Mar
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Ryan
Mr. Michael A. Sachs and Ms. Alice B. Rapoport
Mr. David Schultz
Dr. and Mrs. James T. Sears
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Seiber
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sharp
Pei-Pei C. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Monty E. Sparks
Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Spetter
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Stephan
Dr. and Mrs. Donald D. Stevenson
Mr. Charles R. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Esao Sumida
Sunkist Growers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Swanson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Traylor
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ventimiglia
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vogt
Mr. Dieter Kuster and Mrs. Ursula Wagstaff-Kuster
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Watwood
Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign
Ms. Diana Wheatcroft
Mr. David S. Worthington
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yamada
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Young
CAPT and Mrs. Herb Zoehrer

FRIENDS (up to $99) 
CAPT and Mrs. R. James Abbott
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Adams
Ms. Sasha Ablitt
Ms. June Baldwin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Barham
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Barsz
Ms. Julie Bemis
Ms. Margaret C. Bobertz
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bohl
RADM and Mrs. Bruce Boland
Ms. Anne M. Bolzoni
Mr. John Brooks, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brousse
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Burger
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Burr
Ms. Marilyn J. Carr
ChaCha Search, Inc.
Chocolate a la Cards
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Clark 
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Colwell
Ms. Sheila Connelly
Mr. Clayton Corrello
Mr. Gregory R. Cox and Dr. Cheryl S. Cox
Dr. Therese Crane
Mr. and Mrs. Gedeon I. Deak
Ms. Josephine H. Detmer
Ms. Suzanne G. Deutschmann
Ms. Penelope Dilday
Mr. and Mrs. Lie K. Djiauw
Mr. Luke Donev
CAPT and Mrs. Steve Duermeyer
Ms. Marilyn M. Edwards and Mr. John Kunkel
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Everett
Mr. James O. Fishbein
Mr. Mark Frye
Mr. Adam Galvan
Mr. and Mrs. George Garrett, IV
Mr. Jon Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Haines
Dr. and Mrs. David Hansen
Dr. Linda Kay Heckler
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hillman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hirt
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hudzik
Drs. Phillip and Johanna Hunsaker 
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Jewell
Mr. Ronald Kemp
Ms. Michele Kipnis
Ms. Elsie R. Land
Mr. James J. Lehner and Ms. Kathleen M. Plunkett
Ms. Linda D. Love
Ms. Susan Marino
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Martin
Ms. Nancy T. Martinez
Ms. Christina Mast
Ms. Kate McDevitt
CAPT and Mrs. John J. McKechnie
Mr. James Demetrios Mellos, III
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Menvielle
Mr. and Mrs. David Mikkelson
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron J. Moore
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Mr. Jonathon Murray
Ms. Susan S. Myerson
Mr. Dale A. Nelson
Mr. Thomas J. Murphy
VADM and John W. Nyquist
Mr. and Mrs. Jim O'Connor
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Palmer
Mr. Stephen E. Parks and Ms. Margaret R. Fischels
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Poole
Ms. Kathy Prout
Rainbow Children's Center
Ms. Judith I. Ramseier
Dr. and Mrs. William K. Ramstad
Mr. Bruce D. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Binoy A. Rosario
Ms. Carol Rudolph
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, Sr.
Mr. William H. Schofield
Ms. Tricia Schuler
Ms. Kathy Simons
Mr. Richard I. Singer and Ms. Elvi J. Olesen
RADM and Mrs. Kenneth D. Slaght
Mr. Charles W. Sprague and Ms. Helen K. Lambertson
VADM and Mrs. Harold D. Starling, II
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Stevens
Ms. Sara C. Stillwell
Ms. Marsha D. Sutton and Mr. Roger C. Smolin
LtCol and Mrs. Chad L. Swedberg
Ms. Cheryl Sylvester
Mr. Calvin Tang
Mr. Christopher L. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Toomajian
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. Troeger
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Trowbridge
CDR and Mrs. Phil Turner
CDR and Mrs. Harry G. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Walsh
The Rev. Dr. Thomas P. Warmer and Ms. Neda Wenger-Warmer
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Weber
CAPT Carl E. Weiscopf, USN
Ms. Kate Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Ross White
Mr. David Wilcox
Ms. Pamela K. Willis and Mr. Warren Shafer
Mr. and Mrs. Bill G. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Worden
Ms. Diane Wyss
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Young
Ms. Candace Young-Schult and Mr. Roy L. Schult

IN-KIND DONORS
A-1 Liquidators, Inc
A-Life Medical
Mr. Art Amberg
Asset Management Group
Ms. June Baldwin
Bay County Reading Association
Ms. Eviana Bell
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Boster
Branch Banking & Trust Company
Ms. Lauren Byrd
Cal Pacific Orchid Farm
Cecil's House of Photography
Contract Interiors
Mr. John M. Dadian
Ms. Kelly D. Errico
Ms. Kathy Fronce
Friends of Children United Society
Mr. and Mrs. K. Michael Garrett
Mr. Pierre Gillette
Great Falls High School
Ms. Marissa Haywood
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Herrington
HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc.
HSM-41
Ms. Linda Langan
Latham & Watkins LLP
Ms. Jennifer Lee
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Marriott Vacation Club
Dr. Paul J. Marsh, D.C., QME
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Mohlenbrock
Navy Federal Credit Union
Mr. Tim Neumann
Ms. Dianne Ratzel
Ms. Monique F. Rea
Remodel Door
Mr. Richard Renkin
Rotary Club of Southern New Castle County
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rowland
Schulte's Coffee House
Mr. and Mrs. Ebin Smith
Sony Electronics
Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes
Ms. Ilene Streiff
Stone Asset Management Group, Inc.
Temple Beth El
Ms. Melissa Treece
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Trees
The University Club
USS Midway Museum
Van Vechten Creative Communications, LLC
Wally's Salon and Spa
Wickliffe Public Library
Mr. Keith Woolgar
Mr. David Wright
Drs. James G. and Sally Ann Zoll