Become a Great Friend of the 2011 Festival!
- Do you value having the Great Lakes Folk Festival in the East Lansing community?
- Do you appreciate seeing top-quality performers and artists, cooks, and craftspeople all in one place over one weekend?
- Do you value learning about the skills and artistry of individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds?
- Do you want to keep the Great Lakes Folk festival accessible to all, regardless of their financial background?
- Do you think it is important that this festival is an entertaining AND educational experience for people of all ages?
You can mail your check, made payable to "MSU Museum" with "GLFF" on the
memo line to:
Michigan State University Museum
West
Circle Drive, MSU
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045
Include your email address if you wish to receive our email newsletter- FestivaLink.
Gifts can be made by Credit Card (Visa, MC, Am Ex or Discover)
by going to our GLFF
Contributions Form.
Great Lakes Levels of Giving
All donors will receive an invitation to the Festival Kick-off party, and advance details about this year's festival in our email newsletter. Festival parking passes and some merchandise will be available to you at minimal cost. For more info about purchasing these items, please contact Mike Secord (secordm@msu.edu) or Julie Levy-Weston (levyj@msu.edu)
RED CEDAR LEVEL ($25 - $50)
ONTARIO LEVEL ($50 - $99)
ERIE LEVEL ($100 - $249)
HURON LEVEL ($250 - $499)
MICHIGAN LEVEL ($500 - $999)
SUPERIOR LEVEL ($1,000 - $2,499.00)
HERITAGE LEVEL ($2,500 - $5,000)
LEGACY LEVEL ($5,000 and up)
Would you like to be a member of the MSU Museum? Go to museum.msu.edu/GeneralInformation/Membership/.
Contributions made to the festival are also considered gifts to Michigan
State University and as such, are tax-deductible as provided by law, and
count toward membership in MSUs donor societies.
Great Friends 2011 (Updated Nov 7, 2011)
Superior Level
In memory of Frank M. Fitzgerald
Jerry & Karen Jennings
Anshu Varma
Michigan Level
Mary Koval
Douglas McGrady
Edward & Deborah Roeber
John & Elizabeth Schweitzer
Sarah Shaw
Lynne Swanson & Gary Ralph
Huron Level
Larry and Willa Behnkendorf
Robert & Karen Blackman
Katherine Corby & Arie Koelewyn
Lillian Deschamps
Carol & Daniel Edmunds
Liutauras Gedvilas
Ronald & Anne Hagadorn
Nancy Hammond
Irene & William Henry
Meegan Holland
Richard & Deborah Irrer
Nan Jackson & Vernon Mesier
Reginald Ronningen
Scott Ross & Margo Turner-Ross
Erie
Level
Yvonne Abdoo & Reg Williams
Bonnie Allmen
Deanne Andrews Lawrence
Julie Avery & Stephen Stier
Janice Ayers
Douglas & Polly Barr
David Baur & Bernice Natoli
Henry Blosser & Lois Lynch
Julia Bishop
Robert Borcherding & Anne Missavage
Kathy Brandenburg
Ivan Bradley
Susan Brown
Steven & Barbara Bursian
Jack Cahill
Joy Campbell & Kyle Enger
James & Particia Croom
Gregory & Julie Darby
Kurt Dewhurst & Marsha MacDowell
Ellen DeRosia & Victor Rauch
Stephen Dietrich
Katie Donnelly
David and Reade Dornan
Steven & Linda Dow
Stephen Duane
Fred Dyer
Ronald and Susan Eggleston
Frank Frayer
Hiram & Dolores Fitzgerald
Ruby Ghosh
Janet Goldwasser & Stuart Dowty
Nan & Terry Hall
Michael & Judith Hampton
Sally & Robert Harwood
Michael Hauser
Lawrence & Mary Hennessey
Timothy Hoepfner & Lora Helou
Angela Hoogterp & Bobbie Rosencrans
David & Iris Horner
Patty & Jeffery Irwin
H Lynn Jondahl and Judith Martin
Karen Klingman
Joseph Kulikowski
Charles & Susan Kachel
Myron Kelsey
Terry Dennis Kirk & Terry Kirk
Michael & Vonetta Konzman
Helen Kurtz
Judith & Alan Labovitz
Juliet Levy-Weston & Eric Weston
Leonard & Suzanne Lipinski
Cynthia Lockington & Kelly Funk
Dave Ludington
Lyle Marshall
Mary Mertz-Smith & Gavin Smith
Douglas & Patricia McCall
Deborah Mulcahey & Peter Ollila
Fredrick Neumark & Linda Reiter-Neumark
Rajeev Patgaonkar
Tom Petroni
William & Sally Pratt
Ralph & Teresa Putnam
John & Diane Revitte
Karen & Fathi Saad
Robert & Margaret Schneider
Abby Schwartz
Barbara Smith
James & Deborah Steele
Elias Strangas & Jane Turner
William & Maria Struck
Larry Syndergaard
Eric Torng & Patricia Soranno
Bill & Linda Trevathen
Neil Villhauer & Linda Hegstrom
Yuxun Wang & Yueying Cao
Carol Welch
Anna Werner
Donald & Catherine West
Brian Wills & Jim Forsyth
Robert & Kelly Yoakam
James & Rose Zacks
Ontario Level
Linda Aldrich
Rudolph & Henretta Band
Robert & Carol Bickenbach
Barbara Bidigare
Richard & Kjirsten Blander
Ethel Brody
Stuart Campbell & Kathryn Bert
Kerry & Joseph Chartkoff
Jason Cherry
Christopher Clampitt
Philip & Mary Dean
Joan Deschamps
Randal & Carol Desrochers
Marit Dewhurst
Lawrence & Susan Doyle
Stephen Findley
Louise Forsythe
Robert Francoeur
Rafael Frank & Shirley Tighe Frank
Albert & Yvonne Hafner
Allan & Harriet Gelfond
Rick Hayford
Patricia Huebner
Edward & Jennifer Huston
Jack & Nanette Keck
Margaret & William Kingsbury
Patrice Klein
John Kloswick
David & Constance Knaggs
Randy Laney
Louis & Alicia Lessard
Allen Maki
Roberta McCall
Rhonda Meyers
Jack & Carmen Miller
Charles & Rebecca Peterson
Douglas Peterson & Maureen Moloney
Thomas & Winifred Motherwell
Elizabeth Niemeyer for Nancy Niemeyer Weber
Marc & Linda Olenzek
Deborah Pierce
Marjorie & Laurence Porter
Terrie Robbie
Martha Seaman
A Allan & Kay Schmid
Michael & Mari Simeck
Steven Sowards & Bethany Gavett
Nancy Spates & Joseph Minton
Edward Spink
Leo Stone
Robert & Renee Swanson
Kazuko & Dozier Thornton
James Vande Bunte
Gail Vander Stoep
Michael & Mary Tedrake
Cele & Joseph Tuchinsky
Robert Victor
Charlene Vogan
Thomas Volkening
Victor & Elaine Weipert
Bruce & Polly Weston
Melissa & Gerald White
Nancy Wrisley
Paul Zielinski & Sharen Furman
Red Cedar Level
Michael Appel & Ruth Kraut
Matt Anderson
Winfield & Karin Arneson
Julia & Jeffrey Baker
Beth Bienvenu
Ellis Boal
Elizabeth Bogue & C.B. Smith
J Wayne Bowers
Mary Brizzi
David Brower
Diane Cloutier & John Elandt
Jean Croope
Stanley Denek
Nancy Austin Dixon
Mary Duncan
Paul Duncan
Joanne & Tobin Emrick
Beth & John Grant
Mary & Norris Jenkins
William Johnson
Kenneth Josenhans
Susan Kendall
W. Kennedy & Jean Schlater Kennedy
Jamie & Darryl Klausing
Linda Leslie
Beryl Levy
Pamela & John Lower
Muriel Matthews
Ann McCall
Christian McDaniel & Katherine Vogel
Raymond Miller
Fred Mollenkopf
John Muenzer & Mary Jo White
Craig Partridge
Anthony & Karen Patrick
Marcia Polenberg & Theodore Ramsay
B Schwarz & T Schneider
Mary Sexton
Lynn Spisak
Marilyn Thompson
Carol & Norbert VanOchten
List Updated on Nov 7, 2011
When you become a member of the MSU Museum, you receive a biannual newsletter with articles on museum research and public activities; special invitations to museum tours, previews of new exhibits, expeditions, lectures, festivals, performing arts classes and workshops; recognition in our Annual Report, a 10% discount at MSU Museum Store and dual membership in the Smithsonian Institution.
Contributions and information inquiries should
be sent to:
Mike Secord, Event and Facility Manager
Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045
517-432-4655







