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Become a Great Friend of the 2012 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?

If your answer is yes to any of the above then please consider contributing to the Great Lakes Folk Festival at:

You can mail your check, made payable to "MSU Museum" with "GLFF" on the
memo line to:

Michigan State University Museum

409 West Circle Drive, Room 103
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 Online.

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 MSU Museum 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 MSU’s donor societies.

Thanks to our Great Friends 2012

Superior Level

 
Meegan Holland
Jerry & Karen Jennings
John & Elizabeth Schweitzer
Anshu Varma
 
Michigan Level
 
Douglas McGrady
Edward & Deborah Roeber
David Winder & Laurie Sommers
 
Huron Level

Larry & Willa Behnkendorf
Daniel & Carol Edmunds
Hiram & Dolores Fitzgerald
Thomas & Ande Glasmacher
Sally & Robert Harwood
Nan Jackson & Vernon Mesler
Scott Ross & Margo Turner-Ross
Michael Moquin & Julia Spalding
Katherine Corby
Gordon Guyer
Robert Miller

 
Erie Level

Walter & Marilyn Baird
Douglas & Polly Barr
Henry Blosser & Lois Lynch
William Bradford & Gloria Hecht
Stanley Denek
Stephen Dietrich
Carol & John Ducat
Stephen Esquith & Christine Worland
Kelly Funk & Cynthia Lockington
Liutauras Gedvilas
Janet Goldwasser & Stuart Dowty
Terry & Nan Hall
Michael Hauser
Lawrence & Mary Hennessey
Patricia Huebner
Richard & Deborah Irrer
John & Margaret Jones
Cynthia Jordan & Stephen Breedlove
Michael & Judith Hampton
Charles & Susan Kachel
Alan & Judith Labovitz
Suzanne & Leonard Lipinski
Douglas & Patricia McCall
Deborah Mulcahey & Peter Ollila
Ralph & Teresa Putnam
John & Diane Revitte
Karen & Fathi Saad
A Allen Schmid & Kay Schmid

Robert & Margaret Schneider
Thomas Stanton & Carol Skillings
Clarence & Loretta Suelter
Larry Syndergaard
Carol & Norbert VanOchten
Neil Villhauer & Linda Hegstrom
Carol Welch
Dale Wolfgram
James & Rose Zacks
Paul Zielinski & Sharen Furman
Lynn Jondahl & Judy Martin
Deborah Pierce
Debra Nails
Steve & Barb Bursian
David Winter & Michele Weipert-Winter
William & Leona Strmpel
Louise Forsythe
Rajeev Patgaonkar
Ronald & Anne Hagadorn
Vicki Shafarman
William & Sally Pratt
Kim Wilcox  & Diane Del Buono
John Barkham
Donald & Catherine West
Bonnie Allmen
Peggy & Pat Wolf
Nancy Dixon
 
 
Ontario Level
 
Patrick Affholter & Susan Hayes Affholter
Winfield & Karin Arneson
Robert Borcherding & Anne Missavage
Barbara Bridigare
David Brower
Christopher Clampitt
Frank & Catherine DeRose
Philip & Mary Dean
Katie Donnelly
Dorothy Dyer
Joanne & Tobin Emrick
Ellen Ferency
Robert Francoeur
Lorna Jean Guile
Cathy & Kenneth Hart                  
Eric & Julie Levy-Weston
Jack & Nanette Keck
Susanne Kelff & Richard Miksicek
Patrice Klein
David & Constance Knaggs
Beryl Levy
Marsha MacDowell & C. Kurt Dewhurst
Joanne Mahony-Betterly & Steven Betterly
Eileen Moloney
Craig Partridge
Charles & Rebecca Peterson
Douglas Peterson & Maureen Moloney
Eugene & Suzanne Rebeck
Jacob Rowan & Wendy Sylvester-Rowan
Steven Sowards & Bethany Gavett
Lynn Spisak
Robert & Renee Swanson
Karen Twyman & Richard Boyd
Melissa & Gerald White
Robert & Charlotte Wilks
Gerald Rider
Dr Gail Burke
Rafael Frank Shirley Tighe Frank
Ethel Brody
Roy & Alice Erickson
Vic and Elaine Weipert
 
Red Cedar Level
 
Barbara & Joseph Backus
Mark Baker & Ellen Zienert
Julia & Jeffrey Baker
Christine Birdwell
Ellis Boal
Kathryn Gram Fitzgerald
Ann Holmes
James Liesman & Alicia Dukek
Allen Maki
Ann McCall
Mary Sexton
Daniel Talhelm & Patricia Degnan
Gail Vander Stoep
Norris & Mary Jenkins
Jane Reiter
Mary Eckart
Marilyn Thompson
Patrick & Karen Anthony
Mark Cheatham
William & Maria Struck
Thomas & Winifred Motherwell
David Baur
Joseph & Kerry Chartkoff
William & Margaret Kingsbury
Jeffrey & Patricia Irwin
Douglas Campbell
Ivan Bradley
Danita Brandt & Michael Velbel
Patricia Kjolhede
Bob Matson
Christina Difonzo
Pauline & Ted Sondag
Marilyn Spalding
Mary Laing
Raymond Miller
Charlene Vogan
Louis & Alicia Lessard
Karen & Charles Heiler
Leo & Nola Deal
Stan & Toba Kaplowitz
 
 
List Updated on August 2, 2012.  Current list reflects those donations received and processed through University Development as of July 27, 2012.
 
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

409 West Circle Drive, Room 103
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1045

517-432-4655

secordm@msu.edu