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Major Donors

We wish to thank these individuals, businesses and grantors whose support has advanced our effort to create the 22-mile Parkway since the founding of the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust in 1988.

$150,000+

California Department of Conservation
California Department of Water Resources
Frank and Florence Caglia Family
City of Fresno Parks, Recreation and Community Svcs.
Virginia S. Eaton
Fresno Arts Council/Metropolitan Projects Authority
Fresno Regional Foundation
Rodger and Terry Glaspey
Coke and James Hallowell
Hunsberger Foundation
Jim and Carrie Moen
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Alice Peters and Leon S. Peters Foundation
Pete P. Peters Foundation
San Joaquin River Conservancy
Rolein Smith
State of California, SWRCB
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Vulcan Materials Company
Wildlife Conservation Board State of California

2007 Members and Donors

We’re proud to acknowledge these individuals, businesses, foundations and grantors who supported our efforts in 2007 to create and protect the San Joaquin River Parkway for everyone.

(note: This list is updated each year in January.)

$25,000+

Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo
W. E. and Anna Wattenbarger
Raymond and Oweta Wicks

$10,000+

Baker, Peterson & Franklin, CPA, LLP
Dean and Effie Beeman
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Edward and Terri Grootendorst
Ed Kashian, Lance-Kashian and Company
Ted Martin, Edward Martin Family Foundation, Inc.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Wells Fargo Foundation

$7,500+

Thomas and Louise Richardson

$5,000+

Desa Belyea
Ronald Bunney
Jack Cashion
Recreation Equipment, Inc.
George and Jackie Folsom
The Bertha and John Garabedian Charitable Foundation
Eldon and Diana Marks
Susan Myrick
Union Bank of California
Sonoma Ecology Center
Charlotte Switzer

$2,500+

John and Nancy Baker
Bart and Suna Bohn
J. Delbert Crummey
Fresno County Office of Education
Golden Valley Unified School
Sharon S. Hanley
Lennar Fresno, Inc.
Richard D. Mellinger
2M Associates, Patrick and Jane Miller
John and Carolyn Nolan
Laurie Perry and Ron Perry
San Joaquin River Conservancy
Trinity Fruit Sales, David E. White
The Trust for Public Land
Whole Foods Market
Emory and Sydney Wishon

$1,000+

K Arakelian Foundation, Caroline Arakelian, President
Granville Homes, Farid and Cheryl Assemi
Lee and Shelly Ayres
Peter Bennett
Stefan and Mary Biskup
Tom and Sheri Bohigian
Estelle Boro
Robert M. and Alice Bragg
Lee Brand
Carmen and Rose Marie Eanni
East Fresno Kiwanis
Evelyn Eaton
William Eaton
Michael and Dolores Elkins
Frank Ergin and Kristine Ballantyne
Robin L. Smit, M.D. and Nancy Smit, EYE-Q Laser Center
Phoebe Farnam
Bryan Flowers Masonry
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District
James and Judy Ganulin Family Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold and Dianne Gazarian
William and Shirley Golden
Gene and Rebecca Gomes
Joell Hallowell and Tricia Garlock
Louise Hastrup
Brett and Sarah Hedrick
Marilyn Hodge
Dr. Phyllis Irwin
Arthur and Phyllis Jing
Jim Kaufmann
George and Elizabeth Knapp
Dave and Sharon Koehler
William and Ann Lyles
James Marshall
William Ellery McClatchy
Gary McDonald Homes
Karen and Tom McGowan
Louis and Dena McMurray
Mike and Georgia Murach
J.D. and Ann Northway
Kevin and Beatrice Olsen
Paramount Citrus Association
Monte Person, D.D.S.
Stephen D. Peterson Conservation Fund
William and Karen Podolsky
Marlene M. Powell
Ron Rempel
Linda I. Ridenour, Linda I. Ridenour Foundation
Mary and Rudy Savala
Carol L. Seabury
Newton and Susan Seiden
Sierra Challenge Express
Sierra Endocrine Associates, Dr. Joseph Hawkins
Kevin Statham and Sharon Booth
Robert and Judy Swenson
Joseph and Bonnie Tanski
Shirley and Robert Valett
William and Lise Van Beurden
Polly Victor
Francis and Nancy Weaver
Martin and Marianne Weil
Whitie's Pet Shop, Inc., John Shafer
Margaret Whitten
Jennifer and Hugh Williamson
Dave and Nancy Youngs