$5,001+ — Patron of 826michigan

• 826 National
• Ann Arbor Community Foundation Youth Council
• Dave Eggers
• EMA Foundation
• Steven Gillis
• Heinz Family Foundation
• James A. and Faith Knight Foundation
• Ilene Schwartz
• Staples Foundation for Learning
• TCF Bank/TCF Foundation
• Toyota Technical Center
• Whole Foods Market

 
$1,001-5,000 — Patron of the Pen

• Barnes and Noble Booksellers
• Borders Group Foundation
• Buhr Foundation
• Newcombe Clark
• Bruce DeMaine
• Mitch & Dani Henderson
• Taggert & Leah Henderson
• J. F. Ervin Foundation
• Kroger Co. Foundation
• Michigan Humanities Council
• Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation
• Target

 
$501-1,000 — Leviathan Donation

• Books by Chance
• Employees of the ACH Saline Plant
• Linda Adler-Kassner & Scott Kassner
• James Behm
• Books by Chance, LLC
• Citizens Bank
• Michelle Deatrick
• Dykema Gossett
• Hall Charitable Giving Fund
• Mike & Jessica Krivan
• Butzel Long
• Amanda and Frank Uhle

 
$251-500 — Abominable Snowman Donation

• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Patrick Cooper
• Faber Piano Institute
• Frank & Jennifer Moore Foundation
• Julie Gagne
• David & Sabrina Heidemann
• The Julius Kass Family Foundation
• King Elementary School PTO
• Lauren & Zachary London
• Beth Platt Nazario
• Mark and Susan Orringer
• Ellie & Dennis Sarris
• Silvertree Marketing
• Lamont Smith
• Bill & Linda Sumerton
• Katharine & Alvan Uhle
• Rebecca Vlasic
• Laura & Steve Wagner
• Wal-Mart Foundation
• Richard Weise
• Brandon Zwagerman/Madisonfest

 
$101-250 — Zombie Donation

• Ann Arbor Area Home Scholars
• Arthur Baczyk
• Corry & Gahl Berkooz
• William and Wendy Berry
• Robert and Udas Blank
• Angela De Smet
• Lori Eaton
• Robyn Ford
• Ghostly International
• Lee Gorman & Mark Ritz
• Lakshmi Halasyamani
• Roger and Nancy Howard
• Dallas Jackson
• Jeannette Jackson
• Patrick Keating
• Kathleen & George Klinich
• Elizabeth Kostova
• Jenn McKee and Joe Grekin
• Won Hyung Lee & Sung Lim
• Susan Livingston
• Anne McKay
• Debbie Merion
• Arthur Nusbaum Trust
• Billie Ochberg & Sandro Cinti
• Anne Ramsey
• Meghan Robertson
• Mark Schneyer & Debbie Field
• Schwab Charitable Fund
• Eleanor Shelton
• Julia Smillie
• Carla & Kim Stellrecht
• John Swatosh
• Charles and Debbie Taylor
• Laura Thomas
• Cilla Tomas and Jim Hallock
• Will Tupper
• Kathleen & Jonathan Wright
• Po Wai Yuen
• Catherine Zudak & Robert Silbergleit

 
$51-100 — Cyclops Donation

• David Adams
• Donna Ainsworth
• Tracy Allen
• Marcia Anderson
• Cortney Bamberger
• Carol Bardenstein
• Aaron Bennett
• Kyla Boyse
• Christy Byks
• Chris Campbell
• Christopher Carey
• Loretta Coghlan
• Robert & Carolyn Collins
• Jim & Molly Connally
• Joan Cooper
• Marjorie Corden
• Karen Coulter
• John Curran & Andrea Sims
• C. Jason DePasquale
• Anthony DeVee
• Ted Dunham
• Rosanne Ellison
• Richard Emrick
• Evan Enarson
• Ann Epstein
• Lynn Kimball Fay
• Laura Flanigan
• Jeaniene Ford
• J. E. Foy
• Marc Friedman
• Jeff Gaynor
• Elizabeth Gemmill
• Laura George
• Ryan Gray
• Amy Gustine
• Ellen Halter
• Jeffrey & M. Catherine Hauptman
• Vicky Henry & John Kerr
• Peter & Amy Higgins
• Mary Hohmann
• Mabelle Hsueh
• Naghma Husain
• John & Sharon Iverson
• Margaret Krasnoff
• Ann Evans Larimore
• K. S. LaSalle
• Danielle Lavaque-Manty
• Theresa LaVeck
• Steven Lennex
• Julee Li
• Lyou-Fu Ma
• David Madson
• Edward and Marilyn Marsh
• Patricia Mazzola
• Al & Kathy McGowan
• The McMillin Family
• Ben Michelson
• Jode S. Millman
• Katrina Ohlemacher
• Julie Orringer & Ryan Harty
• Personalized Nursing Light House
• Cynthia Petricko
• Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
• Brian S. Powers
• Carol Rugg
• Bob Schwartz
• Karen Simpson
• Catherine Smillie
• Karen Smyte
• Kevin Sullivan
• Stasia Sullivan
• Sally Swihart
• Jeremy & Elizabeth Taylor
• Stephanie Teasley
• Jennifer Trudeau
• Shanti Thirumalai
• University of Michigan MFA in Creative Writing Program
• Thom Unterburger
• Richard Varkle
• Christina Weiksnar
• David E Weimer
• Elizabeth Widmeyer
• Bill & Anne Winters
• Amy Wright
• In Memory of Cynthia Yates
• Evans Young
• Evan Zachs
• Robert Ziolkowski

 
$50 and under — Leprechaun Donation

• Michael Abbott
• Wayne Abbott
• Joseph Abraham
• Joseph Ademuwafin
• Advanced Behavioral Medicine (Viken and Mary Matossian)
• Ruby Afram
• Donna Ainsworth
• Cara Alcantar
• Suzanne and Steven Alchin
• Kathleen Alessandro
• Mike Alperrita
• Dara Alpert
• Michael Appel & Ruth Kraut
• Elizabeth Baker
• Karan Balmer
• Kerstin Barndt
• Christine Bartels
• Scott Beal
• Adam Becker
• Christopher Becker
• Devin Becker
• Tyson Becker
• Jason Bednarz
• Colin Beirne
• Ann Bell
• Crystal Bell
• Laird Bell
• Limor Ben-Har
• Andrea Bennett
• Erin Bennett
• Kris Ann Berger
• Bruce Berque
• Mike Bezzeg
• John Bierwirth
• Anna Bittar-Weller
• Adin Bookbinder
• John Boshoven
• Kyla Boyse
• Trevor Brewster
• Dale and Nancy Briggs
• Michael Bueti
• Rachel Burnson
• Leila Carbonell
• John Carr
• Christine Carter-Su
• Amy Cell
• Amanda Chaborek
• Deborah Chang
• Hsiao-Mei Chao
• Lily Cheng
• J Randall Chidester
• Julie & Ben Cohen
• Katherine Collins
• Mark Corden
• Paul and Lori Corden
• Spencer Corden
• Mary-Margaret Cornish
• David Corsa
• Wendy Cotto
• Cameren Cousins
• Jill Crane
• Kevin Davis
• Margaret Dean
• Michael DeKraker
• Nicolas and Elena Delbanco
• Barbara DePasquale
• Little Brown Jug Designs
• Brian De Smet
• Theresa & Edward De Smet
• Randy DeVita
• Judith Dewoskin
• Casey Diekman
• Carl Dietz
• Kathleen Dow
• Bill Druker
• Patricia Dunhill
• Natalie Durkee
• Mary Ecker
• Sarah Fabian
• Melissa Falb
• Benjamin Falik
• Charles Falzon
• Sarah Farkas
• John Fauver
• Eric Feder
• Debbie Felt
• Janice Fischel
• Mark Fokkens
• Laura Ford
• Sarah Ford
• John Gawlas
• Mohammad Gill
• Sarah Ginsburg
• Tamara Glynn
• Lori Golani
• Amy & David Goldman
• Christine Golus
• Aimee Goss
• Oliver Gottfried
• Margaret Graff
• Michael & Deborah Grifka
• Julie Grzeda
• Ron Gubitz
• Anne Hagopian-Zirkel
• Glenna Haldeman
• Jennifer Hall
• Jeffrey Hamilton
• GJ Harmon
• Nancy Harrington
• Stephanie Harris
• Michelle Hart
• Lisa Hass
• Christina Hicks
• Keith and Theresa Hood
• Kathleen Howe
• Alan Hulst
• Bradley Humphreys
• Dana Hurst
• Victoria Hurst
• Susan P Hutton
• John & Linda Hyaduck
• Claire Isabell
• Teresa Jan
• Susette Jaquette
• Peter Javier
• Kirsten Jensen
• Jean Johnson
• Karen Johnson
• Lisa Jones
• Steven Kahn
• Linda Kalikin
• Maureen Kassof
• Carolyn Katwan
• Rachel Katwan
• Simranjit Kaur
• Brendan Kelly
• Becky & Matt Kenyon
• Shyam Khatau
• Joe Kichoff
• Diana Kimball
• Joanne King
• Carla Kohoyda-Inglis
• Ira Konigsberg
• Dorothy Kopecek
• Georgia Kouskoulis
• Harold and Sonya Krivan
• Farah Kruckeberg
• Maryann Kujava
• Brendan Kuras
• Martha LaFata
• Gloria Lam
• Chris Laurain
• Glenn & Mayumi Mazur
• Samantha Lawrence
• Benjamin Lee
• Eunju Lee & Yeong Eun Yoo
• Lisa Lewis
• Veronique Liem
• Ashley Logan
• The Longs
• Will Lovick
• Noble MacFarlane
• Kristin Mahler
• Herbert & Lynn Malinoff
• Danijel Matijevic
• Tracey Matthews
• LaTonya Mayfield
• Mark Maynard
• Roxanne Mayville
• Stephen McClatchey
• Debbie McCoy
• Megan McCoy
• Scott Mcilvride
• Michael McNelis
• Shannon McPartland
• In Memorium of Roy Meador
• Andrea Miller
• Lona Mody
• Ann J. Mooney
• Ken Moore
• Heide Hehmann Moser
• Mike Mouradia
• Andrew Mullett
• Connie Nagle
• Dan Neaton
• Helen Nelson
• Elijah Newton
• Kevin Nguyen
• Barbara & Mark Obenchain
• Benjamin Olding
• The O'Rielly Family
• The Osler Family
• Megan Pahmier
• Manisha Pai
• Andrea Palk
• Greg Pallett
• Jeff Parker
• Robert & Patricia Pasick
• Sunil Patel
• Jennifer & Christopher Patselas
• Roseanne Pavesi
• Owen Perlman
• Brandon Perry
• Jeremy Peters
• Robert Piper
• Beverly Plochi
• Heather Porter
• James Porter
• Laura Publiski
• Mary Jane Raab
• Diane Radlowski
• Jason Randolph
• Lisa Raycraft
• Laura Pershin Raynor
• Marnie Reid
• Aimee & James Reische
• Rachel Rhode
• J L Rickard
• Stephanie Rieke
• Lauren Rimar
• Jon Ripperger
• James Robert
• Laura Roberts
• Blaine, Mary, Francis, & Colby Roderique
• Steve Rodriguez
• Rachel Rohde
• Jill Ross
• Kimberly Roth
• Valerie Rustoni
• Robert Samy
• Claire Sandler
• Ellen Sapper
• Karen Schleh
• Jessie Scott
• Janet Marie Shane
• Kate Shanks
• Conor Shaw
• Valerie Shedd
• Noah Sheray
• Jeffrey Sitko
• Ashley Skrocki
• Jacqueline Smith
• Paige Smyth
• Elizabeth Sosa
• Carlos Soto
• Pedro Soto
• Gabrielle Soucy
• Heather Spencer
• Barbara Stark-Nemon
• Steven Starnes
• Hal Steadman
• Barbara Steer
• Scott and Katie Steiner
• Rebecca Stirling
• Richard & Mercedes St. John
• Richard Stobby
• Catherine Stone
• Ellen Stone
• Krysta Stone
• Elizabeth Stueber
• Janet Sutherland
• James Sweeton
• Caitlin Swihart
• Miriam Swihart
• Ryan Swihart
• Seth Swihart
• Thomas Swihart
• Mike Tupper
• Katharine Uhle
• Darlys Vanderbeek
• Kevin & Mary VanderTuig
• Maikue Vang
• Judith Van Horn
• Benjamin Vincent
• Paula Walker
• Annette, Bethany, and Clarice Wang
• Michael Ward
• Farah Warner
• Christine Wasz
• Carol Webb
• Shelly Webber
• Ed and Helena Wegryn
• Anna Weller
• Jean Wiggins
• Kristen Willems
• Elizabeth Williams & Peter Osler
• Anne Windsor
• Matthew Winne
• Mary Jo Marcellus Wyse
• James Ziolkowski
• Peter Ziolkowski
• Robert Ziolkowski
• Tom Ziolkowski
• Rudy and Marlene Zornik

Monsters’ Ball 2005
Thank you: Britta Ameel, Dargie Anderson, Mihal Ansick, Daphna Atias, Natalie Bakapoulos, Kat Bawden, Sara Bawden, Isaac Bennett, Chris Berggren, Anne Berggren, Michelle Birawer, Charlotte Boulay, Lowell Brower, Ninive Calegari, Megan Cummins, C. Jason DePasquale, Jaclyn Dudek, Dave Early, Peter Fayroian, Marguerite Fourcroy, Franny, Ruthie Freeman, Rahul Ganatra, Steve and Mary Gillis, Lee Gorman, Katie Green, Greenhills School, Scott David Herman, Andrew Hill, Martha Holland, Ryan Howard, Jeff Kass, Kikkerland, Heather Kingsbury, Elizabeth Kostova, Theresa LaVeck, Andrew Livingston, Deanne Lundin, Betsy and Maggie McMillin, Seyth Miersma, Franco Muzzio, Erin Neely, Heidi Nevison, Sean Norton, Julie Orringer, Jenny Paul and Barnes & Noble, Anne Ramsey, Jeff Sarasohn, Sarah Schaefer, Ilene Schwartz, Bill Sizer, Julia Smillie, Bob Sparrow, Sparrow Meat and Produce, Elizabeth Staudt, Bill and Linda Sumerton, Keith Taylor, Alvaro Villanueva, Jesmyn Ward, Shawn Yardley

Furthermore, there are a few key individuals we need to single out:

• C. Jason DePasquale donated our monster union logo design; poster designs; monsters for all manner of buttons, signs, and cards; and the inspiration for a number of C. Jason buttons (Crucial Jason? Got it. Choose Jason? Got it. Class Jason? Got it.)
  
  
• Laura Ford donated the program design for the Monsters’ Ball, and managed to turn out fairly normal, despite having Erin Bennett as a big sister.
  
  
• Karl of Digital Surgeons donated a portion of his technology services while setting up our computer lab. Furthermore, he never once looked at us funny while we asked any number of asinine questions about computers.
  
  
• Lee Gorman donated two dictionaries, two printers, a table and chairs, a computer, lots of software, too many printer cartridges and pens to mention, and some other stuff we’re forgetting. We must also mention that she brings in two absolutely lovely dogs from time to time.
  
  
• The Jenkins Group for reference and young adult fiction books.
  
  
• Kikkerland & Moleskine donated moleskine journals to the gift bags at the Monsters’ Ball. Handy little notebooks.
  
  
• Sweetland Writing Center and Dr. Caroline Eisner for writing reference books.
  
  
• Scholastic Books for donating many, many children’s and young adult books for our library. We thank you for your continued support.
  
  
• We need to thank a few folks from the Ann Arbor community for supporting our “Writing for Television” adult workshop presented by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, writer and supervising producer for TV’s “LOST” on Saturday, February 25, 2006. Javier donated his time and his travel expenses to present an amazing seminar which allowed all the proceeds to benefit programming at 826michigan. Thanks so much.
  
  
• Thank you to Busch’s and Kroger for helping us supply beverages to the many guests that showed up to support 826 and fill their brains with very useful knowledge about “LOST” and writing for television.
  
  
• A HUGE thank-you to Bill from Cottage Inn for donating two awesome pizzas! This was my first Cottage Inn experience, and, man, is it out of this world!
  
  
• And, finally a much-deserved shout out to Chris Hutton and Quizno’s for donating the delicious sandwiches for all the lovely children to eat while they visited with Javier! We thank you all for your generous support!
  
  
• A DINOSAUR-sized thank you to Colonial Lanes, Bel-Mark Lanes, Espresso Royale, Ben & Jerry’s, Coldstone Creamery, Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase, and the Michigan Theater, for all of their incredible donations, all of which went toward appreciating the tireless work of our wonderful volunteers.