Donors

Your financial support changes lives

Thank you, donors!

THANK YOU to these individuals, organizations and businesses who generously support services, education and advocacy for people in Wisconsin who are living with vision loss. Your financial support in the past year has kept people informed, engaged and connected. The Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired is grateful for each donor and each gift.

White Cane Circle

Monthly Donors

Martha Abrams
Nurudeen Amusa
Mike & Susan Archer
Steven & Susan Baudo
Claire Box
Henrietta de la Garza
Claire Dick
James Evans
James & Karen Fletcher
Susan Gentry
Sean Gifford
Brent Goodman
Rosemary Goodrich
Nona Graves & Dennis Ameden
Maria Heide
Denise Jess
Scott & Brenda Johnson
Rajnish, Arvinder & Avanish Kapur
Candice Koehn
Constance Malak
Carmela Moftah
Eva Parenica
Chris Richmond
James Roberts
Patricia Schroeder
Patty Slaby
Margaret Sommers
Rhonda Staats
Karen Steffen
Nat Tarnoff
Victor Thonn
James Tormey
Eunice Wagner
Lori & Mark Werbeckes
Donald Whitman
John & Roslyn Zeltins

Council Friends

$500 or more in 2022

Carol Adams
Anonymous
Mike & Susan Archer
Thomas & Martha Beach
Priscilla & Anthony Beadell
Beastro & Barley
Berlin Lions Club
Computer & Networking Solutions
Ernst Conrath
Raquel Frommelt
Gerald & Betty Fuller
Sean Gifford
Mary Gill
Nona Graves & Dennis Ameden
Greenville Lioness Lion Club
John & Diane Herman
Loretta Himmelsbach
Robert Holloway
Kay Hutchison
Nancy Hutson
Denise Jess & Jani Koester
Peter Kaufman
Joan Klebs
Marlyn Klongland & Jo Ann Klongland
Candice Koehn
La Crosse Lions Club
John & Terry Ladwig
Lake Wisconsin Lions Club
Mary Lawless
Marvin Levy
Barbara Lockwood
Lomira Lions Club
Katharine Lyall
Middleton Lions Club
Gail Morton & Mark Rooney
David Mueller
Neshkoro Lions Club
Okauchee Lions Club
Paleo Mama Bakery
Anonymous
Gerald Ring
James Roberts
Jeffrey & Christine Rushton
Tracy Schoenrock
Patricia A. Schroeder
Brook Soltvedt & David Nelson
Anne & Richard Spalding
Karen Steffen
Kimberly Stepien, MD
Catherine & George Tesar
Gloria Turgeson
David G. & Nancy B. Walsh Family Foundation
Dan & Jeanna Werbeckes
Lori & Mark Werbeckes
Donald Whitman
Margaret Williams
Jeffrey & Nancy Williamson
Barbra Winter
Mark Wroczynski
Terri Young, MD
John & Roslyn Zeltins

Council Visionaries

Cumulative gifts of $20,000

Carol Adams
Anonymous
Loretta Himmelsbach
Rosemary Himmelsbach
Marvin Strehlow
Anonymous
Margaret Williams

Legacy CirCle

Stan Nelson*
Kathleen Brockman*
Steven Johnson*
Chris & Theresa Zenchenko
Arnold* & Alice Tucker
Ester Lovelace
Anonymous
Scott & Beverly Verhage
Ray Cubberly
Helen J. Bewick*
Anonymous
Loretta Himmelsbach
Anonymous
Marjean Kuschel
Robert E. & Carolyn E. Arndt
Daniel & Rachel Golla
Neil* & Peggy Ford
Carolyn Schultz
Michael S. Goodman

*In Memoriam

Individuals, businesses, service organizations and foundations That gave in 2022

Anonymous
Sieglinde Abendroth
Ruth Abraham
Martha Abrams
David Ackmann
Carol Adams
Kathryn Adams
Sandra Adams
Akinyemi Adegbola
Adeyinka Adenekan
Anonymous
Rose Adler
Susan & Michael Ales
Alliant Energy Foundation
Anonymous
AmazonSmile Foundation
Brandolyn Amusa
Nurudeen Amusa
Carol Anderson
Dr. & Mrs. C.J. Anderson
Scott & Laura Anderson
Virgene Anderson
Anonymous
Michael & Nancy Anthony
Richard & Alice Appen
Mike & Susan Archer
Edgar & Colleen Armacanqui
Robert & Carolyn Arndt
Rebecca Arrowood
Associated Bank
Linda Ayoade
Richard Ayres
Karlee & Steve Babcock
Michael Baer
Norman K. Bailey Family Trust
Luke Balistreri
Harold Ballmann
George Bambrough
Alice & Eric Bannier
Dr. James Bardenwerper
John Bardos
Kent Barta
Marvin & Audrey Barts
Debbie & Mike Bartzen
Steven & Susan Baudo
Anne Bauer
Thomas & Martha Beach
Priscilla & Anthony Beadell
Beastro & Barley
Sara Beck
Cherri Becker
Barbara Beckert
George & Linda Bednar
Karolyn Beebe
David Bell
Bruce Bender
Dianne Benson
Steve Bentin
Emily Berberich
Mary Ann Berkholtz
Berlin Lions Club
Michael & Luann Berns
Norman & Barbara Berven
William & Elaine Bethke
William & Joyce Bethke
Nila Biddle
Amy Bigna
Richard & Ann Binder
Birnamwood Lions Club
Asta & Howard Blanchar
Fredric & Karen Boettcher
James Boho
Charles & Luann Boie
Nannette Boinski
Dennis & Robin Boland
Dennis & Linda Bollig
Kathleen & Bill Bollom
Richard & Marilyn Borree
Arthur Bostwick
Claire Box
Carl & Judy Brakebush
Mary Braskamp
Denise Brendel
Lucy & Jack Brey
Mitch Brey
Barbara Brinkman
Jane Brischke
Frank G. & Frieda K. Brotz Family Foundation
Jennifer Brown
Marion Brown
Stewart Brown
Larry Brubacker
Karen Bruinooge
Beau Brummund
Neal & MarJean Buck
William & Denise Buenzli
Heather Buggs
Winn Bukowski
Cindy & Earl Burger
Robert & Carol Burger
Jeff Burkhart
Kathleen Burr
Virginia Buschke
Liane & John Butitta
Doris Buyze
Richard Calland
Renee Callaway
Kathleen Callen
Mary Lou Callin
Bonita Campbell
Joyce & Herbert Campbell
Beverly Cann & Karen Lucas
Kathy Carpenter
Joyce Carpenter
Rachel Caruso
Karen Cator
Louis & Joan Cecil
Stafford Cerny
Ruth Chalmers
Wah Cheng
Debra Christianson
Paul & Sandra Christianson
Michael & Barbara Christopher
Tom & Patty Cihowiak
Joseph & Virginia Cissell
Richard & Tracy Clark
Anonymous
Susan Cleveland
Michael Cody
Cheryl Coe
Shannon Columb
Community Shares of WI
Computer & Networking Solutions
Marjorie Conkey
Ellen Connor
Ernst Conrath
Katherine Corbett
Louis Cornelius
Andrew Couch
Suzanne & Don Cowan
CraftOptics LLC
Janis Crandall
Elizabeth Crawford
Anonymous
Judy Cresson
Robert Croucher
Raymond Cubberly
Mary Cuccia
Wallace Cutler
Diane Daniel
Mary Daniel
Richard Davenport
Jeanne Davies
Stanton Davis
Henrietta De La Garza
Gina De Sota
Troy Deane
Amy Dee
Daniel DeFosse
Joanne Delforge
James Denham
Destination Madison
Claire Dick
Darrell & Shelley Dickinson
William Diedrich
Chris Doering
Wallace & Margaret Douma
Ruth & Warren Downs
Robert & Pam Draves
Melinda Dresen & Justin Schober
Sally Drew
Sheryl Dwinell
Helen Dyer
Linda Dzieciol
Claude & Fayette Eakins
Julie Eddy
Mary Eich
Shelly & Peter Eisch
Paul & Jean Ekblad
Maggie Ellison
Emanation Graphics
David Emmerich
Sharon Engel
Elizabeth Enright
Kathryn & Jeff Erickson
Phyllis Ermer
Katherine Esposito
James Evans
Will Everts
Emmanuel Fabiya
Lois Fanello
Michael Feder
Hildy Feen
Charles Fehl
Rebecca Feldt
Don & Marlyn Fenhaus
Dolores Fera
James Ferwerda
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
-Stephen & Gloria Carlson
-Mary & Bruce Feay Fund
-Bertha LeGore
-Joy Newman
-Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation
Joyce Fiel
Rebecca & Craig Filiatreaux
Cheryl Fine
Robert Fisher
Marshall & Lisa Flax
Robert & Susan Flemming
James & Karen Fletcher
FM Global Foundation
Darlene Fochs
Beulah Ford
Anonymous
Lynn Forshaug
Fort Atkinson Lions Club
James Fowler
Janet Fox
Roger Francois
Elmer Frank
Helene Frank
Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation
Henry & Susan Freiss
Linda Froehlich
Raquel Frommelt
Edward & Joyce Fujikawa
Jo Ann Fujikawa
Gerald & Betty Fuller
Amy Fulton
Connie Gabrilska
Judy Gaines
Frances Gasper
John Geanon, MD
Robert Geenen
Susan Gentry
Elizabeth George & Paul Voytas
Linda Gerke
Kathy Germann
John & Dorothy Giallombardo
Patricia Gibson
Sean Gifford
Mary Gill
Norman & Amanda Gilliland
Bruce Gilmeister
Don & Irene Golembiewski
Rachel & Daniel Golla
James Gonyo
Mary Good
Rosemary Goodrich
Dennis Gordon
Michael Gottfried
William Graczyk
Sandra Granroth
Roosevelt Grant
Nicole Graper
Patricia Graupner
Nona Graves & Dennis Ameden
Gary & Patricia Gray
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
-Carl & Alma S. Greilach Fund
-William R. & Lois J. Phillips Fund
Tonja Green
Greenville Lioness Lion Club
Frank Grenzow
Neva & Randy Gruenenfelder
Melvin Guell & Maryann Dillon
Phyllis Guggemos
Marilyn Gulickson
Jeffrey Gurriell
Charles & Margaret Gustafson
Justin Gustafson
Marilyn & Lester Haen
Debra Hagan
Judy Hale
Mary Jean Hale
Alana Halford
Randy Haller
Alice Halpin
Dr. Richard Haney
Leslie Hanna
Susan Hansen
Burton Harger
Linda & Garth Harris
Anita Hartman
Jack & Arlene Hastings
Gary Haugen
Theresa Hauri
Jeffrey & Lucy Haynes
Heartland Credit Union
Barbara Hechel
Timothy Heckmann
Karen & Dave Heesen
Maria & Jan Heide
Anonymous
Marilyn Heiden
Dean & Barbara Hekel
Beverly Helland
Sylvia & Joe Hemauer
Herb Kohl Philanthropies
John & Diane Herman
Joyce Hermanson
Patricia Herrling
Sharon Heuer
Richard Hilt
Loretta Himmelsbach
Magdalen Hirst
Donald Hodgins
Anonymous
Patricia Hoesly & Dave Gunderson
Arlyn & Judy Holewinski
Bill & Mary Holewinski
Dennis & Sue Holewinski
Fabian & Cynthia Holewinski
Anonymous
Sarah Hoover
Horicon Lions Club
James & Lucille Hornung
Joan Hottinger
Dwight Hough
Kirsten Houghton for SVA CPAs
Thomas & Jeanine Houtevelde
Marilyn & Neil Howell
Donna Hubeler
Roxana Huebscher
Elizabeth Hueller
Evelyn Hug
John Hughes
Sarah Hughes
Emil Hunkel estate
Judith Hunter
Kay Hutchison
Nancy Hutson
Adedamola Ifaturoti
Industries for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Inspiration Foundation
Bob Jacobson
Diane & Randel Jacobson
Harvey Jacobson
Ron & Joan Janssen
Michael Jarmonczuk
Anonymous
Jeff Jensen & Barbara Wilson
Patricia Jensen
Denise Jess & Jani Koester
Adam & Amy Jochem
Margaret Johansson
Jill Johnson
Jerome Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Richard & Darlene Johnson
Scott & Brenda Johnson
Johnson Bank
-Claremont Jackman Foundation
Yvette Jones
Cindy & David Joosten
Gary Jordan
Brian Juchems
Phyllis Jukes & Eric Jukes
Jean Kalscheur
Anonymous
Lynn Kaplan
Rajnish, Arvinder & Avanish Kapur
Gary Karl
Jean Karls
Bill Karns
Anonymous
Chip & Christy Kaufman
Johanna & Darwin Kaufman
Peter Kaufman
Virginia Kaufman
Lorna Kaye
Nancy Keeney
Jane Keggi
Kenneth Keith
Cindi Kekula
Marsha Kelly
Joy Kendall
Rosalie Kiefer
Stanley & Faye Kiefer
Kevin Kienbaum
Martha Killin
Dr. Frank & Mary Jo Kilpatrick
Pauline & Howard King
Michelle Kirch
Jill Kittel
Lois Kittel
Lea Kitz
Robert Kivela
Joan Klebs
Philip Klein
Marlyn Klongland & Jo Ann Klongland
Sharon Knauf
Rebecca & Michael Kneer
Lee Knispel
Anonymous
Deborah Koch
Candice Koehn
Warren & Janet Konopacki
Karin Konrad
Peter & Mary Kopp
Alan Kosak
Nancy Kraft
Stephanie Kramer-Hale
Anonymous
Richard Krenzke
Glenn Kruse
Mary Kruse
Mimi & George Kuklenski
Jack & Linda Kuschel
La Crosse Lions Club
Adam La Fave
Debra Ladd
Mark Ladue
John & Terry Ladwig
Lake Wisconsin Lions Club
John Lalande
Allen & Jeanne Lamers
Lancaster Lions Club
Ellen Larson
Katherine Larson
Mary Lawless
Kenneth Lederer
Cynthia Leighton
Paul Leisten
Stacy Leitner
Cynthia Lemke
Justin Lemke
Anonymous
Marvin Levy
Deborah & Daniel Lewellin
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Duane Lickel
Bryan Lilly
Lions Club of Beaver Dam
Irene Lippelt
Regina Literski
Barbara Lockwood
Lois Loff
Peter Loken
Lomira Lions Club
Ester & Birl Lowery
Loyal Lions Club
Neil Lucchese
Amanda Luedtke
Arthur & Sandra Luedeke
Alan & Rona Lukazewski
Peter Lukowitz
Katharine Lyall
Jeanine Maagero
Stewart Macaulay
Stana Mack
Mary & John Madigan
Madison Community Foundation
-Melanie G. Ramey Charitable Fund
Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc.
Madison Investments Fnd, Inc.
Constance Malak
Silvan Maly
Paula Marcou
Julie Mares
Becky Markee
Anna Marshall
Brenna Marsicek
Mary Mastaglio
Clayton Masters
Mattingly Low Vision, Inc.
David Matzner
Kenneth & Kay Mauk
Gregg May
Christine Mayer
Harold Mayr estate
Aleda McArdle
Joan McAuliffe
Mary & Peter McCanna
Patricia McCarthy
Susan McClain
Megin McDonell
Stewart McElroy
McFarland Lioness/Lions Club
McFarland Lions Club Foundation
Myrna & James McKay
Milton McMillen
Marjorie Meier
Dorothy Merten
Kathleen Messinger
Michael Meton
Dan Meyer
Debby & Dan Meyer
Richard Meyer
Jo Ann Meyers
Margaret Meythaler
Gail Michaels
William Michels
Pamela & Mark Midbon
Middleton Lions Club
April Miller
Dorothy Miller
Janet Miller
Rich Miller
Steven Mintz
Anupama Mital
Mary Jo & John Moch
Carmela Moftah
Sanbrita Mondal, MD
Lucy Moon
Patrick Mooney
Kate Moran
Barbara Moroz
Marshall & Susan Grace Morris
Gail Morton & Mark Rooney
Helen Moyer
David Mueller
Diane Mueller
Kaylee Mueller
Kathryn Mulligan
Nyla Musser
Peter & Donna Napoleone
Elliot Napp
Angela Nechvatal
Carolyn Neerhof
Audrey & Brian Nelson
Leroy & Patricia Nelson
Peggy Nelson
Joseph & Claire Nemec
Neshkoro Lions Club
NeuGen
Diann & Charles Newby
Eileen Newcomer
Newton Lions Club
Christine Nicometo
Barbara Nilsson
Lydia Nordahl
Ann Notari
Notre Dame Academy
Anonymous
Gregory Ogunbowale
Okauchee Lions Club
Anonymous
Isiaka Olaniyi
Jay & Linda Olson
Judith Olson
Anonymous
Majekodunmi Olukayode
Adegboyega Omoloja
Adewale Onabule
Janice Ongna
Larry & Gloria Opgenorth
Brian Opria
Marina Orio
Randal & Anne Orlikowski
Phyllis Orsburne
Osceola Family Eyecare, LLC
Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
Sandra Oudenhoven
Dana Outhouse
Tara Pabellon
Monica Paffenroth
Paleo Mama Bakery
Steven Pamperin
Eva Parenica
Park Bank Center
Dale Parker
Anonymous
PayPal Giving Fund
Judith Peak
Barbara Pence
Robert Perme
Blair & Brent Perzentka
Karen & Richard Perzentka
Wilmer Peters
Carolyn Petersen
Dan & Judy Peterson
Derek Peterson
Patricia Peterson
Renee Peterson
Anna Mae Petrusha
John & Lynn Pfefferle
Ronald & Judy Phillips
Gerri Pianko
Kevin Piery
Plymouth Lions Club
Betty Pollex
Lee Pondrom
Jeffrey & Eloise Potter
Sarah Potts
Robert Powers
Wilai Pratoomtong
Florence Preiss Estate
Mary & Philip Premo
Princeton Lions Club
Alice Punwar
Marion & Loren Purchatzke
Anne Putnam Smith
Kay Quinn
Rosalie Quintana
Racine Community Foundation
-John & Gladys Franco Fund
Betty Rackow
Delores Raddatz
Krista Ralston
Kenneth Ramm
Diana & Joseph K. Randolph
Christopher Rapp
Michael Ratsch
Mary Rebhan
Barbara Reed
James & Irene Reid
Keri Reininger
JoAnn Reiter
Theresa Reiter & Frederick Kosmach
Barbara Resop
Jennifer & Greg Rice
Chris Richmond
Gerald Ring
Jim Ring
Jeanne Robaidek
James Roberts
Delores Robillard
Mary & Robert Roenneburg
Ethan Rogers
James Roidt
Gene Rolkosky
Mildred Ropella
Karen Rosen
Ronald Rubenzer
Leo Ruesch
Mary Ruesch
Ellen Rulesh
Gwen Ruppert
Jeffrey & Christine Rushton
Evelyn Safeblade
Edith Sagal
Richard Sals
Phil & Barbara Salstrom
David Sample
Mae Sanford
Sargento Foods
Ruth Saunders
Gladys Schaefer
Anonymous
Mary Schaper
Fay Scheel
Anthony Scherer
Jim Schiefelbein
Sandra Schild
Jerry Schippa
Wesley Schirmer
Carleen & John Schloemer
Peter Schmalz
Shirley Schmitz
Anonymous
Syrie Schmitz
Tracy Schoenrock
Sharlene Schorbahn
Dr. Jean & William Schott-Wagner
Patricia Schroeder
Donald & Joan Schuette
Ronald & Joyce Schultz
William Schultz
Kathleen Schuster
Schwab Charitable
-David & Carrie Rancourt
Charles Schwarting
Bonnie Seidlitz
Elizabeth Semrau
Sudarshan Sharma
Priyanka Sharma
Nancy Shebuski
John & Beverly Shipley
Julie Shireman
Patricia Sigler
Cindy Sinram
Nick Sinram
Daune Sisel
Patty Slaby
Kimberly Sloan
Raymond & Kathi Smerz
Gary & Patricia Smith
Greg & Sue Smith
Lanny & Margaret Smith
Michael Smith
Anthony Smorynski
Cynda Solberg
Brook Soltvedt & David L. Nelson
Somerset Lions Club
Margaret Sommers
Anonymous
Kathy Southard
Anne & Richard Spalding
Deborah Speckmann
Donald Spencer
Kent & Marjorie Spicer
Rhonda Staats
Maurice & Lois Stecklein
Karen Steffen
Julia Stegeman
Cassandra Steiner
Mary Steinhofer
Jon & Becky Stellmacher
Karen Stephens
Kimberly Stepien, MD
Michael & Takako Sterr
Herbert Sterzinger
Elaine Stevens
Anonymous
Kim Stien
Judith Stolper & Eugene Haug
Marie Stoner
Donna & William Strand
Karen Strangberg
Sybil Strupp
Audrey Studrawa
Nicholas Stundahl
Sub-Zero Wolf Foundation, Inc.
Mary Sullivan
William Sullivan
Kana Sundblad
Kaitlin Svabek
Ryan Taber
Nat Tarnoff
Thomas Taylor
Sharlene Tebeest
Catherine & George Tesar
Kathryn Tesar
Victoria Tessman
Jacinda Tessmann
Emma Thieme
Marcia & Ryan Thomas
Victor Thonn
Douglas Thorp
Janice Thostenson
Thrivent Financial
Teresa Tiedeman
Joyce Tikalsky & John Hallinan
Kelsey & Matthew Tiradani
Sara Toenes
Victoria Topp
Lawrence & Mary Toriello
James Tormey
Dan Torres
Town of Black Brook
Town of Sheboygan Lions Club
Rodney Townsend
Nicole & Daniel Tromp
Angie Trudell Vasquez
Lee Trummer
Nancy Tubesing
Alice Tucker
Gloria Turgeson
Curtis Tweet
Phillip Tyrrell
Gary Utterberg
UW Credit Union
UW Health
Louis & Heidi Valentine
Colleen Van Beek
Carol & Richard Van Boxtel
Linda & Steven Vande Hei
Keith & Melissa VanLanduyt
Shirley Verhagen
Lee Vermilyea
Bill Vielgut
Angelica Visgin
The Vogel Foundation, Inc.
Kay Vold
Volke Family Common Trust
Nancy Volpintesta
Martin & Karen Voss
Vreeland Family Trust
William Wade
Raymond & Linda Wagner
Eunice Wagner
Monica Wahlberg
Arnold & Ellen Wald
Shirley Wallace
James Walsh
Susan Walsh
David G. & Nancy B. Walsh Family Foundation Ltd
Elizabeth Ward
Anita Waterbury
Lester & Karen Watters
Waukesha County Community Foundation
-William & Michele Holcomb
Donna Webb
Amanda Wegner
Richard Weirich
Daniel Weiss & Felicia Roberts
Janet Weitz
Lynn Welch
Thelma Wells
Kathleen Welsch
Patricia Wendt
Wenthe-Davidson Engineering Co.
Jeffrey Wentworth
Dan & Jeanna Werbeckes
Lori & Mark Werbeckes
Ralph Westby
Donald Whitman
Lori Whitney
Richard Wickman
Elizabeth & Phillip Willems
Margaret Williams
OB Williams
Jeffrey & Nancy Williamson
Lisa Wilson
Pamela Wilson
Barbra Winter
Joyce Witmer
Barbara Wittmershaus
Anonymous
Barbara Wolfe
Barbara Wolosz
David Worrel
Mark Wroczynski
Amy Wurf
Gerard Xavier
Jingping Xu
Gary & Sandra Yakes
Robin Yank
Reta Yeazel
Terri Young, MD
Joseph & Edna Zadra
Sol Zaichick
Betty Zajicek
Sam Zellmer
John & Roslyn Zeltins
Chris & Theresa Zenchenko
Amy Ziebell
Dwight & Bonnie Ziegler
Lon & Linda Ziehm
Kurt Zurbuchen

Donations can be made online or sent to:

Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired 754 Williamson Street, Madison, WI  53703

Direct questions to Lori at (608) 237-8114 or send her an email.