The work of Reaching Heights on behalf of excellent public education in Cleveland Heights and University Heights, Ohio, wouldn’t happen without the generous support of the following foundations and individuals. If, despite our best efforts to provide a complete and accurate list, you find an error or omission, please accept our apologies and contact our office so that we can correct the mistake. Donations to Reaching Heights are tax deductible under Section 501(c)(3) of the Federal Tax Code.
AHS Foundation
Anonymous
Christine & Guido Di Geronimo Foundation
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Dominion Foundation
Joseph & Marla Shafran Foundation
Christopher Brandt & Beth Sersig
Cleveland Heights & University Heights Teachers, Retired
(Gifts received since August 1, 2009)
Anonymous
Larry & Marlene Fischer
Lauree P. Gearity Trust
Jerry Blake & Susie Kaeser
Patrick & Heather Mullen
John & Barbara Schubert
Christopher Brandt & Beth Sersig
James & Debra Vail
Diane Benjamin-Jones
Linda Johnson & Mark Jones
Donald Maribeth Katt
Stephen & Nancy Markus
Thomas Piraino, Jr & Barbara McWilliams
Barbara & Harold Mendes
Dennis & Nancy Osgood
Robert & Katharine Ruhl
Lynn Shostack
Shelley Kazan-Wilcox & Dennis Wilcox
Don & Dorothy Zito
Gary & Sandy Axner
Geoff & Maryann Barnes
Joel Borwick
Betsy Mahlke & Steve Brown
Carolyn Cacho-Bowman
Frank & Margy Carpenter
Ensign & Lana Cowell
Peter & Rachel DeGolia
Donna Driscoll
Brian Smith & Marji Edguer
Jack Bergren & Sara Evans
Traci Ext
Adam & Susan Fleischer
Christopher & Maribeth Gibbon
David Goldstein
Tamar & Leonard Gray
Reid Vail & Donna Guilmette
Robin & David Gunning
Scott Peters & Jeannine Gury
Kal Zucker & Mary Frances Haerr
Walton Tomford & Gretchen Hallerberg
Larry Sollisch & Krista Hawthorne
Douglas Heuer
Mark & Ellen Hoffman
Stewart Pharis & Denise Jackson
Phil & Amy Jenkins
Sue & John Janssen
Gus & Jan Kious
Dottie Klemm
Arthur V.N. Brooks & Ursula Korneitchhouk
Allan & Cynthia Kuntz
Joy Henderson & Philip Lammers
Christine Link
Bruce & Lia Lowrie
Dennis Keating & Kay Martin
Regina Spause McGraw & Ed McGraw
Dan & Diana Medalie
Alison Hall & Robert Miller
Esther & Milton Moss
Habib Musawwir
Leslie Myrick
Joan Katz Napoli
Jack & Charlotte Newman
Jon Goldman & Karstin Olofsson
Sue & Eric Pardee
Hunter & Sara Peckham
Graham & Rosamonde Peters
Kenneth & Katherine Petrey
Keith & Margaret Robinson
Jim & Connie Roop
Pat & Curtis Ross
Dave & Martha Schubert
Lucy Simm
Peg Skelly
Laura Weber Smith & Corey Smith
Jim & Rique Sollisch
John & Claudia Spencer
Stacy Stuhldreher
Lloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry
Leonard & Kerstin Trawick
Jackie Waters
Suzanne Wilkins
Allen Wilkinson
Erick Kauffman & Lucene Wisniewski
Ari Klein & Ditte Wolin
Chris & Susan Wood
Ted & Diana Woodbridge
Janet McGrath & David Zordan
Brian Larson & Laurie Albright
David Bergholz
Ray Gonzalez & Pam Bertaud
Michael & Jennifer Bier
Glenn & Anne Billington
Ed & Chessie Bleick
Judge Janet Burnside
Emily & Kyle Campbell
Jim Cipolletti
Amy Paller Cohen & Ethan Cohen
Franklin Cohen
Anne Cook
Nathaniel & Nancy Cooke
Arnold & Susan Dahm
Malia Lewis & Margot Damaser
Walter Lambrecht & Greta DeMeyer
Bruce & Hedy Demsey
Jeanne & Kenneth Diamond
Dr. Morris S. Dixon, Jr.
Greg & EB Donley
Linda & Mike Dudzinsky
John & Elizabeth Feighan
Bill Hughes & Robin Grant
Terry & Robin Gilbert
Stewart & Kathleen Greenberg
Anne Hill
Robert & Pat Jeffreys
Geoff Wilson & Caroline Kaczala
Stuart & Anne Klein
Nancy & Robert Klein
Lisa & Jed Koops
Joe & Jennifer Kubic
Robert Layton
John & Deanne Lentz
Kermit & Barbara Lind
Henry Bloom & Marilyn Malkin
Julie & Greg Mangino
Anne Kugler & Stacy McGaugh
Ed & Louise McKinney
Diane Setlak-Micheller & Joe Micheller
Charles & Lynn Nearon
Samuel & Suzanne Nigro
James & Marian Patterson
James & Diane Pexa
Kaye Price
Lou & Liz Radivoyevitch
Larry & Susan Rakow
Ann Reichsman
Marc Reider
William & Janice Resseger
Bob & Barbara Sabo
Anita Phillips & Michael Seidman
Roger & Cheralyn Shumaker
Catherine Carter & Gavin Smith
Anne & Jeff Smith
Glenn & Pat Solomon
Paul & Tricia Springstubb
Saroya Queen-Tabor & David Tabor
H. Baird Tenney
Steve & Debbie Titchenal
Scott & Beth Wachter
Michael Ungar & Deborah Warner
Paige Baublitz-Watkins & Daniel Watkins
Meredith & Michael Weil
Edward & Amy Wertheim
Hugh & April Williams
Dan & Ellen Worthington
Adrienne & Lanny Yelsky
Anonymous (2)
Sylvia Adler
Ed Becker & Karen Allen
Pat & Todd Anderson
Joseph & Betsy Andrews
Martin Cooperman & Edith Antl
Janice Apple
Ellen & Ken Barcus
Pauline & Michael Benjamin
Laura & Michael Bennett
Steve Bennett
Mark & Kathleen Binnig
Phyllis Brody
Claire Brugnoletti
Kari Elsila & Michael Buescher
Hugh Calkins
William & Annette Cappaert
B. Chernin
Lisa Chiu
Roger & Patty Clary
Janet Clymer
Glenn & Temma Collins
Ros Collins
Diane & Corbin Covault
Francis W. Chiappa & Doreen Davis
Lois Davis
Bob Quartell & Florence D’Emilia
Deborah Kohrman & Paul Dion
Robert & Vincetta Dooner
Lucille Erb
Jeff Forman & Diane Fahrenbach
Dr. Edward & Jeanne Ferreri
Richard & Nancy Fort
Gary & Ruth Friedman
Helen & Mike Friel
Bill & Sally Ganger
Michael Salkind & Carol Gill
Susan & Richard Glaser
Gloria Goldstein
Karen Gotwald
Lois & Andrew Gross
Carolyn Grossman
Cheryl & Thomas Hanger
Reuben Harris Jr.
Holly Selvaggi & Clark Harvey
Beth Holbein
Kasib Husain
Richard & Barbara Israel
Alexander & Nancy Jamieson
Alan & Joanne Javorcky
Norma & Jim Johnston
Susan & John Kenney
Ken & Amy Kesegich
Sue Klein
Shirley Kondo
Cheryl & Matt Kuenzel
John Houdek & Donna Lalewicz
Louis Lane
Steven Kordalski & Mary LaRiccia
Richard Lightbody
Daniel & Donna MacDonald
Allan Slawson & Pamela McKee
Meghan Zehnder McMahon
Donald & Sandra McPherson
S. Joshua Mendel
Fred & Bonnie Mills
Gregory & Susan Miracle
Christine Morris
Charlene Morse
Dave & Donna Muthersbaugh
Larry & Barbara Mlynek
Andy Neidus
Betty Nelson
Michael Beckman & Mary O’Shea
Alan & Estelle Parker
Linda Tobin & Stephen Pepper
Dorothy Phillips
Donald & Donalene Poduska
Quentin & Gay Quereau
Jack & Arlene Quinn
Patricia Rahmon
Albert & Annie Rawlinson
Marlene & Bob Rink
Mark Sack
Kara & John Schellenberg
Mary Sekerak
Marj Craft & Carolyn Shepherd
Barbara & Terry Shockey
David & Liz Shriver
Yvonne & Charles Shuster
Krysta Wyatt & Tom Shutt
Dean & Judy Sieck
Ronald & Loramae Simkoff
Joshua & Ilana Hoffer Skoff
David & Renie Smith
Jan Spalding
Susan Kent & Ben Sperry
Dave & Sally Stashower
David & Ellen Stenson
Thomas & Christine Sumner
Karen Rosenberg & Roy Szubski
Philip & Sarah Taylor
Annamarie Tomaro
Cecelia Vidmar
Kathy Walker
Bob & Brenda Weltman
Kendall & Ellen White
Pat Cangelosi-Williams Chuck Williams
De De Woehrmann
Stephen & Margaret Wood
Edward & Catherine Yandek
Paul & Kathy Yates
$1,000 or more
Christopher Brandt & Beth Sersig
Mark Jones & Linda Johnson
Susie Kaeser & Jerry Blake
Marilyn & Thomas McLaughlin
Reading 1 Foundation
Dallas & Bill Schubert
$500 - $999
Geoff & Maryann Barnes
Monica Long Carter
Cleveland Heights Teachers Union
Richard & Nancy Dietrich
Lee DiGeronimo
Lita Gonzalez & Mark Philips
Nancy & Robert Klein
Barbara & Harold Mendes
Marian Morton
Paul & Connie Omelsky
Thomas Piraino, Jr. & Barbara McWilliams
Terrence Rounds
Peg Skelly
Tom Sperl & Cynthia Watson
Dennis Wilcox & Shelley Kazan-Wilcox
Ted & Diana Woodbridge
Don & Dorothy Zito
$100 - $499
Chantal & Daniel Akerib
Larry & Gail Anderson
Tom Anderson & Rosalie Tyner
Joseph & Betsy Andrews
Ed & Chessie Bleick
Steve & Doris Bullock
Arnold & Bonita Caplan
Catherine Carter & Gavin Smith
Mark Chupp & Sharon Shumaker
Kim Conklin & Damir Janigro
Sarah Cooper & Steve Gunning
Jeanne & Ken Diamond
Ron & Carol Eckner
Gregory & Phyllis Evans
Reginald Evans
Ketti Finneran & Richard Brown
Donna Fox & Loren Smith
Krissy & Mark Gallagher
Tom & Carol Gibson
Kathy Gill
George & Mary Goodwin
Tamar & Leonard Gray
Phil & Amy Jenkins
Ed & Mary Beth Kelley
Kathy Kelly
Ari Klein & Ditte Wolin
Robert Layton
Nancy Machmer
& Mark Wessels
Heather & Patrick Mullen
Leslie Myrick
Charles & Lynn Nearon
Betsy Neylon
Dennis Niermann & Susanna Niermann O’Neil
Solomon & Louisa Oliver
Dennis & Nancy Osgood
Doug Patti
James & Diane Pexa
Donald & Donalene Poduska
William & Janice Resseger
John & Barbara Schubert
Joseph & Marla Shafran Foundation
Lucy Simm
Mary Lou & Steve Slania
David & Renie Smith
Lloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry
Jim & Rique Sollisch
Marcia Sollisch
Glenn & Pat Solomon
Jim & Mary Swindal
James & Debra Vail
Howard & Judith Van Kleef
Claudia Waychoff
Kim & Tracy Wheeler
Barbara & Richard Wherley
Anne Wise & Mike Rubicz
Dan & Ellen Worthington
Kal Zucker & Mary Frances Haerr
$50 - $99
Robert Adamson
Pam & Dave Adamson
Jeff & Joan Bendix
Jennifer Bennett
Mary Ann Brennan
Hugh Calkins
Pat Cangelosi-Williams & Chuck Williams
Gina Cheverine
Ronda & Ronald Curtis
Peter & Rachel DeGolia
Bill Easterling
Traci Ext
Ray Gonzalez & Pam Bertaud
Lois & Andrew Gross
Joy Henderson & Philip Lammers
John & Susan Hersch
Kay Heylman
Shana Johnson
Virginia Kaeser
Robin Koslen
Bill & Janet Kramer
Walter Lambrecht & Gretta DeMeyer
Cynthia Larsen & Joe Mendes
Wendy Leatherberry
Anne & Chuck McFarland
Lauren & David Miklos
Crandall & Carla Miller
Dave & Donna Muthersbaugh
Walter Nicholes & Nina McLellan
Betty Nelson
Igor & Beth Rae
Patricia Rahmon
Larry & Nancy Schwab
Brian Smith & Marji Edguer
Larry Sollisch & Krista Hawthorne
Carol & Steve Spackey
Peggy Spaeth
Rick & Mary Spearman
Paul & Tricia Springstubb
Stacy Stuhldreher
Gordon & Sarah Wean
Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth
Barbara & Ed Wells
Stephen & Margaret Wood
Meghan Zehnder McMahon
Up to $49
Sr. Ardath Blake
Beth Holbein
Susan Sering Hughley
John & Deborah Peet
Larry & Susan Rakow
Karen Rosenberg & Roy Szubski
Honorable Beryl E. Rothschild
Walter & Sarah Stinson
Steve & Debbie Titchenal
Chantal & Daniel Akerib
John Bergren & Sarah Evans
John Gearity
Tamar Gray
Mark Jones & Linda Johnson
Bonnie Lake
Betsy Neylon
Louisa & Solomon Oliver
Paul & Connie Omelsky
K.D. & Kathy Petrey (Mollusca Fund)
Pamela & David Adamson
Ernest Bodenweber
Colleen Burke
Morton & Claire Biel
Carlynn Canny & Stephen Ritchey
Howard Chizek
Martha Colbert
Belita Cowan
Jeanne & Ken Diamond
Willa Dobbs
Kirsten & Yarden Faden
Paul & Mary Ferguson
Drs. Janet Hankin & Allen Goodman
Norman Hansen
Connie Hicks
Frank & Pollee Hruby
Kathryn Hug
B. Scott Isquick
Jo Anne Jackson
Theodore Johnson
Susie Kaeser & Jerry Blake
Betty Nolt Kilinski
Louis Lane
Diane Mather
Kurt Loebel Raymond & Nellie Millhof
Andrea Morris
Evie Morris
Patricia Morris
Heather & Patrick Mullen
Carolyn Oakes
Agnes Patti
Bruce & Denise Patti
Heather Patti
Kevin Patti
Rebecca Patti
Scott Patti
Steve Pattie
Ellen Peoples
Don & Donalene Poduska
Helen Richards
Rose Rosen
Ruth Rossi
Edmund & Beryl Rothschild
Richard & Maurine Ruggles
Peter Salemi
Elaine Shakley
Lois Shaylor
Joan Siegel
Marilyn Stano
Gary & Beryl Tishkoff
Magdalene Wendel
Deborah Wolfe
Daniel & Ellen Worthington
2007-08 School Year
John & Helaina Adamo
Mazie & Michael Adams
Chantal & Dan Akerib
Sherrill Appleton
& Marty Resnik
Rebecca Austin
Penny Baker
Ellen & Ken Barcus
Ildiko Baxter
Mary-Lou Beers
Pam Bertaud & Ray Gonzalez
Joyce Braverman & Jim Posch
Cassandra Brooks
Sarah Budnar & David Budnar
Jill Cancelliere
Janel Carter
Uraiwan Chaichanawirote
Mandana Chriss
Cheryl & John Clegg
Kelli Cogan
Ben Cohen & Gabriella Celeste
Temma & Glen Collins
Cathy Darden
Jeffery Dean
Hedy Demsey
Jill Rizika DeStefano & Cayla Destefano
Julie Evans
Siqi Fang
Ketti Finneran & Rick Brown
Sarah Friedman
Susan & Joshua Friedman
Ellen Garbarino
& Robert Slonim
Karen Gazis
Cindy Gherman & Peter Whiting
Georgiana & David Gray
Estee & George Gulden
Joanna Hardis & Daniel Culver
Krista Hawthorne & Larry Sollisch
Joy Henderson & Phil Lammers
Dortha Holcomb
Kent & Gloria Howell
Kasib Husain
Mary Lou Irwin
& Mark Reichard
Robert Jefferis & Diane Mogren
Susie Kaeser & Jerry Blake
Clo Kempt-Mitchell & Steven Mitchell
Cynthia Larsen
Queen & Merle Lewis
Maila Lewis & Margot Damaser
Vivian Lucky
Andrea & Matthew Lynn
Sue Maier
Lisa Manzari & Michael Schoop
Kelly Mason
Deborah Michelson
Linda Sue Morris
Patrick & Heather Mullen
Sherrill Murad
Habib Musawwir
Stephanie Myers
Kara & Jeff O’Donnell
Michelle & Todd O’Neil
Jade O’Shaughnessy
Robin Pease & Tom Kerr
Beth Rae
Angela Reese
Peggy & John Robinson
Karen Rosenberg & Roy Szubski
Dallas & Bill Schubert
Marcus Snead
Marilyn Stewart
Roberta Thompkins
Judy Torres
Jennifer Vinson
Susan Wetzel
Kim & Tracy Wheeler
Cheryl Whitner
Suzanne Wilkins
Gary & Gretchen Williams
Tamika Williams
Ann Wise & Mike Rubicz
Ditte Wolin & Ari Klein
A. M. McGregor Home
Ali Abramson
Thomas Aldrich
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Sherri Appleton
Christine Ash
Becky and Dan Austin
Mary Barkley
David Biegel
Boulevard PTA
Virginia Buchholz
Calligraphy Studio
Canterbury PTA
Susan Carver
Cleveland Heights Teachers Union, AFS Local 795
Cleveland Orchestra Musicians
Leah & Walter Collyer
Walter Collyer
Coventry Cats
Coventry SID
Andy Cox
Patrick Crago
Deborah Delisle
Benjamin DeRubertis
Diamond Flowers
Kirk Dietrich
Richard & Nancy Dietrich
Andy Fabens
Fairfax PTA
Donald Feke
Ketti Finneran & Rick Brown
Lynn Ford
Forest Hill Church
Sarah Fulton
Sarah Fulton
Krissy Dietrich Gallagher
Gearity PTA
Lita Gonzalez
Allison Hall
Heights Dental Group
Heights Hardware
Heights High PTSA
Heights Library
Joy Henderson
Linda Heuman
Kay Heylman
Janet & Craig Hoffman
William Hubbard
Susan Janssen
Susie Kaeser
Erick Kauffman
Christopher Keller
Richard Krueck
Malia Lewis & Margot Damaser
Bruce and Lia Lowrie
John Ludway
Mac’s Backs Books
Pat McParland
Joe Mendes & Cynthia Larsen
Betty Miller
Dorothy Miller
Motorcars Honda/Toyota/Scion
Heather & Patrick Mullen
Kevin Murphy
National City Bank
Noble PTA
Notre Dame College
Oxford PTA
Passport to Peru
Phoenix Coffee Company
Don & Donalene Poduska
Martha Brandt Pollock
Cathy Culp Posner
Quentin Quereau
Chuck and Joyce Riley
Roy Ritzmann & Joanne Westin
Roxboro Elementary School PTA
Roxboro Middle School PTA
Karen Rubin-Kugelman
Dr. Gerald & Hermina Saidel
Seitz-Agin Hardware
Marla & Joseph Shafran Foundation
Lynn Twarog Singer
Brian Smith & Marjorie Edguer
Wanda Solaru
Kathy Soltis
Tom Sperl
Squires, Sanders, Dempsey Foundation
St. Paul’s Church
Stone Oven Bakery
Linda Striefsky
Studio Techne
Stacy Stuhldreher
Tammy Tucker
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Reid Vail
Verne & Ellsworth Hann, Inc.
Beth & Scott Wachter
Jeri Waltrip
Wiley PTA
Beth Woodside
Daniel & Ellen Worthington
Susan Zull
Thomas Zych
Big Fun
City of Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District
Cleveland Orchestra
Joyce Collins
Dave’s
Dewey’s Pizza
Huron Hospital
Little Jacket
Marcus Thomas
Maryann Posche
Notre Dame College
Restless Coffee
Dallas Schubert
Stone Over Bakery
Target Stores
Whole Foods
Zagara’s
Kal Zucker
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