At the end of every school year, we recognize the donors who joined with us during the past 12 months to help educators and students in Durango School District 9-R.
Donors make our collaborative successes possible!
Thank you!
Gifts from Individuals and Families (Unrestricted)
| Pat & Frank Amthor | J Patrick and Jan Murphy |
| John & Cissy Anderson | J David Nulton |
| Frank J Anesi, Attorney at Law | Dan & Mary Claire Patterson |
| Dirk Bedarff | John & Pam Patton |
| Cheryle Brandsma | Kim Martin & Steven Philips |
| Kyle Campbell | David Rakita |
| Clifford & Joyce Capp | Stephen A. Roderick |
| Marya Corrigan | Brady & Greg Rowland |
| Patrick Flores | Barbara Sammons & Mary Leigh Miles |
| Grace Deltscheff | Angeline Schrater & Dick White |
| Jim DeNier | Bill Schultz |
| Ginny & Kirk Dignum | Matthew Sheldon |
| James Edmanson Living Trust | Steven & Jane Short |
| Dennis & Elaine Ehlers | Margie Sittner |
| Robert Dawes & Carla Finlay | Mick Souder |
| Ulys L. Gardella Revocable Trust | Mary Stengel |
| Harry L. and Merlene E. Goff | Mary Kay Stewart |
| Tracy Graybeal | Peter & Elizabeth T. Testa |
| Gareth & Mary Hammond 2007 Trust | Jean Thweatt |
| G. Michael Hogan | Robert & Laura Volger |
| Olin & Maile Kane | David West |
| Jerry & Carolyn Kendrick | Gretchen Wilson |
| Steve Krest | Roger & Marjorie Wolf |
| Lisa Leininger | Sandy Young & Larry Zauberis |
| Joel M. Jones & Rochelle Mann | Ed & Patti Zink |
| Barbara McLachlan |
Corporate and Foundation Donors (Restricted and unrestricted)
| A Team (9-R Administrators) |
| Amazon Smile |
| Ballantine Family Fund |
| Bank of Colorado |
| ColoradoGives.org/Community First Foundation |
| Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado |
| Durango Mall LLC |
| Investment Centers of America |
| Kinder Morgan Foundation |
| La Plata County Energy Council |
| Stoneage Tools |
| Westmeath Foundation |
Special Events Donors
23rd Annual D.E.F. – Tom Hartney Memorial Golf Tournament
Please visit our Golf Tournament Page
Matlock Furniture Special Promotion
Courtesy of Walter and Blair Matlock (MatlockFurniture.com)
| Wayne & Sabrina Alexander | Steve & Nancy Kitson |
| Jack & Linda Allenbaugh | Annette Kolter |
| Ryan M. Barthel | Kara Kunitz/Dos Las Cruces LLC |
| Shelley Bartlett | Wardine Lee/Caver & Associates, Inc |
| William & Kelsey Bengs | Nancy Macho |
| Byrd Marshall | Eric Mack |
| Joann D Cunningham | Garth & Lori Marteeny |
| Rob Davis | Alex McLean |
| Evelyn Dawson | Karen Midkiff |
| David & Sarah Devitre | Robert Munoz |
| Amy Eckhart | Matthew & Rebecca Ozvat |
| William Faulkner | Robert & Georgia Patcheck |
| Will Finn | Bob & Claudia Patterson |
| Clifford George & Beverly Kelly Swift | Derek & Marianne Pennington |
| Michael & Jill Gorman | Suzanna L. Pyle |
| Tobia & Michael Green | Marie Salt |
| Gayle & Jim Hawkins | Jack & Miriam Smith |
| Elizabeth Helms | Shannon & Amos Soignier |
| Thomas & Elizabeth Helms | Marcy Spaulding & Ed Waddell |
| Erik Hovland and Linda Sanchez | Sharon Trigg |
| Deborah Hunter | Nathan Willis |
| David & Vickie Johnson | Julie Wolfe |
| Susan Lenz Johnson |
Secret Garden Summer Series
Courtesy of Kirk Komick and the Rochester Hotel
| Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado |
| Kirk & Ginny Dignum |
| Salye Stein |
| Julie Westendorff |
Donor-Designated or Restricted Program Gifts
Gretchen’s Classroom Projects Fund
honoring lifelong educator Gretchen Wilson
| Colorado Education Association |
| Durango Education Association |
| Durango Education Foundation |
| R Michael & Barbara Bell |
| June & Wayne Dunn |
| Dorothy M. Larson |
| Jolleen A. Myers |
| Lynn Mather |
| Cynthia Ortman |
Michael Crane Memorial Arts Education chicago bears Jerseys custom Fund
| Barbara Colbert | Elizabeth Skartvedt |
| Kirk & Ginny Dignum | Stick & Stones Handmade LLC |
| Robert & Jayne Griffith | Peter & Elizabeth T. Testa |
| Olin & Maile Kane | Stacy & Kristen Toppin |
| Doug & Cynthia Loebig | Gretchen Wilson |
| Kim Martin & Steven Philips | Cynthia Ann Winckel |
| Christine Monk | Holly Zink |
| Gina Piccoli | Jerry & Karen Lee Zink |
| Kevin D. Quine |
D.E.F. Student Academic Competition Travel Grants
| Ed & Karla Dudley |
| John Wolgamott |
English Language Learners
| Marya Corrigan (restricted gift) |
Scholarships & Awards
| Mary Ruth Bowman Boy’s Swimming Scholarship | Mrs. Frank Bowman Jr |
| Frank O Bowman III | |
| Herbert Bowman and Michelle Der Ohanesian | |
| Robert C Bowman | |
| Brinton Family Girl’s Swimming Scholarship | Marjorie and Scott Brinton & Family |
| DLM Family Scholarship | David and Lynn Mitzlaff |
| Tom and Ann Hartney Memorial Scholarship | The Hartney Family |
| Robert S. and Christine Finnegan Heinich Scholarship | Robert and Christine Finnegan Heinich |
| Newbold Family Scholarship | The Newbold Family |
| Sachs Construction LLC Scholarship | Rob Sachs & Sachs Construction LLC |
| Steve Duke Student Leadership Award | Jim Duke |
| Louis S. Tamez Memorial Scholarship | The Tamez Family |
| Zink Family Scholarship | The Zink Family |
Tributes & Memorials
| Honoring the Class of 1956 | Eileen R Brown Revocable Trust |
| Laurence & Judith Cummins | |
| Honoring Casey Lynch | Gretchen Wilson |
| Honoring Vonnie Wilkinson | Sherri Rochford Figgs |
| In memory of Ida Kolb | Anne Putnam |
| Dana Hoffman | |
| Elaine Slade | |
| Nelson Zink | |
| Waterfall Ranch | |
| In memory of Jeff Morrisey | Anne Putnam |
| In memory of Lyle Short | Anne Putnam |
| In memory of Merl Short | Al & Lois Franken |
| Stephen P Sproul |