Winter 2006

Donors Create Opportunities for Independence

Thanks to the generosity and dedication of individuals and organizations in our community, people who are blind and Deaf-Blind have new opportunities to live independently. Private donations are instrumental in providing the employment, training, and support that are the foundation of self-sufficiency.

Contributions from the community were critical in expanding our training programs such as our Orientation and Mobility program and Deaf-Blind Technology Training Center, creating additional jobs in our machine shop and production areas, and providing communication and technology support to over 160 blind employees.

We were fortunate to receive $96,771.54 in support of Lighthouse programs and opportunities from August 6, 2005 to November 15, 2005 from the following corporations, foundations, individuals, and community organizations:

Individuals

James O. Adams
Jonelle Adams
Kirk Adams*
Thomas Alberg
Eugene Alexy
Sam Alford
Anonymous – 18 donors
Harry L. Arnett
Emma Arvanitas-Monahan
Hazel Askren
Dorothy K. Atkins
Patricia Audette
Rea Bailey
Bart Baranco
Michael Barnett
Robert Barrowman
Harold C. Bean
Helen N. Benton
Sten T. Berg Jr.
Marie Best
Nancy Bezzo
Mary B. Blanchard
Barbara H. Boettcher-Rys
Ralph D. Brasen
Herb and Shirley Bridge
Tina L. Briscoe
Lt. Col. Walter Brown
Mildred Brownell
Thanh Bui
Joseph W. Butts
Charles E. Butzberger
Betty F. Cameron
Chris Carle
Evan J. Carlson
Elizabeth C. Carpenter
Marion K. Chadwick
Laura L. Christman
Marguerite Clark
Doris Coles
Jo Coney
Frank Constantino
George Corbett
Tim M. Crow**
M. L. Cullor
Tom E. Cunning
Patrick Curtin
Carolyn Danz
Germaine Dart
Edward L. David
Rodger T. Davies
Shelley M. Day
Roy Debritz
Marlis Dejongh
Philip B. Detwiler
Patricia Downey
Priscilla Drebin
William C. Drohan
Donald and Mary Duncan
Dora V. Dupuy
Emil N. Dupuy
Anderson Duvall
Sheila Dwyer
George Earnest
Nikki M. Ekle
DeLia M. Eng
Ayleen F. Erickson
Virginia Erickson
Muriel Faunce
Evelyn Ferrier
Paul Fletcher*
Carla Fontana
Ronald Frank
Paulette French
Walter J. Frendo
Eddie J. Fueston
John M. Galbraith
Charles D. Galliher
B. Gardner
Laverne J. Gierke
Clarence R. Gillett
Mary Goodman
Gary K. Graf
Suzanne Gray
Victor F. Gross
Jeffery E. Guddat
Gordon Gump
Juan Gutierrez
Annette Hall
Lois Hall
Ray and Phyllis Haman**
Herbert E. Hammond
Carol H. Hancock
Conrad Hanson
Frank Hanson
Fay L. Harra
Donald R. Harstad
Howard Hatfield
Bess Haugen
Darrell E. Haugen
Toshiko Hayashi
Whittaker Hemion
Msgt. Matt C. Hemming
Barbara D. Himmelman
John Holaday
Roberta L. Holland
Louis K. Holt
Ione Honeycott
Elsie and James Hudgings
Joyce R. Hurd
Barney Hyde
Alexander Jacklin
Martha E. Jacobson
Odello Jacobson
Ralph Jacobson
Dorothea M. Jappe
Keith Jephcott
Clifford Johnson**
Glenn L. Johnson
Jimmie N. Johnson
Sara N. Johnston
Marcella K. Jonas
Iwao Kawakami
Marie Kernie
Doug M. Klan**
E. Doris Klan
Duane Knutson
Amy L. Koehl*
Ramon Kravagna
Tom Kuebler**
Robert H. Kuhner
Irene I. Lamaine
Larry W. Lambert
Cynthia R. Lange
Shirley T. Lange
Doreen Layden
Isabelle M. LeBlanc
Antoinette Leclare
James L. Lee
Jiyoung Lee
Donna O. Linkous
Frances Lloyd
Margaret J. Loe
Victoria Loran
Paul Loyle
Floyd Madsen
Frances C. Mairs
William Mallory
Katherine A. Maloney
Norman Manaster
Leib Margulis
Barbara J. Markovich
Richard S. Marshall
Agnes M. Mason
Audrey Matzen
Bruce Mauser
Kenneth K. McBreen
Jan McIlroy
Bernice L. McKenzie-Jones
Mathew Metcalfe
Robin G. Miller
Erica Mills
Bernie Minsk
Al F. Mladenich**
Thorman E. Moen
Angeline Molinaro
John W. Moore
Theron Morgan
Ted Morneau
Carol J. Murphy
Virginia L. Murphy
William A. Neep
Leonard J. Nelson
Betty S. Nereim
Hoa Nguyen
Henry J. Novak
Philip C. Nutting
Sally Ofstad
Phyllis J. Oldenburg
Phyllis R. Orrico
Merril Ostlund
Gloria and Jim Paladichuk
Jeff M. Patterson
Homer F. Peterson
Winifred Pielow
Lee M. Pratt
Gordon Radovich
Ron Rainey
Russell Reed
Laurie R. Reinhardt
Edythe A. Renn
Ellena A. Retzlaff
Deborah J. Rienti
Sheri A. Riggs
Lillian Riley
Peter Robbins
Dr. Jeffrey Robertson
Cornelia Robinson
Raymond M. Roe
Alan Roedell
Richard L. Romatowski
Virginia Root
Esther and Lee Ross
Harland G. Rushold
Lorena Sasser
Craig Savage
Perry Scarlatos
Connie Schachtel
Michael L. Schmidt
Irvin and Vivienne Severtson
Cora E. Sevilles
Mathuradas G. Shah
Elizabeth Shea
George P. Shea
Roberta B. Shelton
Joan S. Shepard
Charles Shukar
Jerome Simurdak
Andrea E. Skinner
Alfred Slatin
Frances Smith
Irma A. Smith
Cathi M. Sommer
Debbie Sommer*
David A. Soth
Kathleen Steenbock
Helen Stusser
Patrick Sullivan**
Jennie Summers
Ferne and Brice Supler
Richard A. Taggart
Thomas Tanigawa
Judy Tessendore
Lorna Thompson
Margaret Thoresen
Harold T. Thornquist
David G. Till
Betty Lou Treiger
Ted Trujillo
Lindtner Twiet
Ted J. Tyson
Dick Vacca
W. M. Valentine
Cornie Visser
Joe R. Vitulli
Zollie Volchok
Dr. Susanne M. Wakefield
Florine Wandler
Charles Warhol
Claudell Warren
Phyllis E. Wenzlaff
Emily A. Weston
Daniel K. White
Robert K. White
Margaret A. Whitlock
Ola Whitson
Beverly Wilke
Albert Will
Doris E. Willingham
Harriet Williston
Earl and Katherine Wilmot
R. C. Winter
Alice Wiren
Oly Wise**
Betty Wishart
Pam Wolf
Marion Wood
Marcene Woodburn
Edgar Woodson
Norman Woolworth
Samuel S. Wormsley
Yvonne W. Worthy-Robbins
William C. Young
Rose Zappert

Organizations

ACME Anything
Alaskan Copper & Brass Company
Bucky Products
Carter Mold
FannieMae
Knossos Foundation
Microsoft Corporation (employer match)
Moccasin Lake Foundation
Northern Trust
Regence BlueShield (employer match)
SAFECO
The Seattle Foundation
Wheeler Charitable Trust

* Indicates Lighthouse staff

** Indicates Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. and Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind Foundation Board Members

Lighthouse Legacy Society Charter Members

The Lighthouse Legacy Society was created to honor the outstanding dedication of people who have arranged to make a gift in support of Lighthouse programs through their will or estate plan.

We are grateful to generosity of our Lighthouse Legacy Society Charter members for their exceptional commitment to creating opportunities for people who are blind, Deaf-Blind, and blind with other disabilities.

Lighthouse Legacy Society Charter Members
Kirk Adams
Katherine M. Beck
Howard and Dianna Dickerman
James and Constance Engelstad
Paul and Bev Fletcher
Ray and Phyllis Haman
Helen E. Hauck
George Jacobson
Clifford and Olivia Johnson
Doug M. Klan
Tom Kuebler
Jeff Patterson
Patrick Sullivan
Bruce and Judy Walker
G. H. “Oly” Wise

The only requirement for membership in the Lighthouse Legacy Society is written notification that you have made some sort of planned gift to benefit the Lighthouse. Anyone joining on or before April 2nd, 2008 will be listed as a charter member.
To become a charter member of the Lighthouse Legacy Society, please send notification of your planned gift to Kirk Adams, general manager of administration or email kadams@seattlelh.org.

Will Power
The Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind Foundation is honored to be remembered in the wills of dedicated, thoughtful, and forward-thinking donors. These individuals have expressed their commitment to creating opportunities for blind members of our community by including support of Lighthouse programs in their estate plans and wills. The Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind Foundation recently received the following gifts as a direct result of this generosity and foresight:
Legacies in Memoriam
Sarah Johnson $30,966.00
Emma Leavenworth $1,758.05
Louise S. Kidwiler $302.70
Emma S. Olsen $357.19
James F. Hodges $408.00
Martin W. Prins $1,964.44

For information on making planned gifts to the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind Foundation, please contact General Manager of Administration Kirk Adams at 206-436-2110 or kadams@seattlelh.org.

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