BIGCITYMOUNTAINEERS

2009YEAR IN

REVIEW

www.bigcitymountaineers.org

“It was all great. It was very

challenging the first day but after it was

amazing. The adults were great and cool.

They all have touched my heart.”

-2009 Teen Participant,San Leandro, CA

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Our stories and passions unite us. In 2009, the power of BCM’s community and its dedication to urban teens guided our organization through a milestone year. In this annual review we celebrate the young people we serve by sharing powerful stories of growth and learning. Among the voices you will hear are teens whose lives have changed through our programs, volunteers who selflessly give time and talent to nurture our young people, and steadfast donors who make a difference in the world: one BCM teen at a time.

The commitment of BCM supporters and the experience of its day-to-day team made it possible in 2009 for BCM to increase programs and impact more young people than ever before. With your help, we:• Increased teen program days (+39%) while decreasing costs• Served more than 600 individual teens through outdoor experiences and employment opportunities• Connected almost 450 adult mentors with urban teenagers• Delivered programs with 24 partner agencies in 9 cities across the United States• Changed the lives of under-resourced teens

These milestones in our 20-year history are a testament to everyone who selflessly supports BCM and its mission.

Continued and generous support from our outdoor indus-try partners provided many of the resources needed to grow our program in the Pacific Northwest. Support from the Stewardship Council gave BCM the opportunity to launch the Urban Family Gateway program in northern California.

In 2009, while BCM’s Summit for Someone fundraising event continued to be our largest income source, we made good progress on establishing healthy alternative revenue streams and partnerships, including:• Developing the framework for a robust individual giving program• Securing support in new ways, like our work with the Stewardship Council• Deepening our relationships with leaders in the outdoor industry• Expanding to new circles and opportunities with leadership from our Board of Directors

BCM was able to do more with less in 2009. The economic downturn motivated our team to increase program efficiency. We evaluated every expense in the organization, and while our efforts will be continuous, the team sig-nificantly reduced expenses without sacrificing the quality of our program. We continue to receive excellent results in our quantitative analysis of program effectiveness using the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets profile.

Each of BCM’s four regional operations -- Colorado, California, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest -- is sup-ported by the headquarters team, and led by regional program managers responsible for the direction and operation of their BCM program. Each region delivers three types of programs: Go, Relate, and Goals. Through these pro-grams, urban teens are introduced to BCM, participate in a weeklong journey of learning, and return again as an em-ployee and/or on alumni events. Our belief: through extending our opportunities to touch teens’ lives, we are able to serve them more effectively. In addition to our regular programs, BCM delivers two special year-round programs in California: Male Involvement Project (MIP) and Urban Family Gateway.

BCM thrived in 2009 because of our donors and Summit for Someone climbers who gave of their time and money, and our board members who shared their leadership and commitment. We’re eager to share their voices, as well as those of the young people impacted by our programs. Thank you.

From The Staff Big CityMountaineers

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Hi my name is Hajia and I am from Kenya, I was originally born in Somalia. My family is So-mali Bantu and we were thought of as the lower class so my parents left the country for a better life for their kids. After many stops we settled in a Kenyan Refugee Camp. After waiting 12 years in Kenya and a long interview process, my family arrived in the US on March 24th 2005.

When Ms. MK from Mercy Housing walked up to me and said that there was a trip coming up in the summer with Big City Mountaineers, I remember getting excited. I wanted to go to the mountains and do something I had never experienced before. Since I had never been to the mountains I didn’t know much about the mountains but I had seen a lot of movies and

seen people get hurt in the outdoors so that worried me. And I also thought that walking so much every day with heavy backpacks was going to be a problem, but I didn’t let that worry me or keep me up at night.

Then finally the day came. Being outside was great. What made it so great were the people. I enjoyed making new friends with the Burmese girls. We would all sing together in our tents at night and laugh a lot. I felt like I was no different than any of them when I was in nature. I also enjoyed the days I got to lead the group on our hikes and we all had to work together to get to where we needed to go. The woods and the nature were just amazing, I heard different sounds then I had ever heard before, no cars or buses, and the stars were incredible there were so many. I felt like I belonged there, it felt right waking up every morning with the sounds of the animals. It also felt like being back home in Kenya, you would see the stars that you would see in the mountains and you could drink water out of the stream.

The opportunity that Big City Mountaineers gave me was one of the greatest gifts, not only because we could be in nature but it was more, it was the adults that were with us Katie, Chris-ty, Amanda, and Ms. MK, these people were interested in the stories that I had to tell. These people that I had never met before believed in me, and if they believed in me and felt like I could accomplish this trip, than it made me think I can do this. They volunteer and give a part of their life, but I don’t think they understand what it does for us. They didn’t just guide us up the mountain they were also there to share and give us these amazing gifts.

Once I came back from that trip I realized my potential. My parents never got to go to high school, so I want to graduate from high school and go to college. Because people have said that I couldn’t accomplish this, I want to finish school and I want people to look up and see that I reached my goal.

I can never give back to Big City Mountaineers what they have given me. I am very grateful that the adults on the trip believed in me. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my story.

-Hajia, Teen Participant, Denver, CO

Hi,my name is Hajia! “How can

you capture on paper the symphonic

sound of 9 people laughing? Words cannot describe the

joy of accomplishment in the teens eyes when they discover

strength they didn’t realize they had. The BCM trip is not

something you can just read and understand; you

simply must experience it yourself.”

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“How can you capture on

paper the symphonic sound of 9 people laughing? Words cannot describe the

joy of accomplishment in the teens eyes when they discover

strength they didn’t realize they had. The BCM trip is not

something you can just read and understand; you

simply must experience it yourself.”

-2009 Adult Volunteer,Seattle, WA

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Big City Mountaineers isdevoted to providing life-enhancing experiences to under-resourced urban teens. At the core of BCM’s programs is a weeklong wilderness expedition cou-pling urban teens with adult mentors as they journey through a curriculum of learning and self-discovery followed by periods of reflection. One-to-one men-toring and coaching by committed and passionate adults from diverse backgrounds brings a richness of personalities and experiences to BCM expedi-tions typically not found in wilderness-based youth development programs, providing BCM teens with a unique opportunity for relationship building and growth. In addition to our “core” wilderness expedi-tion, BCM provides one-day activities before and after the expedition to strengthen our engagement with teens. Successful and highly motivated teens are offered employment opportunities to support their continued partnership with BCM.

Big City Mountaineers believes strongly that learn-ing should not exist in vacuums, and for that reason, BCM partners with youth agen-cies that focus on teens from socially or economically challenged backgrounds. By collaborating with agencies serving teens year-round, BCM is simultaneously enrich-ing the teens’ daily engagement with their youth agencies while enabling the learning from their BCM expedition to become meaningful in their daily lives.

In 2010 BCM looks forward to closer partnerships with high schools, youth orga-nizations (locally and at the national level), and outdoor industry associations to drive even greater involvement and awareness of our programs for teens.

Big City Mountaineers exists through the commitment of volunteers, funders, donors, Summit for Someone climbers, staff, and, of course, the courage of young people. Hundreds of adults annually take a week from their “normal” lives, to live in dirt, eat dehydrated foods, and live shower-less to provide guidance in the wilder-ness. We are grateful for everyone who supports making a difference in a teen’s life.

Program GoalsThe goal of Big City Mountaineers, a 501c(3) non-profit, is to provide urban teenage youth with challenging, safe outdoor experiences designed to build self-esteem and positively impact their beliefs about themselves and their relationship with others.

GO• Single-day activities introducing teens to Big City Mountaineers and the outdoors.

RELATE• Weeklong wilderness expeditions. Single-gender, one-to-one mentoring, designed to inspire and motivate personal growth.

GOALS• Post-expedition opportunities for employment and reunion events

MIP (Male Involvement Program)• Year-round after-school program to strengthen leadership skills for young males, offered in collaboration with the Alameda County Health Department. Weekly meetings are enhanced through monthly outdoor trips culminating in a BCM expedition.

Urban Family Gateway• Funded by the Stewardship Council, UFG is a series of single-day events introducing families from Alameda County to outdoor recreation in their local communities.

An Overview of Our Programs Mitsu IwasakiDirector of Operationsand Safety

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SOCIAL COMPETENCy INCLUDES: » Planning and Decision Making Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices.» Interpersonal Competence Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills.» Cultural Competence Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds.» Resistance Skills Young person can resist negative peer pressure and danger-ous situations.» Peaceful Conflict Resolution Young person seeks to resolve conflict nonviolently.

Big City Mountaineers takes the impact of its programs seriously. For 5 years BCM has employed the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets Profile to measure the effectiveness of BCM expeditions. The Search Institute has identified building blocks of healthy development—known as Developmental Assets—that help young adults grow up healthy, caring, and responsible. Internal Assets are a young person’s own commitments, values, and competencies while external assets reference support systems and how young adults view responsibility. Each teen’s asset profile is a strong predictor of future success (i.e. reduction in violence, drug use, likeliness to stay in school).

Over the last three years Big City Mountaineers’ teens have consistently shown significant improvement in the “Social Competency” category. This means BCM programs influence not only how young adults make choices but how a young person builds future relationships.

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In April 2009, BCM for the first time extended programming to not only teens, but to their adult parental figures, in hopes of enhancing and transforming the lives of entire families through outdoor activities.

One year and 73 weekend outings later, the Urban Family Gateway program served exactly 800 youth and adults through activities from hiking to indoor rock climbing to sea kayaking. Although it often felt like a herculean effort and I was giving more energy than I had to spare, running the program was like a gift to me. I saw the impact it had on hundreds of local families. The outings offered families a break from the normal routine, a healthy challenge, and priceless happy moments shared with loved ones. I am honored to have spent so much time with the families who participated; in it, I found my own personal sense of family within the community. I am blessed to have shared my love of the outdoors with these people and I hope they continue to share that love with each other.

- Amy Blum,California Regional Program Manager

Urban FamilyGateway

Program Impact

We are excited to give this year’s award to Pat Callahan. Pat embodies the spirit of Skip Yowell through exceptional service and commitment to helping Big City Moun-taineers fulfill its mission of enhancing the lives of under-resourced teens.

“There’s no place I’d rather be,” Pat says about his BCM trips. Pat has made this apparent over the past 10 years through his relent-less enthusiasm for BCM, our program and the teens

we serve. He became involved with BCM in 1999 by volunteering once a week in our Evergreen office doing whatever needed to be done: gear repairs, washing sleep-ing bags, mailings, etc. That summer, he went out as an adult volunteer on one of our trips, and after that he was hooked! He has since been on 6 more BCM trips, from the Bound-ary Waters Canoe Area to Montana to Colorado, and he also volunteers his time in the “front-country.” Even after

10 years, seven trips, and 35 teens, Pat claims, “I can look back at each trip and remember every kid.”

Pat, now retired and living in Evergreen, CO, spent 25 years in the Parks and Recreation Department, and is most proud of his time spent as the head of YMCA Guides and Princesses in Raleigh, North Carolina with the YMCA of the Triangle. After his most recent BCM trip, he began mentoring one of the teens formally through Denver Kids. He also recently joined the BCM Regional Advisory Board.

In a recent interview with Pat, his endless stream of stories about his BCM experiences almost ran out the batteries on the video camera! He splits his trips into two parts – the funny and the emotional. He recalls one funny story about a teen catching his first fish in the BWCA. The teen started screaming because he thought

it was a monster! As for the emotional, he says that the celebration dinner is always the best part

where groups really come together. There are often tears as teens express how they

don’t want to go home. The energy and enthusiasm for

BCM that Pat exudes in the front-country is nothing compared to what happens out on the trail. Through head-dunking contests, teaching obscure blues songs, and “dancing” to

his own “rap” of the Beastie Boys, Pat keeps each of his groups smiling.

2009 Skip yowell VolunteerAward: Pat Callahan

“He loves [the teens] and they

love him. He commands respect naturally, whilst

being gentle, caring and effective.”

- David Curtis,Team Leader

About the Skip yowell AwardBCM wants to acknowledge that we would not exist without all of the dedicated volunteers we have had over the years. Volunteers are such an important part of our organization that in 2008 we decided to begin recognizing one volunteer a year with an award called the Skip Yowell award. Skip Yowell is the co-founder of JanSport and is one of BCM’s board members. Skip Yowell has been an integral part of Big City Mountaineers’ history and without his continued support (especially in the early years) BCM might not have grown into what it is today. JanSport is a proud sponsor of this award.

“Big City Mountaineers is a great organization which I tremendously respect. Role models and mentors were a big part of my youth.

I look back on my teen years and realize they made a positive difference that helped shape me as an individual. The BCM ex-perience provides positive role modeling and a challenging experience which is often absent in an urban youth’s environment. I keep volunteering because I know BCM is providing the same experiences that helped me. The trips are rewarding and I have made some great friendships over the years. I envision being part of a BCM trip when I am 70 years old!”

Why IVolunteer

-Pat CallahanBCM volunteer

since 1999

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OurPrograms

Trail Systems*

Colorado» Gunnison National Forest (Colorado)» White River National Forest (Colorado)» Medicine Bow- Routt National Forest (Wyoming)

Pacific Northwest» Wenatchee National Forest (Washington)» Wallowa National Forest (Oregon)

Midwest» Superior National Forest, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

California» Yosemite National Park» Sierra National Forest» Inyo National Forest

Participating youth Programs

Colorado» A Kidz Hope» Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver» Colorado “I Have a Dream” Foundation» Colorado Youth at Risk» Denver Kids, Inc.» Mercy Housing» Sierra Club, Inner-city Outings

Pacific Northwest» Boys and Girls Club, Southwest (Seattle)» Project YESS (Portland)

Midwest» Chicago Youth Program (Chicago)» Christopher House (Chicago)» East Village Youth Program (Chicago)» Enlace (Chicago)» Howard Area Community Center (Chicago)» McCormick Tribune YMCA (Chicago)» Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club (Chicago)» Urban Ventures (Minneapolis)

California» East Bay Asian Youth Center» East Oakland Boxing Association» East Oakland Youth Development Center» Girls Incorporated» Male Involvement Program, Alameda County Dept. of Health» Mission Graduates» What Now America

*BCM operates on both USDA Forest Service and National Park Service land via Special Use Permits.

My friend Skip Yowell at JanSport suggested I look into working with BCM when I left his com-pany some time ago. BCM had a Boundary Waters program in northern Minnesota that was just beginning.

I had been paddling in the Boundary Waters since I was 14 years old. The park has been an important part of my outdoor life and I looked forward to sharing it.

The first BCM trip was cathartic for me. I saw the change in the teens over the 8 days that we shared our lives together. This is a formula that works and I decided after 3 more BCM expeditions to apply for a board seat.

I serve on the board because I believe that our work makes a differ-ence, one kid at a time. We need to spread the word and the impor-tant work the BCM team is doing for city teenagers: giving them an entirely new perspective is transformative for them and it has been for me as well. I don’t have children of my own and this has been my way of making a positive contribution to a younger generation.

More than that, serving on the board has given me a new sense of purpose in my life. A sense of giving back, and helping young people see a totally different point of view.

I hope you choose to join me in this journey. The work we do at BCM is important and unique. We can change lives one trip at a time and one kid at a time.

—Jeff WeidmanBoard Member and Volunteer

Verona, WI

Why IServeon the Board

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I consider myself very fortunate to have been involved with Big City Mountaineers and Summit for Someone over the past 10 or so years as a volunteer, donor, trip leader, and climber. Why do I volunteer with BCM? Quite simply, because I can think of no better program that has such a direct and tan-gible positive impact of the lives of young people who need it most. Every trip I have participated in with BCM is unique; each with its own challenges and victories but the one constant throughout is seeing the transformation that occurs in each of the teens. Will a BCM trip solve all the problems these teens face? No, of course not. But what I do believe and have seen firsthand is that the change in environ-ment that a BCM trip offers opens a window of opportunity in the memory of these fine young people, a window that can be filled with the example of positive adult role models, the chance to overcome adversity, and a realization that there is a bigger, brighter world of opportunity beyond the day to day challenges they normally face. I believe that a BCM trip gives them experiences to draw upon to

help overcome those challenges and find success in life. Volunteering with BCM has given me a unique opportu-nity to see exactly how my dollars are put to work, both on the trail and off. The benefits of my donations on the trail are easy to see. What has become just as apparent

to me from volunteering is just how far those dollars reach due to the efforts of the talented and hard

working BCM staff. I know my donations are in good hands and will go the farthest to-wards benefiting the teens that participate in these life changing trips.

—Bert AllenBCM Donor, Volunteer, and

Summit for Someone Climber, Navarre, FL

Why I Support

BCM andSFS

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2009 BCM Revenue Distribution

• SFS and other events (55%)

• Individual (17%)

• Corporate (14%)

• Foundation (8%)

• Investments (5%)

• In-kind (1%)

2009 BCM Expenses

• Program (49%)

• SFS Expenses (37%)

• Fundraising (9%)

• Administration (5%)

BCM Program Days

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

800 880 920 800 1096 1216 1532 2312 2368 3302640

Organization Revenue

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

352,000 244,000 184,000 247,701 263,569 473,828 684,377 904,719 763,945 823,929257,000

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Gender of Teens

Female 52%Male 48%

Teen Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 35%AfricanAmerican 27%Caucasian 5%Asian/Pacific Islander 5%Native American 2%Mixed Race 9% Other 1%Not Reported 15%

Trips Per Region

Colorado 38%Midwest 33%California 28%Pacific Northwest 1%

RelateTrip Statistics

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2009 Teen Participant,Denver, CO

city kids outdoorsno hip hop or Xbox here

just nature’s rhythms

a cool mountain nightgirls giggling in their tents

sleeping under stars

setting out on trailsit’s a BCM summer

kids forging new paths

Adult Personal Expression Contest Winner

By MK Sagaria

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For the past three years, I have mentored at-risk teen girls from Oak-land and San Leandro, California, as a Team Leader for Big City Moun-taineers. Each trip, I meet a group of apprehensive young women in the city context they have know their whole lives, and together, we travel to Yo-semite, Kings Canyon, or the Ansel Adams Wilderness Area. I teach them the basics of outdoor travel and safety while they worry about sleeping in a tent for the first time – in bear country. We pack our backpacks, leaving all but the essentials behind, and we walk 20 to 30 miles into the wilderness.

BCM trips offer teens a chance to explore a totally new environment, to soak up the beauty of natural spaces with few human influences. But more, they offer troubled teenagers a chance to see themselves in a new light. Hik-ing at 9,000 ft. elevation with a 45-lb pack on your back is a challenge for anybody! These girls learn that they can survive for a week without mirrors or makeup – freed from the drama of high school life – and have a chance to discover their inner beauty

and strength. For some, it is their first time away from home. For some, it is their first opportunity to question the world they take for granted. In 2008, 15-year-old Julie amazed me while we were cooking dinner in the backcountry when she observed, “It’s so much easier to be happy when life is simple like this.”

This year, I decided to put myself in my girls’ shoes. Each and every trip, I ask a group of young women to face daunting new challenges, to push themselves beyond what they feel emotionally and physically capable of, and to climb, step by step, to new heights. In June, I will participate in a Summit For Someone climb, pushing myself beyond my comfort and experience in honor of all the amazing young women who have ventured into the wilderness with me.

-Jenny Myers, SFS climber-Mt. Hood and BCM Team Leader, Corvallis, OR

Why IClimb

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Thank You!

Without the dozens of courageous volunteers who sign up for Summit For Someone each year, BCM would cease to exist. Our SFS climbers take on two formidable commit-ments: mentally and physically prepare to climb one of North America’s most chal-lenging peaks, and raising thousands of dollars. All to help improve the lives of kids they might never meet.

Summit for Someone is sponsored by Backpacker magazine, Jansport and Mountain Gear.

Longs Peak $7,200 Joey Uek Sean McGrath Mt. Hood 2 $17,000 Cindy Chen Daniel Kopper Megan Ream Hannah Shapiro Sabrina Abbott Ted Jacobs Mt. Hood 3 $13,600 Robby Kutchin Jason Hanold Matt Alberti Kurt Patterson Mt. Hood $6,800 Women’s Climb Angela Carmichael Andrea Hilderbrand Mt. Shuksan 2 $26,600 Linda Lindsay David Pashman Kyle Hoppe Chris Hoppe Evan Oppenheimer Rachel Greenwald Chris Rhoads Mt. Shuksan 3 $22,800 Gary Feldman Matt McRoberts Steven Burrows Nicholas Freedman Gary Hollingshead Andrew Hersam Gannett Peak $8,000 Susie Boyer Meg Morman Mt. Rainier 1 $36,000 Steve Orlinick Ellie Piper Katie Dahlgren Haynes King Jason Hamel Keri Redanz Sean Rose Eldon Hallows Tim Cramer Mt. Rainier 2 $36,000 Gregory Stuhlman Gary Maternick Jeff Salantai Eric Hill Stuart Smith Mat McBride Michele Rolph Colleen Monahan Andrea Lindsay Mt. Rainier 3 $36,000 Bill Bohn Nick Blanchard Scott Conti Ellen Schlafly Bryan Craig Steve DeLong Brian Karney Lee Perlman Vanessa Wagner

Mt. Rainier 4 $24,000 Jonathan Meek Jeffrey McKee Nadine Piazza Kevin Kinkade Ryan Carter Jean Ho Mt. Rainier $28,000 Emmons Glacier Laura Sweet Mark Beezley Luis Lopez Jeff Moore Anne Presecan Alan Bowes Natalie Wessel Mt. Shasta 1 $10,800 Monica Schandel David Cerio Andrea Hart Mt. Shasta 2 $21,600 Jessica Covell Brendan Leonard Robb Steven Stephanie Maltarich Jayson Sime Zach Silverzweig Mt. Shasta 3 $15,200 Garrett Keeler Jared Matcham James Ensley Ricardo Netro Mt. Shasta $7,200 Women’s Climb Janet Mau Hillary Nitschke North $11,400 Palisades Peak 1 Erika Walther Brad Haehnel Amy O’Connell Mt. Sneffels $12,000 Nick Calderone Wendi Sudhakar Colleen Cannon Alaska $19,500 David Curtis Darren Kuhn Edward Min Mexico Volcanoes $22,500 Matthew Harris James Duke Grand Teton 3 $16,000 Scott Cooper Richard DiLorenzo Brie Brower Richard Betts Kara Kroes Spencer Purvis Grand Teton 4 $16,000 Greg DuPey Mitsu Iwasaki Pam Harbeson Barbara Borst John Schaefer Whitney Mason

‘Wonderful experience. Met

great people while doing something for a great cause. you

can’t beat that.”

Mount Langley Raised $17,400 Mike Boardman Beth Boardman Monica Wilson Wendy Stiver Doug Stiver Jack Pressman

2009 Summit For Someone Trips

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$1000+ Summit Team Matthew HarrisKayvan HakimPaul AndrewsKristine CrevaniAnn LeibovitzMichael RiberoBecky WallwayCarla MaternickCarroll PayneJohn EvansMichele RoseRobert SavageAnthony DerosaSherri GereckeShelley EmbryJared MatchamScott HanusLloyd ElwellDale JarrettIram LeonAnne SchlaflyAshley AndersonCatherine SpenceCharles ThalhimerDeborah HollingsworthJeffrey FordKyle HoppeMary SchubertSally BeezleyWilliam Emmel

$500+ Rope Team Keri RedanzJon RigaliMary Anne WillsonMathew BironJames EnsleyMargaret RolphLucretia BallAnn SpenceBrian GiacominChristopher HoppeLunge CasanovaAnn ElwoodBogle Constructs Cameron CraigDale StiverDave & Alex OppenheimerDee Ann ManleyDiana PaceDouglas StiverEugene KeelerGeorge PurvisIdris MohammedJack HollandJane BurrowsJeff HalperinJennifer MullJessica WarrenKathy StuhlmanLinda MckeeLisa & Charles TribbettMarc MitchellMarie E. RohrsMarie RohrsMario VuksanMark SutherlandMary SilverzweigRay EngmanRick HardyRonald Johnson

Sandra KasischkeScott GordonScott ZipadelliSharon ShapiroSheila DahlgrenStephanie MaltarichSteven DelongTamara WalkerTony Dicello

$250+ Support Team Michael WegmannAmy WintersheimerAndy MartinAudrey OttoBeth NitschkeBetty AlfrehyBruce GereckeCharles & Jean LeibfriedChrista DaviesChristina MartinezDeborah WoolleyDolores MohammedGeoff GruppoJeannine ChristofilisJohn PurvisJonathan LessnerKristen ClarkeLisa GallowayMalcolm PettigrewMark ColinMary CaseyMatt ShermanPeter BiblerRon SkinnerRoy EnglertRussell GenovaRyan ElseSheila ConleySiva HariSteven CookTom MientusAmy MaternickCece BieseckerGordon SchoenfeldJohn & Judy MyersCallie CraigJill OppenheimerKaren PaceKyle GereckeLou & Linda ComadenaMark AndersonSteve CramerSean RoseJessica CovellNeil CondonSudhakar ShethAlan MeyersonAlice RolphAllen BestwickAngela BernardoAnne CorbinArlene HartAxel JimenezBen CramerBonnie & Michael ShapiroBrad SagetBrenda CrookCathy EllingtonCathy FogelmanCecilia FontaineCengiz PirgunCharles KingChris GilmartinCory BakerDan SormaniDan TurnerDaniel JobeDavid AguilarDavid BarronDavid CovillDeb & Dan Fox-GliessmanDiana Sebastian

Dirk MooreDonald DetweilerEdwin JonesElaine SchandelElisabeth LefortEllen FeeneyEric ThompsonGabriel BetitGarnett SmithGaurang PatelGreg BurnsGreg CarterHarold MorganHarry BerglandHester WanJames & Cabanne HowardJames SpencerJane GilletteJanet DaughertyJanie & Joe PurvisJason BoppJeb BrooksJennifer CampbellJesse FrumanJoan ButtorJocelyn KarneyJoe FisherJoel PassenJohn & Nancy SasserJohn DamicoJohn GrahamJohn LeonettiJohn RichelsJohn ThackrahJP FasanoKaren SweetlandKen ChitwoodKimberly HarkinsKyle HartmanLaurie DilorenzoLouis AmbrosioLuis AlfaroLynn BunimMarie R. AbateMark KohlMark Van Groningen Martin BurrellMarty TaskerMatthew BaileyMatthew CooperMaura ClarkMichael DennisonMichael EchavezMichael MaimoneMichael SteeleMichele DochartyMichele LibonatiMychael DannaNancy & Peder JonesNehemiah TanNeil HennessyNoah HudsonPatrick ContiPaul SilvermanPeggy DupeyPeggy LunsmannPeter BaileyPeter JacobiRandolph ShieldsRenee PrattaRichard CerioRichard RossRita RudisillRob StabackRob WalshRobin LynnRoger Glass

Ron & Sherri BurkeRyan BresnahanSam VealSanjeev AroraScott FishSeema KathuriaSeth HaberShawn MurphyStefanie PashmanSteve MartinSusan CausleySusie BoyerThomas CohnTim LeehealeyTim MorleyTim ReynoldsTodd PowellTom & Kathy FerraroWalter Shaffer

$100+ Team Member Zachary SilverzweigJonathan RigaliAngela KinzieAnne PerryBeatrice JaynesBetty Lou FracassiBrent ThompsonCenter VitalityChristopher SpittersClaiborne Deming Jr.David MasonDavid TrowbridgeDerek KroesDianne ChapmanDon RogersDoris CrumlyDorothy ChianelliEmily LoweFred CoulsonJames BarnesJames KirschbaumJeffrey AlredJenny BrokawJim BagleyLance MckinlayLaszlo BockLea LosassoLois SasserMarjorie LindsayMary Elizabeth PageMichael WilliamsMo BarnettNancy BoardmanNicole BettsPaul BrenzelRay FritzenRichard ReedRichard SuthRosemary PiazzaRuth UhleRyland Gardner & Shari Leach Sam HowellSara DonaldsonSherri RobertsStephen BanksSteve WelchSuzanne PiperTereso LopezThaddeus ChenTimothy HalladayJane KochanJay WinterJeremy BohrerMatthew LeibfriedJen GunnersonKatharine MeekAngelique WagnerAlice KraussAlina KimAndrew Keeler

Anthony BombacinoArlene OrlinickCohen SamDaniel RhodesElsie GereckeFran GrauchHannah MullinsJennifer ZorioJenny WorkmanJoan PresecanJohn CriscitielloJohn MolloyJohn PharesJolette WiersemaJon FieldingJosette DayKumud KaliaKurt WikelMark St. James Marsha KarneyMary DeckerMatthew PaulMichael MarkiewiczMichael SeamanMiles AdamsNancy HallidayPeter RotterPhyllis RodbellRich, Patty & Iain GregerSabrina GraciasSae PakSeth DixonTracy ContiTrudy FrohlichJean BrokawRichard ManleyStephanie ForstRobbyn UmlandDonna GronthamKelly McmahonDavid CrockerGretchen JoyceJean HessburgJennifer EbertJessica FarrellMichelle BizzarroRonald ParkerSerena TseChad LeonardJohn GranatirMatt GannonBob FioreJason LordAlan BallardClare GannonAaron BeckmanAaron HenryAaron WiseAbe DeandaAdam GoldenbergAdam MartinesAJ KuehnerAjantha NanayakkaraAl FleckensteinAl MatheAlan PetscheAlan SchwartzmanAlex & Mary PurvisAlex ChaseAlex IskenderianAlice PeekAlice ReadAlissa GoldmanAllen HeuvelAllison McdanielAmanda BarlowAmber PringnitzAmber TarshisAmd & Mr.S Hogg

2009 Summit For Someone Donors

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Amit DhadwalAmy KahnAmy SullivanAnastasia VogelaarAndrea CrenshawAndrew CollinsAndrew GoldenbergAndrew LavigneAndrew MarshallAndrew SalzanoAndy EskewAndy SandlerAndy WestbyAngela HeidenreichAngelica ElizondoAngie MitchellAnita SchneiderAnn JohnsAnna CerioAnna LoAnna SchroederAnne & Bob LeeAnnie D’EspositoAnthony FronzagliaAnthony HiteAnthony MelfiAnthony SedberryAparna VenkateswaranAriana BrownArthur SicilianoAude GuerinAxek SchweigerBarbara AusinBarbara BrambleBarbara PrevostBarbara WaltherBart LeconeyBecci PaceBeesham SeecharanBen, Terri, Zane, & A BondiBerna FredmanBertke EscherBeth HollandBeth JonesBeth PlunkettBeverly M. PaisleyBeverly SheltonBeverly SianoBill CampbellBill LayBill LemingBill SlobodaBill WinterBob BoyerBob ElliottBonnie CohenBrad ShwerBradley FinkelsteinBrandice KonopkaBrandon BurtonBrent FentonBrent ProkopBrian & Amy SandersBrian CaseyBrian ColbornBrian GibbsBrian HaleBrian KaoBrian LongBrian MargerumBrian PasquinelliBrian SchenoneBrian YudewitzBridget DicksonBrooke GovenarBruce DavidsonBruce LindsayBruce MillerByung Hwa LeeCarmella HardyCarol CannonCarol Cannon TajirianCarol Williams

Carrie CoulsonCatalina PritchardCathy ComstockCathy PaiCathy WisemanChad BaldiChad BallardCharles JonesChelsea DunkirkChelsea GoodwinCheryl WallaceChester ZielinskiChris ChrzaszczChris EastmanChris EricksonChris HobelChris MillerChris PerraultChris TambiniChristina CrosbyChristine FerryChristine RowlandChristopher BerdanChristopher LeeCindy BambicCindy Pallman-DavidCintra PollackCissy Hull-AllenClark GilliesClay HartmanClifford WalkerColin RowanConnie LasterCorey BronsteinCorien De JongCraig HergetCurt JenschCyndi HarperDale BoyerDale ClausDale FerberDale JacksonDamon HallDamon TedescoDan LansenDan RobinsonDan SteadmanDana BoulukosDaniel CookeDaniel FinnDaniel LazarekDanni MorinichDar AlmeterDarice MathisDarla MooreDave & Jean RosecransDavid & Diane MorseDavid BinkleyDavid BryanDavid CreekDavid KahnDavid KellyDavid ShaftmanDavid StifterDavid WoodruffDavid ZimmermanDean ManheimerDebra AronsonDenise HopferDenise MullinsDennis SandsDerrell HarmanDiana FislerDiane IbrahimDivya SinghDon & Barbara BattisDon HellerDon HutchinsDory WatkinsDouglas Rouse

Douglas SchnitzspahnDushyant GuptaDuy TruongE. Allen EdmondsEarlene JohnsonEd HaymakerEdith FriedmanEdmond UllrichEdmund BurdoEdward GershEdward SchlaflyEdward StiefelEdward VillarrealEdward WiegandEJ JunkerElena McanespieElizabeth BirchElizabeth CruzElizabeth GozaElma PageEmelie PeineErik HarpErika WaltherErin AlbuErin HenningsErin NolanErnie WoodyEvan GibbsFlorence GreenbergForrest ArakawaFoster HenselFran LeachFrank FieldsFrank SansoneFrank WaggonerFrank WenglerGail BristowGail JacobsGarry RosemanGarth FasanoGary ColenGary FeldmanGary MaternickGary OttoGary SegravesGary WolfGavriela SkouloudiGenna GoodwinGeoffrey MeyerGeorge HinesGeorge SudarkoffGerald SmithGib AlbertiGlen KimGlen LotharyGlenn MoranGoran JovicinGordon HuthqGrant YoungGreg JohnsonGreg OrrGregory MccoyH CantorHeather SurfaceHeather ZechmanHemant RamnaniHolland AddisonHolly PalinHope MillerIbrahim MohammedInga MaderInn Hee LeeIrene CalvoIris LawIrvin ZimetJ Kent MillingtonJack FreebornJack GaffaneyJack IhleJacques LarameeJade ShoppJagdish Dalal

Jamal SimmonsJames BaroffioJames HollingsheadJames MarshallJames MartinJames O’DonnellJames RileyJames ScobeyJames VoorhiesJami SnyderJan MoyeJanice WinderJanie/Jim NaberJarlath HumeJason CarricoJason ChenJasper GrayJay GordonJay GradyJay KaufmanJay WilkinsonJean FredetteJean KingJeanne BuellJeff BernerJeff IngallsJeff Van Groningen Jeffrey LinkJenn ArchboldJenn O’ReillyJennie MuskettJennifer ArmsJennifer ChoppJennifer CollinsJennifer DruryJennifer FryeJennifer GregoryJennifer LagrottaJennifer McdonoughJennifer PsakiJerald PerlmanJeremy FarmerJerry & Patti DaughertyJerry McneightJessica AbbottJessica DayJessica PostJessica Vanden BergJill FredericksonJim ManleyJim SuhrJoan BoroniecJoan HittingerJoannah Portman DaleyJoanne GoebelJoanne WhitmoreJocelyn DurelsJoe & Faith MoriJoe BonavitaJoe DavisJoe Della Monica Joe KrierJoe SageJoel GreenJoel VisserJohn BaksaJohn CannonJohn ChallengerJohn ChianelliJohn DimondaJohn FreiburgerJohn GallagherJohn GibsonJohn HurlbutJohn MccormallyJohn McnallyJohn MorganJohn PillerJohn ReeseJohn SandovalJohn Silva

Jon NicholsonJordan DuncanJordan WoodJoseph HaydenJoseph HegwoodJoseph HerrJoseph HofmannJoseph KingJoshua OlivoJulia LillyJulie BallardJulie CauseyJulie WintonJustin HartKaren MorseKaren PetraskaKate FinleyKatherine BaileyKatherine GreeneKatherine KallickKatherine Malyj SantiagoKathie HellsteinKathleen GuinaneKathleen SweetKathleen WoodKathryn BelfordKathryn HayleyKathryn Jansen-WelchKathryn WatsonKatie MartocciKay HassonKeita SalantaiKeith & Mary Beth WyneKeithel BallardKelly PowellKen & Amie CarmackKen MeagherKendall KrummenacherKenneth BrownKenneth CzarneckiKenneth RozewskiKennis Buringrud, State Farm Agent Kerr RobertsonKevin ClarkKevin CrotsKevin L. PalmerKevin SharkeyKevin VanvalkenburgKhristina KirschnerKim BuntinKit & Raimo HanskiKnox BurnsKris YettraKrista Kaye FredrickKristi TangeKristiann SaundersKristie RonsinKristin CraunKristin YettoKristina YiKristy HarnerKrystin HartKumi BoschKurt IveyLaci LakeLaili BosmLarry FultzLarry GandseyLarry KlockLarry MahLarry PedaganaLarry WillardLaura DenistonLaura JohnsonLaura MckailLaurie ChubbLaurie VisperasLawrie ChiaroLeann HerrmanLeigh MarkeyLeonard BoswellLeonard Liu18

Leslie SternbergLeslie WalkerLewis HollandLiliana GodoyLinda BenoistLinda LingafelterLisa DewilLisa GirardiLisa HarperLisa HobbsLisa MantilLisa WhetzelLissa GuttmanLiz GreerLloyd WoodLoretta HigginsLori AlbertiLori DuvallLouise DelongLucila De AlejandroLuke QuandtLuther ErlundLynn & Steve TaylorLynn BrengleMacalyn BoylesMaci LittleMae BoysMarc EpsteinMarcia WernerMargaret BeattieMargaret ClevelandMargaret CreedMargaret SayerMarian KrizMarie HooksMarie PattiMario GarrettoMarion JamisonMark & Glynn SnowMark & Janet ClarkeMark & Patrice AllenMark BeauchampMark GrahamMark MagelMark SlaughterMartin BremerMartin HierholzerMartin WestMarty ReidMarv & Carla KleinjanMarvin H Den DulkMary Anne HimmesMary BrownMary Jean GerouloMary MorrisMatt & Amber DittoeMatt DevoeMatt HartwigMatt WeilandMatthew GoldenbergMatthew HawleyMaureen SamwaysMeghan CoxMeghan TalbotMel & Morry SteinbachMelissa CattaneoMelissa DanielMelissa LamMichael AboffsMichael BiblerMichael ConsiglioMichael FischerMichael GallagherMichael GratzMichael JuddMichael Leroy

Michael MccoyMichael MonahanMichael MurphyMichael ShapiroMichael StephensMichael TourvilleMichael WahlMichael YimMike & Carrie MastoMike BeckMike ClemensMike FaberMike GilliganMike KleissMike NestorMike WaldronMildred HoweMindy SolkinMitchell OurvisMolly HeafnerMonica HaggarMonica RevelleMonroe GarrisonMonte EnrightMrs. Alexander Haick Jr.N SasserNadine PiazzaNancy MacintyreNanette WilliamsNathalia KarrerNathan FisherNathan LangNed FieldNegron Lorena KallalNeil BurgerNicholas SmithNicki ReynoldsNicole HartNorm AbazorisNorm ShearerOmar CasillasOrin HollandPablo MccabeParker CondiePatricia FinnPatricia MahonPatricia RandolphPatrick BurkePatrick LannenPatty SchenkPaul LorangerPaul MccollumPaul MolinariPaul O’HearnPaul SerenaPaula & Danny FriedmanPaula ArnoldPeter AgnesPeter JohnsPeter KertzPeter WronaPhil MoshierPhil WaughPhilip ChiaramontePhilip ZeyligerPhillip HodgesPrachi VoraRalph PerlmanRalph VanceRandy & Betsy HabermanRandy MeierRavi ShahRay SoltisRay WheatleyRebecca McclureRichard AlmeterRichard AronwaldRichard GatonRichard McgrathRichard PhillipsRichard Post

Richard RomanRick EricksonRick LargentRita LombardiRobert AuldRobert Bontempi Jr.Robert CookeRobert FultonRobert HirtRobert JohnsonRobert McdonaldRobert NotleyRobert RileyRobin KranichRobin LevyRobin RobertsRochelle PursifullRoger KintzelRon CosciaRon LindsayRon RigaRon SearlesRonni CouncilRowland GrauchRussell HamblinRusti SmithRusty BakerRyan & Shel SchmidtRyan HanleyRyan MonahanSalve CacatianSamantha ShapiroSandra LeonardSandy & Charlie CullenSara BoehmeSara OhearnSara SchrumSara WalshSarah ChristiansonSarah ColeSarah HallSarah McdonaldSavithri SubramanyamScott DuffyScott DwyerScott StangelandScott TaylorScott ThorntonSean ReynoldsSebako SiameSeth AronsonShana ByrneShane MeltonSharon LiserShea OwensSimon WhitburnSonja LeeStacy PedeganaStan & Jennifer WilsonStefan ZoltowskiStella HersaStephane KirklandStephanie LowryStephen & Lori MarkowiitzStephen FormanStephen SchwinnStevan TrooboffSteve ChahleySteve GrannemannSteve PriceSteve SalantaiSteve SlaterSteve Sutorius

Sue SwigerSusan HowardSusan PrattSusan ReeseSusan TerradoSusun HosfordSuzanne & Bill BooneSuzanne GibsonSuzanne KingSuzette RyanSylvia GildeaTarana OommenTeresa KuhnThad JohnsonTherese CrichtonThierry G. CuilleThomas BowersThomas FalatkoThomas FracassiThomas GoldenbergThomas KaschalkThomas KozeraThomas LeardThomas LieblerThomas MonahanThomas SchlaflyThomas WilsonTiffany HurwitzTim & Steph WeberTim RichmondTim TrifiloTim WoltersTimothy MccallTina BurnsTodd RugginiTom & Mary LindeTom KramerTom SchaeferToni IwasakiTony BreitbachTony MaestriTony MarraTracey TerryTrey TramonteTroy BrowderValerie & Berthold HornValerie GribbleVicki LearyVictor EloyVincent CirilliVineyards SchweigerVirginia JenkinsWade EllisWalter ChaseWilliam AlexanderWilliam CargillWilliam DeitrickWilliam NaughtonWilliam PerraultWilliam SasserWilliam TelleWilliam Worek

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$1000+ Summit TeamMike & Cheryl ClemensonSusan DeckerJonathan DornHeather GiannandreaMichael HodgsonGregg HosfeldtJames KernJoseph MaloneyJames SchwitallaLory StimsonDebra SuleSkip Yowell $500+ Rope Team Debra AkinWilliam AllenEdward BargerDave BartholomewJeremy BeckMark BluhMark ByrdRobert CanavanJacob DornStacy KernGideon KillionDoug KollmeChristine MacDonaldLisa MattisChad McClenathenSteve & Nancy McDonaldRoberto & Kathleen OrtizNicole PhillipsCintra PollackTom & Nancy ReamKurt & Elizabeth RiekeJohn TelfordMac TillmanDouglas TraceyJeff Weidman $250+ Support TeamBrian AguilarAmy AlbrechtB. Thomas AllisonCaren BrowningPeter CagleJason ChottinerAnn E. DawDavid Eames-HarlanRoberta GarrisonGary GerholdBryan GieserBen GipsonIvan JungeChris KnollEddie LottGretchen McGillShawn McGowanAnn MellencampWilliam RaymondLinda RohanRobert RohanDavid RosenTimothy SandersMichael SchlechterJames SchwitallaPaul ShumpertDouglas TraceyOrson WatsonThomas Wisniewski

Individuals donating directly to BCM

$100+ Team MemberGerald AaronNancy AbramsonBrian AguilarKeith AmmonsJoanne AndersonJudith AndersonChris & Mike ArcherJennifer ArnesonDavid AsherPeggy & Alex AycinenaChristopher BallRuth & David BallBrian BarakatKatherine BarrowsMarisol BasultoAnthony BayonaKrista BearLynn BeckAdriana BelleroseMark BellusciRick BellusciMarc BerenfeldRoger BirdJeffrey BlumLaurie BoorigieRandy BreitbachDavid BrisbinAngela BrittenDerek BrookmeyerCharles BrownCaren BrowningEleanor BuffGayle BullingtonJeffrey ButtonCathy ByrdMichael CalderoneMary CampuzanoOlivia CaoMatt CarsonSandra CarsonArthur CeckowskiTerry CekolaMindi ChanceSusan ChervenJulie ChristiansonEric CoblinJames CollierDavid CouchWendy CranfillRamon CueErin CulleyMatt CurtisMichelle DavisTyler DavisDonald Degli, Jr.Gerrad DelatteJohn DelfsBarbara DeloreyGeorge DenisLee DickelmanAmy dOliveiraIvy DomenjoudDiane DornJacob DornLauren DuncanAinsley EcheverriaJeff ElliottArt EmrichKaren EndeJulianne FaheyDeborah Falcon

Kurt FeilkeDaniel FinnJon FloydPaula FornwaltSam GabremariamRay & Susan GaitanRobert GalivanErnesto GarciaLarry GileDan GordonSherry GordonMatthew GrigalIra HaberRay HamiltonRivi Har ElThomas HarringtonJarrett HaskovecErik HeathAaron HenryRobert HoffmanPamela HoffnerMark & Louise HoldenAudrey HookJoel HuntMarco IbarraPaul & Lisa JacksonRucks JebBrian JumpsNena KeltyAndrew E. KernManorama KhichaRobyn KibbyRoston & Sandra KirkPeggy KirkJeffrey KlineJackie KrentzmanAlan KristalCandace KubicekLetty KwonMatthew LaddSean LaughlinJoe & Kathy LeonardJoshua LittlefieldChris LonghurstTeddy LoveDonald LoweRebecca LowryMr. & Mrs. Bernard LubinKarin MalchowKelly MarronUncle Bobby MartinMelan MathesonIleen MattsonAdam MaxJason & Amy McCampbellFrank McCannonJim MeyerKatie MichalskiMark MillaneDebbi MillerMary-Alice MorganWill MuellerJonathan MuenkRhonna NelsonChristine NollerNick NunnsMichele OffDebbie OliverMichael OliverVicki OwensLarry ParksBert PuttermanPatrick Quinlan

Jeanne QuinnRavi RajanBrett RauschMegan ReamMatt ReddyBrad ReederMary Lou RizzoMaia RodriguezMark RohanKathleen RosenEvy & Lou RosenblumMiriam RosenblumTimothy RussMark RyanMai SakaiMark SandoChris SchwalbachJohn SchwalbachRebecca ShannonWilliam SheldonJayson SimeDavid SkaffAudra SmithDaniel SmithDr. & Mrs. Jon SpainSonya SpielbergJay SteereFrancie SteinzeigCasie StewartBrenda StiersCraig StrongSyd JonesDebi SuleJohn SuleCorey SwertfagerKevin ThompsonKay ThorntonBurton TidwellJohn ToddDanielle TornambeSharon TravisJohn TromblyMark TrowbridgeEdwin TrumanTom & Collin WalderJames WalkerMark WalkerRobert WarrenDavid & Barbara WeaverMeredith WeaverKevin WhitcherWilliam WitteTim WolcottSherry Young

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Change a Life FundraisersRaised over $1,500 John TromblySyd JonesRaised over $1,000 Brad CarsonRobert RohanRaised over $500 Kelly KrausDebra AkinNicholas KirkMiriam RosenblumHillary HardingLisa StrightMark WalkerRaised over $100 David CouchDavid KeelerPaula BullingtonEsther GomezSarah HardinMeghan ChandlerRobert WarrenAmy BlumHugh EwingMark GodleyRaised between $0-$100 Bernard RupeNicole Vera

Challenge Fundraisers

Raised over $25,000 Kern’s Golf Tournament

Raised over $5,000 Syd Jones’ “Climbing High for Inner City Kids”

Dr. Tony and Brendan’s “Fantastic Bike Ride”

8000 Meter Challenge

Raised over $1,000 Jesse Hermreck’s “Pikes Peak or Bust!”

Ivan Junge’s “In Their Footsteps”

Compupay

Debbi Miller’s “Holiday Fundraiser”

Ben Gipson’s “Run. Bike. Beer”

Raised over $500 The Highpointing Challenge

Primal Quest

ADP FoundationAmgen FoundationBenson Family FoundationBill & Melinda Gates FoundationBuild-A-Bear Foundation, Inc.Circle Of Service Foundation Clif Bar Family FoundationCommunity Foundation for North TexasEl Pomar FoundationJP Morgan Foundation Garfield FoundationGE FoundationGlobal ImpactGrant Family FundLeave No Trace Connect GrantLiberty Hill FoundationLincoln Financial Foundation Mattel Children’s FoundationMcConnell FoundationMerrill Lynch & Co. FoundationO’Connell-Allen Family Foundation Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Foundation Progressive Insurance FoundationSalesforce FoundationSara Lee FoundationThe Dixie FoundationThe GuardsmenUnilever United States Foundation, Inc.Verizon FoundationWachovia Foundation

Foundation Donors

Summit Team Backpacker MagazineJanSportKEENREI SOLE FootbedsRopes Team Any MountainMountain GearMountain HardwearThe North FaceSupport Team Backbone MediaClif Bar Hanna & AssociatesOptic NerveBase Camp Team Alba BotanicaGregory PacksNorth American GearRedwing Shoe CompanyRutabega PaddlesportsSea to SummitSOG Specialty Knives and ToolsZapposApproach Team Atwater CareyBlessing RingsGear to GrowGranite GearInnateKeltyMidwest MountaineeringNational Geographic MapsOutside HubRevolution Cleaners

BCM Sponsors

Corporate Donors Active NetworkAdvenir, Inc.Allied Beverage Group, Llc American Express Charitable FundAmeriprise FinancialAMG Corporate HeadquartersBank of AmericaBarakat, Jacobs and Associates PLBBR Sevices, Inc.Benecia Health & Fitness Club Benicia Firefighters Association Best-CareBiorx Llc Blue Waters Kayaking BlueBNI Miami-Dade Inc.Boeing Charitable TrustBoeing CompanyCA, IncCameron Builders, Inc CampBound.comCampos Engineering, Inc. Chevron Humankind Matching Gift ProgramChicago Mountaineering Club, IncCIEECitigroup Payment ServicesCm Niemira Trust Cohen Law OfficesColumbia Sportswear Community Shares of Colorado DonorsCompupay, IncCupcakes RaleighDFW Fire Protection, Inc. Eddie Bauer, LLCElectronic Arts Matching GiftsEsquire Express Inc.Eveready BatteryFannie Mae SERVE Matching GiftFidelity Charitable Gift FundFlorida Trail Association IncFort Myer Construction CorpFVO Administrative Services SCFyber Design Group, LLCGAP Foundation Gift Match ProgramGardner, Underwood & Bacon, LLCGeartrade.comGenesis Risk AdvisorsGivingExpress OnlineGoldman Sachs Matching Gifts Herbrucks Poultry Ranch Hockenberg Newburgh Houston St. Bar & Patio, LLCHughes Produce Sales, Inc. Individual Employees of REIInyasi Enterprises, Inc JWCaccamoK. R. ToolsKAP Foundation Inc Kern Company Lincoln Strategy Group, LLCMicrosoftMicrosoft Giving Campaign Miller Construction CompanyNestleNH Neurospine Institute Northern Michigan Construction, Inc. Oliver Exterminating CorpOregon Mountain Community Pershing

Government

Alameda County Public Health DepartmentState of California

Public Adjusters Incorp.R. Beauchamp Antiques, Inc. R. Cliff Mendheim, LLCRainer Investment Management Raymond Oil Company, Inc.Right Now Tech Rio Grande Mexican Restaurants, Inc. Rothstein Rosenfeldt AdlerRSF Innovations in Social FinanceSalem Leasing Corp Second Source, Inc.SEI Private Trust CompanySilverio & Hall, P.A.SJLSociety of Personal InvestmentSouthern Wine & Spirits Of America Sports PlusSterling-Rice GroupStonecutters Inc. Strategy, LLCStrike Entertainment, Inc.Sun MicrosystemThe Mclaughlin Family The Wine Club, Inc Thunderridge Grizzly Bear Club TrekarooTruist Altruism ConnectedTurner Industries Group, LLCVail ResortsValero Refining Co. Venetian Builders Inc.W. L. Gore & AssociatesWampler Buchanan WalkerWarren Benning & GlassWater Course Food Wells FargoWestview Country ClubWorld Aquaculture Institute

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Title Sponsor Backpacker MagazinePresenting Sponsors JanSportMountain GearGear Sponsors SOLE FootbedsLa SportivaClif Bar Black DiamondOutdoor ResearchMammutWomen’s Adventure MagazineMountain HardwearCamelBak

2009 Summit for Someone Sponsors

Team LeadersAmy HardyAnna SharrattArnold KimBernard RupeBruce CoreyDarin FeardayDavid CurtisDebra AkinDuncan ForbesGentry Elisabeth FischerJeff HoustonJenny MyersJohn SasserJoshua NeffKatie HawkinsKeith DumbletonLindsey IsaacsonLiz CornishMarshall DisrudeMatthew DavidsonNicole BlaserRaffaela OelerRebecca ShannonSarah RothTracy Semar

Youth Agency LeadersVeissa Keith-QueenAaron GilbertAlbert MouAllison LeachAmanda FoxAntoinette KiltonCaitlin WickerCarla SchulzCarlos ContrerasCasey BaxleyCourtney Reed TannerDan FrederickDaniel AgredanoDarla HarrahDrew DemarieEfrain GonzalezElizabeth BossertElizabeth HigginsEmily GoltzEmily MehtaGary RossHooman ShahrokhiJaime De LeonJuan AscencioMalia GermanMary Kathryn SagariaNatalie MurilloNathan PughPatti BrooksPedro NaranjoPhil JensenRegina JacksonRichard MickRosie GalvezSarah HardinSarah McgillShanna GronewoldSimone AlexanderSteven KimSusan ColonTerrico NicholsonThomas FeeneyTsehai TeklehaimanotTyler Edmondson

We couldn’t do it without you

VolunteersAbigail RankinAdam RubingerAinsley EcheverriaAlison Van DusenAmanda BrownAmy BlumAndrew SaundersAndrew VigilAndy GillBradley CarsonBrendan LeonardBrennan CoeChris KearnsChristine GrodeckiChristy HathawayDane ZehrungDavid CouchDavid KeelerDavid StoneDavid SullivanDominique TamburrinoErin O’NeillFrank WhitingGarrett ChristensonGeorge SchevonGreg RohanHester BennettHugh EwingIvan JungeJason CookJeff WeidmanJeffrey ChowNicole VeraJessica DowningJessica LyndsJim BodohJohn MathewsJohn TromblyJonathan HigginsJorge De LeonJoseph UrenoJosh ZeldnerKimberly RooyakkersKirsten GumLisa StrightLloyd LetellierLynn VanerdenMadrianne WongMarcy HaughMargie MartinsonMaria DrewsMark WalkerMason DisrudeMatthew MalchowMeghan ChandlerMichael SchnietzMiriam RosenblumNathan MillerNick KirkNicole DavilaPat CallahanPaul RosenPaula BullingtonPaula DavisPhyllis ColettaRachel SternRobert CastanedaRobert WarrenSara SheltonShelby LazaroffSkip YowellSummer OlsonYuko Aoyagi

Front Country VolunteersAlly MurriBob FaberBob BoxCaitlin JezekChelsey LehlChris BallDan KoblerDominique TamburrinoDon MorrisElizabeth WilliamsEmily Wypyszynski Greg McRae John JacobsJohn TromblyJonathan DoughertyJoseph UrenoJosh RupeKatie HawkinsLeeAnn ReichMatt OlinMelissa ReeckMichael ConlinNick BohnenkampNick MartinPat CallahanPeter FagenholzRob ChatfieldShelby LazaroffStephanie CooperSteven SmithSusie BlaisdellTom MasloskiMK SagariaDrew DemariePaul RosenRebecca Shannon

UFG Trip LeadersEric ZandonaJoshua NeffRebecca StievaterAnne KiserMatthew BaxleyNathan MillerDena Peters

UFG Trip LiaisonsEric BankstonMichael MeesTara CrydermanGreg Bickel

UFG VolunteersHugh EwingLisa StrightErminia Pena

Collaborative Service Providers:Great Western Power CompanyTrips For KidsJack London Aquatic CenterSave The BayCalifornia Canoe and KayakEast Bay Regional Park DistrictSave Mount Diablo

Thanks also to the following supporters for their in-kind donation of product.Active Gear ReviewChicago Mountaineering ClubConstant ContactCooke Custom SewingColumbiaDellDeuterDuluth Pack Liners Duluth Packs Ex OfficioGo LiteGregoryInnate Water BottlesKohl SudduthKokatat McNettMont-BellNativeOspreyOutdoor DivasPlatypusPrimus Rebel SalonRocky Mountain Gynecologic OncologySawyerSmartwoolSnap DragonSportgenicThe Art of Eddie MizeTilleyTriks SkirtsVeracity Credit ConsultantsWestern Mountaineering

Thanks also to the following supporters for their in-kind donation of services in 2009:HiebingBob BoxRob ChatfieldStephanie CooperPeter FagenholzJohn JacobsSteve SmithDanKobler.com, Inc.Chelsey LehlMatt OlinErik HusmanErik Van HansenGoogle Ad wordsJeff Weidman

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Board of DirectorsPaul AndrewsChief Financial Officer – Vail Resorts Development Co.

Dave BartholomewPrincipal – Ascent Advising

Jonathan DornEditor-in-Chief – Backpacker Magazine

Ian HaldimannPrincipal – Sage Tree LLC

Michael HodgsonPresident – SNEWS LLC

Dawn MartinezAccounting Consultant, CPA

Lisa MattisNational Director, Individual Giving – Outward Bound

Paul A. ShelowitzAttorney – Akerman Senterfitt

Mac Tillman Director of Integrated Marketing – Del Monte Foods

Enrique WashingtonPartner – Generator Group

Jeff WeidmanPrincipal – Heiden/Weidman Group

Skip YowellCo-Founder – JanSport

AdvisoryBoardRiley EtheridgePast President

Drew KernFormer Board Member

Jim KernFounder

Mary Kay StoehrPast President

Summit Team Sponsors

Amy BlumCalifornia Regional Program Manager

Elizabeth BohuskiAmericorps VISTA

Brie BrowerStaffing Manager

Rasheeda GrantAmericorps VISTA

Rachel GreenwaldPacific Northwest Regional Program Manager

Hillary HardingMarketing Manager

Mitsu IwasakiDirector of Operations & Safety

Syd JonesExecutive Director

Brendan LeonardSFS Climb Coordinator

Lloyd LetellierYouth Agency Liaison

Debbi MillerCPA

Tanya O’GradyBookkeeper

Megan ReamDevelopment Manager

Bernie RupeMidwest Regional Program Manager

Elizabeth WilliamsColorado Regional Program Manager

Teen EmployeesLauren ChapmanMadrianne WongJavier Amaya-LopezJosh RupePeer LeadersSegi UrbinaRamon ArroyoJordan CaiFatima KiassJuan VillelaMarquise JenkinsRocio BurciagaFlora TadelaNicole DavilaStareesha MartinYesenia AguilaPeter ChanAbrianna Love

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