Our World Rivers Day $20,000 Match is surpassed
Our World Rivers Day $20,000 Match is surpassed! Thank you to Otter Society Members Craig and Kate Coit for matching donations to Friends of the Chicago River this September in celebration of World Rivers Day on September 28.
Supporting Friends of the Chicago River in our work to protect and restore the Chicago-Calumet River system, members of The Otter Society are those individuals and businesses that make a generous annual commitment to Friends to continue the renaissance of our beautiful river.
Choosing to invest in the restoration, revitalization, and advocacy of the river and its watershed –and making it a priority in one’s philanthropy – helps to ensure that the renaissance will robustly continue, and more river otters will call our river system home.
We are so grateful to all who gave last month. Your donation –then, now, and forward– makes the Chicago-Calumet River system more accessible and healthy, for all people, water, and wildlife.
Thank you to our donors who helped us meet our match:
Craig and Kate Coit
The Knowles Foundation
Anonymous (8)
Peter A. Shearn and Cynthia L. Shearn
Michael Abt
Kathleen Bartels
Margaret Frisbie and Matt Binns
Keith and Jodi Hebeisen
Susan O'Brien
Sally Fletcher
James Pugh
John and Jeanne Flickinger
Michael Graff
Sarah Ratcliffe
Howard Zowell
Joe Mullen
Susan Ennis
Beth Bayer
Sarah Ratcliffe
Regan O'Brien
Jonathan Lehman and Zachary Huelsing
Lisa B. Yondorf
Margaret Anderson
Lorraine Barba
Michael Borgstrom
Jessica Custer
John Gilardi
Sarah Gilmore
Jesse Guerrero
Kenny Hebeisen
Jenny Houtsma
Lauren Jordan
Heather Mascarello
James Milin
Annie Morse
Evan Nyquist
Meghan Obernberger
Charles Pugh
Claire Pugh
Diane Rigali
Patricia Rohan
Rod Scheele
Katie Shumate
Daniel Slattery
Michael and Joanne Sundermeier
Gus Sundermeier
Kevin Tishka
Robert Wojtowicz
Ben Eglash
Michael Johnson
Richard Wilson
Adrian Aguirre
Devon Anthony
Brenda Bergen
Kate Chappell
Declan Devine
Teresa Lopez
Taryn McFadden
Julie Moller
Clare Murphy
Rita Murphy
Margaret Needham
Matt Sanchez
Carol Smith
Joan Whitesides
Kathleen Herber
Richard Meagher
Anne K. Adams and Kent C. Bostick
Matthew Brady
Beth Herzfeld
Sarah Szekeresh
Monika Zochowska
Robin Delapena
Kathy and Jim Gysler
Robert Berkowitz
Sharon Cisneros
Tori Davis
Adam Glanz
Gareth Hayes
Sydney Hunter
Susheela Jayaraman
Ryan Mac
Cecy Magos
Meg Malhame
Antonio Mandujano
Elisa Mandujano
Antonio Mandujano
Carla Meyer
Peter Nagle
Kelsey Nelson
Micaela Ocampo
Kirsten Penick
Grace Robertson
Virginia Witucke
Alexis Johnson
Cordelia Maloney
Thomas Ingram
Taigen and Naomi Leighton
Donald Seielstad
Elizabeth Cisar
Noah Blaser
Carrie Brinkman
Teresa Frisbie and Brian Lantz
Ryan Jennens
Joel Koplos
Rich London
Geoff Loren
Rachel Mayer
Anna Neal
Brian Purdue
Matt Renfree
Ian Rose
Michael Sprinker
Sten Turpin
Kadeja Tyler
Kevin Tynan
Max Vitro
Kay Whitman
Kathryn Wicks
Geoffrey Witherington-Perkins
Paul Nishimura
Paul Grohne
John La Marre
Maiko Lehman
Tammy Perlmutter
Karen Przypyszny
Lauren Schmitt
Kevin McCrory and Family
Clairan Ferrono
Elizabeth Nishiura
Derek Peebles
Ava Lonergan
To learn more about The Otter Society, contact Friends’ Development Director, Annie Hanrahan, at ahanrahan@chicagoriver.org.
