Donation Drive 2026 Donor List
Ellen Adams
Teresa Adams
Alston Ahern
Theresa Alberti
Cathy Allee
Daphne Amundson
Dale Anderson
Meganne Arens
Cassie Artale
Judy Arzdorf
Cathy Bailey
Barbara Bauer
Therese Bigelow
Sharon Bigot
Sara Biren
Halle Blais
Harriet Bliese
The Board of the Betsy-Tacy Society:
Janet Anderson, Michele Blake,
Elizabeth Blaufuss, Shelley Harris,
Lani Jordan, Michelle May,
Melissa Prycer, Betsy Sherman,
and Kristin Woizeschke
Bonny Brae Bolander
Suzanne Bolton
Sally Bonello
Sally Boniece
Betsy Booth
Peter Borgman:
“In honor of Harden F. Casbon”
Liz Boardman:
“In honor of Jen –
you are doing such a good job!”
Bree Borkowski:
“In loving memory of Nancy Juhas”
Sharon Boudreau
Anna Brannin
Radhika Breaden:
“In honor of Jen D-K and Barb Fecteau”
Nancy Brower
Judy Brown
Jennifer Buchholz:
“In honor of my dad, Andre Nelson,
who always encouraged
his young bookworm in her reading!”
Mackenzie Bull
Julie Burchett
Stacey Burford
Lynn Burns
Brandi Caillouet
Diane Campbell
Marla Campbell
Kate Carlin
Martha Carroll
Katha Chamberlain
Mary Chayko:
“For all of us whose lives have been changed
by the gifts of one woman –
Maud Hart Lovelace”
Esther Chi
Hsiu-Hsien Chiang
Julia Christian
Julie Chuba
Méta Cibaric
Patricia Clarke
Amaree Cluff:
“In honor of my mom,
who has been reading my beloved Betsy books
out loud to me while I have been
fighting stage 4 pancreatic cancer –
they are my favorite medicine”
Maureen Colburn
Cindy Collins
Sara Collins
Mary Costello
Janie Cox
Selah Crisp
Davita Kristen Curtis:
“In honor of Kelly Thomas,
who said it was ‘sorcery’
to bring him to Mankato
because he loved it there!”
Kristina Danahy
Patricia Danch
Ben Davenport
Matt Davis
Jennifer Davis-Kay
Gail Dean
Elizabeth Del Sol
Pamela DeMarce
Stephanie Dempsey
Linda Dial
Nancy Dickinson
Gloria Doescher
Nancy Downing
Jennifer Dozer
Nancy Driver
Hannah Druckman:
“In memory of Vicki Frolich”
Leah Drury
PJ Durand:
“In honor of Vera Ann Sullivan
and Colleen Ann Sullivan”
Pat Effenberger:
“In honor of Mary Ellen Kuchta”
Susan Elledge
Alison Emery
Carolyn Engstrom
Deva Fagan
Connie Fahling
Lona Falenczykowski
Barb Fecteau: “In honor of Kathy Baxter”
Rita Feikema
Margaret Finkenhofer
Linda Fletcher:
“In honor of my husband, Larry Fletcher”
Sydney Fox
Heather Frederick
Kristen Frederickson
Judy French
Katie Friesen
Nancy Gallant
Karen Gallego
Amanda Garner
Janet Gauss:
“In honor of the librarian
who introduced me to the B-T series!”
Mary Gebben
Sarah Geiger
Tara Geisler
Laura Gellott
Kathy Gessler
Mary Ann Gilbertson
Georganne Gillis
Mary Glascock
Janet & Harley Goff
Marcia Goldberg
Allyson Goodman:
“In honor of my friend Ann Fox”
Anita Gorman
Dawn Grage
Ann Griffin
Ellen Grod
Marilee Groeneweg
Susan Hackman
Amy Sells Haist
Peggy Hall
Kathleen Hamill
Annie, Elin, and Marit Harm:
“In honor of our mother, Lani Jordan”
Kitty Harmon: “In honor of
Bonnie Grace Tilton”
Shelley Harris
Jennifer Hart:
“In honor of Virginia Hart, my mother,
who instilled in me a love of reading
– and Betsy-Tacy!”
Shelly Havran
Sandy Hemmersmeier
Christine Henning
Verlinda Henning
Jennifer Herbach:
“In honor of Arabell Wells”
Marnie Herzfeld
Christine Ho
Kathleen Hohenleitner
Deb Holland
Michael Holmes
Anne Homza:
“In honor of Jennifer Davis-Kay”
Shirley Hou
Sarah Hout:
“In memory of my mom, Angela,
who introduced me to Betsy-Tacy
at the second-grade book fair –
she passed away from cancer in 2018”
Diana Howe
D. Huang
Melissa Hudak:
“In honor of Kat, the BTS site manager
who helped set up my tour”
Beth Hudson
Judy Hurley
Susan Hynes
Sonja Jacobsen:
“In honor of Mary Ann Vandevusse”
Anna Jacobson
Rachel Jacobson
Jeannie Jantzen:
“In honor of Lani Jordan”
Barb Jensen
Cindy Jett
Deborah Jewett
Cary Jewkes
Joan Johnson
Marjorie Johnson
Samantha Johnson:
“In memory of my mother,
who gave me my first Betsy-Tacy book
all those years ago”
Karen Jones
Rick Jordan:
“In honor of Judy & Daryl Arzdorf”
Thane Joyal
Teresa Judd
Kimberly Kadletz
Jill Kalz: “In memory of Toots Kalz”
Rebecca Karstad
Jayne KauzLoric
Liz Kelly
Laura Kennedy
Roberta Kenney
Anna Kern
Susan Kies
Joan Kirschner
Ann Klotz: “In honor of Anne Riggs”
Kristeen Koebler:
“In honor of my daughter, Kati McKenzie”
Anne Kolibaba
Joan Kossack
Carla Kozak:
“In honor of Jennifer Davis-Kay
and the rest of the BTS board,
because they’re amazing”
Michele Kronlund
Oksana Kuryliw
Bonnie Lai
Eileen Lambert: “In honor of Jennifer!”
Jacqueline Lambiase:
“In honor of Rosalyn Johnson"
Angela Landrum
Andrea Lerum
Leslie Liddell
Nora Lee Liederbach
Nanci Lilja:
“In honor of Lani Jordan”
Jenn Lindsay
Eileen Lyon
Anne Lyons
Susan MacCulloch
Christine Mackie
Myrna Mai
Mary Markland
Sara Matson
Phyllis Mattill
Melissa Maxwell
Lisa May
Nancy McCabe
Sue McCandless
Cari McGee: “In honor of John Murray"
Heather McGovern
Ruth McGregor:
“In honor of my mom, Irene”
Kate McManus
Patricia McNamara
Janice McNulty
Jenny Mealey
Barbara Mengarelli
Kathy Mikitka
Janice Millford
Elizabeth Miller
Nadine Miller:
“In honor of Lani Jordan”
Cheryl Mills
Claudia Mills
Nancy Mohlis
Mary Mohr
Paula Mohr:
“In honor of Lani Jordan”
Karla Moll
Kimberly Moon:
“In honor of Jennifer Davis-Kay”
Guusje Moore:
“In honor of Kathy Baxter”
Michelle Moravec: “In honor of children’s
librarians everywhere”
Carlos & Grace Munoz
Madalyn Munoz: “In honor of
the 2025 Convention Committee
and the FABULOUS Jen Davis-Kay!
Thank you all for keeping Maud's legacy thriving!”
Denise Murphy
Amy Nelson
Suzenne Nezin
Maria Nicolassi
Karen Nolan
Elizabeth Norton
Marlene O'Brien
Nancy O'Dell:
“In honor of Janet Rowland, librarian”
Janet O'Keefe
Tammy Orozco:
“In honor of Jennifer Davis-Kay”
Sarah Packard
Jody Parham
June Parnell
Carole Parnes
Nancy Parode
Kathleen Parucki
Bridget Paul
Sue Paulson:
“In honor of childhood friendship”
Diane Pearson
Nancy Phares
Anne Phillips
Gina Marie Pitti
Andrea Poppleton
Phyllis Popplewell
Diane Poythress
Mary Pratt
Jan Preble
Nicki Prevou
Amanda Quain
Lynne Querzoli
Leslie Rabine:
“In memory or Barbara Price (my Tacy)”
Zora Radosevich
Emilee Randall
Joy Reges
Cathy Richardson
Cynthia Richey
Anne Rickert
Joy Riggs: “In memory of my mom,
Anne Falvey Riggs"
Melanie Rigney
Molly Riseling
Wendy Robelo
Kelly Robert
Sue Rokos
Tricia Rolek
Melissa Roselle:
“In honor of my lifelong friend Deanne"
Barb Rosenstock
Elle Rupert: “In honor of Nita Bernard”
Mary Jo Ruppert
Bonnie Russ
Bonnie Ruth:
“In honor of the Hunt-IlgenFritz-Crowe-
Ruth-Fulop family”
Susann Rutledge
Kathleen Sacco
Jeanine Sallos
Ann Marie Sand
Shannon Sapien
Jan Sasser
Jill Savitt
Mary Shahbazian
Rita Schepmoes
Laura Schlitz
Paula Schneelbalg
Darlene Schneider
Julie Schrader
Andrea Schwartz
Tacie Schwartz
Dawn Scialabba
Mary Scott
Paula Seefeldt
Ann Seigel
Jean Setering
Sue Shanahan
Naomi Shanks
Nancy Shapiro
Elizabeth Sheahan
Ivan Shellenbarger
Linda Sherwood
Kari Hessel Shinneman:
“In honor of Mme. Anne Falvey Riggs”
Marie Sienkowski:
“In honor of Jennifer Davis-Kay”
Barbara Smith:
“Happy birthday, Lani Jordan!”
Helen Smith
Kelly Karuntzos Smith:
“In honor of Jennifer Davis-Kay”
Annamay Snyder
Amy Stark
Denise Statham
Joanne Stein
Kathy Stollenwerk
Lindsay Strand:
“In honor of Lani Jordan”
Letitia Suk
Jaelith Taddeo
Charity Tahmaseb
Robin Tanner
Jenna Tatro: “In honor of Sigrid Roberts”
Courtney Taulbee
Elizabeth Tavasci:
“In honor of my grandmother, Kathryn Hanson,
who dedicated her time over many decades
to the BTS mission
of preserving Maud’s legacy for new readers”
Laura Taylor
Leslie & Gary Todd
Deanne Tolzmann
Jeanne Topic
Ann Topjon
Gerry Tostenson
Sarah Tranum
Eleanor Trollinger
Stacey Ufferts
Kari Vanhoozer
Charlotte VanVactor
Hannah Voss
Susan Voss
Susan Wagenhals
Diane Waggoner
Jenny Wagner
Kathleen Waldron:
“In honor of John Murray – what a perfect peach!”
Janis Walker:
“In memory of Linda Belding,
who grew up in Mankato
and told me about the Betsy-Tacy books”
Ann Wallace
Christine Ware
Katie Watts
Phyllis Wedvick
Jessica Weissman
Kianna Weissman
Susie Welsh
Erin Western
Colleen Whelan
Annette Whipple
Carrie White
Rhonda Whiting
Marney Wilde:
“In memory of Patty Warhol,
editor of the Betsy-Tacy Society Notebook
(1993–1999)”
Virginia Wilhelm: “In memory of Ilene Rich”
Marilyn Williamson
Tacy Willoughby
Abbie Willits:
“In honor of Janet Anderson"
Jamie Wimble
Cindy Wilson
Jennifer Wilson
Julie Wood
Gretchen Wronka:
“In honor of Kathy Baxter”
Mary Pat Young
Barbara Zagrodnik
Lydia Zartman
Denize Zernechel
Jan Zumwalt