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 reader
s”

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