We invite you to join our Festival family
The Harbor Springs Festival of the Book is made possible through our generous community of donors and sponsors. Join us today!
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The Harbor Springs Festival of the Book welcomes donations from those who love to read books, talk about books, and meet those who write books. Our registration fee accounts for less than 5% of our entire budget, so we welcome your donation as it helps us keep the cost to attend the Festival so low. Your contributions to the Festival’s General Fund allow us to bring our unique programming to life. Contributions to our Books for Schools Fund help us expand the reach of our Authors in Schools visits. We also welcome donations in honor or memory of book-loving people in your life.
Gifts accepted:
Cash - accepted at the office at 160 State Street, Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm. Call to let us know you’ll be stopping by (231) 838-2725
Check - mailed to PO Box 766, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Credit Card - click here
A Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) or Regular Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your IRA
Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
Stock (publicly traded) - please contact at Amy Gillard, amy@hsfotb.org for brokerage account information
The Festival is a 501(c)(3) organization (Federal ID: 47-1729627), and your gift may qualify as a charitable deduction. Please consult with your tax adviser or the IRS for more details.
TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF DONOR BENEFITS, INCLUDING ADVANCED ACCESS TO TICKETS AND REGISTRATION, DONATIONS MUST HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY MONDAY, JUNE 30. REGISTRATION & TICKETS SALES BEGINS THURSDAY, JULY 17th.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact Executive Director—Amy Gillard—at 231-838-2725.
Donations can be made securely online or mailed to us directly at:
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book
P.O. Box 766
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Thank you for your consideration.
SPONSOR / ADVERTISE
Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available for the 2025 Festival. Please contact Executive Director—Amy Gillard—at amy@hsfotb.org for information.
SUSTAINING DONOR PROGRAM
Be a Bookend Today With a Sustaining Gift
What is a Bookend? Bookend is our sustaining gift program. A Bookend keeps us upright, and Bookends hold the Festival together. Make a commitment with an ongoing monthly gift that will allow us to plan for continued growth and expansion of our mission. Bookend donation levels begin at $10 a month. Join our current sustaining donors, who are listed below, and become a Bookend today!
Fred & Linda Rachwitz
Elizabeth Rahaley
Christine Reese-Day
Steve & Marlo Rojeck
Jan Schlaybaugh
Rev. Dr. Susan P. Sickelka
Lori Nelson Spielman
Rick & Barb Spina
Tom Steckert
Sarah Nielsen Steiner
Andrew & Corinna Troth
Nannie Turrell & Robert Harold
Jonathan & Marie Wayman
Patti Wheater
Joanne White
Jonathan & Kendra White
Glen & Jane Young
Anonymous
Lisa Bartlett
Matthew & Sarah Baughman
Ed & Michelle Boyer
Susan Brochu-Hoshield
Bill & Julia Bugera
Katy Carignan
Susan Carson
Don & Sarah Cohen
Alexandra Dailey
Jane Drotos
Kelly Dyksterhouse
Elizabeth Fergus-Jean
Ingrid M Flemming
Amy J. Gillard
Chuck & Susan Glass
Julie Gunderson
Sarah Gurney
Hanni Gallery
Melissa Harrison
Paul & Margo Hields
Debra Howell
Polly Hudson
Anne Kairis
Lois Khairallah
Bill & Sue Klco
Tom & Teresa Koempel
Laura Kors
Monica Mahan
Joan McDonald
Andrea McNamara
Nancy McSkimming
John & Mary Merrill
Cynthia Morcott
Cyndi Nelson
Marjorie Oliver
Pam O’Malley
Lorraine Peak
Jim Perry
Audrey Plath
CURRENT SUPPORTERS
To our wonderful FESTIVAL donors—THANK YOU!
Scroll up to see our sustaining “Bookend” donors.
Scroll down to see all others.
Donations received as of September 2024
GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE
Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation
GIFTS OF $25,000 OR MORE
Offield Family Foundation
GIFTS OF $10,000 OR MORE
Between the Covers
Peter Boyer & Terry Gamble Boyer
Clarke Family Fund
Marguerite Demmer Charitable Fund
Evening Star Joinery
Chip & Gayle Everest
Elise Fisher
Harbor Light Newspaper
Jim Hart
Hickey - Kiersey Family Foundation
JJ & Hollye Jacobs
Michigan Arts & Culture Council
Griffin & Katie Renker Family Fund
GIFTS OF $5,000 OR MORE
Carol Currier
Frey Foundation
Woody Gardner Family
Richard & Sally Lehmann
Michael & Carla Miller
Pam O’Malley
Cordelia Robinson
Michael & Mary Ann Van Lokeren
GIFTS OF $2,500 OR MORE
Birchwood Outreach Fund
Christy Berry/Gaslight Group Properties
Paul & Lisa Blanchard
Bund Family Fund
David & Barbara Buzzelli
Mike & Susan Carson
John & Patty Danzo
Jeff & Karen Ford
Brian & Gretchen Grad
Great Lakes Energy People Fund
Robert & Pat Hemingway Hall
Michael & Judy Harrington
Richard & Tracy Hirrel
Jack & Rebecca McNaughton
Mindy Deister Mooradian
Steven & Kathleen Olmsted
Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau
Keith & Gretchen Pretty
Bill & Cindy Rohde
Dan Shaheen & Maureen Abood Shaheen
Jay & Peggy Smith
Susan Book Group
Louise Taylor
Barbara Young & Ann Bowman
GIFTS OF $1,000 OR MORE
Linda Aikens
Awakon Federal Credit Union
Jack & Susie Baker
Terry & Lyndi Balvin
Taffy Beam
Neil & Marsha Bidwell
Marc & Joanna Boeckl
Bolton Family Fund
Kayla Briggs
Marty & Kathryn Breighner
Russ & Susan Capaldi
Carolyn Christy
Brian & Sarah Collins
Glenn & Pam Cumberland
Gay Deiger
John & Deborah Dohan
David & Connie Donovan
DTE Energy Foundation
Debby Entwistle
John & Elizabeth Fergus-Jean
Jim & Laurie Ford
Susan Ford
Chip & Jean Frentz
Amy J. Gillard
Chuck & LeeLee Glatz
Beeb & Bonnie Graham
Em Green
Charles & Susan Gustafson
Jeff & Cindy Hall
Phil & Melissa Harrington
Greg & Susan Hartemayer
Michael & Ann Hayes
Trina Hayes
Paul & Margo Hields
Platt & Barbara Hill
Polly Hudson
Ann Irish Charitable Fund
Terry & Patti Jackson
Patricia M. Kaine
Joanne Kelley
Elizabeth Kenan
Lois Khairallah
Arnold & Jean Kluge
David Kring Chevrolet
Sarah Breckenfeld LaBlance
Charle Landry & Kassie Evashevski
L’Arbre Croche Fund
Francine Lawrence
Hal & Betsy Lawrence
Linda L. Lawson Charitable Fund
Phyllis Ledyard
Michael & Kristina Long
Herb & Cinnie May
Nancy Meagher
Robert & Kimberly Myers
Ellen Noneman
George & Jo Elyn Nyman
North Country Publishing
Lindsey O’Connor
Tracey Papa
Linda Pauly Family Fund
Todd & Kathy Peterson
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation Youth
Endowment
Nancy Piotrowski
Qwerty 123
Larry & Rusty Raymond
Linda Rakolta
Skip Renker & Julia Fogarty
Karen Sallee Family Gift Fund
Rex & Jan Schlaybaugh
Sara E. Smith
Laurie-Jo Straty
Steve & Edyth Stoughton
Steve & Pam Surhigh
Place D. Tegland
George & Many Ann Uznis
Anne Wallace
Todd & Jennifer Winnell Family Fund
Jill Whelan
Glen & Jane Young
GIFTS OF $500 OR MORE
Anonymous
Ronald & Sandra Baldwin
Katy Carignan
Susie Carruthers
Charlevoix Area Community Foundation
John & Jill Failey
Randolph & Rochelle Forester
Mary C. Frey
Ward & Mary Gillett
Cynthia Green
J. McLaughlin Clothiers
Wally Klein
Ted & Brenda Frey Fund
The Marquardt Family
George & Jo Elyn Nyman
Dennis & Mary O’Brien
Michael & Cindy Pettibone
Terry & Chris Renker
Straits Area Youth Fund
Margaret Winslow
GIFTS OF UP TO $499
Anonymous
Susan Affholter
Sandra Allen
Barbara Angotti
Cheryl Arbic
Jeff & Barb Austin
Izabela Babinska
Carrie Bake-Wong
Barbara Baker
John & Sandy Baker
Maureen Barkley
Lisa Bartlett
Susan Bassett
Matthew & Sarah Baughman
Anne Becker
Ed & Michelle Boyer
Susan Brochu-Hoschield
Bill & Julia Bugera
Susan Burns
Betcei Butler
Jeannie Canada
Rusty & Pam Carpenter
Robert & Janet Carr
Michael & Susan Carson
Stuart & Carma Case
Nancy Chadwick
Anne Chalesle
Margaret Charney
Barbara Clay
Jackie Cocquyt
Don & Sarah Cohen
Susan Conley
Libby Cowen
Carolyn Christy
Karen Cummings
Shannon Cummings
Alexandra Dailey
Bob Day & Christina Reese-Day
Carroll & Pamela DeWeese
Adriane de Windt
Sue Dingle
KC & Pat Dobson
Wendy Dolen
Rick & Deb Donahoe
Dragon Family
Jane Drotos
Michael & Mary Lee Duff
Bruce & Nancy Dunn
Carole Durgy
Kelly Dyksterhouse
Scott & Carrie Eckhold
Lisa Engles
Michael & Kathryn Farrimond
Marguerite Fernandez
Miranda Fisher
Michael & Rose Fitzgerald
Ingrid M Flemming
Folklor Wine & Cider
Paul & Claire Forney
Ann Frick
Doug Fuller & Martha Lancaster
Gretchen Gabler
Rebecca Gale
Gail Gallaudet
Mark & JoEllen Gilbert
Judy Gillow
Chuck & Susan Glass
Susan Goodman
Rachel Goodstein
Dean & Nancy Graham
Sara Heekin Graham
Eric & Julie Gunderson
Barbara Gundrum
Sarah Gurney
Susan Gutt
Alan & Amy Hackman
Jan Hadgis
Susan Hannah
Susan Harrell
Hanni Gallery
Grace Harris
Rob Harold & Nannie Turrell
Judy Harvey
Ann Hayes
Richard & Martha Hennessey
Jill Hilborn
Ali Hill
Suzanne Hoffman
Rob Holben
Debra Howell
Barbara Huey
Anna Huffstetler
Suzanne Hug
David Hunt
Joan Huston
Jennifer Joneson
Anne Kairis
Susan Kelley-Fernandez
Sue Kenkel
Gale Kepford
Bill & Sue Klco
Tom & Teresa Koempel
Vern & Laura Kors
Sandra Kowal
Connie Landis
Lyn Law
John Lehman & Maureen Delaney-Lehman
Dan & Kathryn Levine
Barbara Linnenbrink
Susan Lio
Richard Lord & Sue Jeffers
Ric & Lisa Loyd
Monica Mahan
Hannah Mazer
Gayla Mazzuca
David & Joy McBride
Joan McDonald
Steve & Janice McGeorge
Angela McKay
Kirk McKinney & Aliece Aiman
Susan McLain
Jean McPhail
Nancy McSkimming
Nancy Merle
John & Mary Merrill
Valerie Meyerson
Alexandra Moisides
Cynthia Morcott
Jan Morley
Kathy Motschall
Bill & Dana Mulder
Trevor & Becca Nelson
Cyndi Nelson
Jann Nestell
Maureen Nicholson
Virginia Nuffer
Jackie O’Dowd
Joyce Ogilvie
Marjorie Oliver
Lorraine Peak
Jim Peery
Petoskey Plastics
Joni Phillips
Audrey Plath
Marcus & Michele Quintiliano
Fred & Linda Rachwitz
Elizabeth Rahaley
RNR Family Foundation
Steven & Marlo Rojeck
Sarane Ross
Suzanne Ross
Cynthia Rutherford
Tom & Pam Ryan
Marcy Schlinger
Hank & Anita Schneider
Janet Schneider
Amanda Schott
Susan Schulte
Jessica Shaw-Nolff
William Shorter
Rev. Dr. Susan P. Sickelka
Susan Simms
Jacqueline Skinner
Scott & Dibby Smith
Susan Smyth
Susan Sorlien
Julie Spencer
Lori Nelson Spielman
Rick & Barb Spina
Tom & Bev Steckert
Sarah Nielsen Steiner
Paul & Jane Stewart
Wendy Stock
Kelly Swims
Martha Garvin Timmons
Andrew & Corinna Troth
Susan Urban
Pamela Vermilye
Christine Wagenfuehr
Amy Waller
Jonathan & Marie Wayman
Patti Wheater
Joanne White
Jonathan & Kendra White
David & Mary Wood
David & Barbara Young
Mussaret Zuberi
GIFTS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF
Michael Austin, given by Jeff & Barb Austin
Jim Breckenfeld, given by Sarah Breckenfeld LaBlance
Barbara Brochu, given by Susan Brochu
Bruce Brown, given by Pam O’Malley
Barbara Bruce, given by Lori Nelson Spielman
Jan Carroll, given by Katy Carignan
Ruth Brown Evashevski, given by Kassie Evashevski & Charle Landry
Hicks & Barbara Ford, given by Betcei Butler
Joan Gallagher, given by Maureen Barkley. For Mom, who taught me how to love & share books.
Patricia Koons, given by Steve & Marlo Rojeck
Mike Meagher, given by Nancy Meagher
Lois McAtee, given by Sue Kenkel
Lawrence McPhail, given by Jean McPhail
Nicholas Moisides, given by Alexandra Moisides
Jon Phillips, given by Joni Phillips
Patricia Murles, given by Monica Mahan
Ruth & Kevin O’Neill, given by the Harbor Light Newspaper
Sandy Wabschall, given by Jim Hart
GIFTS GIVEN IN HONOR OF
Nancy Busch, given by Anne Kairis
Susan Capaldi, given by Pam O’Malley
Mike Carson, given by Anonymous
Susan Carson, given by The Marquardt Family
Elise Fisher, given by Christy Berry, Friends of Vaughan Crossing
Susan Ford, given by Marcus & Michele Quintiliano
Jean Frentz, given by Joanne White
Amy Gillard, given by Judy Harvey
Bob & Susan Hannah, given by Hannah Mazer
Incredible Festival staff, given by Brian & Gretchen Grad
Viki LaChapelle, given by Kelly Dyksterhouse
John D. McDonald, given by Terry & Chris Renker
Katharine Nielsen, given by Sarah Nielsen Steiner
Sara E. Smith, given by Jim Hart
Edy Stoughton (Happy Birthday), given by Barb Angotti, A. S. Frick, and Joan Huston
2025 GRANTORS
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