We did it!
BOMA’s “We Believe in Mothers” crowd-funding campaign raised more than $43,600 in four weeks. That impressive total includes $28,600 from 232 BOMA believers, plus a $15,000 matching gift from one of our most generous and loyal donors.
These contributions will support BOMA’s work in 2013 as we launch 455 businesses across Northern Kenya, enrolling 1,365 women in a two-year poverty graduation program that provides a start-up grant, business skills and savings training, and sustained mentoring to women living in extreme poverty in Northern Kenya. In turn, they’ll use the income and savings from their BOMA business to pay for food, school fees and medical care for more than 6,825 children.
By giving women these basic financial tools—a sustainable income, savings and access to credit through BOMA businesses and savings associations—our donors are helping families to survive drought, build resilience and adapt to a changing climate in one of the poorest, hardest places on the planet. Thanks for believing, as we do, in the power and potential of mothers around the world.
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Boreto Abel |
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Scott and Bobbie Addis |
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Barbara Alexson |
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Robert Alper |
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Cristina Alvarez |
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Beverly Anderson-Sanchez |
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Tracie Drayer Andrade |
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Saquib Asghar |
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Elizabeth Bagley |
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Concha Baquera |
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Terry Bava |
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BayCorp Holdings Ltd |
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Tom Beaton |
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Barbara Benson |
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Susan Birrell |
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Jack Blair |
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Tami Blanchard |
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Alex Bornstein |
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Jim Bowen |
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Terry Brackett |
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Robert & Lindsay Bradley |
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Christine Brady |
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Fritz and Vivian Branschofsky |
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Lasse Brautaset |
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Joseph & Meredith Braz |
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John Breuer |
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Jamie and Elisa J. Brickell |
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Bristol Animal Hospital |
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June “J.B.” Brown |
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Kevin Brown and Betsy Meinhardt |
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Matthew Brown |
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Billy and Blair Brownlee |
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Sharon Burde |
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Carter and Melissa Cafritz |
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Teresa Cahill |
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Margaret Carothers |
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Charles C. & Kathryn C. Chamberlain |
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Geoff and Heidi Chamberlain |
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Alice Chandler |
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David and Janet Chandler |
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Mimi Chen |
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Guy Cipriano |
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Leslie Clevenger |
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Clark Clipson |
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Margaret M. Collins |
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Kathleen and Douglas Colson |
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Amy W. Comport |
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James Cousounis |
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Christina Murdock Crawford |
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Julia Creighton |
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Ellen Culliton |
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Mary Dailey |
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Katherine Daly |
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Steven and Janie Dear |
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Millie Delgado |
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Steven and Mary K. Dennison |
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Ken & Elizabeth Favaro |
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Haley Feickert |
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Judith Fenson |
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Karen Ferguson |
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Anthony Fleischmann |
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Ivor and Barbara Freeman |
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Andrew Gallina |
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Tony and Val Garcia |
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Renee Giovarelli |
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Russell Gold |
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Michael and Brown Gorrell |
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Monica Greeley |
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Pamela Green |
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Thomas & Liliana Grip |
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Michael Gummeson |
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Hank and Anne Gutman |
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Nahela Hadi and Joe DePlasco |
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Linda Hammer |
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Susannah Hammersley |
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Jared Hardner |
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Shirl Harrington |
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Meg Harris and Raph Worrick |
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Ed Harvey |
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Ned and Liz Hazen |
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Jeffrey Henderson |
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Amanda Herzberger |
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Peter Hetz and Marianne Kuitert |
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Megan Thomas and Les Hill |
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Ken and Caroline Himmelman |
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J. F. Hodges |
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Kathleen C. Hoffman |
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Ron and Dianne Hoge |
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Steve & Jen Huettel |
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Margaret Hut |
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Mary Ives |
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Kathleen James and Alexandra Heintz |
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Phil & Susan James |
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Noah Johnson |
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Jill Jolliff |
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Andrea Jung |
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BK Kapella |
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William Kavan |
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Katie and Rick Kelley |
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Rich & Gina Kelley |
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Diana Kelly |
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Karim Keshavjee |
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Paul Kivuva |
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Craig Kollman |
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Gerritt and Ellie Kouwenhoven |
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Karin Kramer |
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Anonymous |
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Anonymous |
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Eric Kuto |
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Lisa Laberge |
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Joan Lander |
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Kendall Landis |
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Douglas Laue |
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Karin Lavigne |
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Lynne (Bezikos) LeBlanc |
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Andrew Leiser |
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Gail Leiser |
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Kathleen Letendre |
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Stella Ley |
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Lorraine Liberti |
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George & Jennifer Ligeti |
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David and Elizabeth Lindenberg |
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Judy Lindsey |
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Todd & Jody Lindsey |
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Suzanne Lipscomb |
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Robert & Susan Lloyd |
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Julie Lovell |
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Micheal & Heidi Lynn |
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Duncan Macnichol |
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David Maldonado |
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Ellen Maloney |
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Sharon and Harold Manhart |
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Sona Manzo |
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Sylvie Mayer |
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Marilyn Mazur |
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James and Susan McCann |
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Sharla McCarron |
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Meri McCoy-Thompson |
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Angie McMonigal |
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Charles Meister |
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Richard Meister |
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Stephen Meister |
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John Melhus |
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Chad Miller |
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Lincoln Miller |
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William Miller |
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Juliann M Moenter |
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Mary Moffroid |
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Dennis Morreale |
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Carole and David Morris |
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Michael and Jane Morrissey |
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Laura L. Mountcastle |
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Mark Mulert |
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Barbara Mullen |
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Hazel Murray |
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William and Joanne Muse |
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William Neale |
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Jackie Noonan |
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Sean O’Byrne |
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Susan O’Connell |
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Jamie and Gregory Odrezin |
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Ellen Ogden |
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Stanley Okin |
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Kate and George Orme |
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Kelly Orme |
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Alec Orphanidis |
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Wayne & Jess Paglieri |
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Amy Panitz |
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Linda M. Paquette |
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Andrea Perkins |
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Randall Perkins |
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Nicholas Perzanoski |
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Martha Pfeiffer |
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Cecilia D. Pontoriero |
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Stephanie J. Purcell |
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Rick Raber |
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Mary Raiser |
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Sarah Johnson Redlich |
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Helen and Wayne Reiss |
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Monica Shelton Reusch |
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Abigail Shearer Robinson |
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Beth Robinson |
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Charlotte Robinson |
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William and Christina Rodgers |
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Louise Ross |
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Gian and Carmen Rossi-Espagnet |
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Ann Roth |
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Susan Ruben |
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Nancy Howe and James A. Russell |
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Tom Ryhiner |
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Nicholas Sang |
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Jyll Saskin |
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Tony Sheldon |
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Stephanie Sheldon-Watrous |
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Jean Siegchrist |
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Peter and Lillian Sivaslian |
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Linda Small |
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Tim & Denny Solso |
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Mary Stone |
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Debbie J. Forester Tear |
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Gretchen Thiele |
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Heather Thomas |
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Jack Thompson |
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James Thoroman |
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James Thoroman |
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Lars Tiffany |
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Nancy and Daniel Toscani |
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Allen Turner |
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Tracey Uy |
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Anne Marie Wachtmeister |
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Karen Weir Wachtmeister |
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Jeff Wagner |
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Kathleen Wallace |
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Cindy Ware |
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Nancy Weber |
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Charles Weinstein |
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Walter Werther |
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Sarah Wessling |
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Kara Wiegand |
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Dianne Willard |
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Ellen and James Wilner |
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Jane and Tom Wilner |
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Anonymous |
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Sang Yoon |
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Nan Yost |
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Debra Young |
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Emily Young |
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James and Colleen Young |
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Robert Young |
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Ryan Young |
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Patti Young-Guippone |
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Amy Zierler |
Please let us know if your name is not on the list above (or if it is listed incorrectly) and you wanted your gift to be attributed to our crowd-funding campaign; it may have been attributed to our annual report campaign instead. Send an e-mail with the correct information to communications@boma.ngo. Thanks!