Community Counts Campaign
May 1 through May 10, 2023
Every May we come together to show our support for youth learning to treat each other with compassion and kindness, to form a new community of peacemakers, and to make bullying prevention and conflict resolution education possible in communities across Minnesota.
Your help is needed for more than 300 people and organizations to be counted as peacemakers by May 10th of this year.
How Can I help?
Walk with us May 6th @ 9 AM - Join us for the Live to Give 1.1 Mile Walk at Eagan Central Park. The Rotary selected PeaceMaker Minnesota’s fund for Eagan as a beneficiary of the walk. Pets welcome. Email info@peacemakermn.org for details.
Be a Community Leader, Builder or Luminary by making a donation and finding 2, 4 or 9 people to join you. We will provide you with a template email and information to send people.
We Need Community Leaders, Builders and Luminaries
Helping us reach new donors helps us increase our match donations from our sponsors - see below!
Community Leaders commit to donating and to securing donations from two other people by May 10
Community Builders commit to donating and to securing donations from four other people by May 10
Community Luminaries commit to donating and to securing donations from nine other people by May 10
Email Jack Frundt at jfrundt@peacemakermn.org to join as a leader, builder or luminary today!
Leaders: Carole Froehle, Dolores Voorhees, Hayla Drake, John Laliberte, Larry Margolis, Monica Gallagher, Mike McNeilBuilder: Bridget Castaneda, Angie Frundt, Pam Schmid, Terry Fleetham, Jeanette Offerdahl, Jack Frundt, Cera FinneyLuminaries: Kate Towle, Larry Johnson, Dan McNeilIncrease the Impact of Your Gift
Thanks to these generous individuals and companies, you can increase the impact of your gift:
CAP Carpet & Flooring will add an extra $250 on to one gift each day of the campaign that we reach 10 donations from people or organizations that are giving for the first time (since Jan 1 this year).
TODAY - MAY 10 is a double challege day, CAP Carpet & Flooring will add $500 on to one gift if we reach 20 new donations from people or organizations that are giving for the first time (since Jan 1 this year).
Each day that unrestricted contributions or designated gifts to a PeaceMaker service, endowment fund or partner school reaches one or more increments of $250 in donations, an extra $250 in funding from Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation or Dan and Kari Rominski will be allocated to that giving opportunity, up to $6,000. See the leaderboard below for amounts needed for bonus funding.
Daily Updates
CAP Carpet & Flooring daily challenge winners:
May 1: $250 was added onto Becky Thurston's unrestricted gift
May 2: $250 was added onto Karla Hill-Donisch's unrestricted gift
May 3: $250 was added onto Larry Johnson’s unrestricted gift
May 4: $250 was added onto Laura Christopher's PeaceMaker endowment fund gift
May 5: $250 was added onto Susan and Richard Solomon's Gift for the Peace Guide Program
May 6: $250 was added onto Laura Irwin-Schack’s unrestricted gift
May 7: Did not meet 10 new donors challenge
May 8: $250 was added onto Debra Reierson’s unrestricted gift
May 9: $250 was added onto Mary Madden’s unrestricted gift
May 10: $250 added onto Judith Osbon's gift for Books for Peacemakers, and $250 added onto Andrew Swenson's unrestricted gift.
Daily Opportunity to Unlock Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation and Dan & Kari Rominiski funding for PeaceMaker Minnesota giving opportunities that reach one or more new increments of $250 in contributions:
May 1: $250 bonus to Unrestricted
May 2: $250 bonus to Unrestricted
May 3: $250 bonus to Unrestricted
May 4: $250 bonuses to Unrestricted and Endowment Fund: Catholic Schools
May 5: $250 bonuses to Unrestricted, Endowment for PeaceMaker Minnesota, Endowment for Monticello Community
May 6: $250 bonuses to Unrestricted and Endowment for South St. Paul
May 7: $250 bonus to Endowment for South St. Paul
May 8: $250 bonuses to Unrestricted and Endowment for South St. Paul
May 9: $250 bonuses to Unrestricted, Endowment for South St. Paul, Endowment for Eagan Community and Peace Guide Service
May 10: $250 bonuses to Unrestricted, Books for Peacemakers, Endowment: Monticello Community, Endowment for PeaceMaker Minnesota, Endowment: Eagan Community.
This Year’s Honorary PeaceMaker, Lorene Roste
Please join us in honoring Lorene Roste, a long- time volunteer who will be “retiring” from her PeaceMaker work following this campaign. For many years, Lorene has been coming to the office every week to write thank you letters, pay bills, do data entry, research schools…. so many, many things to keep our work going. We are so very grateful to Lorene and all that she has given the mission to stop bullying and to help youth learn healthy relational skills. Please make your gift in honor of Lorene and join our expression of gratitude. Rick Clark will join in our tribute by donating $500 when 10 people donate in Lorene’s honor.
Thank you to all who donated in tribute to Lorene!
Nancy Carbone, Dan McNeil, Laura Christopher, Paul Jarmulowicz, Hayla Drake, Amy Tollefson, Bridget & Javier Castaneda, Jeanne & Richard Toews, Laura Irwin-Schack, Dolores Voorhees, Scott Roste, Carrie Blandin, Kirk Larson, Thomas & Susan Coughlin, Norma Raske, Jane Oksnevad.
Thanks for Walking with Us!
Thank you to everyone who came out Saturday morning to walk!
PeaceMaker Minnesota won the award for best costumes - pictures to come!
Community Leaderboard January 1, 2023 – May 9, 2023
Generate BONUS funding for the work that you care about!
Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation and Dan & Kari Rominski will match up to $6,000 in gifts (in $250 increments) for our projects (Monticello fund, Books for Peacemakers, etc)
<<<<< See leaderboard to find the PeaceMaker Minnesota work you care most about and choose a giving option when you donate!
PeaceMaker Giving Opportunities that have not yet received a donation:
Services: Peace Guide at Notre Ecole French Immersion, Peace Guide at Pinewood, Peace Guide at Progeny Academy, Peace Guide at St. Alphonsus; Schools: Afton–Lakeland, Andersen, Brookview, Central Middle, Community of Peace Academy, Cowern, Glacier Hills, Highland Catholic, Isanti Intermediate / School for All Seasons, Monticello Middle, Oakcrest, St. Charles, St. Helena; Endowment Funds: Dayton, Lakeville
Mark the Giving Opportunity that you’d like to give to in the memo line of your donation
Thank you for being counted as Peacemakers!
Campaign Leaders: Carole Froehle, Dolores Voorhees, Hayla Drake, John Laliberte, Larry Margolis, Monica Gallagher, Mike McNeil, Jenny Ibrahim, Kyla Ibrahim, Nick Ibrahim.
Campaign Builders: Bridget Castaneda, Angie Frundt, Pam Schmid, Terry Fleetham, Jeanette Offerdahl, Jack Frundt
Campaign Luminaries: Kate Towle, Larry Johnson, Dan McNeil
Thank You, Donors for supporting this important work!
1/1/23-4/30/23- Joan Alevizos, Amy Wakem Ins & Financial Services, Inc., Dana Babbitt, Dan Bauer, Cathy Bergeron and Brent Hagen, CAP Carpet & Flooring, Carol Bidwell, Virginia Bjerke Ohman, Beth Blackledge, Nate Boll, Robert & Kelly Boucher, Rex & Marilyn Boutelle, Tim Briggs, Mary Ann Briguet, Gayle Brotzler, Don Brown, Donna & Ward Budde, Mark & Julie Burgoyne, Linda Burkhard, Cindy Carlson, Mary Cerkvenik, Richard Clark, Billie Conlon, Karen & Howard Cronin, Dakota County Employees, Detriot Lakes Noon Rotary Club, David & Tamara Dobbins, Hayla Drake, Shari Drake, Pam DuBay, Patrick & Linda Duerr, East Central Energy Trust, Stacy Elliott, Faith United Methodist Church, Ruthena & Douglas Fink, Mark & Lois Finney, Therese Fleetham, Fredrikson Foundation, John Frundt, Mary Gallagher, Kimberly Gehrts, Gwendolyn & Tom Gmeinder, Bill & Nicole Gottwaldt, Tiffany Grandchamp, Granite Foundation, Vivian Greeninger, Deborah Guthrie, James Hart, M.D., Jim Hauge, Jane Heinks, Susan Heinz, The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Trent Huber, Mike & Karen Illies, Paul & Denise Jacobsen, Ann & Sidney Jarrett, Robert Jensen, Jr., Yvonne Johnson, Barbara Kale, Mike Kluznik, Tammie Kortan, Laura Kushner, Mark & Emily Labine, Lake Park Audubon Public School District employees, John & Nikki Laliberte, League of Minnesota Cities employees, Carolyn & Bruce Lemke, Lisa & David Leonidas, Marion London and James Epperly, South St. Paul Lions Club, Little Mountain PTO, Laurence & Karin Margolis, Marilyn Marie Martin, Bill & Pat McCann, Drue & Patrick McCarthy, Mary Jo McGuire, Kathleen McKay, Mette McLoughlin, Dan McNeil, Josh Medina, Gary Melom, Paul Merwin, Melissa Mikkonen, Kris Minar, Monticello Public School District employees, Moorhead Public School District employees, Jill & Joel Munsinger, Judith Murray, Susan Myran, Northeast Bank, Virginia Nygaard, Mark & Norma Olson, Sarah Olson, Fern Ostberg, Tina Otten-Gregory, Barb Pierson and Paul Patton, Premier Banks --Maplewood, Bryan Price, Jerod Rauk, Nichole Rengel, Karen Ritter, Mike & Beth Robertson, Steven Roste, Scott Roste, Erika Ryan, Elaine Santiago, Jim Sawyer, Schenian Family Foundation, Inc., Pam Schmid, Carolyn Schueller, Martin & Sandy Schutz, Rev. Paul Shovelain, James & N. Jeanne Smith, James Smith, Rita & Ronald Spiess, Dan Spiess, Dayton St. John the Baptist Knights of Columbus, Mary Stadick, State of Minnesota Employees, Mary Jane Steinhagen and Bob Veitch, Richard & Ann Stout, Lois Swanson, Valerie Swenson, Taurinskas Law Firm, P.A., Tennis Sanitation, L.L.C., Doris Thimmesh, Scott Thomas, Amy Tollefson, Mark Tranvik, Joan & Steve Tusa, U.S. Bank, Washington County Employees, Marjorie Watson, Carol Weber, Jay Weberling, Julia Weinkauf, Richard & Sandra Westby, Steve White and Carole Froehle, Claudia Wilson, Wold Architects & Engineers.
5/1/23 - Bungess Charles, David & Angie Frundt, Cameron Guthrie, Laurence & Karin Margolis, James Nelson, Sue O'Brien, Jody Roemhildt, Carol Schneeweis, Becky Thurston, Amy Tollefson, Melissa Wilker.
5/2/23 - Brittany Crock, Randy & Emily Enright, Nancy & Jeff Fahrenkrug-Roatch, Jake & Leah Fleetham, Michelle & Sam Heichel, Karla Hill-Donisch, Joshua Margolis, Jenson Meyer, Dan Reed, Barbara Zins.
5/3/23- Marian Biehn, Bridget & Javier Castaneda, Tiffany Geis, Karla Hill-Donisch, Larry Johnson, Betsy O'Berry, Julie Penshorn, Janet Schafer, Pam Schmid, Gaye Sorenson, Harriet Strasberg and Pete Lund, Elaine Wynne
5/4/23 - Jeanne Buckeye, Nancy Carbone, Laura Christopher, Patricia Cummings, Elizabeth Deretich, Ruthena & Douglas Fink, Dan McNeil, Catherine Murphy, Robert Robbins, Steven Roste, James Smith, The Summer Fund, Richard Van Dellen, Steve White and Carole Froehle, Mark Ziebarth.
5/5/23- Diane Albright, Ron Baumbach, Judy and Richard Borgen, Hayla Drake, Paul Jarmulowicz, Jeanette Offerdahl, Otto & Mary Ann Palmer, Steven "Dick" Sarafolean, Susan & Richard Solomon, Thaddeus Stryker.
5/6/23- Greg Anderson, Cheryl & Daniel Baldwin, Charles Belland, Kathryn Berger, Bill Coughlan, Ben & Heather Fleetham, Gwendolyn & Tom Gmeinder, Laura Irwin-Schack, Nitti Sanitation Inc., Robert Schultz, Esther Wagner, Mary Willette.
5/7/23- Donna & Ward Budde, Virginia & Willliam Laliberte, Marilynn Loving, Patrick & Debra O'Malley, Jeanette Offerdahl, Wallace Electrical Construction, Inc.
5/8/23- Carrie Blandin, Ruth & Dennis Buhl, Margaret Clarkin, Hrvatski-Dom Charities, Jennifer Ibrahim, Nicky Ibrahim, Kyla Jo Ibrahim, Rita Johnson, John & Nikki Laliberte, Kirk Larson, Elaine & Thomas Lehmann, Stella Lundquist, Sharon Nolte, Debra Reierson, Scott Roste, Dolores Voorhees, Megan Voorhees.
5/9/23- Mary Bertas, Thomas & Susan Coughlin, Dakota Electric Association, Dakota Fence, Rev. Dr. Margaret Guelker, Don & Marion Hall, John & Colleen Hooley, Janet Humphrey, Mary Madden, Ronald Margolis, Susan Maxson, Mike McNeil, Diane Patch, Kathleen & Loren Towle.
5/10/23 - Cheryl & Daniel Baldwin, Lynn Belgea, Gavin Bollinger-Brown, Joyce Bonafield-Pierce and Lewis Pierce, Jeanne Buckeye, John & Nancy Conlin, Brian Drake, Therese Fleetham, Paula Gajewski Mickelson, Mary Gardner, Peter Goettl, Michael Goodavish, Tim Hansen and Kevin Reardon, Debra & Geoff Hollimon, Mike & Karen Illies, Larry Johnson, Diane Krech, Marion London and James Epperly, Brandon Lunak, Laurence & Karin Margolis, Tiffany Nagel, John Nelson, Cheri Nelson, Jane Oksnevad, Judith Osbon, Jim Radde, Norma Raske, Carol & Kenneth Rohl, Lynn Rychly, Steven "Dick" Sarafolean, Kathy Schakel-Carlson and Casey Carlson, Carol Schneeweis, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Laurie & Kyle Schroeder, Tevyan Sorenson, Rich & Kay Spencer, Mary Stadick, Caren Stelson, Valerie Swenson, Joshua Swenson, Andrew J. Swenson, Roger & Christine Thompson, Jeanne & Richard Toews, Kathleen & Loren Towle, JoAnn & Joseph Ward, Carol Weber, West Metro Buick-GMC, Jennifer Wilkins, Barbara Zins.
