Community Counts Campaign
May 1 through May 10, 2024
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?
Troubadour Wine Bar Fundraiser - Join us Friday, May 3, 6pm-9pm at Troubadour Wine Bar in Minneapolis
“Speaking Our Peace” Literature Reading - Join us Sunday, May 5, 6pm-8pm at Ginkgo’s Coffeehouse in St. Paul. Light snacks and refreshments provided. Suggested donation, $20.
Thank you to our Team Leaders!
Gwen Gmeinder, Hayla Drake, Kari Bunkers, Mike McNeil, Nate Bunkers, Meaghan Nelson, Lisa McEllistrem, Jaidev Delvi, Makayla Anderson, Jack Frundt, Brandon Reichel, Dan McNeil, Ashley Annett, Dan Reed, Jeff Gintz, Mark Hiemenz, John Laliberte, Pam Schmid, Kate Towle, Hans Simon, Dolores Voorhees, Sara Barney
This Year’s Honorary PeaceMaker, Dolores Voorhees
During the 2024 Community Counts Campaign, PeaceMaker Minnesota wants to thank Dolores Voorhees for her extraordinary support and commitment to peacemaking. Dolores has been a champion for PeaceMaker MN since 2011. She describes PeaceMaker Minnesota as an organization that is "small but mighty" and envisions a future where the organization's impact is experienced by every student in Minnesota.
It is this vision that empowers Dolores to invite others to join in her support of PeaceMaker Minnesota. When asked why she chooses to be a Team Leader during two campaigns per year she says, “I volunteer as a Team Leader because I want to see PeaceMakerMN succeed and I know that money is a necessary ingredient for making that happen.” She also enjoys the social aspect that comes from spreading the word about PeaceMaker Minnesota’s work. “Staying in touch with people as our lives change has always been important to me, and I feel comfortable asking my friends twice a year to consider donating to PeaceMaker Minnesota. I feel I am offering them an opportunity to help in whatever way they can.”
Dolores believes in the value that PeaceMaker Minnesota brings to students, saying “I wish that I, as a young child, had had a Peace Guide!” and "I can only image the good that PeaceMaker will do for students as it continues to grow".
Thank you, Dolores, for being a leader in making peacemaking education possible.
We invite you to join us in honoring Dolores by making a donation in her honor. In recognition of Dolores' leadership in our community, Premier Banks will donate $1,000 to PeaceMaker Minnesota when we receive 20 contributions made in honor of Dolores.
You can make your gift here. Check the "I would like to dedicate this donation" box to make it in honor of Dolores. Thank you to those who have donated in honor of Dolores!
These are the amazing donors who are making peace education happen in their communities. Join the list by donating today!
5/1 - Thank you to: Lesa Anderson, Carol Baker, Kari Bunkers, Michelle Fleischhacker, Geoffrey Hollimon, Erin Meyer, Jand Powers, Kristi Picken, Daniel Reed, Mary Stadick, Cynthia Weber, Colleen Wieck
5/2 - Thank you to: Hayla Drake, Stephen Doody, Mary Ann Erpelding, Arlene Fancher, Gwendolyn Gmeinder, James Richard Laliberte, Christine Lasley, Laurence Margolis, Kelly Velzke, St. John the Baptist Knights of Columbus in Dayton,
5/3 -Gina and Todd A. Bunkers, Emily Caponetti, Elizabeth Deretich, Brian Drake, State of MN Employees, Dolores Voorhees
5/4 - Diane Albright, Kelley Bunkers, Rosa Maria de la Cueva Peterson, John Dunlop, Mary Gallagher, Mary Madden, Paula Mickelson, Catherine Murphy, Laura Schack, Laurie & Kyle Schroeder, Robert Seidel, Richard Van Dellen
5/5 - Tamara Bezdicek, Jim & Anne Delaney, Yvonne Eckstein, Debbie Gillespie, Rita Johnson, Melody Olson, Wanda Ackerman
5/6 - Roxanne Abbas, Jane Burns, Glacier Hills Booster Club, Kate Havelin, Natalie Jacobson-Dunlop, Patricia Johnson, Pete and Mary Knoll, Adele Lennig, Betsy O’Berry, Megan Voorhees
5/7- DeAnn Stenlund, Dolores Voorhees, Susan Weber.
5/8 - Margaret Hanson, Bob Robbins, Pam Schmid & Andrew Caranicas, Ladonna Morrison, Dolores Voorhees.
5/9 - Anthony & Kathleen Bona, Mary & Ron Burg, David & Angie Frundt, Timothy Glines, Lake Park Audubon Public School District employees, Laurence & Karin Margolis, Eugene & Ann Mason, Susan Maxson, John McNeil, Monticello Public School District employees, Moorhead Public School District employees, Sharon Nolte, Sarah Olson, Diane Patch, Merry Sawdey, Chris Shanahan, John Vilandre, Dolores Voorhees, Jay Weberling
5/10 - Anthony & Kathleen Bona, Mary & Ron Burg, David & Angie Frundt, Timothy Glines, Lake Park Audubon Public School District employees, Laurence & Karin Margolis, Eugene & Ann Mason, Susan Maxson, John McNeil, Monticello Public School District employees, Moorhead Public School District employees, Sharon Nolte, Sarah Olson, Diane Patch, Merry Sawdey, Chris Shanahan, John Vilandre, Dolores Voorhees, Jay Weberling, Cheryl & Daniel Baldwin, Sr. Kathryn Berger, Carol Bidwell, Amy Blumenshie, Joyce Bonafield-Pierce, Nate Bunkers, Bill Coughlan, Rebecca Cramer, Patricia Cummings, Shari Drake, Therese Fleetham, Carole Froehle, Ram Gada, Monica Gallagher, Scott Glaser, James Hart, M.D., Mark Hiemenz, Karla Hill-Donisch, Royce Holladay, Industrial Chiller Specialists Inc., Larry Johnson, John & Nikki Laliberte, Anoop & Preeti Mathur, Mike McNeil, Caroline Mensink, Jeanette Offerdahl, Mark & Norma Olson, Barbara Pierson, Martha Roberts, Carol Schneeweis, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Lenore Siems, Sharon Stenglein, Richard & Ann Thonet, Kathleen & Jeff Towle, Troubadour Wine Bar, Troubadour Wine Bar, Michael Troutman, Wesley Volkenant, Richard Voorhees, Brian & Joann Vucinovich, JoAnn & Joseph Ward, Sr. Mary Willette, JoAnn Winter, Mark Ziebarth, Mark Ziebarth, Barbara and Mike Zins.
