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 from your IRA.
Stock (publicly traded) - please contact at 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 BEFORE PUBLIC SALE BEGINS IN MID-JULY.
The exact date of public sale will be announced in spring of 2025.
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 2024 Festival and can be viewed here. 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!
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Maureen Barkley
Lisa Bartlett
Matthew & Sarah Baughman
Ed & Michelle Boyer
Susan Brochu-Hoshield
Bill & Julia Bugera
Katy Carignan
Susan Carson
Don & Sarah Cohen
Jane Drotos
Carrie Eckhold
Elizabeth Fergus-Jean
Amy J. Gillard
Chuck & Susan Glass
Julie Gunderson
Sarah Gurney
Hanni Gallery
Melissa Harrison
Polly Hudson
Anne Kairis
Lois Khairallah
Tom & Teresa Koempel
Laura Kors
Dan Levine
Monica Mahan
Joan McDonald
Nancy McSkimming
John & Mary Merrill
Cynthia Morcott
Cyndi Nelson
Marjorie Oliver
Pam O’Malley
Lorraine Peak
Jim Perry
Audrey Plath
Fred & Linda Rachwitz
Elizabeth Rahaley
Christine Reese-Day
Steve & Marlo Rojeck
Jan Schlaybaugh
Rev. Dr. Susan P. Sickelka
Rick & Barb Spina
Tom Steckert
Sarah Nielsen Steiner
Andrew & Corinna Troth
Nannie Turrell & Robert Harold
Marie Wayman
Joanne White
Jonathan & Kendra White
Glen & Jane Young
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 2023
GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE
Steve & Amy Van Andel
GIFTS OF $25,000 OR MORE
Frey Foundation
Offield Family Foundation
GIFTS OF $10,000 OR MORE
Between the Covers
Chip & Gayle Everest
Evening Star Joinery
Mike & Carla Miller
Harbor Light Newspaper
Michigan Arts & Culture Council
Greg & Stacey Renker
GIFTS OF $5,000 OR MORE
Marc & Joanna Boeckl
Peter Boyer & Terry Gamble Boyer
Carol Currier
Marguerite Demmer
Richard & Sally Lehmann
Lou & Dawn Kasischke
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation
GIFTS OF $2,500 OR MORE
Anonymous
Suzanne Birkestrand
Paul & Lisa Blanchard
David & Barbara Buzzelli
Mike & Susan Carson
David & Constance Donovan
Elise Fisher
Michael & Judy Harrington
Richard & Tracy Hirrel
Jeff & Hollye Jacobs
Paul & Melissa Keiswetter/Petoskey Plastics
Jack & Rebecca McNaughton
Pamela O’Malley
Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau
Keith & Gretchen Pretty
Cordelia Robinson
Bill & Cynthia Rohde
Susan Book Club
Louise Taylor
Michael & Mary Ann Van Lokeren
GIFTS OF $1,000 OR MORE
Anonymous
Hord & Bunny Armstrong
Taffy Beam
Peter Belytschko & Elizabeth Khalil
Christy Berry/Gaslight Group Properties
Neil & Marsha Bidwell
Marty & Kathryn Breighner
Russ & Susan Capaldi
Community Fund of St. Clair County
John & Patty Danzo
John & Deborah Dohan
DTE Foundation
James & Evangeline Fabiano
John & Elizabeth Fergus-Jean
Karen & Jeff Ford
Susan Ford
Amy J. Gillard
Good Hart Book Club
Brian & Gretchen Grad
Beeb & Bonnie Graham
Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre
Phil & Melissa Harrington
Trina Hayes
Eugene Helveston
Ann Irish
J. McLaughlin Clothes
Tony & Amabel James
Elizabeth Kenan
Wally Klein
David & Sarah Kuckelman
L’Arbre Croche Fund
Francine Lawrence
Phyllis Ledyard
Mackinac Island Community Foundation
Robert & Kimberly Myers
Lindsey O’Connor
Todd & Kathy Petersen
Qwerty 123
Linda Rakolta
Glenn & Barbara Reed
Linda Rhodes-Pauly
Karen Sallee
Rex & Jan Schlaybaugh
Steve & Sandy Selden
Dan Shaheen & Maureen Abood Shaheen
Sara E. Smith
Steve & Edy Stoughton
Todd & Jennifer Winnell
Glen & Jane Young
GIFTS OF $500 OR MORE
Anonymous
Terry & Lyndi Balven
Jan & Kevin Bishop
Rick & Linda Bolton
Kayla Briggs
Ian & Sally Bund
Robert & Janet Carr
Sarah Carson
Charlevoix County Community Foundation
Carolyn Thomas Christy
Bob & Brynne Coletti
Glenn & Pam Cumberland
Gay Deiger
David & Linda Doll
Deborah Entwistle
Kassie Evashevski
John & Jill Failey
Lisa Fenech
Yvonne Fisher
Jim & Laurie Ford
Randy & Rochelle Forester
Ted & Brenda Frey Fund
Dr. Ward & Mrs. Mary Gillett
Chuck & Susan Glass
LeeLee Glatz
Emma P. Green
Mark Herman
Platt & Barbara Hill
Jack & Tay Howell
J McLaughlin Clothier
Terry & Patti Jackson
Lois Khairallah
Stephen & Molly Kircher
Wally Klein
Arnold & Jean Kluge
Sarah LaBlance
Hal & Betsy Lawrence
Linda Lawson
Michael & Kristina Long
Cynthia Morcott
Michael & Cindy Pettibone
Fred “Skip” Renker & Julia Fogarty
Dick & Joanne Stewart
George & Mary Ann Uznis
Jill Whelan
GIFTS OF UP TO $499
Jerry & Karen Adams
Susan Hayes Affholter
Anonymous
Cheryl Arbic
Harry & Lynn Atkins
Jeff & Barb Austin
Izabela Babinska
Robert & Margaret Bake
Carrie Bake-Wong
Maureen Barkley
Lisa Bartlett
Ann R. Baruch
Matthew & Sarah Baughman
Anne Becker
Michael & Naomi Behrman
Sylvia Benallack
Andreas Boeckl
Imogen Boeckl
Thora Boeckl
Ed & Michelle Boyer
Nancy Breighner
Susan Brochu-Hoschield
Richard & Joanne Brodie
Bill & Julia Bugera
Martha & Emily Burns
Betcei Butler
Katy Carignan
Rusty & Pam Carpenter
Carole Carroll
Stuart & Carma Case
Nancy Chadwick
James & Patricia Clarke
Matthew & Laurie Clarke
Jackie Cocquyt
Don & Sarah Cohen
Patricia Colthurst
Susan Conley
Susan Crail
Bob Day& Christina Reese-Day
Adriane de Windt
Eleanor Decker
Lynne DeMoor
Carroll & Pam DeWeese
Susan Dingle
Patricia Dobson
Rick & Deb Donahoe
Jane Drotos
Michael & Mary Lee Duff
Bruce & Nancy Dunn
Reed & Maggie Eckhold
Scott & Carrie Eckhold
Marge Edwards
Kate Etherly
Emilio Fernandez & Susan Kelly-Fernandez
Dan & Vicki Finkbeiner
David & Heidi Finley
Rose Fitzgerald
Michael & Margie FitzSimons
Folklor Wine & Cidar
Paul & Claire Forney
Pat Francois
Kaye Frang
Chip & Jean Frentz
Doug Fuller & Martha Lancaster
Larry & Paula Funk
Gretchen Gabler
Julie Galante
Rebecca Gale
Mark & JoEllen Gilbert
Judy Gillow
Megan Goedge
Greg & Susan Goodman
Dean & Nancy Graham
Paul & Lynn Greve
Eric & Julie Gunderson
BA Gundrum
Sarah Gurney
Charlie & Susan Gustafson
Paul & Susan Gutt
Alan & Amy Hackman
Susan Hannah
Hanni Gallery
Rob Harold & Nanie Turrell
Susan Harrell
Greg & Susan Hartemayer
Rob Harold & Nannie Turrell
Judy Harvey
Richard & Martha Hennessey
Bill Hittler & Donna Watz
David & Ellen Hofacker
Alfred & Suzanne Hoffman
Hudson & Margaret Holland
Polly Hudson
Dennis & Suzanne Hug
Aimee Huyser
Patricia Jacobson
Gordie & Catsy Johnston
Anne Kairis
Gale Kepford
Bill & Sue Klco
Jim & Fran Kochensparger
Tom & Teresa Koempel
Patricia Koons
Vern & Laura Kors
Kranig Family
Sally Lamkin
John Lehman & Maureen Delaney-Lehman
Dan & Kathryn Levine
Linda Little
Richard Lord & Sue Jeffers
Ric & Lisa Loyd
Sara Mackle
Kathleen Macomber
Monica Mahan
John & Marianne Marquardt
Hannah Mazer
Gayla Mazzuca
Joan McDonald
Renee McDuffee
Steve & Janice McGeorge
Kirk McKinney & Aliece Aiman
Jean McPhail
Nancy McSkimming
John & Mary Merrill
Valerie Meyerson
Louisa Miller
Jess Mills
Audrey Mooradian
Diane Morand
Rob & Vee Mossberg
Kathy Motschall
Bill & Dana Mulder
Cyndi Nelson
Trevor & Becca Nelson
Sue Nelson
Maureen Nicholson
Katharine Nielsen
Nub’s Nob
Virginia Nuffer
Dennis & Mary O’Brien
Jackie O’Dowd
Mary Beth Oles
Marjorie Oliver
Catherine Paklaian
The Pattersons
Lorraine Peak
Jim Peery
Nancy Piotrowski
Audrey Plath
Jerry & Anne Quinlan
Marcus & Michele Quintiliano
Fred & Linda Rachwitz
Elizabeth Rahaley
Susan Raisanen
RNR Foundation
Rae Ann Roche
Chase Rojeck
Steven & Marlo Rojeck
Sara Rose
Mike & Linda Rosenow
Sarane Ross
Suzanne Ross
Deborah Savoie
Amanda Schott
Edwin & Susan Schrader
Leslie Senke
Carolyn Shear
Karla Sherman
Rev. Dr. Susan P. Sickelka
Henry & Naomi Singer
Elaine Smiley
Scott & Dibby Smith
Susan Sorlien
Pat Spaulding
Steve & Julie Spencer
Rick & Barb Spina
Tom & Bev Steckert
Sarah Nielsen Steiner
Paul & Jane Stewart
Jerry & Nancy Suberlak
Kathy Suberlak
Jessica Swift
Henry Tarke & Virginia Renker
Martha Timmons
Andrew & Corinna Troth
Up North Girl
Susan Urban
Marie Wayman
Patricia Wheater
Joanne White
Jonathan & Kendra White
Vince WinklerPrins
Helen Wolfgang
David & Mary Wood
David & Barbara Young
Susan Zaleski
Doug & Nancy Zoerhof
GIFTS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF
Michael Austin, given by Jeff & Barb Austin
Cynthia Ballantyne, given by Carrie Eckhold
Jim Breckenfeld, given by Anonymous, The Kranig Family
Catherine Bright, given by Jack & Tay Howell
Barbara Brochu, given by Susan Brochu
Bruce Brown, given by Russ & Susan Capaldi, Vern & Laura Kors, Pam O’Malley
Jan Carroll, given by Katy Carignan
Anna Funk, given by Larry & Paul Funk
Joan Gallagher, given by Maureen Barkley. For Mom, who taught me how to love & share books.
Larry Hayes, given by Trina Hayes
Dan & Jane Hittler, given by Bill Hittler & Donna Watz
Corinne H. Iverson, given by Karen Sallee
Patricia Koons, given by Steve & Marlo Rojeck
Kristi Krey, given by Mary Ann Van Lokeren
Marjory S. Matthews, given by Jill Whelan
Patricia Murles, given by Monica Mahan
Ruth & Kevin O’Neill, given by the Harbor Light Newspaper
Gary L. Pauly, given by Linda Rhodes-Pauly
Elizabeth Cole Simpson, given by Suzanne Birkestrand
Sue Turner, given by the Susan Book Club
Marti Wallen, given by the Good Hart Book Group
GIFTS GIVEN IN HONOR OF
Between the Covers, given by Ann Irish
Nancy Busch, given by Anne Kairis
Susan Capaldi, given by Pam O’Malley
Susan Carson, given by John & Marianne Marquardt
Jim Cassidy, given by Kayla Briggs
Alex Dailey, given by Megan Goedge
Sue Dingle, given by Marti Timmons
Kate Etherly, given by Anonymous
Barbara & Hicks Ford, given by Betcei Butler
Susan Ford, given by Marcus & Michele Quintiliano
Jean Frentz, given by Joanne White
Amy Gillard, given by Brian & Gretchen Grad and Hal & Betsy Lawrence
Bob & Susan Hannah, given by Hannah Mazer
Pat Jeffs, given by Leslie Senke
Betty Kenan, given by Taffy Beam
Laura Kors, given by Pamela O’Malley
Katharine Nielsen, given by Sarah Nielsen Steiner
Cynthia Rutherford, given by Elizabeth Fergus-Jean
Sara E. Smith, given by Randy & Rochelle Forester
Edy Stoughton (Happy Birthday), given by Barb Angotti, A. S. Frick, and Joan Huston
2024 GRANTORS
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