Donor & Remembrance Opportunities

There are many ways to give to the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Donations are received in memory of or in honor of loved ones. Others contribute by becoming Workday sponsors. The Grove’s Ensure Remembrance campaign provides gifts and recognition opportunities for individuals, corporations and organizations helping to finish site improvements or to reach the endowment goal for the perpetual care of the Grove.

The following list indentifies Ensure Remembrance campaign features for the National AIDS Memorial Grove:

Features in bold are still available to be funded.

Please call the Grove office at 415-765-0497 for further information.

Opportunity,Gift,Donor(s), and Description

Dogwood Crescent—$200,000
Funded by
Alvin H. Baum, Jr.
William F. Clark
Laurence A. Colton & John W. McCoy
Ayse Manyas Kenmore
The Russell-Shapiro Family

Fern Grotto—$100,000
Funded by Kevin McAree and co-sponsor Wells Fargo
Circular gathering area at western end of Grove

Meadow Overlook—$125,000
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund

Crossroads Circle—$100,000
State of California; Recreation & Parks Department; Environmental Restoration Grant 2001

North Creek Trail
Northern trail through the Oaks running from the Crossroads Circle to the Fern Grotto

South Creek Trail
Southern trail through the Oaks running from the Crossroads Circle to the Fern Grotto

Main Portal—$100,000
Steve Silver & Beach Blanket Babylon

South Portal—$75,000
Terry K. Watanabe

Pine Crescent—$75,000
Gap Foundation

The Meadow—$75,000
A. Spencer Andrew Foundation

West Portal—$100,000
The Donald O. Collins Foundation

Dogwood Dell—$50,000
Madeleine H. Russell

Woodland Path—$50,000
Academy of Friends

Dry Creek—$40,000
In Memory of Stephen Marcus

Redwood Grove—$35,000
Chuck Holmes and Falcon Studios

Woodland Stream—$35,000
William Brinnon and Ron Dhein of Kahn & Keville

Winding steam bed of large cobbles connecting Dogwood Crescent to Redwood Grove

Fern Grotto—$30,000
Roof, Eidam & Maycock

Map Pedestals—$30,000 each
Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund Charles Schwab & Co. Family Fdn.

Information kiosks—which will be located near the West Portal (to be built) and between the Main and South Portals

Magnolias—Area surrounding the South Portal entrance to the Grove

Manzanitas—$25,000
Peter Lawrence Block

Redwood Knoll—$50,000
Peter Lawrence Block

Maples Center—$15,000
Timberland Company

Maples East and West — $30,000
Forest Creatures Entertainment

Pines Center — $15,000
Rory Snyder and Katherine Lightfoot

Pines East—$15,000
Margaret Hess/Don J. Olivier Trust

Pines West — $15,000
MeMe Pederson in memory of Jay Luque, A Gentle Soul Who Lives His Life to the Fullest

Oaks North—$15,000
James and Chris Clark

Oaks South $15,000
Sara Sanderson and Eric Weaver

Benches (13) $15,000
Cathy Sarkowsky & Friends
Larry Hjort, Katherine Krebs, Patti Planz, & Claire Broline
Arnie Jackson
Donald O. Collins & Carlin Holden
Bay Area HIV Health Care Providers
Evelyn Craig
John Badham
Taylor Phelps Family & Friends
Thomas White
Joseph DeRamon
Mark Illeman & Bruce Lindstrom
Gaia Fund
Sean Monahan
Jay Norton & Mike Phillips
Lindy Harris

Boulders (10) — $10,000
Allen Miller
John Gayle Bryant
Cecile Nathan
Kenneth Miller
San Francisco Foundation
William Grasse
Stan Tigner
Ronald Kimmell
Michael Steingraber & Friends
Stuart Piontek & Stage Interiors

Crescent of Remembrance
(5 left)
$25,000 Premiere placement at south entry way to Dogwood Crescent

Levi Strauss
Pacific Bell
Roche Laboratories, Inc.
Roxane Laboratories, Inc.
Darren Star

Crescent of Hope (10 left)
$10,000 Major placement at south entry way to Dogwood Crescent

Bayer Diagnostics
Bank of America Foundation
Michael Taylor Designs, Inc.
Providian Finanical
Ayse Manyas Kenmore

Joshua Elder Persky — All Souls We Loves Walk Beside Him Now

In Loving Memory of Charles Holmes — A Great Citizen, A Great Philanthropist, A Great Friend

Crescent of Healing (10 left)

$5,000 Principal placement at south entry way to Dogwood Crescent

Roselyne Swig
Parish Fund of the Tides Foundation, in Memory of Madeleine Russell
Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund
Clear Ink
Menlo School Classes of 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Triangle Pharmaceuticals
Ortho Biotech, Inc.
John David Dupree in memory of Glen Margo, DrPH

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
Xavier Villarreal & Mercedes Oyuela, in memory of Francisco Villarreal
Wells Fargo Employees & Customers
Robert M. Williams & Terry Eaton, in memory of Greg “Kitten” Carl
Jeff Wiggins (2)
Gallagher Public Relations
Banana Republic
Chuck Holmes & Nolan Losky, in loving memory of all our friends
Terry Anderson, Dennis Brown, & Friends, in memory of Gary Lebow
Ken Ruebush & Jeff Zimman
Michael & Stephen Maharam
Michael DeLuca, in memory of Daniel E. Collins
Edith Lambert, in loving memory of Mark F. Lambert
Horizons Foundation
AMB Property Corp. Salutes Strong Spirits & Brave Hearts

Circle of Friends — $1,000
1,339 names as of August 20, 2003

Circle of Friends — $1,000
(861 left)
Timeless remembrance of lives touched by AIDS at Dogwood Crescent.