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North House Folk School is supported in part by hundreds of contributing members as well as the Lloyd K Johnson Foundation, Cook County Community Fund/Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, the IRRRB and the McKnight Foundation.

This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

NORTH HOUSEFOLK SCHOOLAnnual Report 2015

On the harbor .........3Year in review .........5Financials ................. 12Support & membership ............ 14

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Voices. In this world of ours, sometimes there seems to be no short-age. Often loud, always insistent, rarely helpful. Buy this and think that, believe this and do that. The cacophony of noise seems to suggest the age-old skills of personal reflection and thoughtful exchange have been left behind. Thankfully, as any day at North House underscores, there is a better way.

Voices. Sometimes quiet, often warm, always engaging. Somehow, with hands and mind focused, discovery and curiosity filling the moment, we find a shared voice. “Great! Can you show me again? Where did you say you are from?” In the workshop, there is no rush, learning works best together, we begin to open.

For me, the richness of the world, the wonder of discovery, the joy of friendship all come to life in the dynamic Voices shared at North House. Knowing this, I try my best to remember the classic saying: we were giv-en one mouth and two ears for a reason. The 2015 Annual Report shares a few of these Voices. Reflective, appreciative, engaged. Perspectives on the power of learning, the value of community, the importance of having dreams that change the world.

We have much to celebrate at North House. Our mission is thriving. Craft’s story and beauty are touching the world.

“I would not change a thing! The setting of the school on the lake is so beautiful, the staff feel like family and the memories will last a lifetime! Thank you so much for providing a place where dreams come true!” (Student, 2015)

Many helping hands and generous hearts helped make 2015 a reality. North House is honored. Our deepest thanks to all. And just ahead, the promise of the coming year!

- Greg Wright, Executive Director

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“Thank you so much for providing a place where

dreams come true!”

“I’ve changed the way I think– I really didn’t expect that.”

- 2015 Fresh Cut Participant

New ideas and innovative projects. Enter the Fresh Cut Woodturning Symposium! Our newest thematic weekend, shaped in partnership with the American Association of Wood-turners, featured three instruc-tors from across the world; rich conversation about the differences and intersections of contemporary and traditional turning techniques; empowered by investments in equipment for traditional and contemporary turning techniques. Participants described their experiences:

“Thank you and your leader-ship team for pushing the power lathe ‘envelope’ in the Sympo-sium. Across our cultural land-scape the issue of ‘us’ vs ‘them’ is driving people into their like-minded bubble rather than real conversation with each other. Like a civil community would be, what a novel idea!”

By the Numbers

Strength in ProgrammingVoices

Fresh Perspective at Fresh CutAnd: “The absolute highlight

was something I never imagined I would see: artists observing, learning, being inspired, creat-ing something entirely new because of their experience at North House. I’ll admit, at the opening session I was a little skeptical that we could learn to be creative, but learn I did...I’ve changed the way I think–I really didn’t expect that.”

Up 12% in 2015Participant involvement was

on the rise in 2015. A total of 2,340 students were part of cata-log courses (a 12% increase over 2014), arriving from 42 states and 3 foreign countries.

On the membership roll, we welcomed support from 1035 in-dividuals, families and businesses.

If there’s one thing that has consistently surprised (and delighted) me about being an intern here at North House, it’s the incredible generosity of the staff, instructors, neighbors, and students who walk through our

campus every day. On the one hand, it makes sense. We live in a small town, and the commu-nity around campus is tight knit. People look out for each other and do favors for one another, and you get into cycles of shar-

“Giving and receiving gifts makes this corner of the world feel like a home.”

- Erin Swenson-Klatt, Program Intern

Part of a Broader WorldVoices

By Erin Swenson-Klatt, 2015 Program Intern

On Giving & Receiving

ing. Most gifts I’ve received have come out of nowhere. For me, as a young person here for less than a year, it is never some-thing I would have felt was due to me. But the strawberries and rhubarb and baked goods and birch bark and a whole ham (so much meat!) just appear. My little friend whose family grows some of our Community Supported Agriculture produce walks through the pick up line each Tuesday with me to make sure I get the biggest, best veg-etables (and usually sneaks in a couple extra into my bags). An instructor from the other side of the world spends evenings giving us lessons in birch bark weaving and Russian pancake recipes. A student sits down and shares a story while carving a little bird that now hangs in my window. Someone else offers a ride, or a meal, or a lesson. These moments of receiving are among the most vivid memories I will take home with me.

Being able to give, then, is a gift in itself, because just being here is a gift. To stop and share some time and a conversation with a curious visitor to campus, to take a work study volunteer out for a row, to make dinner for someone who has made my life richer in some small or large way. Sure, an intern’s life here is busy. Yes, an intern’s budget is not big. But to be wrapped into a world of sharing time, this beau-tiful place, and the gifts that I’ve received (I rarely cook a meal for someone else without an

THE NEXT GENERATION298 Youth Learners

North House invites many adult students onto campus each year, but equally important is the work we do connecting with what many may call “the younger generation.” While these efforts come in many flavors, from Fam-ily Weekend to targeted special events offerngs, we also use partnerships with schools and homeschool groups to engage lo-cal youth.

Indeed, in 2015 North House served 298 students in elemen-tary, middle and high school. The new Anderson Charitable Trust fully underwrites these efforts, opening the door to the next gen-eration!

ingredient that was given to me, I’ve realized) is a blessing. I feel taken care of, watched out for, loved, in this place. Giving and receiving gifts makes this corner of the world feel like a home.

“Work Study at North House was everything I hoped it

would be...I loved being there.”- 2015 Work Study Participant

Investment in our MissionVoices

Programs with Purpose

Instructor Retreat #32015 marked our third Instruc-

tor Retreat. Held in April, the weekend gives instructors time to meet and learn from each other.

New during the 2015 retreat, frequent students and craft en-thusiasts Erin Strauss and Liesl Chatman of the Science Museum of Minnesota, offered education sessions allowing instructors to sharpen one of their most impor-tant tools: their teaching skills.

Each year we hope to expand the opportunities at the Instructor Retreat, and last year’s progress highlighted that there is much to share and much to learn as we bring Craft’s story to life.

by the numbers

We came to the work study program hoping to learn new skills, spend time in a beauti-ful place, and give back in some way. What we didn’t know was that we’d leave with a sense of belonging and connection that would last long after our visit was done.

We traded sweat and dust for laughter and pizza, dirty clothes for generous sharing of skills and craft, and tired bodies for heart-felt conversations and genuine appreciation for our work.

The people who come togeth-er at North House are those who take time to listen to each other and learn from each other, who care about our communities and planet and want to contribute in a meaningful way, and who know how to have a whole lot of fun doing it all. This doesn’t always happen when people gather around craft, but it does naturally and abundantly at North House.

The friendships we’ve made, skills we’ve learned, and ways we’ve been able to contribute all make us feel that we’re a part of something special, and that we belong, even between visits, from hundreds of miles away.

By Liv Sulerud and Kim Slegers, 2015 Week-Long Work Studiers

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Interesting times. This centu-ry continues a rapid technologi-cal change, and start-up indus-tries like Uber, Google, Amazon and Facebook are transforming America. Raw numbers of airline flights mushroom world-wide while natural resources dwin-dle. The world has never been

smaller, more vulnerable, and yet, with Internet, Wi-fi and cell phones, it’s never been more “connected”.

Maybe this works out for the 7.3 billion people of Earth. Maybe. Or maybe we need to commit to ensuring it does.

“We embrace the premise that life lived simply...is the best

response to modernity.”- Peter Henry, NH supporter & student

Connecting to the FutureVoices

By Peter Henry, North House supporter and student

Our Splendid Mission

My wife and I live in Wiscon-sin, where a heritage of farm-land, small rivers and woodlots conspire to make us feel mostly unaffected by busy places. Our enduring passion is to keep this place whole. Hundred-year-old farmsteads and timber frame barns, sloping pastures grazed by happy flocks of sheep, land healthy enough to sustain hard-working bees and tena-cious badgers. And from which, young families make a living on 40-acres, growing organic food and being clever in the face of punishing weather: in the root cellar in early March hauling out potatoes, cabbage and squash as a new season’s seedlings sprout next door in the greenhouse.

Call us old-fashioned but we embrace the premise that life lived simply, strong hands shaping something beautiful, is the best response to mo-dernity. And that getting in a canoe every summer, paddling northern lakes and sleeping under star-filled skies, brings us closer to home than a lifetime of frequent-flyer miles.

Our splendid mission is to keep today’s world from oblit-erating a single sentence: I grew up on a small farm in Wisconsin. And traveling to North House in Grand Marais, the joy we find there in people doing profound things with hands, is confirma-tion we are on the right track. That, come what may, this is the part of the world we want to celebrate, support and return-to, knowing its answer to “What

should we do with this one wild and precious life?” always feels right.

Secret Recipe RequestsIt was once said “The world

needs more folk schools,” and that sentiment certainly rings true. Folk schools are springing up across the nation, and many of the folks involved with them come to North House for advice, asking, “How do you start a folk school?”

In 2015 we coordinated with at least a dozen fledgling schools to share a bit about how all the pieces fit together. While we’re happy to share the basics, we’re also careful to acknowledge that the way it all works can be a bit of a mystery–which is why we call these interactions “Secret Recipe Requests.”

by the numbers

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Courses, Programs, Events 675,933 Donations 289,595 Grants 170,720 School Store 112,043 Other 51,433

$1,299,724

2015 Financial Overview

Courses, programs, eventsDonationsGrantsSchool StoreCapital/Other

Revenue 2015

Courses, Programs, Ev

Donations

Grants

School Store

Capital/Other

52%22%

13%

9%4%

Balance Sheet Notes: North House assets include operating accounts, restricted

savings, cash reserves, our endowment fund, store inventory and campus buildings/resources. Primary long-term liabilities include a mortgage for the east half of campus. As of Dec 31, 2015 total net assets equaled $1,373,696.

Revenue*

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Courses, Programs, Events 617,724 Administration 115,253 Facility & Schooner 207,575 Marketing & Fundraising 122,849 School Store 90,722 Provision for future Capital Needs 109,000 $1,263,123 Excess Revenue over Expenditures $36,601

Courses, programs, eventsAdministrationFacility & SchoonerMarketing & FundraisingSchool StoreProvision for Future Capital Needs

Expense & Transfers 2015

C

A

F

M

S

P

49%

9%

9%

16%

10%

7%

*Please note, all information is pre-audit. Requests for additional financial details, please contact North House.

Expense & Transfers*

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During summer 2015 the Blue Building got a much needed re-siding–leaving it an unfamiliar shade of...white. We have eight meticulous work studiers to thank for spending about 144 hours paintbrushes in hand, painstakingly restoring it to it’s familiar blue hue!

our sincere thanksNorth House gratefully acknowledges these individuals, families, businesses

and foundations for their generous involvement and support during 2015. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of our records. If there are errors or omissions, please accept our apologies, and let us know how to correct our records. This list summarizes donations and support received from January 1-December 31, 2015.

Major donors

$10,000 and up

$25,000 and up

Mary/John AndersonNancy Burns/Scott HarrisonRandi Lyders/Scott Kindrick

Lois SchwobRoger/Phyllis ShermanJerry Wenger

Susan/Robert Morrison Visit Cook County

$5000 and up

Bob/Brenda GordonPeter Henry/Kari WengerAndrew HoultonLutsen ResortAnn Possis

Tom/Ann RiderBob RyanDennis/Jolita RysdahlCatherine/John SchoenherrCharles Skinner, Jr.

$2500 to $4999

Tom AndersonPaul AslanianBluefin Bay Resort

Pat Hvidston/Roger OppJan/Rick NevilleSven & Ole’s Pizza

$1000 to $2499

Jane AlexanderJean BoydBest Western Superior Inn & SuitesBuck’s Hardware HankMike CarlsonEdwin E. Thoreson, IncChuck Egeberg/ Joan CaillierJon/Carol FarchminGrand Marais Liquor StorePaul/Jean GrobenPete/Carol HarrisHerb HedstromHedstrom Lumber Company

Julie HouleAmy Hubbard/ Geoff KehoeJeff/Erin HuebschmanJava MooseJoynes Ben FranklinLake Superior Trading PostEric/Marsha LarsonSteve LeVahnCharlie/Cari MayoAnne McKinseyJim/Jody MeizelisDerek/Carrie MelbyTodd MestadNorth Shore Federal Credit Union

Jennifer Olson/ Richard SveumLou/Inger PignoletJanis/Dan ReuterSawbill OutfittersLarry/Lynn SchmittJane ShawSivertson Art GalleryBrian SmithPhilip/Carol WestbrookCarol Winter/ Kirk DornfeldFrank/Ann Wright

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$250 to $499AnonymousAmy Andersen/ Tim WilsonAngry Trout CafeTom ArnesonArrowhead Electric CooperativeArrowhead PharmacyLinnea/Jon AspVirgil AurandTim/Berta BauerMary/Roger BebieTom/Kay BeckenJodi/Kevin BelluzLuAnn BergRusty BirkelandBlue Water CaféThe Bogott/ Matney FamilyThe Brataas/ Hathaway Family

Dick BuchheitBuck’s ElectronicsJames ClintonComo Oil & PropaneCrooked SpoonDean/Kathy DeBrouxJenny Delfs/Jeff KernSam Demas/ Laurel BradleyLee/Lynda DietrichDon/Sue DittusCarol/Bart DunnKaren/Peter ElvinHenry Emmons/ Jane BlockhusChuck/Jan EngebretsonMichael/Linda FinneyGrand Marais Lioness ClubJan/John Green

Gunflint Motel/ Outback SolarDavid Hagen/ Elizabeth HinskeSusan HannahDoug/LeeAnna HansonHarbor House GrilleAnne Harvel/ Don McClungEugene/ Helen HendersonSteve HoaglundBill/Mary Lou HuronKarl JohanssonHelen JohnsonRichard JohnsonMary KnobleJean Laing-Weber/ Jon WeberBert/Mary LarsonJana/Mike Larson

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$500 to $999Lead donors

Art House Bed & BreakfastBuck BensonPeg/Peter BirseLee BradyMary/Dick BrainerdCascade Vacation RentalsColdwell Banker NorthshoreCook County Whole Foods Co-opLisa DaytonDockside Fish MarketJoseph DonohueTim EatonMichael EvansKirby FredericksMark/Mary GlasnappCarla Goers/Tom IagoArt GrabowskiGrand Marais Rec Park and CampgroundGrand Marais State Bank

Grand Portage Lodge & CasinoGunflint LodgeWendy/Mark HansenRob/Marilyn IlstrupJason JacobsJerri/Steve JohnsonJohnson’s FoodsBeth Kallio/Terry GobelMarsha/Bruce KaehneSteve/Wanda KeefeLayne/Martha KennedyKen/Carol KoscikBob/Kathy KulusDave/Elizabeth LeeMacArthur House Bed & BreakfastHugh/Nancy MagillDan/Ann MansfieldJohn McColleyChris McKenzieMike’s Holiday Station StoreNaniboujou Lodge

Nor’Wester Lodge & OutfittersCraig/Dianne PetersonThe Pie Place/ Harbor InnPincushion Trails InnPhil PlumboRobert PrentissHarley/Norma RefsalLaura RotegardRussell’s CottagesMelaura Schmidt-DuncanJohn/Marsha SoucherayTeresa/Anthony StoneStone Harbor Wilderness SupplySteve/Kate SurbaughThomsonite Beach InnClara Ueland/ Walt McCarthyJames VadisVienna VolanteDove/Tracey WatkinWhite Pine North

Denny Trooien/ Sue AhlcronaJay/Pat AmatoBruce T. AndersonKaren/Jerry AppeldoornThomas AsenbrennerJane AslanianBrian AyersMichael BaileyJohn Bailey/ Eileen KellerBeverly Balos/ Mary Lou FellowsBrian/Laura BarchBrenda BarrJohn/Bonita BenschoterTracy Benson/ Pete KavanaughJoe/Helen BettendorfMarjorie BjornstadLaurie/Rocky BoserPat BraaschCharles Brummit/Martha Kipcak

Kurt Buetow/ Jody SlocumMark/Barbara BuswellJohn/Mari BuzzaDave/Joyce ByronJohn/Veronna CaponeCascade LodgeMark CatronChevronDennis/Mickey ChickJohn ClayburghJean/Tim CochraneMary ConnellDebbie/Ron CunninghamDar/Stephen DarleyBenda/Gary DavisBlake DavisEsther DerbyDevil’s Track CabinsThe Ditmanson FamilyMary Dragich/ John PastorCharles Driscoll

Drury Lane BooksCarolyn DryEbe/Carla DyckJohn Eaton/ Margot McManusKarl EggeJanet EgglestonKaren Ellingson/Graham ButlerJoyce/Don ElvestromEly Folk SchoolDick/Nancy EnstadLiz EtnierKeith/ Sharon FleischauerCynthia FleuryDorothea/Randy FritzJohn FugelsoKandise Garrison/ Paul FishSally/Bill GieseJim/Sandy GilbertLaura GillilandGlenn/Chelly Gilyard

$100 to $249

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Jane Laurence/ John WrightKaren LittlefieldJason LongLindsay MacIndoe/Wendy HoldingKristin MajkrzakMangy Moose MotelJim/Fawn MasterMcClure Insurance AgencyJan/Dave MorrisNorman MorrisBob Murphy/ Ellen CookeMicheal MyszewskiNelson’s Traveler’s Rest Cabins & MotelRobert Nesheim/Marlys JohnsonDouglas/Phyllis Ostergren Family FundOutpost MotelDan Palmer

Phyllis/Dick ParkerPatty RatelleJeffrey/Sherri ReihleTodd Rhoades/ Terri CermakMark/Susan RichardsonSteven RozellMichael Sampson/Cathy NeversJim/Nancy SannerudSteve/LeAnn SchackAndrew Scheu/ Karin LindquistPatrick Schifferdecker/Lisa KrahnCharlie SchreierDoug ScottJohn/Lynne SeversonBob Shannon/ Yafa NapadenskyJackson SneveCynthia/ Robert Stevens

Dan StrootmanJack SullivanHal/Lynn TearseMike/Ann TessneerJudy TrousdellDale Ulrich/ Julie BrunnerErik VokatyDon/Lynn WatsonKris Wegerson/John IpsenCraig/Karin WestgatePatricia WhiteSkip WilkeDan/Mary WilkeningMartha/Eric WilliamsRichard/Gretchen WunderlichEmilie/John ZasadaDaniel Zimmermann/Kim ChristensenKate Zuckerman

$250 to $499 (cont’d...)

Sharon Emery/ Dick GilyardMelissa GjellstadGolden Eagle LodgeDan GoodenoughJim GoodwinWillie/Marilyn GorhamDon/Gerry GrantLawrence Pitsch/ Gail Gresser-PitschKen GuenthnerPhil/Missy HagenBob/Diane HagstromVirginia/David HahnRegina HarrisPeter HartDiana HatchittThelma HedstromAnne/Peter HeegaardKim/Robert HeiSteve/Mary Kay HellingTheresa/Lillian/Brendan HenehanCarl/Sue HenriksonPeter/Amy HenriksonMarie Westerman/Mike HeroAnders/Julie HimmelstrupMark Hodge/ Anne DeMuthSteven HolliEileen HolzTom/Margaret HopkinsKathy/Jan HorakGeorge/Gail HuschleDeborah/ James IngebretsenDana JacquesPaul/Diane JacobsonMarlene JohnsonJohn JohnstonKent Jones/ Nick VavricheckDave Jorde/ Holly AndersonLauri JorgensonTodd KagerJoe/Georgia KandikoSharon/Alfred Kauth

Art/Beth KiddMerlyn/Linda KielJim/Betty KingCoralyn/ Greg KoschinskaTom/Kathy KromroyRichard/Joyce LambDon LanikAnna Marie LattuJohn Lauber/ Elizabeth LincolnDr./Mrs. E Richard LengThomas LentzJerry/Joan LiljaDonna Linden/ Ray DeVogelReid/Anne LindquistJane LjungkullCarol LogemannTom Long/ Connie MortensonSteve LukasLund’s Motel & CottagesJohn/Madeleine MacIndoeDoug MagneyMary MaherThe MarketCaroline/Daniel MasonMichelle McGuireJanelle/Ben MeierDon MillerRan MinerMichael/Mary MishouJerry/Chris MoenchBev Murphey/ John HungJennifer MutschlerDavid/Karen NasbyGary Neptune/ Bib GottschallGwendolyn/ Frank NeumannMike NystuenJanet OlfeltLon OlsenLoanne OlsonLorrie/Phil OswaldBob/Ginny Padzieski

Laura/GrantMichael/Laura PengraNorman PetersenMark/Mary PetersonRyan PetzJane/David PiepgrasRoger/Consie PowellDave/Linda PrinsenDon/Lois QuestSarah QuimbyJohn/Sandi ReedCatharine ReidJon Reissner/ Ann FerreiraKathy RicePaul Richard/ Linda HarveyPat Robins/ Lisa SchambergSara RogersKaren/Tom RognsvoogJane/Phil RollinsMurray RoscoeKarina/Mike RothJean RozeskeKaren RumisekKathy/Chuck RundquistBryan/Darlene SchmidtMilan/Carolyn SchmidtStuart SchmittBill/Joyce SchoonConnie SchrieberPaul/Susan/ Bria SchurkeSuzy Schweig/ Jerry StarrPatricia SchwobCharles ScottJohn SetalaBrad SmithFred/Fran SmithSheila Smith/ Perry McGowanRobert Smith/ Cydney WeilandSolbakken ResortDave/Dodie SorbelLarry SorensenDuncan StorlieRoger Strand

$100 to $249 (cont’d...)

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Donorsup to $99

AnonymousDawn/Larry AasenGeorge Abrahams/ Marty SmithSue AbrahamsenBetty AbrahamsonRoger AbrahamsonHuntington AdelmanDouglas AffinitoMary AllenAnita/Keith AndersonCarol AndersonCharles AndersonKaren AndersonMary Ann/ Keith AndersonPhil/Karna AndersonRobert/Linda AndersonRoger/Dotie AndersonChel Anderson/John AltPhilis/Wayne AndersonGordon AnderssonJohn AndreasenDoug/Theresa AndrusIan/Rachel AndrusNancy Angus/ Mark SmykDonn ArnoldNatalia Arroyo/ Dale SepaDavid AslynAmeena Bajer-KoulackElena BantleDavid Batley

Linda/Mike BauerAnn/John BeaneBear Track Outfitting/ Bally Creek CabinsVerna BeaverBill BeckstrandJim/Patricia BeilkeDan BeltenJohn Beltman/ Terry O’BrienKarl/Diane BendaDavid/Carol BergBetty BergstedtJohn Bergstrom/ Nancy HansonBrad BerringtonStafford BerryhillBetsy Bowen StudioJoan BibelhausenKathy BishopJohn/Linda Blaine-OttisStephen BlenkushMichele BlissDonald BlochBoat ArtRoger BoatmanPaul/Judith BodmerColleen BohlinKaitlyn BohlinMarshall BohlinKathy/Ed BolstadJeremiah BonitzJim BordenBarbara Boughton

Jeanne Bourquin/ Peter PestalozziJudy BowmanMyrtle BrandvoldGerard BreenGrace Brogan/ John KammanTim BrosseauPeter BrowerMatthew BrownMartha BrummittMary Jane BrummittJonathan/Sebastian BuckiJudy BudreauNicola BurnsRobert BurnsMyron BursheimDavid/Bonnie BuzzaStephen/Loretta ByeBarbara ByronBenjamin ByronDanielle/Barb ByronPat/Stan CampanaroJoshua CappsPaul/Tracy CardinalMelvin CarlsonRob Carlson/Teri ShippsBruce/Kathy CarlstedStephen/Ellen CaseyDick/Mary CaswellClarence ChaplinDennis Chilcote/ Sedna Cedarstone

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Kathy StromJim/Cher SulerudBarbara Swadburg/ Jim KurleDon/Wildie SwansonTeri Takehiro/ Mark HansellLowell TewsEdi/Roland ThorstenssonPatrick ThulisChristine Tooley

Rainbow TroutThe Ulen/Klees FamilyStephen/Susan Van VleetKathy/Bill VanderwallTheresa VaughanKay/Don WallJohn/Gracy WaughSuzanne WeberCarol WestbergBetsy WhirleyJim White

Gary/Alberta WhitenackKen/Donna WielinskiLarry WiesnerRebecca/Jim WiinanenDan WilsonJanann WinburnLeesa/John WisdorfGreg/Jeanne/Olya WrightAurora YoungMike/Barb Youngquist

$100 to $249 (cont’d...)

Linda/Duane ChristensenJo Ellen ChristiansenNini ChristiansenTerry ChristiansenJames/Anne CisekJim ClaussenJames/Lindsay ClearyCarol ColburnJack CollingsworthTom/Ruth CookKaren CoonLinda/Jack CoreyChuck Corliss/Kim SchroederJoan CostelloKay CostelloJane CovartMary CowenCaroline CoxPeter CrambRoland/Lynn CrawfordCroftville Road CottagesTracy Cullen/ Scott HusbyBill/Judy CurtisDavid/Kimberly DahlSusan/Brian Darley-HillWade DavickMartha DavidsohnJean/Norman DavisTim/Katie DawsonMary Jean DehneStephen DelahuntCarmel DeMaioribusDevil’s Track Nordic Ski ShopJill DeWitt/Charles WurreyTom DimichDaniel DomeierDaryl/Dennis DonathPam DorrisChris DunnMary DunningBill/Sheri DvorakSteve/Ruthie EdlundMike/Wendy EganDon Egeberg

Paul EgelandVicky EibenTamera/Jonathan EirtenAnn ElliottDavid/Jane EllwoodLisa EnderPatrick EnderleKathryn EnrightStacy Enxing Seng/ Joyce EnxingJill FalkKurt FarchminJoan FarnamDean FarnumTrudy FarrellAndrea/Craig Fell-MoodyThe Fitzpatrick - Skinner HouseholdBecky FlahertySarah FlottenAnne FlueckigerLinda ForslandHillary Freeman/ Carol MorkGeorge Frisch/ Margaret MayJessa/Eric FrostSusie FrostMary Fulton/ Ewart MartensSteve/Annette FunariTina Fung HolderTracy FunkRuth FurmanChuck/Sue FuttererJohn GaleGay GallesJim GallowayJohn GappaCindy/Jamie GardnerMike GarityTed/Marcie GephartLilla GidlowMark/Jane GirardinLiz GjellstadAmanda GlazebrookJim GnappBonnie/Hardy Goebel

Donna GoodlaxsonPaul GoodnatureBari/Avron GordonMark/Katya GordonMike/Connie GrahamGrand Marais PharmacyAnne GrasbergerEmily Green/ Jim ManolisCarol GrimJoanne GrotenJustus GrunowJohanna GuccioneShana GulbransonOna GustafsonGerry Gustason HouglumThe Gwen/ Gomez FamilyTed/Noelle HalandLynn HaldyLiz Halloran/David KlettAugust HalversonBeth/Greg HalvorsonGlen/Donna HambletonBarbara HamiltonWilliam HamlinAmanda Hand/ Michael GarryRobert/Nancy HansonAdam/Mica HarjuIlona/Dave HarjuMadelene HarnsJulie/Mark HarringtonRoy/Jane HartGreg HaselmannJoEllen HaugoThe Heinrichs FamilyMark HeisdorfferJeanne HeitzDulcey HellerMary HeltsleyKatie HeneghanJohn/Julie HenrickssonEdwin HerricksWendall/Elaine HerronPam/Charlie HileBill/Karen HoarHobie Hobart

Up to $99 (cont’d...)

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Up to $99 (cont’d...)John HodnefieldDavid HollanderAllen Holzhueter/ Kate HartmanMeredith HomansJason HovatterBrian HovermaleTyler HowellErik/Diane HowellsMichael HoyRichard HuhnMaland/JoEllen HurrJay HutchinsonGary IlstrupCindy Imsdahl-Ceo/ Frank CeoTeresa/Craig InnesMarcy/Bob IrbyGlen/Roxanne JablonkaMary Lynne JahnkeBarb JansenFrances JarchowMartin JarvisGeraldine JensenBev JohnsonDavid/Kari JohnsonJanet JohnsonLowell JohnsonMark/Mary JohnsonJean JordanDale JustEd KarchHaig KassouniJoanne KayeJoanne KellnerRick KemmerAustin KennedyKim Kiiskinen/Bruce MannAdam/Melissa KingRicky, Colleen/ Eric KingTom KingJim King/Jayne ClevelandStephen KisorSonia KjosRobert L KnowltonKathy Knudson

Roger KochBJ/John KohlstedtJohn KokeshChristian KolbergPatty KoutzJohn Kremer/ Jennifer YoungHeidi KressinCarol KriegerSusan/David KroskaKathy/Bryan KufusSherry/Wayne KutterElise KylloMichele Lackey OlsenJoel LancasterCheryl LarsenKen/Lois LarsonGreg LaSchumJudy LathropSuzanne/Tim LauerTanya LaurerDel/Lorrie LeafEric/LeeAnn LeBlancKristen Lee-CharlsonJill LegaultMike LeinoJill LeveneMorris/Louise LevyMaria LindbergNick/Jeannette LindgrenShirley LindgrenRolf/Layne LindquistGreg, Cathy/ Norta LindseyHelen LoingRandy LorenzNick LottMark/Sally LovigCatherine/ David LoweryRebekah LunnCarl MadsenThe Mahoney FamilyShirley/Bob MaierJohn Manthei/ Toni KaufmanKaren ManwillerJeff Marckel/ Angela Guentner

Kristine MaritzTim/Beth MarpeBonnie MarronMarge MartinMichael/Francine MartinMelissa MarverCaleb MattisonMartha MayoWendy McAllisterPam McBrideSherri/Jerry McCallsonTom McCann/Nancy HaarmeyerSarah McCarthyLorna McCollumJohn/Susan McCormickJim McDermott/Ann Corley McDermottAndrew McFateBob McLeanHeather McLeod/ Arno KalbusKaren/Kevin McMenimenLayken MelnikBrenda MenierCharlie MeyerJoe MicalletJim MielkeBrad Lundquist/ Kim MielkeChad MillerMary MillerMichael/Marilyn MillerHarris MillsYvonne MillsEd MinnemaHeather/Ed MishefskeWendy MitosinkaPamela/Bill MittlefehldtAndrea/Tom MoffattPeter/Rosalise MolendaDonna MontyKaren MoonTed Moores/ Janny PadelfordDeborah Morse-KahnKurt/Mary MuellerJeff Mullinix

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Up to $99 (cont’d...)

Kelly MunsonMax MusicantKris MustoCindy MuusThomas MyersSara/Rick NaglerCathy NelsonChris/Nicki NelsonMatt NesheimBrenda/Greg NetheryTsavo Newcomb-RekemeyerBruce NicholasJane NorbinKaren/Leonard NordstromMichael A NordstromKyle NormanAnne NorrisMary/Hugh NorstedMelinda NovakCarmela Nyemetz/ Paul DanicicAran O’BrienRaymond O’BryanSarah O’ConnorBob O’HaraPaul ObrestadJon/Mary OfjordGary OlsonMark OlsonSue OlsonWill/Nan OnkkaKaren OrrSteve/Penny OrtmannScott/Christine OsternJennifer OttoJoel/Kim OwenChristie OyenJoe PageBev PalmquistPaula/Wayson ParkerTom/Jane ParkerReuben Parker/ Dawn EinwalterCheryl PaschkeMark PaulsonPat PearmanDaniel Pederson

Burton PennerKay/Jerry PetersMichael Petersen/ Natalie StromingBob PetersonMarti PhillipsMatthew PierleDon PietrickSandi Pillsbury-GredzensMark PintherRita Plourde/ Jim HolmenJanice Poehlman/ Jan BandewigSusan Polege/Greg HeideJulia Postigo-RombolaMarina PovlitzkiMark PrazakJacalyn PrenticeBenjamin/Brooke PriesLynn Quenemoen/ Wendy SchwartzDavid Quick/ Helen MuthCameron/ Shannon QuieThe Rafferty FamilyAbu RajibStephanie RasleyAlissa RathCharles Ray/ Julie BucklesRonald RaymondLouise/Dave ReavisGregory ReebSusan J. ReiberJohn ReilingVirginia ReinerMartha Reis-RichterSarah RellerThe Reynolds/ Sanders FamilyKathleen RichardsJeff/Roxanne RickCorrina Lynn RickeMuriel RipleyTom/Andrea RobbinsGerald Roberts

Don RobertsonAngela RobinsCarol RobinsJosh RobinsonSherri/Keith RobisonClark RocheleauKeith RodliA Room of One’s OwnAnn/Wayne RussAnne/Scott RykkenLila SallsSteve/Nancy SandeSonja SaundersChris/Cathy SchellingerGrainger SchererKathryn SchessoCecilia SchillerDawn SchillingJeanne SchlehAudrey SchmittRoseann Schoenherr Jennifer SchoessowPeter ScholtzWilliam SchreifelsTodd/Nancy SchwartzJoan SemmerRandy SharpAndrew ShayRich Sill/Terry HampBob SimonsonSharlene SivertsonDoris Sivertson/ Bruce EskolaWendy SjoblomGrant SkinnerCathy SlettenGary SmithJan SmithDavid Smith/JuEllen HzugoJane Snell CopesPaul Snyder/ Robert PayneMiriam SommernessPeter SorensenKathi SpaethKaren SprinkleTom StaffordMary/Bernard Stanke

Other gifts and in-kind donations

Anonymous1010 Interiors, Inc.Sue/Dale AmondsonDoug/Katie AndersonJodene AndersonMary/John AndersonChel AndersonWayne/Philis AndersonDoug/Theresa AndrusAngry Trout CafeArt House Bed & Breakfast

Aspen Lodge/Grand Marais Hotel CompanyMark BartellBear Track Outfitting/ Bally Creek CabinsBeaver HouseAndrew BeaversBuck BensonBest Western Superior Inn & SuitesBeth’s Fudge & Gifts

Big Water Coffee RoastersBirchbark Books & GiftsBrad BjorklundThe Blue MooseBlue Water CaféBluefin Bay ResortBoat ArtBoundary Country TrekkingJeanne BourquinBetsy Bowen

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Up to $99 (cont’d...)Alissa StarkRuby/Jim StarrDaniel SterlingJeff StoccoSarah/Clint StockAnn/Paul StodolaJarrod/April StonedahlErin Strauss/ Liesl ChatmanGlenn StridElli Sundholm/ Wilmer MillerDick/Bonnie SwansonDale/Yvonne SwensonDeb/Daniel Swenson-KlattErin Swenson-KlattMary Jo SynnottMarc/Kaye TavernierKarl, Suzanne/ Paul ThielmannJohn/Pat ThomasJeff/Robin ThomfordBob/Bonnie ThomsenChris Thorson/ Lara EtnierJim Tidwell/ Susan WolffTerry/Julene TimmKaren/Michael TiptonJerry TjellePeggy/Jim TolbertDennis/Connie TooleyMargit/Roald TormondsenSuzanna/Paul Trapp

Jane TruhlarMercedes Tuma-HansenMike Valeito/ Alycia BrunTom Van Cleve/ Bruce StahlyJudith Van DyneTwyla VanderWeerdtAmy VanNockerSam Vevang/ Katie FrerkerThe Vierthaler HouseholdPhilip Martin/ Maggie Vogel-MartinThe Volante FamilyClaire VonHoltumKathleen WackerJim/Sandy WaletzkoBob WalkerTom WallKu Wang/Mary BahrJon WashingtonBob/Linda WatsonKate WatsonJonathan/Billie WaughJane WeberKathy Weber/ Larry PaulsonLou Ann/ Joseph WeflenTed/Eileen WeinbergDenise/Lloyd WellsJoan WellsCindy Welter

Roberta WeltzinJohn WestbrookTheresa WestineJack/Kate WeyrensBill WhiteVennie WhiteJan/Paul WicklundCurt WilburLaura WilburSharon/Katie WildenauerTroy Wilhelmson/ Mary Beth ZornRon/Del Rae WilliamsDyke/Katie WilliamsDanielle WilliamsonJohn/Barbara WilliamsonAidan/Neal WilsonAllen/Lindy WilsonSharon WilsonJeff WiltLloyd WithersDavid WolfOdia Wood-KruegerNathan WoodfordKen WordeDavid/Diane WrightJohn/Margita WytanisJoseph Yao-KotayMark YeazelSusan YonkovichWilliam YoumansKeely Young-DixonCraig Zoellner

Crown Trout JewelersBuck’s Hardware HankBenjamin ByronCaribou Highlands LodgeMike CarlsonCascade LodgeCascade Vacation RentalsJim ClasenCobblestone Cove VillasComo Oil & PropaneCook County News HeraldCook County Whole Foods Co-opCook County YMCACrooked SpoonCrow River GuitarStephen DelahuntTom DenglerEmily DerkeDockside Fish MarketKirk DornfeldPam DorrisDrury Lane BooksKelly DupreEagle Ridge ResortEast Bay SuitesEdwin E. Thoreson, IncElla’s InnDick/Nancy EnstadJane FlueckigerFox Chapel PublishingSharon/Steve FrykmanFulton BrewingTina Fung HolderMike GarityMark/Mary GlasnappSusan GoodellNew Scenic CaféGrand Marais Art ColonyGrand Marais PharmacyGrand Marais PlayhouseGrand Marais Wellness CenterGrandma’s Saloon & Grill

Gunflint Hills Golf CourseGunflint LodgeGunflint MercantileGlen/Donna HambletonNorth Shore Exp KayakingWendy/Mark HansenHarbor House GrilleJan HealyHeavy Duty SewingBig River Timber WorksHedstrom Lumber CompanyHeil Truck BrokerageTom HeilleWayne HenscheHiebert Nursery/ Flower Power GardensAllen Holzhueter/ Kate HartmanHughie’s Taco HouseHungry Jack LodgeBill/Mary Lou HuronThe Inn at Terrace PointPeter JansenMark JohnsonMaggie Jones/ Bruce NowlinJoynes Ben FranklinKah-Nee-Tah Gallery & CottagesJulie KeanLayne KennedyDiane KlinefelterKimberly KnappJeanne KoglCandace LaCosseJon Weber/ Jean Laing-WeberLake Superior Trading PostLast Chance Studio & GalleryJeff LatzGeorge Lokken/ Puukko CutleryHoward/ Mary Lou LoomisLoon Lake Lodge

Lutsen 99er/ Life Time CycleLutsen MountainsLutsen Mountains/ Papa Charlie’s RestaurantLutsen ResortMacArthur House Bed & BreakfastPaul/Barbara MacGregorJohn/Susan McCormickRobert McPhersonDerek/Carrie MelbyMidwest WoodworkersMountain Stage Radio ShowMountain InnMy Sister’s PlaceNaniboujou LodgeNorma NelsonNor’Wester Lodge & OutfittersChris NormanNorth Shore Music AssociationNorthern Wilds Media, IncKaren O’ShaunessyNorsk Wood WorksOpel’s CabinsCraig/Dianne PetersonThe Pie Place/ Harbor InnLou/Inger PignoletPoints UnknownBill/Janet PowellMark PrazakPro Print, IncHarley/Norma RefsalJanis/Dan ReuterKathy RiceKaren RognsvoogWayne/Ann RussJim SannerudSawbill OutfittersScent From NatureMike SchelmeskeSusan SchererMary Schliep

Other gifts and in-kind donations (cont’d...)

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Larry SchmittCatherine/ John SchoenherrSea Glass Fine ArtNeil ShermanShoreline InnSivertson Art GalleryMary Kaye Smith SnellDavid Smith/ JuEllen HzugoSolbakken ResortTom StokelyStone Harbor Wilderness SupplyStudio North Graphics

Superior National Golf CourseSurfside on SuperiorSven & Ole’s PizzaSydney’s Frozen CustardTall Tale Yarn ShopThomsonite Beach InnTimberwolves Fastbreak FoundationTrout Lake ResortTuscarora LodgeJon Vezner/ Kathy MatteaVienna VolanteWaters Edge Trading Company

Susan Weber/ Steve CohenCyd WeilandTed/Eileen WeinbergRob WellsGeorge WilkesWindigo ResortWorld’s Best DonutsJeanne WrightWTIP Community RadioPat ZankmanCraig Zoellner

Gifts in memory of late North House instructor Kristi Downing toward the Kristi Downing Memorial Fund

Memorials

Lawrence/ Ann Downing

Sally Fisher Ron/Sally Glogg

Other memorial/honorary giftsKaren Johnson in memory of Kenneth PetersonJanice/Gary Latz in memory of Betty LatzKaren Sprinkle in memory of Ken VeznerJulianne Thomas in memory of William (Bill) ThomasKatie Bovee in honor of Ann M FrischTom Danielson in honor of Steve Ortmann

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Gifts in memory of Donna Anderson toward the Kristi Downing Memorial FundBrooks AndersonCraig/Nancy AndersonOz/Jean AndersonFrederic Anderson/ Christine LapaughDarold BeekmanBonita BensonDavid/Carol BergAdele Bergstrom/ Jeffrey LightPatricia/Clyde BurmeisterJoan/Pat BuschLisa CarlsonRev. Michael/ Marilyn CarlsonJosephine ChervenakSharon Clauson

Eric DeclouetRobert/Sally DowneyLawrence/ Ann DowningSally DunningtonJane/Richard GerberRon/Sally GloggGordon/ Esther GrimmSue HagenMarjorie HaugeRev. Arne/ Meryl JessenRebecca KoscikCatherine MadisonDouglas Malchow/ Joyce Battcher-Malchow

Kevin Marshall/ Jane EliasJohn/Janice MartinsonMiriam McCrearyMelanie/Scott McRaeMarilyn/Matthew NielsenLou/Inger PignoletSteven/Nancy PohlmanCurtis/Ann RottoCatherine/John SchoenherrHeather/Lee SimsoBrian Westrich/Susan McCreary WestrichGudrun/Geoffrey Witrak

Board of directorsPresident Mary Boyle AndersonVice President Nancy BurnsTreasurer Rob IlstrupSecretary Buck BensonMembers at Large John Bergstrom / Jodi Belluz / Jon Farchmin Andrew Houlton / Layne Kennedy / Jana Larson Todd Mestad / Dave Morris / Mary Morrison Kathy Rice / Jim Sannerud / John Schoenherr Steve Surbaugh

StaffExecutive Director Greg Wright Program Director Jessa FrostOffice Manager Kay Costello Store/Intern Manager Andrew Beavers Facility Manager Russ Viton Communications Manager Kate Watson Development Manager Kaitlyn Bohlin Program Coordinator Matt Nesheim Office Assistants Kathleen Viton / Cindy Hansen / Janet DitmansonProgram Interns 2015 Martha Brummitt / Ben Byron / Caleb Mattison / Erin Swenson-Klatt

Foundations & funders

Unplugged Saturday night performers

Jon VeznerTom Paxton

Don HenryAlice Peacock

Matching gifts

Blue Heron FundCook County Community Fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community FoundationDavid & Sue Hildebrand Gift Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable FoundationFenner FoundationFlora Family FoundationInFaith Community FoundationIron Range Resources and Rehabilitation BoardLloyd K Johnson Foundation

McKnight FoundationMinnesota State Arts BoardPeter and Carol Harris Family Fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community FoundationPublic Welfare FoundationThe J. Anderson Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable FoundationWindrose Fund of RSF Social Finance

The 3M FoundationAmeriprise Financial AdvisorBank of AmericaBemis Company FoundationChevronDisciplined Growth Investors

General Mills FoundationIBM CorporationRBC Capital Markets, LLCStanley Black & DeckerState Farm Companies

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Check out this seldom-seen view of the Red Building from above! The lofts on the North and South ends of the building are used for equipment storage, and this year the space got an upgrade. An electric lift allows movement of equipment like power lathes, and gone are the tippy stepladders–now a permanent staircase and catwalk provide easy access. A step forward indeed!

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