The board and staff would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those supporters who have shared their time and talents in the past year. Special thanks go to:

• Holly Miller, for architectural guidance and drawings for pavilion renovations
• David Outerbridge, for year-round maintenance of the buildings and land
• Joe Rigali, for coordinating the collection of stories about Gaining Ground’s history
• Elaine Labreque, for captaining the record-breaking fundraising team for Three Squares Bike Ride
• James Curran and Yolanda Rigali, for donating firewood to fuel our maple-sugaring program
• National Charity League, for providing volunteers for the spring and fall appeals and the Community Harvest Celebration
• Read for Seeds Participating Schools—Thoreau Elementary School, The Fenn School, Belmont Country Day, and Nashoba Brooks School, for raising $11,000 for the purchase of seeds
• Middlesex School, for supporting us through its Empty Bowls program
• Debra’s Natural Gourmet, for donating 5% of sales on Give Back Day
• Mary McCauley and Tom Warner, for supporting us through Hats, Horses, and Hunger Relief
• Nashoba Brooks School, for packaging our dried beans as soup ingredients for our recipients
• Concord Recreation Department, for hosting our Food for Families Thanksgiving distribution
• David and Elisabeth Elden, for upgrades to barn bathroom for ADA compliance
• Scott Kirker, for IT support to improve our harvest tracking process