Thank You to All of Our Supporters
The board and staff would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who gave generously and shared their time and talents with Gaining Ground last season. Special thanks go to:
Belmont Day School, Thoreau Elementary School, Tenacre Country Day School, and all of the individual students who participated in our 2020 virtual Read for Seeds campaign, raising more than $5,000 toward our annual seed budget.
David Outerbridge, Joe Rigali, and Whit Painter for maintenance of the buildings and land.
Jennifer Saxe, Joanna LaPlaca, and the Concord and Wellesley chapters of the National Charity League, for coordinating volunteers to help with our produce deliveries, flower arranging, and produce bagging in 2020.
Noah Solomon and Whole Foods Bedford for donating 3,600 paper bags and other packaging supplies for our 2020 produce distributions.
Marianne Nelson and the Concord Housing Authority for hosting our Food for Families produce distribution at Everett Gardens.
Bonny Wilbur, Lauren Barretta, and Angela Smith for their partnership and assistance with the Food for Families program.
Brendan Matthews and the Barn Raisers of East Haddam, Connecticut, for constructing and raising our new volunteer pavilion, and Dan Gainsboro for his extensive help with the design and permitting process.
David Salomón Saléh for his careful tending of the farm’s bee colonies and honey.
Denali Delmar and Benjamin Cacace for donating firewood to fuel our maple sugaring program.
Martha Hamilton and the Watertown Food Pantry for donating banana boxes for our produce distribution.
Tara Johnson, Paige Reidy and Wilbur Moffitt for their help with green bean harvests.
Gregg Lanciani and Concord Lumber for donating materials for our April 2021 poetry installation on the farm.
Numerous community members who volunteered their time and vehicles to transport boxes of produce to our hunger relief partners during the pandemic. In particular: Jennifer Lin, Allison Aley, Shilpi Desai, Sarah Gates and Chris Feist, Mary Anne and Anna Jasinski, Leslie DiCola, Peter Watson, Amanda Nash, Susan Chormann and Richard Fishman, Joe Bailey, Shirley and Dennis Smith, Clio Gates, Kathleen Reidy, Ginny Churchill, Pamela Beckett, Eunice Groark, Hans Heilman, Polly Vanasse, and Pam Goar.
We are deeply grateful to the following individuals and organizations who generously contributed financial support to Gaining Ground during the past year. Our sincerest thanks!
2020 Individual Supporters:
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Jeff and Andrea Adams
Judith Adams
Burt Adelman and Lydia Rogers
Karen Ahearn
Abrar Ahmad
Joanna Alexander
Allison and Tom Aley
Holly Ameden
Ehry Jane Anderson
Kenneth Anderson and Lynda Anderson
Lois Anderson
Ray Andrews
Kathy Angell and Dutch Leonard
Michael Ansara and Barney Arnold
Jill Appel and Marc Silver
Dylan Armajani and Stephanie Sguigna
Carrie Armsby
Steve Atlas and Robin Wilkerson
Penny and Christopher Austen
Louise Axon
Ann and Tom Bailey
Robert Brack and Janet Bailey
Nayiri Baljian and James Bell
Patience Banister
William and Susanna Barton
Vickie Batka
Ted Bayne and Lea Delacour
John and Molly Beard
Susanna E. Bedell
Rob Beede
Brad Bennett and Barbara Schwartz
Ray and Janet Benvenuti
Jack Bergstein
Lisa Berland
Adrianna Bertucci
Walter W. Birge III and Susan Birge
Enid Boasberg
Morene Bodner and David Carlisle
Tomas Bok
Colette Bouloumie
Marilyn and John Brady
Heinke and Samuel Brendler
Gail Breslow
Richard and Margaret Briggs, Jr.
Kathie Brobeck
Andrew Brockway
Bonnie Brooks
Dianne and Bob Brooks
Hillary S. Brown
Elise Browne
Sarah and Thomas Brukilacchio
Patty Bruttomesso
Malcolm and Beverley Bryant
Bryn Buck
Kim and Dennis Burns
Jeremy Butler
John and Jane Butler
Catherine Cagle
Jeanine Calabria
Caroline Calhoun
Peter and Pam Callahan
John and Debra Canally
Amy Capman and Mian Bashir
Matthew and Amy Capofreddi
Peter and Janice Capofreddi
Casey Carlson and William Stone
Eugenia Carris and John Livingston
Karin Chamberlain
Lai Chan and Warren Moberly
Sudeep and Vijaya Chandra
Leslie Charm and Karen Belinky
Meredith Chicklis
Elizabeth Chisholm
Nicholas and Erika Christakis
Gerald Cianciolo and Kathleen Brennan
Deborah and Hilary Clark
Gloria and Chuck Clough
Anne Cochran
Ben Cohen
Mark and Theresa Cohen
Russ Cohen
Deb Colgan
Christa and Jeffrey Collins
Donald and Carol Collins
George and Ann Colony
Robert Comer and Inge Knudson
Kristin and George Conant
Alston Conley
John Conley and Elizabeth Awalt
Craig Cook
Joe and Lori Cooney
Matthew Corley
Lisa Corrin
Christina Cosman
Felice and Leland Cott
Robert Coughlin
Holly and John Cratsley
Judy Cromwell
Dean and Deborah Croucher
James Curran and Yolanda Rigali
Laurie Curran
Michael and Aiyana Currie
Jennifer Cutie
Denise Daigle
Heather Daley
Patricia Daley
Laura and Jim Davidian
M.E. Davis, Jr. and Jacqueline Davis
Raphael De Lima
Paula DeAngelis
Daniel and Julia Del Sobral
Hilary Detmold
Chip and Debbie Dewing
Elaine DiCicco
Dan and Sharon Dillon
Cathy Dittemore
Rhonda Donaghue
Pennie and Dick Driscoll
Murray and Goldie Dropkin
Darcy Duke and Ryan Evans
Chuck and Donna Dutton
Alexander and Jean Easterday
Sally Edwards and Sally Thompson
Elisabeth Elden
Julie and Jonathan Elmhurst
David Ely
Luise Erdmann
Tom and Vicki Evarts
Richard Fahlander and Kathy Allen
Ravi Faiia
Kelly and John Fantegrossi
Charles and Katherine Feininger
Frank Feist and Sarah Gates
Lauri Fennell
Nick Ferbert
John and Joan Ferguson
Lisa Ferolito
Matthew and Judith Fichtenbaum
Marjie Findlay and Geoff Freeman
Kenneth and Shukti Fischl
Stona and Ann Fitch
Timothy Fitzsimons
Barbara Flight
Burton and Jennifer Flint
Carrie Flood
Bob and Sheila Flory
Judith Laurie Foster and Edward Goggin
Piper Fowler Sheer
Debra Ellen Fox
Gerry Frank
Laurence and Helen Frey
Christopher and Melissa Frost
Dr. Nina Frusztajer
Catherine Fuller
Catherine Fullerton
Mary and Gleason Gallagher
Sophia Garmey
Mark and Ellie Garvey
Chris Gates
Gordon Gates
Jennifer and John Gates
Kristine Geils and William Knuff
Curtis and Natalie Gekle
Robert Gewecke
Cyrus and Joanne Gibson
Janet Gibson
Karen Gibson
Pete and Cathi Gilmore
Christopher Gittins
Meredith Glassman and Mark Mattaliano
Laurie and Terry Gleason
Pam and Dudley Goar
David Godolphin and Jill Sandeen
Rebecca Godwin
Susan Goehring
Brian Goldberg
Neil and Andrea Goldberg
Scott Goldberg
Andrew and Pat Goldstein
Rachel and Murray Goldstone
Allison and Eliot Goodwin
Betsy and Bart Goodwin
Shuba Gopal and Sridhar Sadasivan
Doug and Carolyn Gouchoe
Virginia and Brian Gourlie
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Grace
John Graham and Kerry Munro
Susan and Paul Graseck
Kerin Deedy Green and Charles Green
Matthew and Shelley Growney
Priscilla and Patrick Guiney
Angela Gusso
Terry and Judy Hadley
Elizabeth and Henry Haff
Susan Halby
Charleen Hamilton
Kathleen and Charles Hamilton
Martha Hamilton
Muha Hamza
Vaughn and Heidi Harring
Janet and William Harrington
Romola Harrington
Georgianna and Andrew Harris
Jennifer and Chris Hart
Liz Harvey
Emily Haslett
Thomas and Emily Haslett
James Hawks III and Shelley Hawks
Anne Hayden and Ivan Burns
John and Barbara Hebert
Mary Hegarty
Hans Heilman
Connie and Barry Hershey
Nancy Heselton and Jeff Clements
Rebecca Hicks
Sarah Hindle
Cheryl Hirshman
Roland and Sarah Hoch
Mary Hocken
Dirk and Venny Hoekstra
Dustin Hoekstra
David Holdorf and Kathy Dwyer
Geoff and Katherine Hollywood
Holiday and Philip Houck
Mark Houghton
Margaret Howard
Emma Howe
Vivian Howell
Barbara Howland
Andrea and Brad Hubbard-Nelson
Hans Huber
Steven Huberman and Giovanna Dinicola
Anna Huckabee Tull
Jessica Huddy
Susan Hunt
Jean Husson
Bradley and Catharine Irwin
Mike and Dorothy Jacobs
Mark and Deborah Jennings
P.J. and Sue Jewell
Arnold Johnson
Doug and Jennifer Johnson
Eric and Kathleen Johnson
Rick and Louise Johnson
Stuart and Catherine Johnstone
George and Mary-Beth Jones
Yumi Jones
Matt Judge
Robert Kamen and Trudi Veldman
Michael Karam
Neal and Vicky Kass
Cynthia Katz and Dan Stapleton
David and Harriet Kaufman
Kristi Kienholz
Beverly and Peter Kelley
Kathleen Kelly
Steven Kelman and Shelley Metzenbaum
Andrew and Emilie Kendall
Jonathan Keyes
Scott Kirker and Rachel Krol
David Klein
Michael Klinger
Buzz and Joan Knight
Lauren and David Kopans
Diana Korzenik
Andrea Kozol
Robert and Rachel Kramer
Jodie Krisiak
Karl and Sarah Kussin
Ronald and Carolyn Kwon
Elaine Labreque
Caroline and John Langan
Lou and Rajani Larocca
Sandra LaSerte
Fred LaTorre
Linda and Mark Lauritano
David and Elizabeth Lawson
Maurice Leavitt
Katherine Lee
Rosemarie Lee
Bill and Alice Lehmann
Judith Lennox
David Levin
Alec Lewis
Andrew and Margaret Lewis
Ellen Lidington
Kurt and Treacy Liebich
Jane Lifton
Ross Lilley
Jennifer Lin
Steve and Sherry Litwack
Ken Lizotte
Christine Lojko
Trevor Lorden and Allison Wang
Jay and Carolynn Luby
Christine Lundblad
Betty Lutz
Talbot and Catherine Mack
Robert and Julie MacLean
Karen and Robert Maguire
Caroline and Christopher Mahoney
Patricia and Peter Mahoney
Philip and Linda Malone
John and Cheryl Mandler
Michelle Mankins
Judy and Ken Marriner
Lawrence Masland and Pamela Talbot
David and Angela Matthews
Meighan Matthews
Roger Mayer
Mike Mayo and Tina Feingold
John McCarthy and Eleanor Brox
Karen McCarthy and Eric-Jan Schmidt
James and Caroline McCloy
Robert and Kathleen McCoy
Michael McCreary
Peggy McFarland
Tom and Janice McFarland
Paul McGinn
Gregor and Sharon McGregor
Patrick McHale
Lauren McKown
Koreen McQuilton
Barbara Melnick
Zamir Merchant
Kathleen Messenbaugh
Donna Meyer
Mark and Sue Mildrum
Janet Miller
Laura Mills and Thomas Sablak
Robert and Sarah Mitchell, Jr.
Jennifer and Kerry Moffitt
Karen and Carmen Monks
Kristin and Eric Moore
Kate Moran
Dennis Morgan
Olga Morozova
Robert Morris and Kathy Hughes-Morris
Robert and Elizabeth Morrison
Henry and Emily Moss
John Muresianu and Patti Satterthwaite
Barbara Nash and Patrick Flynn
Martha Neault
Judy Neilson
Gretchen Nelson
Rachel Neuwirth
Roanne Neuwirth
Stephen and Jennifer Newbold
Jeff and Sarah Newton
Daniel Niven and Dana Lissy
Maria Nolen
Amy and L. Bouke Noordzij
Maarten and Tinie Noordzij
Karen O’Brien
Kathleen O’Hara
Judie and Peter Ochsner
Susan Oman and Michael Decker
Maria Ong
Christopher Osgood
Lee and Bruce Osterling
David Outerbridge
Chris and Deedo Painter
Whitfield and Linda Painter
Liz Paley
Hannah Parker
Julia Parker
John and Aindrea Pattisall
Matthew and Tobey Pearl
Meridith and Daniel Peirce
Amanda and Jeff Peppercorn
Bill Perkins and Karen Bechtel Perkins
Judith Perkins
Jenifer Perry
Ashley Perssico
John and Marie-Louise Petrie
Charles and Evin Phillips
Bill and Jo Poirier
Faye Poon
Christopher and Patricia Popov
Doug and Jo Powell
Cassandra Price
Ellen Raja
Scott Randall
Ed Ranson
Robert and Marcia Rasmussen
Frederick Weiss and Margaret Read Weiss
Barbara Reed
Stephanie and James Reid
Conan and Kathleen Reidy
Carmen Reiss and Eric Green
Dianne Reynolds
Kathy Rice
Kevin and Carol Richards
Joseph Rigali and Tracy Winn
A Gregory Rocco
Timothy and Sally Rodgers
Ted and Gloria Roe
Sig Roos and Ruth Rohde
Allen Rork
Brian and Lucy Rosborough
Norman and Marjorie Rosenbaum
Michael and Naomi Rosenfeld
Isabelle Rosso
Deborah Rosson
Kathryn and Terry Rothermel
Janet Rothrock and David Lebling
Ethan and Francine Royce
Wade Rubinstein and Jill Block
Kristy Rudel
William and Holly Russell
John Ryan
Louis and Holly Salemy
Patricia Sampson-Weiler and John Weiler
Anderson Santos
Barbara Santosuosso
Kristin Sardina
Bill and Toni Sawyer
Michael Schelzi
Paul and Jessica Schendel
Stephen and Marcia Schloss
Nicholas Schmid and Beverly Halliday
Tina and Paul Schmid
Michael and Sally Schnitzer
Brian Schoenherr
Daniella Schutzengel
Sunny Schwartz
Ali Scott
Beverly Scott
Ms. Jo Seibel
Scott and Shelley Seidman
Judy Severson
Douglas and Ann Sharpe
Daniel Sheff
Ken Shenkman
Glen Sherman
Carolyn and Dick Shohet
Alan and Susan Silberberg
Adam and Amy Simon
Karl Sims
Tom and Edie Sisson
Angela Smith
Jas Smith
Richard Somers
Barbara Sommers
Edward Sonn
Eugene Sonn and Jessica Walcott
Lisa Soo Hoo
Richard Speer and Anne Zeidler Speer
Wade and Tina Spurlin
Mary and Wade Staniar
Eric and Carolyn Stein
John Stevens and Virginia McIntyre
David and Jennifer Stine
Liz Stoll
Jessica Straus and David Berson
Yumi Suarez
Leli Sudler and Walter Littell
Vyshnavi Suntharalingam
Mark and Dominique Sutherland
Philip and Roseanne Swain
Anandh Swaminathan
D. Lisle and Amy Swanson
J. Frederic and Pamela Sway
Linda and John Sweeney
Stephen Swidrak
Jon and Suzy Symons
Peter Grey
James Tabner, Esq
Elizabeth Tappan-deFrees
Paul Tatelman
Kenneth and Wendy Taubes
Jim and Judy Terry
Val and Harvey Thayer
Robin and Bina Thompson
Jeanne Tiedemann
Stephanie Tilton
Gail and Jerry Tobin
Steve Tobin and Nancy Hartle
Michael Tunnicliffe
Kathi Turner
Jennifer and Marc Ubaldino
Bill and Anne Umphrey
Janet and Henry Vaillant
Polly and Jerry Vanasse
Philip and Mary-Wren vanderWilden
Lisa Vernegaard
Dolores Vetter
Harold and Emily Vetter
Ruth Vetter
Gary Vilchick
Amy and Pierre Villeneuve
Kristen Wainwright
Susan Walsh
Sarah and Eric Ward
Peter and Fan Watkinson
Will Watkinson
Robert Webber
Charlotte Weigel and Chris Braun
Sherry Weiland
James Weiss
Lee Welch and David Brown
Virginia Welles
Matt and Jennie Werner
Dianne Wheeler
Lisanne Wheeler and Fred Weaver
Leah and Ian Whitehead
Verena Wieloch
Louisa Wilking
Suzanne Williams
William and Sally Williams
Tyler Williscroft
Lissa and Carter Winstanley
Leslie Wittman
Robert Wolcik
Russell Wolf and Martha Gilpatrick
Susan Wolf-Schwart
John and Beverly Woodward
Gary and Marlys Wulfsberg
Jennifer Wynn
Christopher and Debra Wysopal
Jennifer Yanco
Stanley Yarbro
Aspen and Zach Yordy
Jeff Young
Thomas Young
Michael and Roxanne Zak
2020 Organizational Supporters:
AbbVie Pharmaceutical Research
Adobe Foundation
Amazonsmile
American Family Insurance
Cabot Family Charitable Trust
Citizen’s Charitable Foundation
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts
Concord Academy
Concord Free Public Library
Concord-Carlisle Community Chest
Cummings Foundation
Faith and William Pautler Family Foundation
Foundation for MetroWest
Friends of the Concord Free Public Library
Greater Lowell Community Foundation
Green Leaf Foundation
Hannaford of Chelmsford, MA
Hannaford Bags 4 My Cause Program
Horne Family Charitable Foundation Inc.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
John Snow Inc.
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.
Lydia B. Stokes Foundation
M and T Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maynard Community Chest
Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation
Moran Family Charitable Foundation
Nash Family Foundation
National Life Group Charitable Foundation, Inc.
National Philanthropic Trust
Nellie Leaman Taft Charitable
NetScout
Norian/Siani Engineering, Inc.
NorthBridge Insurance Agency
Patagonia
Pledgeling Foundation
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Schwab Charitable Fund
Seeds & Weeds Garden Club of Concord
Sharpe Family Foundation
Stop & Shop Community Bag Program
Strem Chemicals, Inc.
TD Bank Group
Temple Beth Elohim
The Boston Foundation
The Charles Engelhard Foundation
The Crawford Idema Family Foundation
The Doe Family Foundation
The Garden Club of Concord
The Gilson Family Foundation
The Kane Wallace Foundation
The Miramar Charitable Foundation
The Saab Family Foundation
The Sudbury Foundation
Three Squares New England, Inc
Town of Concord
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
United Way of Acton Boxborough Inc.
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Waters Corporation Workplace Giving Program
Winning Home Inc.
Zachary and Lindsey Gund Foundation