Match exceeded!
Many thanks to Susan Lordi Marker and Dennis Marker for their generous $25,000 match gift in 2024, and to all the donors listed below who collectively donated $28,685.55. Thanks to these gifts, donors have created a special prairie acquisition fund this year totalling $53,685.55, surpassing our $50,000 goal.
Of Missouri’s original 15 million acres of prairie, fewer than 45,000 acres remain, with this number dwindling due to land conversion pressure and other threats. For this reason, in recent years the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF) has accelerated its land acquisition program, to save as much old-growth, unplowed prairie while it still exists.
Throughout its history, MPF has been able to acquire original, unplowed prairie thanks to land donations, grants, and generous financial gifts from members and other supporters. Continuously building funds restricted to land acquisition positions MPF to act quickly when prairie remnants become available for sale.
MPF is very grateful to all who participated in this summer’s special fundraising campaign. Thank you!
Kathleen and Harold Anderson
Carol and Ann-Nicole Bachhuber
Sharon Bachmann
Linda and Bob Ballard
Harley Scheidegger and Anita Berwanger
Marilyn and Dennis Bettenhausen
Alice Bloch
Dennis Bozzay
Steven Buback
Cheryl and Guy Burgess
Charles Carey
Rhonda and Marty Clark
Jon Deuchler
Susan Dyer
Rebecca Ederer
Judy and Vernon Elsberry
Kathy Fayant
Joann and Mike Fricke
Linda Gibson
Cathleen and Robert Hansen
Janna Haston
Neil Heimsoth
Steven Hollenbeck
Emily and Paul Horner
Larry and Joan Hummel
Heather Hunger
Mike Johns
Jay Kelly
Holly Kinser
Bryce Knight
Susan Lantz
Judith and Glenn Longworth
Marge Lumpe
Rose Magaw
Susan Lordi Marker and Dennis Marker
Rebecca Weis Mayer and Franz Mayer
Barb and Bob McFarland
Veronica Mecko
Jeanne Ortega
Orbie R. Overly
Margo Farnsworth and Jim Pascoe
Mike Rieger
Cathy Rinehart
Marc Romine
Laura Ross
Brooke Roy
Robert Ruck
Susan Sauer
Anita Berwanger and Harley Scheidegger
Ken and Mary Schoenholz
Arlene Segal
Shelley Shipley
Mary and Michael Skinner
Kathy Smith
Karen and Chuck Spradlin
Richard & Nelda Steel
Bev Sturgis
Dan Summers
Rheba Symeonoglou
Ted Tarkow
Kamia Taylor
Christopher Tracy
Chelsea and Philip Wire