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Thank you to our donors:
*** If you have made a donation and your name does not appear here, and you would like it listed, please contact lona@giddyupforwishes.com ***
Gold - $10,000 +
Bearspaw Lions Club - Logistics
Cochrane Dodge - Use of truck
Trees Consulting Inc. - Use of truck
Bar T 5 Trailers - Use of horse trailer
Garmin- GPS & radios
Silver - $5,000 - $9,999
T.C.S. Family Services Ltd. - Website Design and Maintenance
Espanola Lions Club
Bronze - $1,000 - $4,999
Kurt Hafso - Art work
Women of the Wild West - Gala and Volunteers
Showcase Horse Products - Horse blankets, etc.
Fleming Insurance Ltd. - Insurance Coverage
Big Hill Vet - Vet services
Rafter 6 Ranch (Stan and Gloria), Kananaskis, Alberta
Prairie Saddlery (Pascal and Darren), Strahmore, Alberta
Charis Hubele & Scott Birchall
Big Hill West 4-H Club
Cogeco & North Bay Lions - Bingo
Jim & Sherry Knight
Cowboys/Cowgirls - $500 - $999
David Blouin Farrier Services
Ed and Rhonda Turco - Donation of Champagne (horse)
Bates Bar J Ranch - Loaning Rapper (horse) for the ride
Pascal DelGuercio - Loaning Sage (horse) for the ride
Kris & Karen Reinhardt - Loaning Sox (horse) for the ride
Bates Bar J Ranch Want to win a week at the ranch? Click here.
Horses R Cool Riding School Want to win a week at the riding school? Click here.
Capri Insurance 1-800-670-1877 - Insurance Coverage
Big Hill Veterinary Services, Cochrane, Alberta
Kathleen Kellough - Kopsikum Health Centre - Sunrider Health Products
Cori Vertz - Design of Brochure and Poster
Rob Blackwell Hay Farms - horse hay
Westlands Bookstore (George) - Cochrane, Alberta
Uniglass Plus Ziebart, Ottawa, Ontario (Peppi Paluzzi & George Pezoulas)
Black Creek Sporthorses Cliff and Katie Anderson, Wendy Paradis
Jim & Sherry Knight - food, fuel and propane on the road
Dave & Ann Mallory
Drain Brothers Construction Ltd.
Samoyed Management Ltd
Lazy H Trail Company Ltd.
Thessalon Lions Club
Blind River Lions Club Lottery
Giant Tiger Stores Ltd.
Wranglers - $300 - $499
Taurus Stitch & Design - Embroidery Digitizing
Lindsey Ecklund - Saddle Fitting
North Forty Feed and Supplies - Horse Supplements
Darren, Maryann, Michael and Kayla Preece
Angles Hair & Aesthetics - Dalhousie, Calgary, AB
Kelly and Dianne Kimmet
Carolyn and Brent Howard
Dean Epp
Chalk River & Area Lions Club
Wawa Lions Club
Cowpokes - $100 - $299
Terry Hagel - Legal Guidance
Trans Canada Trail - Maps
Canadian Tire - Cochrane, Alberta - Supplies
Tanglewood Tack - Lorelei Adlam and Rick Wharton
Ez and Kathy Palese (our first donation!)
Ken and Marg Scott
Scott Allen
Debbie Beynon
Healthy Hut, Cochrane, AB
Crosscreek Resources, Crossfield, AB
Arlene Hepburn
Scotiabank, Cochrane, Alberta
Larry & Betty Eby
Alicia Nauffts & Jason Wood
Joanne Barrick
Venanz to Linda D'Addario
Linda Ledbetime
Diane Hart
Russel & Margaret Hall
Barry Young, Norren Gleason-Young
Gloria Riva Burdett
V & O Lumber
Julie & Joe Pace
Mary Lou Mendyk
Lillejord Family
Warren Agricultural Society
Thoma Medema
St. Mary's School
Carl Brohart
Marlene Lippold (donated by Mary Beth Gibbons as Marlene found and returned Mary's wallet to her. Good deeds are noticed!)
Matthew (and Mary Beth) Gibbons
Jim's Portable Toilets and Septic Service
Bruce Mines & District Lions Club
Arthur Henderson Publis School
Iron Bridge Lions Club
Ryan & Christine Hagger
Blind River Public School
Northshore Horse Club
Whitefish District Lions Club
Claudette Dubblestyne
Warren Agricultural Society
Bonfield & District Lions Club
Mattawa Equestrian Club
Mattawa Lions Club Bingo
Barbara Lindberg
Mrs. Inex Anita Douglas/Mrs. Donna Boivin
Stewart & Carmen Chase
John & Therese Hassen
George Deruyte
Basswood Stables
Sunset Shores
Conrad Barry Hansen
White River Lions Club
Diane Bergen
Wayne & Diane Gallant
G.Fred Jacobs, Myrtle Jacobs
The Corporation of the Township of Papineau-Cameron
Connie Desjardins
Ignace Lions Club - Children
Outriders - $30 - 99
Mike Ross - donation of hay
Terri McGinnis
Charles Young
George & Audrey den Haan
Fred & Cathy Stutz
Ken Forrest
Elizabeth Smith
David Bowman
Tom Partello & Ruth Fraser
Denise Caulford
Lawrence Harris
Sharon Duhamel
Vicky Goertzen-cooke
Elizabeth Deakin Degroot
Roy & Pat Dingman
Ken & Mary McKenzie
Tim Parkinson
Nancy Waddell-Parks
Tom Stott
Louise Bidin
Dr. Olivia Stone
Irene Cianfarani
Karen Houston
Les Entrepreises Therese Inc.
Goldstream Jewellers Ltd.
Janine Racco
Jane Russett
Sherry Hope
Raymond Sims
Phil & Kathy Lemieux
Reg & Karen Garson
Jamie & Carol-Anne Robinson
St. Basil School
Melodie & Eric Thibeault
Kathleen & Charles Proulx
Ronald Lanthier
Laurie & Chris Wright
Jim Salo
Rosemary Hartley
Barbara Boesch
Sharman Howell
Harry Lasn
Barbra A.M. Nelson
Aaron Booth-This donation is in honour of Jill Meglio for Mother's Day. Happy trails!
Ignace Tavern & Taxi
Tower Hill Truck Stop
A big THANK YOU to the following people and organizations for their help along the way:
Family
Martha: "To my father, who always believed in me and knew I would see this through."
Ken Birkett - husband
Sarah Clark - daughter
Shauna Clark - daughter
Samantha Clark - daughter
Michelle Birkett - stepdaughter
Miles Birkett - stepson
Martha would like to thank her very dedicated Committee Members for their passion, timeless energy, positive outlook and undying commitment to this cause. Their support and strength will enable this project to be a success.
Organizing Committee
Martha Birkett
Pascal DelGuercio
Lona Louden
Ann Mallory
Andrew Arsenault - Mapping Technician
Tamille Beynon - Finance
Linda Critchley - Cochrane Fundraising
Marva Debow - Cochrane Fundraising
Elsje Happel - Cochrane Fundraising
Colleen Janssen-Hood - Sponsors, Media
Jennifer Kewley - Secretary
Jim Lauder - Logistics
Deb Miller - Logistics
Odette Ries Buntien - Cochrane Fundraising
Erika Stutz - Cochrane Fundraising
Deb Vandelaar - Cochrane Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who helped organize and run the Giddy Up for Wishes Gala; to everyone who donated items and to all of our guests who attended and participated in the fund raising events.
A HUGE thank you goes out to Del Borggard of the Bearspaw Lions Club for coordinating Lions Clubs across Canada for lodging and fundraising events.
Event and Lodging hosts
Regina, Saskatchewan - Bruce Bilingsbroke of the Therapeutic Riding Club
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Don and Kathleen Rudko
Thunder Bay, Ontario - Maureen and Clarence Downey of Thunder Bay Therapeutic Riding School
Heyden, Ontario - Yvette and Noel from High Rail Stables
Massey, Ontario - Nancy Parks-Waddell
Kemptville, Ontario - Cliff, Jayne and Katie Anderson - Black Creek Sporthorses
Virginia and Jeff Dawson
Ottawa Send Off - March 30, 2008 - The Algonquin College Student Team put together The World's Biggest Wish event which was a major launching point for Martha Birkett and Giddy Up For Wishes.
Antrim - Bernie Smith, Pinto Valley Ranch
Renfrew - Ken and Pat Forrest, Alder Creek Farm
Pembroke - Louise Johnson
Chalk River - Chalk River Lions and Tracy, Tristan and Tannis of Shamrock Stables
Mackey - Bill Donnelly
Mattawa - Bob & Diane Corriveau, Freedom Acres Far
Bonfield - Bruce & Marlene Tilson, Tall Trees Curlys farm
Sturgeon Falls - Chuck Lochton
Warren - Dr. Olivia Stone
Wahnipatae - Kathy Pomerlau
Wanup - Anne Salter and Dave Dorland
Massey - Nancy Parks-Waddell
Spanish - Diane Kearsey and Vance's Motor Inn
Algoma Mills - Ken Hurtubise and Mary MacKenzie
Thessalon - Basswood Stables, Paul & Lisa Nicholson
Heydon - Phil & Kathy Lemieux
Batchawana Bay - Frank & Gayle - Voyageur Lodge and Gerald & Jean, Sunset Shores
Montreal River - Mad Moose Lodge - Dale
Wawa -
White River -
This project wouldn't roll down the road without GUFW's 'driving force' - the drivers who have donated weeks of their time to accompany Martha along the route:
From Calgary to Ottawa: Garry and Sandy Jacobs and Lona Louden
Week 1: Garry and Sandy Jacobs and Ron, John, Bruce and Hannah Vandelaar
Week 2: Garry and Sandy Jacobs
Week 3: Garry and Sandy Jacobs
Week 4: Rhonda Turco and Rosa Lee
Week 5: Rhonda Truco and Diane Gallant
Week 6: Jim and Sherry Knight and Danny Paschke
Week 7: Ken Birkett and Francois Pace
Week 8: Tom and Donna Taylor
Week 9: Erika Stutz
Week 10: Deb Miller
Week 11:
Week 12: Judy Bailey and April Walters
Week 13: Jim Lauder and Marva Debow and Ron, John, Bruce and Hannah Vandelaar
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