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Kim Davis, Steven Krause, Karen and Michael Gardiner
Tomeika Koski and Marian Moss
Doris Johnson, Andrew Dixon, Izetta Fields
Wanda Gilbert, Beverlyn Trubart
Debbie Partridge, Brenda Belsito (Chairs of the Event)
Tomeika Koski, E.J. Porter
Lois and Rudy Lucek
Margi Jaudon, Charmaine Downie, Joyce Locklear
Victoria and Gregory Sears
Lenny and Susan Landau
Janet and Mark Hammer with Christine Jennings
Sarah and Tammy Karp, Heather Dunhill, Donna Koffman, Tomeika Koski
Adam and Jamie Still
Hector Muniz, Carla Wright, Mike Rosario
Travis and Jonah Ray
Mike and Sherry Edwards
Eva Slane, Bob Plunket, Audrey Coleman
Beth Duda, Bill Wagy
Marilyn Harwell, Gerri Aaron, Carolyn Michel, Patricia Caswell
Jay Dodge, Jackie Woods, Charles Williams, Pam Greer
Flo Grat, Michelle Davis, Babette Paige
Lamar Mathews, Margaret Good, Donna Moffitt
Dennis Rees, Felice Schulaner, Brock Leach
Molly Schechter, Ron Greenbaum,Carolyn Michel, Lois Lucek, Rita Greenbaum
George Miles, Roberta and Allen Morton, Pierce Liddell
Victoria Sears, Janet Miles, Beverlyn Trubart
Kittie Kelley, Nancy Roucher
Tomeika Koski, Heather Dunhill, Michael Mendez, Nate Jacobs, Donna Koffman
Ambassador James Joseph, Mary Joseph
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