The team of Relief Spark would like to acknowledge the following people and companies for their generous donations and support for 2006:

MONETARY DONATIONS
Amoeba Music - $4,900.00
Jon Button, Inc. - $150.00
Steven Andronico
Cabanasas Restaurant & Bar- Washington, D.C.
Ken Gerlach - $500.00
University of San Diego
Neenan Construction, LLC - $3,000.00
Crewboats, Inc. - $3,000.00
Marist University
Penny Phillips - $500.00
Jeffrey Nelson - $180.00
Sara Ray - $860.00
Thomas Donovan - $500.00
ReliefNOW Network - $300.00
Tri-Valley Unity Church - Dublin, CA - $607.00
ReliefNOW Network - $1500.00
William and Janell Morgan - $300.00
Sue Patton - $100.00
Carolee Hutcheson - $300.00
St. Charles 1, LLC - $3,000.00

CORPORATE SPONSORS
Amoeba Music - operations
Dupont - 1600 Tyvek Suits
The Sheraton Hotel - donated 10 doubles to Spring Break volunteers
The W Hotel - French Quarter - donated 3 doubles to Spring Break volunteers
Anheuser-Busch - donated 3 pallets of canned drinking water
Mayor Ray Nagin's Office - donated food and clothing
Carlos Hornbrook - City Councilman-at-Large - donated safety equipment
The W Hotel - French Quarter - additional rooms for volunteers - July.2006
The Renaissance Hotel - 700 Tchoupiltoulas, New Orleans, LA - 5 doubles to Relief Spark, St. Bernard Project and Common Ground volunteers - October.2006
The Royal Sonesta - 300 Bourbon, New Orleans, LA - 5 doubles to Relief Spark volunteers - November and December.2006
House Industries - $125.00 worth of fonts that are desperately needed to update site and business stationary - super quick turn-around - thank you Rich!

POLITICALLY SPEAKING...
Bobby Jindal - U.S. Congressman - Baton Rogue, LA
Mr. Jindal wrote to Washington to encourage FEMA to extend volunteer housing from April to June - he did so by encouragement of Sidney Ray of Relief Spark which led other non-profits to join in - persistence does work!

NEW ORLEANS NON-PROFIT COLLABORATION NETWORK
small to medium size grass root non-profits working together to help rebuild New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish
ReliefNOW Network
Lean on Me
St. Bernard Project
Common Ground Collective
Project H.O.P.E.
St. Bernard Community Center

PRESS
Channel 7 - Los Angeles, CA

Thank you to every volunteer that contacted their local newspaper that resulted in a news article about Relief Spark and its volunteer program!

CONSULTANTS/ADVISORS/LEGAL
William Percy, III
Scott Lancaster

VOLUNTEERS - NEW ORLEANS TEAM
*Past and current
Sidney Ray, Founder
Bob White - Dallas, TX
Steven Andronico - Washington, D.C.
Matt Whithall - Washington D.C.
Zach Gordon - Washington, D.C.
Hassan Prince - Los Angeles, CA
Kathy Hovet
Amanda Hovet
Radhika & Maria - Boston, MA
David & Amanda Ackerman - Lafayette, LA
Susie Sholwater - Chalmette, LA
Todd Noletto - New Orleans, LA
Michael Graber
Rich Satkin
Dan Stageman
Bruce Peters
Lindsey Currier - New Hampshire
Shawn Walkinshaw - Austrailia
Angela Lasek - University of Michigan
Misti Lucas - University of Michigan
Thomas & Shama Richmond - Michigan
Mitch Disbro - New York
Stacey Hunter - New York
Cortney Jernigan - University of Michigan
Shannon Koeole - University of Michigan
Stacia Shaw - University of Michigan
Ryan Dawson - University of Michigan
Casey Dawson - University of Michigan
Kimberly Baker - New York University
Emily Bishop - New York University
Lauren Crowley - New York University
Bryan Hoppe - New York University
Fareed Mostoufi - New York University
Beatrice Ridore - New York University
Manuel Rosaldo - New York University
Muk Wan - New York University
Athena Wu - New York University
Leah Zak - New York University
Laura McCaffrey - San Diego University
David Maddox - LA Delta Service Corps
Meghan Greeley - LA Delta Service Corps
Eulonda August - LA Delta Service Corps
Alicia Garth - - LA Delta Service Corps
Linda Bronn - - LA Delta Service Corps
Keri Ragland - - LA Delta Service Corps
A. Neal Cheavront - - LA Delta Service Corps
Michael Simmons - - LA Delta Service Corps
Amber Brown - - LA Delta Service Corps
Ashley Griffin - - LA Delta Service Corps
Simone Higginbotham - - LA Delta Service Corps
Shirley Moore - - LA Delta Service Corps
Juan Brown - - LA Delta Service Corps
Jermaine Burkhalter - - LA Delta Service Corps
Wanda Emokpae - - LA Delta Service Corps
Andrew Tripp - East Lansing, MI
Kelli Monedero - Knoxville, TN
Sori Kim - NYC
Nancy Kolomitz - NYC
Dan Gallerstein - Spring Break Volunteer
Jonny Haug - Spring Break Volunteer
Carlie Hozza - Spring Break Volunteer
Jaclyn Kanoff - Spring Break Volunteer
Meredith Katz - Spring Break Volunteer
Alyson Kelly - Spring Break Volunteer
Lindsay Kukona - Spring Break Volunteer
Dewitt Lu - Spring Break Volunteer
Daniel Malin - Spring Break Volunteer
Jason Maruso - Spring Break Volunteer
Nathan Maruso - Spring Break Volunteer
Matt Wolfe -

...plus many others -we are updating this section!

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